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{{quote|''"I've made a career out of playing [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|blind black men.]]"''~~|'''LeVar Burton''', Dragon*Con 2010, when asked about this trope}}~~

{{quote|''"I've made a career out of playing [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|blind black men.]]"''

|'''LeVar Burton''', Dragon*Con 2010, when asked about this trope}}

You recognize the character immediately as being right off the [[Characters]] list. He hasn't said anything yet, but you know him because he is an example of '''Typecasting'''.

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* Jason Dolley, a member of the [[Disney Channel]] repertory, is typecast as ''two'' different types of characters: Either an unlucky, unappreciated loser who gets the girl in the end (in his three Disney Channel original movies: ''Read It and Weep'', [[Minutemen]], and ''Hatching Pete''): or a moronic, slacker musician (in his two Disney Channel sitcoms, ''[[Cory in The House]]'' and ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'').

** He's finally due to play a moronic, slacker musician in a DCOM for a change, when the ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' movie is released.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Brad Dourif.]] You've never heard his name, but if you've ever watched a [[Science Fiction|sci-fi]] show or [[Horror]] movie with [[Paranoia Fuel|a creepy-looking dude]] with scary, intense, and [[The Woobie|oddly woobieish]] eyes, you know who he is. If you have ever seen [[Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]] and been oddly compelled to hug the traitorous [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Grima Wormtongue]], you know who he is. If you have ever played ''Myst III: Exile'' and [[Tear Jerker|sobbed your damn heart out over Saavedro's plight]], then you ''definitely'' know who he is.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Brad Dourif.]] You've never heard his name, but if you've ever watched a [[Science Fiction|sci-fi]] show or [[Horror]] movie with [[Paranoia Fuel|a creepy-looking dude]] with scary, intense, and [[The Woobie|oddly woobieish]] eyes, you know who he is. If you have ever seen [[The Lord of the Rings|Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]] and been oddly compelled to hug the traitorous [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Grima Wormtongue]], you know who he is. If you have ever played ''Myst III: Exile'' and [[Tear Jerker|sobbed your damn heart out over Saavedro's plight]], then you ''definitely'' know who he is.

** And his voice has likely ''[[Child's Play (film)|haunted your nightmares]]'' from childhood.

*** Which is strange, because he started off as the sweetest guy ever, Bill in ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]'' (''still'' a [[The Woobie|Woobie]]!). It seems 2 years ago, finally, he was able to play someone who wasn't evil in any way, shape or form in the ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'' remake as the Sheriff of the town, and probably the nicest guy in the movie.

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* All through [[The Eighties]], Michael Winslow tended to be The Guy Who Makes Noises. In fact, his entire career is built on being The Guy Who Makes Noises. He even admits this.

** That's who he is in real life. Though he was a voice in [[Gremlins]].

* [[Elijah Wood]] is usually typecast as the wide-eyed innocent charming boy, ten years before playing Frodo from ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''. But since ''LOTR'' he's been desperately trying to avoid typecasting as, well, Frodo (wide-eyed innocent + [[The Messiah]]). In fact, he was cast as a tough vandal in ''Green Street'' (also known as ''Hooligans'') because he represented corrupted innocence.

* [[Elijah Wood]] is usually typecast as the wide-eyed innocent charming boy, ten years before playing Frodo from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. But since ''LOTR'' he's been desperately trying to avoid typecasting as, well, Frodo (wide-eyed innocent + [[The Messiah]]). In fact, he was cast as a tough vandal in ''Green Street'' (also known as ''Hooligans'') because he represented corrupted innocence.

** He then completely reverses the ship by playing [[Complete Monster|twisted serial killer]] Kevin in ''[[Sin City]]''.

*** His last role before ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'' was a hitman. A 17 year old hitman in a brilliant comedy. He was the best part of it.

*** His last role before ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' was a hitman. A 17 year old hitman in a brilliant comedy. He was the best part of it.

* Chow Yun-Fat is good at playing tragic heroes in Hong Kong action movies. Since his work with [[John Woo]], nearly every gunplay role he plays has him using [[Guns Akimbo|two guns]] at least once in the movie.

** ... and [[Stranglehold|game]].