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** The remake of ''[[Psycho 1998]]'' is an exception.

* Speaking of ''[[Psycho]]'', the original Norman Bates - Anthony Perkins - faced typecasting twice. Prior to ''Psycho,'' Perkins seemed to be making a career playing the tall-and-gangly, boyishly charming male ingenue-like characters. After ''Psycho,'' he ended up playing creepy weirdos/psychopaths a majority of the time.

* German actor Thomas Kretschmann seems to be hopelessly typecast in [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi]] ~~roles.~~ ''[[The Pianist]]'' and ''[[Valkyrie]]'', to name just a few. On the plus side, he's usually a sympathetic Nazi.

* German actor Thomas Kretschmann seems to be hopelessly typecast in [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi roles]], such as ''[[The Pianist]]'' and ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'', to name just a few. On the plus side, he's usually a sympathetic Nazi.

** On the Jimmy Kimmel Show he stated he's been typecast more as a Captain than a Nazi (though this is probably due to him playing quite a number of Nazi Captains).

** On the Jimmy Kimmel Show, he stated he's been typecast more as a Captain than a Nazi (though this is probably due to him playing quite a number of Nazi Captains).

** ~~This~~ ~~is further added by the fact that after being~~ known for playing the role of Hermann Fegelein in ''[[Downfall (film)|Der Untergang]]'', [[YouTube]] users would sometimes make references to his character ("[[Hitler Rants|FEGELEIN FEGELEIN FEGELEIN!!!]]") on almost every video that he appeared on.

** After becoming known for playing the role of Hermann Fegelein in ''[[Downfall (film)|Der Untergang]]'', [[YouTube]] users would sometimes make references to his character ("[[Hitler Rants|FEGELEIN FEGELEIN FEGELEIN!!!]]") on almost every video that he appeared on.

* [[Shia LaBeouf]] is the young every-dude in sci-fi/action films produced by Steven Spielberg.

* Subverted by [[Heath Ledger]]. After ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' came out, Ledger dropped off the Hollywood radar for a year, because he didn't want to be cast as the ~~highschool~~ heartthrob for the rest of his career. Afterwards he appeared in ''[[The Patriot]]'', ''Monster's Ball'', ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', and others before breaking out in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' and finally as the Joker in ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. His final role was Tony in ''The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus''.

* Subverted by [[Heath Ledger]]. After ''[[10 Things I Hate About You]]'' came out, Ledger dropped off the Hollywood radar for a year, because he didn't want to be cast as the high school heartthrob for the rest of his career. Afterwards he appeared in ''[[The Patriot]]'', ''Monster's Ball'', ''[[A Knight's Tale]]'', and others before breaking out in ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'', and finally as the Joker in ''[[The Dark Knight]]''. His final role was Tony in ''[[The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus]]''.

* [[Bruce Lee]] as the Asian version of [[John Wayne]].

* [[Christopher Lee]]'s sepulchral tones have made him a career out of playing villains. Though to be fair, he's well-suited for it, with his razor-thin build, dark eyes, towering height, and [[Evil Sounds Deep|powerful deep voice]].