That was him?!

Hey guys,


Mark here with a new top ten list. I pride myself on recognizing actors and saying to friends," Hey do you remember him/her in _______?"

I know its kind of silly, but I thought maybe I can do the same thing here, just get it all out of the way. Here we go:





10) Tim Roth
Don't know him from - Planet of the Apes (2001)
Know him from - Reservoir Dogs, The Incredible Hulk



























I love Tim Roth. He was my favorite part of the new Hulk movie. He just brings so much to the table everytime he is on screen. I don't remember much of Planet of the Apes, but I remember thinking that the main bad ape was awesome. Little did I know that it was Tim Roth. He's the one saying," This one looked at me."




9) Paul Rudd
Don't know him from - this awesome SNES commercial
Know him from - Knocked Up, 40-Year Old Virgin
































Paul Rudd is the man. He was awesome in Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Role Models, and I Love You, Man. But he has actually be around for quite a long time. I have a few instances of early Paul Rudd, starting with a funny commercial he did for Super Nintendo way back when. He was Alicia Silverstone's step brother in Clueless, Paris is Romeo + Juliet (he was dancing with Juliet at the costume ball; he laughs hysterically at the beginning of the clip), and he was Tommy Jarvis in Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers. Glad he found Apatow.



8) Alfred Molina
Don't know him from - Raiders of the Lost Ark
Know him from - Spider-Man 2




















Now everyone knows who Doc Ock is in Spider-Man 2, but did you know that Molina was the traitor at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark? I didn't realize it for the longest time until I wanted to see what else Molina was in. The guy is good, real good. Also see him in Identity, another awesome flick.



7) Ryan Gosling
Don't know him from - Remember the Titans
Know him from - The Notebook, Half Nelson

























Ryan Gosling is one of this generation's finest actors. He is versatile, intense, and makes very mature decisions on what role he plays. He's practically a chameleon. Whether its playing a happy go lucky football player in Remember the Titans (his clip starts at 1:03), or playing a neo-Nazi with a Jewish background in The Believer (his strongest role to date), the guy knows how to pick a role. I could do a whole list on who is in Remember the Titans : Donald Faison (Turk in Scrubs), Ethan Suplee (Randy in My Name is Earl, and he also plays a neo-Nazi in American History X), and Wood Harris (Avon Barkesdale in The Wire).




6) Seth Rogen
Don't know him from - Donnie Darko
Know him from - Knocked Up, SuperBad, Observe and Report




















Seth Rogen is huge now. I have no idea how he snuck into Donnie Darko in such an obscure role. He hardly speaks, but its no doubt that its him. He appears right at the :45 second mark, and its the only clip that I could find. Didn't look too hard though. I know that he also bullies the overweight girl (was she overweight? It's been awhile and I don't really remember, I don't want to say that she was overweight and then find out that she is not... That would reflect poorly on me). Anyway, onto number 6...



5) Liam Neeson
Don't know him from - Krull
Know him from - Taken, The Phantom Menace, Schindler's List

























Krull scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. All I remember is this creepy old guy in a forest that turned into quicksand. And I remember Liam Neeson. He doesn't show up in the clip until around 3:45, but I know that it was a fairly decent supporting role.









4) Ellen Page
Don't know her from - Hard Candy
Know her from - Juno, Smart People, X3: The Last Stand




















Everybody loves Juno. Whether you saw it before or after all the hype, everybody liked it. And if you didn't, then you are probably lying, or trying to be one of those different-to-be-different types of people, you know EXACTLY who you are.

So, since we got that point outta the way, let's move on. Many people consider Juno Ellen Page's ticket to stardom, but she actually got RAVE reviews for this little movie called Hard Candy. The movie is not for the faint of heart, and I can't recommend it to everybody. It's about an online predator (played by Watchmen's Nite Owl, Patrick Wilson) meeting up with a teenage girl (played by Page) who seems like an innocent, naive victim, only to have the tables turned on Wilson's character when we find out that Page isn't as innocent as she seems. She knows exactly what he is, and she makes his life MISERABLE. It's super intense, and again, I can't recommend it to everyone, but for those seeking an uncompromising thriller, please seek this out.

Wow, this is kind of a review, so I'll get back on track again. It's not so much that Page looks any different here than she does in Juno, it's just that she is a completely different person. Once you see her in Juno, you think, oh, she's such a quirky person in real life I bet because she plays it very well. But, in Hard Candy, she turns that perception on its head and delivers and powerful and intense performance that shows that she has acting chops that go beyond quirk.



3) Jerry O'Connell
Don't know him from - Stand by Me
Know him from - Jerry Maguire, Scream 2, Can't Hardly Wait (Trip. Trip McNeely)

























This would usually be number one on these kinds of lists. But not mine. Yes, Jerry O'Connell was the fat kid in Stand By Me. I feel like it's one of those things that's pretty well known, but I still feel like it's worthy of being number 3. He seems to have fallen off of the radar as of late with his poor choices of TV shows that seem to get cancelled pretty quick. He's is becoming what people call a "show-killer," much like David Spade and Andy Dick. Which is shame considering that he has done some good work (like Jerry Maguire and Scream 2, and who can forget Kangaroo Jack).




2) Chris Pine
Don't know him from - Smokin' Aces
You WILL know him for being Captain Kirk in the New Star Trek







































Chris Pine is about to blow up. He's gonna be Kirk in the new Star Trek. He wants to do The A-Team (bad idea). And he is the best choice right now for The Green Lantern. But he also appeared in The Princess Diaries 2 (no, I haven't seen it) and he was quite frankly the best part of Smokin' Aces. He was Darwin Tremor of the Tremor Brothers. At the end of the trailer, he's the one that says, " I bet you are" to Alicia Keys. Hopefully doing Star Trek won't prevent him from doing other kooky roles in the future.





1) Jackie Earle Haley
Don't know him from - The original Bad News Bears (where he played Kelly Leak, the team's All-Star)
Know him from - Little Children (in which he was nominated for an Oscar), and more recently as Rorschach in Watchmen



































Jackie Earle Haley was kind of an annoying kid actor. I remember thinking that he was kind of a tool when he was Kelly Leak in all the Bad News Bears. He was androgynous and a cocky little snot. So I was very surprised when I saw that he was nominated for an Oscar for Little Children. Since then, he has blown up. After appearing briefly in Semi-Pro, he was cast as Rorschach in the highly anticipated graphic-novel adaption, Watchmen. He absolutely owned it. Now, he is cast as the iconic Freddy Kruger in the new Nightmare on Elm Street remake.






That't it for this list. Thanks for reading. Go Mavs!



-SOFAB