Roles that an ACTOR will always be known for. . .
 

What roles will an actor ALWAYS be known for?

I'll start

Kimberly Elise ~TT on Set It Off
Morgan Freeman ~ Joe Clark
Michael Clarke Duncan ~ JOHN COFFEY
Michael Wright ~ Eddie Cane Jr.


I have tons more but don't want to be stingy

CT4,

Is this limited to just movies or television as well?

Jaleel White -- Steve Urkel :rolleyes:

Johnny Brown -- Nathan "Booga" Bookman.

Eriq LaSalle -- Darryl BKA "jheri juice" guy in Coming to America.

Diahann Carroll -- Julia.

Acting period.

i.e. Tyler Perry :D will ALWAYS be MADEA. :cool:

Dustin Diamond ~ Screech
What's his name ~ Horshack
Jasmine Guy ~ Whitley

Bill Cosby will ALWAYS be Cliff Huxtable (at least for me) :D

I'll be back later with more.

Lark Voorhies/Lisa Turtle
Mark-Paul Gossler/Zach Morris
etc., etc. (The cast of "Saved By The Bell")

Kadeem Hardison ~ Dewayne Wayne
Alfonso Ribeiro ~ Carlton


let me stop, come on yall. YOU CAN DO IT!! :D

Jimmie Walker/J.J.

Janet DuBois/Willona

John Amos/James

Esther Rolle/Florida

Ralph ?/Michael

Terri ?/LoVita Alize Jenkins :D

Emmanuel Lewis/Webster

Gary Coleman/Arnold

Todd Bridges/Willace

Redd Foxx/Fred Sanford

I forgot his name, but Julio will always be Julio to me! :D

Keisha Knight-Pullium/Rudy

Michael Beach/CHEATER! (Waiting to Exhale and Soul Food) I'm still can't look at him right!


OK, OK. I'll pass the torch for a minute....

Michael Beach/CHEATER! (Waiting to Exhale and Soul Food) I'm still can't look at him right!

You forgot to mention his cheating a** in ER! Why did he keep accepting those roles?

Oh, I was reading Jet this weekend (I know, why admit that) The Fuqua family was on the cover. Lela will always be Sunshine.

LaVar Burton - Kunta Kinte

Esther Rolle - Dayum, Dayum. Dayum :D

hmmm..........
 

1.Robert Townsend will always be the tacky five hearbeat
2.Leon will always be the smooth one
3."Whatever his name is" will always be choir boy
4.Keisha will always be Rudy
5.Bill Cosby will always be Cliff Huxetable(sp?)
6.Phylisha Rashad will always be Claire
7."Whatever his name" will always be BUD!
8.Jasmine Guy will always be Whitley..."Da-wayne!" I can just hear it! in that whiny country voice....
9.Erika Alexander?? will always be Maxen Shaw attorney at law
10. The whole cast of Living Single basically can't get rid of those roles
11.With that said I include the cast of Martin and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(except Will)
12.Damon Wayans will always be the homeless guy with the pee bottle from In Living Color
13.The dude from Kid-N-Play will always be Kid no matter how many talent shows he hosts.
14.Jason Weaver will always be lil Micheal Jackson from the movie

Samuel L. Jackson-"Gator" in Jungle Fever

Jaleel White will ALWAYS be Steve Urkel!!

Chris Rock ~ Pookie
Tiny Lister ~ Debo
Sherman Hemsley ~ George Jefferson
Isabelle Sanford ~ Weezy
Janet Jackson ~ Penny

co sign on that one! That fool thinks he fine too, I'm like "bubble eyed boy sit your urkel self down!" lol!

I was thinking "Claudine". :D

I already mentioned his odd-looking self.
:p

Erika Alexander=Maxine Shaw
 

hmmmm (not sure about the last name either) but in my mind she will always be Cousin Pam :)

Ditto on Kadeem Hardison always being Dwayne Wayne. Maybe that's why I can't get into Abby.

Rob Reiner="Meathead"
Sally Struthers=Gloria

Ron Glass=Super Fly
Shaft=Richard Roundtree (notice I reversed the order)

Kim Fields will ALWAYS be Tootie.

Laurence Hilton Jacobs ~ Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington -- "Hi There" :D

Most of the actors that immediately came to mind have been posted. However I'll add...

