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Do you know [[Peter Stormare]]? Yes, you do. He's that <s>Russian</s> <s>Italian</s> <s>German</s> Swedish actor who is so versatile that he can - and [[Money, Dear Boy|will]] - play ''any'' nationality, even his own, as long as it's non-Anglo-Saxon and therefore [[Funny Foreigner|foreign]]. [[Fake Nationality]] is his bread and butter but it's not his defining quality as he could perfectly well play a Swede and still fall under this.
This refers to casting practice, and in the case of [[Trope Codifier]] Peter Stormare it has even achieved the status of [[Casting Gag]]. It refers to "international" or "ethnic" - at any rate not American or British - actors who are considered to somehow look or be able to act so vaguely but conspicuously foreign that they can be used for any nationality. It's [[As Long as It Sounds Foreign]] and [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]] applied to casting. However, [[But Not Too Foreign]] is often in effect because you'll want someone who speaks good English (even though intentionally accented) and rather panders to [[Viewers are Morons|viewers' expectations]] than give an accurate portrayal of a specific ethnic identity which also means that the character's background might be very vague as long as it's foreign. Note that
Often these actors were originally successful abroad before they were discovered by Hollywood. Might result in [[Classically-Trained Extra]]. Some have achieved [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] status. May be played with by having the character himself be [[Non-Specifically Foreign|of ambiguous heritage]].
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