Spotting now-familiar actors in tiny bit-parts/early appearances

[The Groke]

You know, when you watch a movie or TV show and suddenly realise "hey that's X from doobrie!"


Just spotted a much younger, thinner Bunk (from the Wire) in Goodfellas.

In the movie for about 30 seconds and speaks 2 lines as Henry's younger brother's Doctor in the climatic "Helicopter" scenes.



Found anyone recently?

 

[Hocus Eye.]

X was never in Doobrie, that was Y.

 

[dodgepot]

X wasn't in doobrie

 

[vauxhallmum]

no, you're right- it was thingummy that was in whatsit

 

[dodgepot]

your thread's off to a flying start, swrfg

 

[The Groke]

...and here I was agonising about having possibly spelt "doobrie" wrong.

 

[The Groke]

your thread's off to a flying start, swrfg

It's no more or less than I deserve.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Seeing Harrison Ford in the Conversation

 

[Bob_the_lost]

The cheerleader from Heroes was in "Remember the Titans" as an annoying child.

Watch that for that little bit extra wrongness when you next whack one out to thoughts of her in black leather.

 

[DotCommunist]

Coming to America, samuel l jackson has a bit part as the bloke with a shotgun who holds up mcronalds

 

[The Groke]

Henry's younger brother's Doctor in the climatic "Helicopter" scenes.

Did I get all my possessive apostrophes right here?

I worry about that too.


Note to self: stop derailing own thread.

 

[The Groke]

Coming to America, samuel l jackson has a bit part as the bloke with a shotgun who holds up mcronalds

heh - don't recall that one, but ties in beautifully with my OP as SLJ also has a tiny, oft un-noted part in Goodfellas as "Stax"


(((((SLJ's tiny part))))))


Thank you DotCommunist.

 

[Flashman]

Funny seeing Burrell from The Wire as Barney in Silence of the Lambs t'other week.

 

[DotCommunist]

heh - don't recall that one, but ties in beautifully with my OP as SLJ also has a tiny, oft un-noted part in Goodfellas as "Stax"


(((((SLJ's tiny part))))))


Thank you DotCommunist.

also oft unoted in coming to america. Eddie gives a paper bag stuffed with cash to two tramps.

lo! one says 'were back in business mortimer' and you realise its the schemeing baddies from trading places

 

[The Groke]

Watch that for that little bit extra wrongness when you next whack one out to thoughts of her in black leather.

That is almost a - disturbing - thread all of it's own:

"Inadvertently watching the early work of former child actor/actress over whom one has whacked one out as an adult"





There should be a word for that.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Pierce Brosnan in The Long Good Friday. I don't believe he actually speaks.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

That is almost a - disturbing - thread all of it's own:

"Inadvertently watching the early work of former child actors/actresses over whom one has whacked one out as an adult"





There should be a word for that.

Fantastic?

*gets coat*

The comments above do not represent Bob's opinion and are all the fault of Swarfega, he made me say it

 

[kained&able]

I do this contantly ad therefore have dfar far far to many to even begin mentioning.

Tis a game i play when watching stuff.

dave

 

[The Groke]

Pierce Brosnan in The Long Good Friday. I don't believe he actually speaks.

Ooh - good one.

I will keep an eye out for him next time.

 

[skyscraper101]

Coming to America, samuel l jackson has a bit part as the bloke with a shotgun who holds up mcronalds

McDowell's

 

[gentlegreen]

Arthur Lowe used to be in "Coronation Street".

Apparently - it was 1960 - 1965 and we didn't get a telly till 1969 and we didn't ever watch the programme even then.

 

[trabuquera]

Larry Gilliard Jr (aka D'Angelo of "The Wire") has a very brief cameo indeed as a Random Negroe in 'Gangs of New York', before the mob drag him off to be lynched as part of the anti-draft riots...

 

[kained&able]

very brief? doesn't he do some dancing as well??


dave

 

[Orang Utan]

You know, when you watch a movie or TV show and suddenly realise "hey that's X from doobrie!"


Just spotted a much younger, thinner Bunk (from the Wire) in Goodfellas.

In the movie for about 30 seconds and speaks 2 lines as Henry's younger brother's Doctor in the climatic "Helicopter" scenes.

Except he's not:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682495/
It's Clad Davis:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926086/

 

[mattie]

It's an advert I'm afraid.


I wonder if this is why his missus slapped him.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Coming to America, samuel l jackson has a bit part as the bloke with a shotgun who holds up mcronalds

That doesn't count as he's been in every film made in the last forty years.

 

[Flashman]

Wood Harris aka Avon Barksdale is in As Good as it Gets for about 10 seconds playing Cafe 24 Busboy.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Laurence Fishburn as Cowboy Curtis in Pee Wee's Playhouse.

 

[Balbi]

That is almost a - disturbing - thread all of it's own:

"Inadvertently watching the early work of former child actor/actress over whom one has whacked one out as an adult"





There should be a word for that.

Don't watch these two films the wrong way round.

 

[The Groke]

Except he's not:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682495/
It's Clad Davis:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926086/

Well.


Fuck.