30 Actors Who Have Been Totally Typecast

If there was an Academy Award for ‘Man, Where Have I Seen This Person Before?’ these people would all have one.
30 Actors Who Have Been Totally Typecast

In Hollywood, being typecast is fairly prevalent. Robert Downey Jr. appears to be the “intelligent and suave smartass” go-to guy. Do you require some narration? Morgan Freeman can be tapped. Is a British actor required for the film? Benedict Cumberbatch is a British actor. Here are the most regularly typecast performers in the entertainment industry and the roles they are most often connected with…

These ghastly, thin monsters with unsettling proportions are not CGI... Conjuring 2 (2016) Mama (2013) Crimson Peak (2015) They were played by Javier
You know that obnoxious and crazy blonde from shows like Nip/Tuck, 2 Broke Girls, Joey and Friends who always looks like she's about to pop out of her
If you're a fan of action movies, chances are you've seen Al Leong kicking ass before. SS CRACKED.COM
RAY PARK IS THAT ONE GUY WHO'S USUALLY DOING MORE FIGHTING THAN TALKING. PARTICULARLY IN HIS ROLE AS THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN'S TORSO.
Mark Margolis has played hundreds of characters ranging from kinda cranky to explosively cranky CRACKED.COM

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The scary guy under heavy makeup is oftentimes LAWRENCE MAKOARE. CRACKED.COM
Jodelle Ferland The Cabin In girl who has haunted countless The Woods dreams as creepy kids in horror films. Silent Hill Carrie (2002)
No Country for Old Men Speed Donnie Darko Beth Grant also known as that irritating old woman you see in nearly every film. CRACKED COM
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CRACKEDG COM Nobody plays smug, seedy, smarmy, insufferable, or slightly insane. like JEFFREY COMBS.
Need a posh English villain who acts all superior? CRACKEDCON That's David Warner
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Avengers: Stalingrad The Pianist Age of UItron (2013) Thomas Kretschmann always plays the roles of Nazi officers! CRACKED.COM
The Incredible Career of Alan Dale Neighbours Wealthy authoritarian who dies of a heart attack Ugly Betty Wealthy authoritarian who dies of a heart at
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Harry Potter series The go-to guy for incompetent, evil henchmen roles Enchanted Timothy Spall CRACKED.
DAVID BRADLEY HAS BEEN TYPECAST AS THE FILTHY, UNPLEASANT OLD MAN, as seen in the Harry Potter franchise, Hot Fuzz, Game of Thrones and many others.
You've seen Jay Jackson before. He always plays Dexter news anchors/ reporters. NEWS TODAY Battleship Heard? RIMPAC2012 Ya' Pevd With Parks and Recrea

Xander Berkeley

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YOU'VE SEEN JARED HARRIS MANY TIMES, ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW IT. He usually wears a beard and/ or glasses, and plays oddball characters- sometimes
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Joe Viterelli

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Watch a movie with Latin American gangsters and you might come across Noel Gugliemi KITIO iKER SS AKE
Need creepy, odd or uaseitling? Oown ) Csy BE HO took no further than Vincent Schiaveli, one Of the greatest character actors of afl time CRACKEDCON

Tom Sizemore

TOM SIZEMORE AN ACTOR WHO CAN BE SEEN PLAYING: Detective Cunningham Detective Brandano Detective Scagnetti Detective Nettles Detective Detillo CRACKED
Toby Kebbell is the actor who brings many of Hollywood's CGI creatures to life. Warcraft Fantastic Four Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Kong: Skull Isl

Ben Mendelsohn

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James Hong has been in over 400 movies and TV shows. You may know him as the older Chinese everything. Blade Runner man in Chinatown Operation Seinfel
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