John Ritter will always be Jack Tripper:D

For me, Damon Waynans will always be Homie the Clown and his brother Shawn will always be SW-1 the DJ.

The whole cast of the following shows:

Cosby Show
Family Matters
Martin
Fresh Prince (except Will)
The Jeffersons
Law and Order
Saved by the Bell
In the Heat of the Night
The Young and the Restless
All My Children

That's all I have for now!! :D

Chris Tucker ~ Smokey in "Friday"

Danny Glover ----- Mr. (The Color Purple)

Wesley Snipes---- Blade

Larry Hagman ---- J.R (Dallas)

I have some more...
 

Arnold Schwarzenneger = The Terminator

Sylvester Stallone = Rocky

Jamie Lee Curtis = Laurie Strode ("Halloween)

William Lee as Bullethead
Betty White ~ Rose
Estelle Gtty ~ Sophia "Picture It" Patrillo
Rue McClanahan ~ Blanche Devereaux

Fred Berry;) ~ Rerun

Wesley Snipes ~ Nino Brown

Spike Lee ~ Half Pint

Bill Nunn ~ Radio Raheem

Avery Brooks = Captain Sisko

LeVar Burton = Geordi LeForge

Patrick Stewart = Captain Picard

James Gandolfini = any mafioso, including Tony Soprano (anyone else spot him in the bit part in "A Stranger Among Us"?)

Any actor on any Star Trek series = their character

Star Trek is on the brain today.

(Great thread!)

Adrienne (PNAM-2003)
:D

How could you all forget this one????
 

LaWanda Page ~http://timvp.com/sanford5.jpg

what about soliel moon frye - punky brewster

M-I-S-T-E-R- Danny Glover in "The Color Purple"

*Fred Savage - Will always be the boy in The Wonder Years
*Gary Coleman - Will ALWAYS be Arnold in Different Strokes
Basically the entire cast will always stay the same, lol.
*The entire cast of The Brady Bunch
*The guy from My Secret Identity
*(I forget her name) from Aliens
*Ben Curtis (ANNOYING) 'DUDE' guy from The Dell commercials
*Arsenio Hall - Will always be Eddie Murphy's assistant in Coming to America
*Eddie Murphy will always be a cop, lol.
*David Hasselhoff - Will always be Night Rider
*Tom Selleck - Will always be Magnum P.I.
*Robert Englund - Will ALWAYS be Freddy Krueger
*Ralph George Macchio - Will ALWAYS be Karate Kid
*Noriyuki "Pat" Morita - Will ALWAYS be Mr. Miyagi

That's it for me ;)

How about...
 

Chris Rock = Pooky, New Jack City
"It just keeps calling me, man. Just calling me"

Joan Collins - will always be Alexis (from Dynasty)

I would have to say that Wesley Snipes will always be Nino Brown and Allen PAyne will be G-Money.

Radio Raheem (whatever his name was) and Dean Big Brother Almigh-T from Spike Lee's School Daze and Do The Right Thing!

Larenz Tate (O-Dog)

Christopher B. Duncan will ALWAYS be Braxton.


Thanks for the reminder O2BAME

I reeeeaaaalllllly hate to say this about him because he's such a good actor but Dennis Haysbert will always be know for playing Whitney Houston's married boyfriend Kenneth in Waiting To Exhale.

Deltabrat I think Bill Nunn was Radio Raheem and Giancarlo Esposito was Big Brother Almigh-T.

Correction to post a year ago
 

Ron Glass=Ron O'Neal=SuperFly

Jimmy Walker= J.J. Evans

John Amos= James Evans

Slight hijack..
 

Slight hijack (sorry), but did anyone see last week's Entertainment Weekly (the one with Bart Simpson on the cover)? There was an interview with several emerging young black male actors talking about the dire straits they're in with respect to finding meaty, non-stereotypical roles. The article is called "Brothers in Arms".

EW traditionally comes out on Tuesday, so if you're quick you might still be able to find this copy on the newsstand...

Ron O'Neal : Super Fly

Pam Grier : Cleopatra Jones

Henry Winkler : The Fonz

Barry Williams : Greg Brady

Malcom Jamal-Warner : Theo

Carrol O' Connor : Archie Bunker

Robin Williams : Mork

Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams : Laverne and Shirley

Gary Coleman : Arnold