[Question] What actor played more than one part and blew your mind?

[Celt Z]

I loved Xena, anachronisms or not.

 

[checkeredhat]

Well. In defense of those shows, they were an anachronistic jumble that saw Xena visit both Helen's Troy and Caesar's Rome, cities that existed 1000 years apart.

Yes. I said that in defense of those shows.

I know it doesn't make sense, but I can forgive the anachronism, but can't forgive the name jumble. I think because this isn't limited to those shows. EVERY version of Heracles I can think of does it, so the other things seem like knowing, winking decisions. The names seem like a mistake.

I still liked those shows though. And Jack of All Trades, which also made hilarious anachronistic choices.

 

[PatrThom]

Well. In defense of those shows, they were an anachronistic jumble that saw Xena visit both Helen's Troy and Caesar's Rome, cities that existed 1000 years apart.
Yes. I said that in defense of those shows.

And Jerusalem at the turn of BC into AD, too.
The shows were great fun, no argument. But they definitely played fast and loose with history.

—Patrick

 

[Zappit]

Peter Cullen. He’s the voice behind Optimus Prime.

He also played Eeyore in the old animated Winnie the Pooh films.

Mind. Was. Blown.

 

[PatrThom]

Well if you want to go with cartoon voices, there's always the voice of Maggie Simpson or Edna Mode.

--Patrick

 

[Wahad]

For opposite reasons, Jeff Goldblum. Not because he's a chameleon, like Oldman or whoever, but because he's inevitably always Jeff Goldblum, and it always works out. Especially in his later years.

 

[Far]

Well if you want to go with cartoon voices, there's always the voice of Maggie Simpson or Edna Mode.

--Patrick

Edna Mode is voiced by Brad Bird though, the director of The Incredibles. While a few people have done Maggie's voice, including James Earl Jones in a Tree house of Horror episode, it's typically attributed to Nancy Cartwright for her vocalizations.

 

[PatrThom]

While a few people have done Maggie's voice, including James Earl Jones in a Tree house of Horror episode, it's typically attributed to Nancy Cartwright for her vocalizations.

Yes. Except for that one time it was done by Elizabeth Taylor.

--Patrick

 

[Celt Z]

When I learned this:

My son and I are playing Lego DC Villains, and I remembered to share this little factoid with him this evening.

The look on his poor, little face. I think I broke his brain!

 

[Tinwhistler]

Seen on reddit:

 

[sixpackshaker]

 

[PatrThom]

Not really the "Played more than one part," but it definitely blew my mind and has to be one of the most shocking things I've seen on the Internet in a loooong time.

--Patrick

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Two that blew my mind: learning that James "Uncle Phil" Avery voiced Shredder in the original Ninja Turtles cartoon.

One that blew my mind in recent years is Jonathan Banks (of Breaking Bad and one season of Community) was in Gremlins.

Here's how most of us know him:

Spoiler

Here's how I know him:

Spoiler

 

[GasBandit]

Banks was also like... every asshole villain henchman in the 80s, dating back to Beverly Hills Cop.

 

[Shawn]

The 86 movie Critters has three of them for me.
* Billy Zane / Ethan Phillips / Scott Grimes

 

[HCGLNS]

Tim Robbins broke out of prison with a 96 mph fastball.

 

[Celt Z]

The Shawshank Nukedeption?

 

[evilmike]

Bruce Campbell had an interesting and complex take on Elvis.

 

[Far]

Philip Seymour Hoffman's entire career.

 

[ThatNickGuy]

Bruce Campbell had an interesting and complex take on Elvis.

That's an amazing and criminally underappreciated movie.

 

[Shawn]

That's an amazing and criminally underappreciated movie.

Elvis: “You know that Kennedy was White, right?”
JFK: “They DYED me this color”

 

[General Specific]

Fisher Stevens

You know, this guy:

But also, this guy:

Yep, the Indian guy from Short Circuit was played by a white guy. Brown face cringiness aside, he did such a good job that many actual Indians were excited that they had representation in a major film. He has also since apologized for the whole brown face thing, of course.