Actors known for three roles

[Runwildboys]

That's what I'm talking about. Most actors aren't going to be known for a role by playing in one movie unless that character was so dominant that you just can't overlook the performance like say Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". He IS that role.

I think that basically, if people know the character's name, and it makes them think of the actor, that qualifies as "known for the role". What say you?

 

[Runwildboys]

Jack Nicholson

One Flew Over rhe Cuckcoo’s Nest. (Ken Kesey)
Chinatown. (Jake Gittes)
The Shining. (Jack Torrance)

If by some wild chance, anyone here as not seen all three of these epic movies, please do so

Then again, none of these were ongoing roles like some of the others.
Sounds like the OP wants that instead in this thread

Colonel Nathan Jessup

 

[DFWJC]

That's what I'm talking about. Most actors aren't going to be known for a role by playing in one movie unless that character was so dominant that you just can't overlook the performance like say Jack Nicholson in "The Shining". He IS that role.

Ah, that makes sense.

Tom Selleck

Magnum PI. Series (Thomas Magnum)
Blue Bloods. Series (NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan)
The Jessie Stones series. (Jesse Stone)

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I think that basically, if people know the character's name, and it makes them think of the actor, that qualifies as "known for the role". What say you?

I just think there's a difference between say a guy who stars in a flick and an actor who really leaves their mark and will forever be remembered for the role like say Charlie Sheen in Platoon. And I do think the overall quality of the flick has to be taken into account.

 

[DFWJC]

Colonel Nathan Jessup

Good one
Guess I “can’t handle the truth”

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Ah, that makes sense.

Tom Selleck

Magnum PI. Series (Thomas Magnum)
Blue Bloods. Series (NYPD Commissioner Frank Reagan)
The Jessie Stones series. (Jesse Stone)

That's a good one.

 

[Runwildboys]

Alan Rickman

Sheriff of Nottingham
Hans Gruber
Severus Snape

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Bill Murray...

Stripes
Ghostbusters
Groundhog Day

 

[OmerV]

I just think there's a difference between say a guy who stars in a flick and an actor who really leaves their mark and will forever be remembered for the role like say Charlie Sheen in Platoon. And I do think the overall quality of the flick has to be taken into account.

In other words, career making/defining kinds of roles, and people who have been fortunate enough to have 3 of those.

 

[OmerV]

John Travolta

Vinny Barbarino - Welcome Back Kotter
Tony Manero - Saturday Night Fever
Bud ? - Urban Cowboy

Not a fan of the movies, but they were massive blockbusters and shaped pop culture in their time.

 

[OmerV]

Paul Newman

Cool Hand Luke
The Hustler
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

All great movies, and Newman’s character is referenced in the title of each, making him even more identifiable with the character.

 

[Runwildboys]

Paul Newman

Cool Hand Luke
The Hustler
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

All great movies, and Newman’s character is referenced in the title of each, making him even more identifiable with the character.

See post #33

 

[OmerV]

See post #33

I jumped in late in this thread so missed that, but you know what the y say about great minds thinking alike ...

 

[Runwildboys]

I jumped in late in this thread so missed that, but you know what the y say about great minds thinking alike ...

Yep. The same thing they say about damaged ones.

 

[DFWJC]

Chris Pratt

Guardians of the Galaxy. movies. (Peter Quill/Star Lord)
Jurrassic World movies (Owen Grady)
Parks and Recreation. TV series. (Andy Dwyer)

 

[MichaelWinicki]

John Travolta

Vinny Barbarino - Welcome Back Kotter
Tony Manero - Saturday Night Fever
Bud ? - Urban Cowboy

Not a fan of the movies, but they were massive blockbusters and shaped pop culture in their time.

Yes they were.

 

[cowboyec]

Elvis:
•Vince Everett(Jailhouse Rock)
•Danny Fisher(King Creole)
•Lucky Jackson(Viva Las Vegas)

John Wayne:
•Sgt Stryker(sands of iwo jima)
•Uncle Ethan(Searchers)
•Rooster Cogburn(true grit,rooster cogburn)

 

[RodeoJake]

Jimmy Stewart

George Bailey
Elwood P Dowd
Jeff Jeffries

 

[Corso]

I'll start...

Clint Eastwood:
-The character Rowdy on 7 seasons of "Rawhide"
-The Man With No Name on the various Italian-produced westerns
-Dirty Harry Callahan on the various "Dirty Harry" films

One of Clint's very first film roles was a bumbling scientist in The Revenge of the Creature.
The third of the Creature of the Black Lagoon series.

He didn't realize the mouse he lost was in his pocket...

 

[blindzebra]

Ian McKellen

Gandalf
Magneto
King Lear

I'd put James Whale in Gods and Monsters over King Lear.