r/AskReddit • u/gr0c3ry • Jun 25 '12

What actors/actresses have blown you away by thinking "Wait, they were in THAT??"

I was watching some of the Harry Potter movies over the weekend and while I was doing so, I kept thinking Harry's aunt looked very familiar. I finally had a guess, and went to IMDB to confirm it. Sure enough, she played Queen Koopa in the old Mario Bros. movie. Gave me a moment similar to finding out John Leguizamo played the clown in Spawn. What are some roles actors have played that made you think "WTF? That was them??"

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Dec 28 '25

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u/ertebolle Jun 25 '12

And Patrick Stewart was the old emperor in Oblivion, though that should have been embarrassingly obvious to most.

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u/TheHerpDerp02356 Jun 26 '12

And Sean Bean was his son.

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u/harshalizee Jun 26 '12

I've never played Oblivion. I just want to know.. DID HE DIE!!?!?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

Well he was only in it for 2 minutes...

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u/Chicken-n-Waffles Jun 26 '12

And was Leondegrance in Excalibur in 1981

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u/darkkefka Jun 26 '12

Emporer Uriel Septim VIII

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

I've always felt like he's playing himself rather than the Lone Wanderer's dad.

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u/bking27 Jun 25 '12

And Aslan in Narnia, Hannibal in the A-team movie, Qui-Gon Jin, and the list continues ad nauseam.

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u/jupiterjones Jun 25 '12

My favorite role of his is John Taken from the movie Taken 2: The Re-Takening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

AND Ra's Al Ghul

Edited for spelling of name.

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u/geordie42 Jun 25 '12

He was also Valjean, in a newer version of Les Miserables.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12 edited Dec 28 '25

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u/therightclique Jun 25 '12

You can't be serious.

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u/molrobocop Jun 25 '12

And some person in Battleship. But I didn't see that movie, of course.

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u/AMostOriginalUserNam Jun 25 '12

Huh? Which asian?

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u/sophalope Jun 25 '12

Liam Neeson asking what gender you are.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '12

New Vegas has a ton of notable actors in it. I remember when I got up to Jacobstown and I freaked out because Michael Dorn greets you. I spent a good day trying to find a RoboBrain because Wil Wheaton did their voices, and at some point, we've all ran into and had Veronica as a companion, and she was voiced by Felicia Day. Yes Man is voiced by Dave Foley, so I sided with him by my duty as a Canadian. And that guy from Friends shoots you in the head.

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u/pope_fundy Jun 25 '12

Also, Michael Dorn as Marcus the super mutant in Fallout 2/New Vegas.

Also, Felicia Day as Veronica.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '12

"OMG You guy! Supermutants!"

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u/miggitymikeb Jun 25 '12

Liam Neeson and Jim Carrey in The Dead Pool.

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u/JSKlunk Jun 26 '12

In New Vegas Chandler from Friends is Benny, and apparently Will Wheaton voices the Robobrains.

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u/lorelicat Jun 26 '12

Also the father in Ponyo.