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The 20 Best "That Guys" of All Time
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A "That Guy" is a B-list character actor who's just talented enough to secure bit parts in a handful of movies every year, but not quite good looking enough to become a brand-name star. Some specialize in playing villains and others in having freaky-enormous chest tattoos, but combined, these brave, barely handsome men have appeared in every single movie produced in the last decade. #20
DAVID MORSE
The Rock, 16 Blocks, The Green Mile, Proof of Life, 12 Monkeys, a bunch of other movies where he plays a psychotic government employee. Special Moves Being this close to jumping over this desk/car/boulder/pile of corpses and ferociously beating your face into the carpet. Is a Poor Man's... Russell Crowe #19
PHILIP BAKER HALL
Boogie Nights, Seinfeld, Ghostbusters 2, literally every hour-long TV drama about lawyers. There are honestly too many to list here. Special Moves Thinking you're a worthless longhaired hippie punk, and not being afraid to tell you as much to your worthless longhaired hippie punk face. Is a Poor Man's... James Coburn. (Needless to say, Hall has been called more frequently now that James Coburn is dead.) #18
JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA
Clear and Present Danger, Desperado, 24, Behind Enemy Lines, his ruthless iron grip on the world of international drug trafficking. Special Moves Using his lack of a conscience to rise to power in the ruthless world of drugs/international espionage/banging chicks that are hotter than him. Is a Poor Man's... Al Pacino without eyebrows or, alternatively, Gabriel Byrne with a terrible Portuguese accent #17
DYLAN BAKER
Spider-Man 2, Kinsey, Road to Perdition, countless shitty TV shows. Special Moves Indignantly pointing his finger at people, rubbing their mistakes in their faces, wearing bowties, making people pay (within the law), penis envy. Is a Poor Man's... Michael Clarke Duncan #16
KEITH DAVID
Men at Work, Road House, Platoon, Barbershop, Armageddon, the 1980 blockbuster Disco Godfather. Special Moves Not giving a shit about anything other than completing the duty/assignment/trash pickup assigned to him. Is a Poor Man's... Louis Gossett, Jr. #15
DANNY TREJO
Desperado, Grindhouse, The Devil' Rejects, xXx, Con Air, Heat, your worst nightmares. Special Moves Knife throwing, gun shooting, bartending, and face kicking, all while not speaking and sometimes simultaneously. Is a Poor Man's... Rosie Perez #14
NOAH EMMERICH
Miracle, Beautiful Girls, The Truman Show, Cop Land, punching your nuts and taking your lunch money in elementary school. Special Moves Really swell guys with bad skin, really good friends with bad skin, really husky everymen with bad skin. Is a Poor Man's... Chemically burned Jon Favreau #13
TOM WILKINSON
Batman Begins, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Patriot, Rush Hour, The Full Monty, being a dead ringer for at least one teacher in every high school in America. Special Moves Obese, selfish slobs. Is a Poor Man's... Jon Voight #12
JK SIMMONS
Spider-Man, Thank You for Smoking, Law & Order (all three, seriously), Oz, The Jackal, poignantly capturing the essence of Ralph Earnhardt in the ESPN Films masterpiece, 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story. Special Moves Dispensing tough, well-informed love at top speed, top volume, and top borderline sarcasm. Is a Poor Man's... Ed Harris #11
WILLIAM FICHTNER
Prison Break, The Longest Yard, Crash, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, The Perfect Storm, Armageddon, 12,348 other movies and TV shows about something that' 40 times more manly than you've ever done. Special Moves Pricks in uniform, cowards in uniform, assholes in uniform, shitheads in uniform, douchebags in uniform, fishermen who drown in uniform. Is a Poor Man's... Kevin Bacon |
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Forest Whitaker was definitely a "that guy" prior to The Last King Of Scotland.
no Steve Buscemi? Really? he should be #1 or #2. i mean really.
I would like to nominate Michael Des Barres. A regular guest star in 80s classics like MacGyver, Miami Vice, Sledge Hammer, 21 Jump Street. You couldn't miss him. His trademarks were an air of (un-American) effeteness and perfect (un-American) received pronunciation.
danny trejo is amazing. i cannot wait for machete to come out. as long as robert rodriguez can get his shit together and quit dicking around with rose mcgowan and actually make movies that people want to see. like sin city 2.
I am such a huge fan of JK Simmons and Danny Trejo that they are anything but "That guy"s to me. I actually look forward to movies and TV shows they're going to be in. They rock.
By the way, has that fight between Keith David and Roddy Piper ended yet?
"that girl" is your mom
It is report that WILLIAM FICHTNER is busy dating with a sexy young girl on ___MeetingRich.c o m___, where many wealthy men and beautiful women mingle for romance&love!
Surprised you forgot Art LaFleur: Huge headed, big-jawed player of seething Police Bosses of renegade cops who constantly remind them that they are "this close to crossing the line!" See Stallones boss in "Cobra" Also (what good is no picture?)played Babe Ruth in "The Sandlot," and lots of drill sergeants.
I actually think that "That Guys" are better actors than alot of the leading men they play poor men to. Keith David in John Carpenter's "The Thing," "They Live" way better than and any voice-over commercial you hear on television.
This one time I lubed up a medium-sized pineapple and jammed it into my poop chute. I liked it so much that I left it there, boring a hole out of the center so that I could poop.
James Cromwell was also in perhaps THE greatest movie of all times..... Revenge Of The Nerds!! He played a father to one of the main characters in that awesome flick. And Danny Trejo got compared to Rosie Perez?! OH NO YOU DID'N!!
I would respect this article if not for the inclusion of Keith David and Danny Trejo. If you don't know who those two are at least, you must take a few classes in Bad-Assery.
Pretty sure this was funnier when I read it here. http://fametracker.com/hey_its_that_guy/
How could you guys forget Micheal Ironside. That guy was born to do the badass military dude
Good article...and speaking of which...wasn't #7 the crazy-butt killer in "Dragon"...hannibal lector moive? I think he was!!! lol
I guess I'm in the minority here, but I don't think this article was really that well done. First of all, Cromwell and Wilkinson have both been nominated for Oscars, so they're out. Emmerich and Heard have hardly been in anything we've seen, so they're out. A couple other guys are kind of on the fence here. Now...HOW do you leave out Michael Ironside? And Michael Rooker? And Clancy Brown? We ALL would recognize those three on the street, but few know their names. As for your top five, it should read: Walsh/David/Trejo/Fichtner/Rebhorn.
This is one of the best articles I've seen on Cracked.com for quite some time. I thought all of the 'Is a Poor Man's...' selections were dead on, but the one for Danny Trejo made me laugh long and hard.
My vote for the archetypal 'That Guy' is an actor by the name of William Schallert. Look him up on IMDB - he was in every TV show and half of the movies made in Hollywood for decades.
@ ravnmcoy it doesnt say he was failtard
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Completely missed it on Peter Stormare. He is nothing like Bruce Willis in his roles. He is a much better and ranged actor than Willis.