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Question of the Day - "Who are those actors that when you see you think .."

14 Jan 2011

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Today's Question of the Day comes from Adam D.Harris who asks.

"Who are those actors that when you see you think, "ahhhh, it's that guy again, he's in every show nowadays."

This is a great question as I'm constantly seeing familiar faces pop-up, most of the time I can not for the life of me remember their names.

Some that do spring to mind. I've included their IMDB profile to see just some of the shows they have popped up in.

Mark Pellegrino (IMDB) : Lost, Supernatural, The Mentalist, CSI, Dexter
Jim Beaver (IMDB) : Supernatural, Harpers Island, Lie To Me, The Mentalist, Deadwood
Arye Gross (IMDB) : Castle, Lie To Me, The Mentalist, Leverage, The Defenders, Dollhouse
Sam Anderson (IMDB) : Lost, NCIS, Criminal Minds, One Tree Hill, Memphis Beat, ER
William Mapother (IMDB) : Law and Order, Lost, Human Target, Prison Break, Criminal Minds, Threshold

What about you? What actors can you think of?

You can see previous Questions of the Day here.

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54 comments:

  1. TV Spoilers14 January 2011 at 15:05

    Željko Ivanek, that guy seems to be stalking me in my shows.

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  2. kikibug1314 January 2011 at 15:07

    Mark Sheppard! Fredric Lehne!

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  3. Anonymous14 January 2011 at 15:10

    Zelijko Ivanek, was in 24, Lost, Oz, House, True Blood, Heroes, the Event, Mentalist, Damages, Big Love, and probably 50 others. :p

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  4. Amy Peace14 January 2011 at 15:13

    Fred Willard, he is literally in EVERYTHING.

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  5. Adam D. Harris14 January 2011 at 15:15

    Yes! My question!

    I also was thinking Zeljko Ivanek when I thought up the question!

    I knew my question was good, I just forgot what it was :P

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  6. TV Spoilers14 January 2011 at 15:16

    Yeah, he's a great bad guy.

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  7. eb0008914 January 2011 at 15:18

    Alan Dale

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  8. Bunky Bunk14 January 2011 at 15:18

    I was just going to say Željko Ivanek and Mark Sheppard!

    There's also Alan Dale you can see everywhere.

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  9. tvmonkey14 January 2011 at 15:22

    Mark Sheppard is in everything these days, but that's OK coz I adore him.

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  10. Ninja14 January 2011 at 15:41

    Mark Sheppard, he seems to be around, and everywhere.

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  11. Who cares!14 January 2011 at 15:46

    Anne Dudek

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  12. mjkchip14 January 2011 at 15:53

    YES

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  13. Hana Kamkar14 January 2011 at 16:26

    Mark Sheppard - And I really enjoy seeing him everywhere. Every time I see him, I'm like 'Oh,here he is again!Let's enjoy the show even more!'

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  14. Rachel14 January 2011 at 16:31

    Currie Graham - The Mentalist, Castle, Lie To Me, The Closer, Criminal Minds, Weeds, Ghost Whisperer, Private Practice

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  15. marchhare114 January 2011 at 16:45

    Sam Page (Mad Men, Greek, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Lie to Me, Castle)

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  16. Amanda Olson14 January 2011 at 16:46

    Anne Dudek - House, Castle, Bones, Big Love, Psych, Mad Men, Covert Affairs...

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  17. ivetka14 January 2011 at 16:57

    Sam page popped into my head the moment i saw this question lol.

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  18. sql_girl8614 January 2011 at 17:12

    Michael Trucco & Max Martini :)

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  19. solea14 January 2011 at 17:31

    Currie Graham! He's everywhere (not that I mind XD).

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  20. MariaZ14 January 2011 at 17:37

    Currie Graham: He was in the Mentalist (W. Mashburn), Castle (the guy from the museum), House (Stacey's husband - it's been long but I haven't forgotten him), Private Practice (Russell) and loads more...

