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* [[John Candy]] played [[Bumbling Dad]]-type roles like in ''[[Uncle Buck]]''. He's played a cop in some of his movies though.
* Since becoming an A-list actor, only three movies [[Jim Carrey]] has starred in aren't comedies in some way: ''The Majestic'', ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' and ''The Number 23''. (''[[The Truman Show]]'' is a dark satire, his role in ''[[Batman Forever]]'' is comedic, and ''[[Man on the Moon]]'' is a [[Biopic]] of [[Andy Kaufman]], so all of them have a comic element.)
* Can you say ''Michael Cera''? Ever since ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' ended, he's been typecast as [https://web.archive.org/web/20131215022544/http://www.cracked.com/funny-3759-michael-cera/ the skinny, awkwardly sweet kid that falls in love with a quirky girl] in all his films. Though he seems to be playing against type in ''Youth in Revolt''<ref>Skinny, awkwardly sweet kid, with a skinny TOTAL MENACE alter ego</ref> and ''[[Scott Pilgrim]] vs. the World''... Sorta.
* A large number of [[Gary Chalk]]'s live action roles has him working for the government. These includes jobs in politics, [[Marvel Comics|S.H.I.E.L.D.]], military and most frequently, a police officer.
* [[Jackie Chan]] was typecast as a "nice guy" for decades, partly because Jackie aspired to be a positive role model for children. Until 2006's "Rob B Hood", Jackie hadn't played a negative character in over 30 years.
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* When Zhang Ziyi appears on the screen, you start to count down to the beginning of some serious [[Waif Fu]].
* Kelly Preston seems to usually play the doting mother in family films (e.g. ''Jack Frost'', ''What a Girl Wants'', ''The Cat in the Hat'', ''Sky High'', ''Old Dogs'', and ''The Last Song'').
* [[Michelle Rodriguez]] is almost invariably a [[Spicy Latina|sexy]], [[Sleeves Are for Wimps|tank-top-wearing]] [[Badass Spaniard|badass Latina]] [[Action Girl]] who [[Vasquez Always Dies|dies a heroic death]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065727/http://www.cracked.com/funny-6301-michelle-rodriguez/ Cracked.com has the details]. She's perfectly content with it by the way, as she prefers playing this type of character.
* And while we're at it, we also have [[Angelina Jolie]] as the other badass tough girl who doesn't die as often, though she did kill herself in [[Wanted]].
* Need a runaway, drug addict, hooker, hellraiser, or [[Broken Bird|otherwise troubled young woman?]] Taryn Manning’s your gal.
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