and of course the guy on the right would grow up to have his ass aestheticized regularly on Sons of Anarchy
― sarahell, Friday, 15 February 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
Leo Fitzpatrick plays in Maniac. One of the reasons I wanna see it.
― nathom, Friday, 15 February 2019 07:14 (five years ago) link
Has Dominic West as Jean Valjean been deliberately ignored? Thought it was a BBC flagship production thing.
― Stevolende, Friday, 15 February 2019 09:54 (five years ago) link
I believe the intent of this thread was to highlight Wire actors popping up unexpectedly in older stuff
Not noting that fairly famous actor Dominic West is still working
― Number None, Friday, 15 February 2019 10:12 (five years ago) link
Clarke Peters is in the new BBC adaptation of His Dark Materia! 😮
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Sunday, 24 February 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
Whoa, didn't know this was coming. Hope it's an improvement over the terrible Golden Compass film.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 24 February 2019 22:41 (five years ago) link
Same, and same.
― Gaseous Clay (Leee), Sunday, 24 February 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
http://i63.tinypic.com/1ny0rl.png
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 21 April 2019 21:46 (five years ago) link
(michael kostroff in liar liar, typecast as a Partner)
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 21 April 2019 21:50 (five years ago) link
I was a little wtf at Idris Elba being interviewed about his Coachella DJ set
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 21 April 2019 22:56 (five years ago) link
Hasn't he been a DJ for a long time?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 21 April 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
Indeed, it seems
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 21 April 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
Chris Bauer (Frank Sobotka with lots more hair) gets beaten up and kicked in the balls by Nic Cage minutes after the latter enters prison with John Travolta's skull under his face
meanwhile Travolta's FBI partner Robert Wisdom (Bunny Colvin but skinnier) is getting burnt to death at the Face/Off:Institute by Nic Cage with Travolta's face on his skull
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Monday, 14 October 2019 05:51 (four years ago) link
nice
― j., Monday, 14 October 2019 06:17 (four years ago) link
Couldn't find any previous mention of Burrell as the guard in the psychiatric prison in Silence of the Lambs.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 14 October 2019 08:35 (four years ago) link
No one seems to have mentioned Chad "Cutty" Coleman in The Expanse.
― chap, Monday, 14 October 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Bubbles in the Charlize Theron beer commercial
― Gukbe, Friday, 25 October 2019 14:16 (four years ago) link
Most beer commercials have bubbles, tbrr
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:34 (four years ago) link
Clarke Peters rocking a not entirely unconvincing English accent in His Dark Materials.
― chap, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 15:01 (four years ago) link
Peters actually lived in London in the 70s and 80s, and in 1986 played a pretty despicable (but mostly silent!) pimp in Neil Jordan’s Bob Hoskins-classic Mona Lisa
― Mule, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 15:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1swlUtEkXZ0
― adam, Tuesday, 5 November 2019 15:20 (four years ago) link
I just saw Wendel Pierce as Willy Loman on the West End stage in London - in a production that did nothing to change my opinion on the hokey 'Why you I oughta' qualities of that particular play and of stage acting in general. Still it was either that or pay 70 friggin' quid to watch West Ham play Leicester City.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 13:32 (four years ago) link
wire actors in the wire: thx to a canny xmas present from my sister's boyf i am just abt to start watching the wire for the first time!!
― mark s, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link
ex editor of the wire watches the wire while listening to wire
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
I think "mark s finally watches the wire" deserves its own thread
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 16:34 (four years ago) link
Wendel Pierce also in a rather hopeless role as Alfre Woodard's husband in Clemency, but for a change it's good to see a male actor in the supportive/anguished spouse role.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 16:37 (four years ago) link
tombot otm
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
can i fill the new thread with gifs from CATS (2019)
― mark s, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:04 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr0A7TofowE
― calzino, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
jellicle cops
― mark s, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:28 (four years ago) link
Even though I'm the one who revived this thread I've never seen The Wire either!
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:30 (four years ago) link
come round to mine i now have it on DVD
― mark s, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:32 (four years ago) link
So I hear.
― Soup on my lanyard (Tom D.), Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
Come round my yard I've got The Shield seasons 1 - 6 on't betamax!
― calzino, Wednesday, 1 January 2020 17:49 (four years ago) link
Paul Ben-Victor (Spiros Vondas / Vondopoulos) as one of mob lawyer Christopher Walken's sub-goons in True Romance (alongside a pre-fat, pre-bald, pre-Sopranos Gandolfini )
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Sunday, 2 February 2020 05:18 (four years ago) link
I'm sure it's been posted before, but I did a literal spit-take when I showed my daughters Trapped in the Closet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNeITqRV3VQ
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 2 February 2020 05:34 (four years ago) link
Domenick Lombardozzi (not-entirely-ethical Baltimore cop Herc) as a New York cop getting paid off with Britney Spears tickets in the first two minutes of Phone Booth (2003).
― an, uh, razor of love (sic), Wednesday, 24 June 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
Rawls is on The Boys
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Sunday, 24 January 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
There's a bit in the oral history book where Andre Royo (i think) mentions losing a job because they had cast Michael K. Williams in another role and didn't want two Wire actors in their movie because then people would compare it to The Wire.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 24 January 2021 05:36 (three years ago) link
Wonder what the record is for Most Wire Actors in a Single Film or TV Show is, post-The Wire. The Walking Dead had Cutty, D'Angelo and Carver, though I can't recall if Carver overlapped with the other two.
― henry s, Sunday, 24 January 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
Damages season 2 had Rawls, Freamon and the newspaper guy from season 5. Clearly trying to be as complicated as the Wire and failing.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Sunday, 24 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
xp henry -- yes, they did overlap, but then two of them died soon after iirc
― sarahell, Sunday, 24 January 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
The question would be: as members of an ensemble cast, or in terms of appearances throughout the duration of a show? Like, if we're talking appearances, the winner would probably be something like CSI whatever or Criminal Minds or Supernatural or one of those long running killer/monster of the week shows.
― sarahell, Sunday, 24 January 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
Sadly I can't find a picture of Prez with soul patch and sensitive world-music fan hat as seen in Singles.― joygoat, Friday, July 10, 2009 3:54 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― joygoat, Friday, July 10, 2009 3:54 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just found this out today.
https://ilarge.lisimg.com/image/21515218/1118full-singles-screenshot.jpg
― peace, man, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 19:07 (two years ago) link
caught bubbles in the slight but kind of cool and effective sci-fi Prospect the other day. "bubbles!" i said.
― andrew m., Wednesday, 26 May 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
City on a Hill (Showtime): Rawls as Rawls, but a District Attorney arguing a case in front of Judge Phelan who plays Judge Phelan but with a Bahston accent
― sarahell, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
That's amazing.
Prez also turned up as a lothario poet/guitar teacher in Saint Frances (it's a good film too, on Netflix).
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
Such a long time since I saw this, I barely recall Prez's character, it's frightening how much the guy on the far left looks like Keir Dullea tho'.
― Maresn3st, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
I'm sure this is old news but Chris Bauer has a role in For All Mankind. I knew that he wore a fat suit when he played Sobotka, but damn, I didn't realize just how trim he is till I saw him on FAM.
― BABA BUOY (Leee), Sunday, 27 June 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
Isiah Whitlock is in Gremlins 2 as a firefighter for about half a second.
― EDB, Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:51 AM
Dudes. DUDES.
https://i.imgur.com/Y7Nn9SA.png
Hizzoner Glynn Turman, Mayor Clarence Royce, was the science teacher in the first Gremlins!
― pplains, Wednesday, 27 April 2022 16:19 (two years ago) link