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  21. lymphocyte10014 January 2011 at 17:44

    Michael O'Neill!!! And i'm sorry to say that, but every time i see him i'm a little freaked out!! (i mean, he plays usually the bad guy lately :s)

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  22. GeneralRapunzel14 January 2011 at 18:00

    Daniel Gilles (NCIS, Vampire Diaries, True Blood, The Glades)
    Mark Sheppard (Warehouse 13, Supernatural, Chuck, Leverage)
    Anne Dudek (Castle, Bones, Covert Affairs, Psych, Mad Men, House, Big Love)
    Amy Acker (Human Target, The Good Wife, Happy Town, CSI, Dollhouse, No Ordinary Family)
    Mitch Pileggi (Grey's, Human Target, Castle, Supernatural, Sons of Anarchy, Medium)
    Michael O'Neill (NCIS, Grey's, L&O: LA, Miami Medical)
    Mark Pellegrino (The Mentalist, Lost, Supernatural, Being Human [saw him in the previews])
    Alan Dale (Entourage, Undercovers, Lost, Burn Notice)
    Michael Trucco (BSG, Castle, 100 Q, etc)

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  23. darq14 January 2011 at 18:02

    I think Garret Dillahunt has been on 8 or 9 series I watch in the past 2 years or so. I always like his roles and am somewhat sad he probably will not do as many guest spots with a regular job on Raising Hope.

    Steven Culp is another that has been on 7 or 8 last 2 years and Michael Shanks has certainly made the rounds.

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  24. Alizée Ziani14 January 2011 at 18:21

    Mark Sheppard ! Lately he's been on a lot of shows, including Chuck, Warehouse 13, Supernatural, White Collar...

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  25. darq14 January 2011 at 18:21

    Not as many women jump in mind as "always on my screen" but I think of 3 or 4.

    Tricia Helfer (The Whole Truth, Lie to Me, Two and a Half Men, Human Target, Warehouse 13 and Chuck)

    Meredith Monroe (Criminal Minds, The Mentalist, Rasiing the Bar, Private Practice, Californication,and Moonlight)

    Courtney Ford (Vampire Diaries, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Human Target, Dexter, Cold Case, Criminal Minds and How I Met Your Mother)

    Of course Anne Dudek, but others mentioned her earlier.

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  26. darq14 January 2011 at 18:24

    He and Betty White seem to be in more shows the older they get....

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  27. darq14 January 2011 at 18:26

    Good catch with Amy Acker I forgot about her!

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  28. darq14 January 2011 at 18:34

    OH I just thought of another that I think may be the most (or one of) the past year... Raphael Sbarge. I checked IMDB to see what all he has been in recently and he has hit 18 TV series in the last 2 years! I thought I may have seen him a few times... LOL.

    L&O LA
    Burn Notice
    NCIS
    Dexter
    The Defenders
    Secret Life
    Rizzolli and Isles
    Lie to Me
    L&O SVU
    Medium
    CSI
    Heroes
    The Mentalist
    Hawthorne
    Dollhouse
    Prison Break
    Eleventh Hour
    Big Love

    And that list excludes TV movies, movies and soap operas!

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  29. Urinal Turd14 January 2011 at 18:54

    Giancarlo Esposito popped up in a few shows:
    - Breaking Bad
    - Leverage
    - Lie To Me
    - Detroit 1-8-7

    So did Bob Odenkirk:
    - Breaking Bad
    - How I Met Your Mother
    - Entourage
    - Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
    - The Life & Times of Tim

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  30. Dahne14 January 2011 at 21:44

    Me too. He makes okay shows good, good shows great, and great shows even better. Will someone give this man a series already?

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  31. Amy Rinearson14 January 2011 at 22:11

    That silhouette looks like it belongs to the dude that plays Grandpa Samuel on SPN. This could just be because I have SPN on the brain, though.

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  32. TrinekaS14 January 2011 at 22:11

    umm.. this guy.. omg I don't even know his name. He did an episode of Lie to Me, CSI Miami, and... some other show I can't think of right now.. all in the same week. Now this is going to bug me for days.. He was in Hawaii Five 0..

