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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 13:45:30 GMT
I'm thinking...
George Clooney
Judy Davis
Judi Dench
Sally Field
Taraji P. Henson
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jun 14, 2018 13:56:07 GMT
I'd suggest these folks...
Julie Walters
Robbie Coltrane
John Lithgow
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Jun 14, 2018 13:56:54 GMT
John Goodman
Steve Carell
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 14, 2018 14:34:39 GMT
Will Smith
Melissa McCarthy
Jennifer Aniston
Bruce Willis
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Post by thomasjerome on Jun 14, 2018 14:48:24 GMT
Martin and Charlie Sheen
Kiefer Sutherland
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Post by quetee on Jun 14, 2018 16:10:03 GMT
Woody Harrelson
Viola Davis
Johnny Depp
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2018 17:37:02 GMT
claire foy?
and i'd say depp is famous mainly for movies, over here in this country anyway (he did tv too?? heard that for the first time)
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 14, 2018 19:05:15 GMT
This is a tough question because film work tends to overwhelm TV if you are really famous - I think its people who aren't big stars that you see it more Jeffrey Wright maybe or Bobby Cannavale or Laurie Metcalf maybe?
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Post by flasuss on Jun 14, 2018 20:56:42 GMT
I don't know if I would describe most of the people mentioned here as EQUALLY famous. Certainly not the likes of George Clooney, Bruce Willis or Johnny Depp, or most of the big stars that first make their name on TV (Will Smith is the one that comes the closest, outside of the US at least). There's also actors that became known for cinema first, but I think they are more famous for their TV work now (the Sheens, Kiefer Sutherland).
(Almost) equally famous I'd say:
Michael J. Fox (although with an edge for cinema)
Steve Carrell
Sean Bean
Ron Howard (in the US, internationally he's more known for his film work)
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Post by countjohn on Jun 14, 2018 22:04:33 GMT
As big as ER was back in the day, I'd say just about everyone now thinks of Clooney as a film leading man first. No way are Fresh Prince/Moonlighting/21 Jump Street even as close to as big as Smith/Willis/Depp's film roles.
Carrell, Kiefer Sutherand, and Aniston were good picks. Martin Sheen's a tough one. Apocalypse Now may push his film career sightly ahead notability wise but it's close.
If we're just going by acting, Ron Howard is more known for Opie than anything else, but if you include his directing most people probably think of that first when they hear his name these days.
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Post by cherry68 on Jun 15, 2018 5:33:14 GMT
(Almost) equally famous I'd say: Michael J. Fox (although with an edge for cinema) Steve Carrell Sean Bean Ron Howard (in the US, internationally he's more known for his film work) It depends on which generation you refer to. Surely if you ask people my age or my parents', they remember Ron Howard for Happy days first (and we live in Europe). I saw Michael J Fox in a sitcom for years as well, but I guess younger people remember him mostly for movies. |
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Post by Christ_Ian_Bale on Jun 15, 2018 5:42:30 GMT
Alec Baldwin
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Post by Pavan on Jun 15, 2018 6:51:07 GMT
Kevin Spacey
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Post by stabcaesar on Jun 15, 2018 9:13:06 GMT
Maggie Smith
Jessica Lange
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Post by bob-coppola on Jun 15, 2018 11:51:18 GMT
I don't agree with most of the names brought up in this thread, but you got it right with Jessica Lange, Melissa McCarthy, Steve Carrell, Alec Baldwin, Will Smith and Taraji P. Henson. Other people are indeed famous, but mainly for one medium, or not that famous at all.
I'd say Allison Janney and J. K. Simmons fit the group as well.
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