Last Updated on 16 September 2023

A list of actors whose face may be familiar, but whose name you might not know. When you see them in a movie, you probably say something like “Oh! That guy! (or gal) I think (s)he was also in … “

(Your age or your familiarity with movies may affect this.)

Barney Phillips (178 TV/movie credits)


Robert Davi (155 TV/movie credits)


Billy Drago (89 TV/movie credits)


Charles Lane (371 TV/movie credits)


Cosmo Sardo (523 TV/movie credits)


Denholm Elliott (160 TV/movie credits)


Djimon Hounsou (55 TV/movie credits)


Doodles Weaver (139 TV/movie credits)


Erick Avari (144 TV/movie credits)


Henry Silva (137 TV/movie credits)


Hope Summers (106 TV/movie credits)


Jack Elam (206 TV/movie credits)


James Hong (397 TV/movie credits)


Jeffrey Jones (67 TV/movie credits)


John Fujioka (92 TV/movie credits)


Lee Arenberg (109 TV/movie credits)


Lloyd Bridges (209 TV/movie credits)


Luis Contreras (79 TV/movie credits)


Nestor Paiva (306 TV/movie credits)


Sid Haig (141 TV/movie credits)


Steve Franken (170 TV/movie credits)


Steve James (48 TV/movie credits)


Wolf Kahler (88 TV/movie credits)

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