    I looked it up. Kyle Secor

    Criminal Minds
    Hawaii Five O
    The Gates (i'm sorry I loved this show lol)
    Outlaw
    Closer
    White Collar

    All in 2010.. lol.

    Now I have to think of the CSI Miami guy...grrrr.. cause apparently not the same one lol.

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  33. TrinekaS14 January 2011 at 22:16

    Nadine Valezquez

    The League
    CSI Miami
    Hawaii Five O

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  34. lostrocks4ever14 January 2011 at 23:09

    this is hialrious. especially coz its so true. i can't ever watch a show without saying oh! i've seen thatguy somewhere. tehn wasting the entire episode trying to work it out because i want to see if i can get it without using imdb
    would post some people but everyone is practically up here

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  35. KD14 January 2011 at 23:41

    Victor Garber!

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  36. KatHale15 January 2011 at 00:09

    Really?!?
    I haven't seen him since Alias...I don't watch too many shows,though,so he's probably in something that I haven't seen!He was awesome as Jack Bristow,I really miss him!

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  37. Johannie C.15 January 2011 at 00:22

    Jason Wiles : Criminal Minds (2 episodes), Castle (3x15) and L&O SVU.

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  38. Nevena Glusac15 January 2011 at 00:25

    Lately anything I watch has Mark Sheppard in it.

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  39. Rabia Salvatore15 January 2011 at 02:40

    On Courtney Ford's wiki page it says she will be on True Blood too.

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  40. darq15 January 2011 at 04:02

    Ha! I must have LOST on the brain (admittedly guilty)... I thought it was John Locke/ Terry O'Quinn!

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  41. rochey_115 January 2011 at 04:21

    Def MARK SHEPPARD

    MARK PELLIGRINO


    but the big 2 for me are ADAM BALDWIN and ALAN DALE.....I think these 2 has some sort of secret competition going to see who can blanket the most shows in 1 life time :))

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  42. Ana Flavia Silva15 January 2011 at 14:58

    Joe Spano. I've seen him in a few TV shows, but also in like 1948238736592361 movies in small but important roles, most of the times. He's not the star-like actor, but he is always around, doing his part in an amazing way. He's awesome. ^^
    NCIS, JAG, In Plain Sight, The X Files, Crossing Jordan, Shark, The Closer... Just to mention a few.

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  43. JosephMcLaddle15 January 2011 at 18:15

    Garret Dillahunt was also in Deadwood and was the main villain in the Terminator show.

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  44. numbersarebad15 January 2011 at 18:37

    The Event, Heroes, Lost, True Blood, Damages, Big Love, Mentalist, Oz, 24, and more. This dude stays busy.

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  45. numbersarebad15 January 2011 at 18:39

    I thought the same thing.

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  46. numbersarebad15 January 2011 at 18:41

    and My Name is Earl!

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  47. Brandon Rowe15 January 2011 at 20:56

    Željko Ivanek, Geoff Pierson, Garret Dillahunt, and Raphael Sbarge are all over the place.

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  48. Poppy Yeo15 January 2011 at 21:19

    Agreed. He's in everrrything!

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  49. Poppy Yeo15 January 2011 at 21:21

    When he's on the Mentalist I'm always like "why on earth is Mark Warner hitting on Lisbon?"

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  50. smallville94415 January 2011 at 23:29

    Mark Pellegrino - Supernatural, Dexter, Lost
    Sam Witwer - Smallville, Battlestar Galatica
    zeljko Ivanek - True Blood, Heroes, The Event, Big Love

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  51. smallville94415 January 2011 at 23:31

    what about doing the same question for actresses later?

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  52. meg hennessy16 January 2011 at 01:22

    Oh so agreed. Also David Morse and JK Simmons.

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  53. Ivy Creahan16 January 2011 at 20:31

    Peter Weller- Dexter, Fringe, Psych. Fantastic, I've enjoyed seeing him in all my favorite shows.

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  54. TrinekaS19 January 2011 at 00:22

    Mitch Pileggi.. he'll always be Skinner to me (from X-Files) lol

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