lets cast historical figures.

[Yevetha]

Karl Marx

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Reagan

Tim Matheson:

Al Sharpton

Ron Glass

 

[timothy]

bruce boxlightner should be regan.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Actually, I saw a clip of a young Ronnie Reagan recently, and his face reminded me of this guy:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245705/


Yeah, on second thoughts, it must have been the movie's picture quality, as the two look nothing alike...

 

[Greg Cox]

Jackie Earle Haley as Groucho Marx.

I mean, just look at him in HUMAN TARGET.

 

[Yevetha]

Could you guys link pictures too?

 

[Yevetha]

John Saxon

Marlon Brando

 

[Christopher]

On another board, I raised the question of who would make a good Gene Roddenberry if they ever made a biopic about him. My suggestion was Beau Bridges. Another good suggestion I heard was Nick Chinlund; I saw him recently in Law & Order: CI and thought he bore a pretty strong facial resemblance (although you can't tell it from his main picture on IMDb because he has a shaven head and a goatee there). Someone else suggested Richard Kind, which doesn't work for me, but others might disagree.

 

[Nerys Myk]

John Saxon

Marlon Brando

Thats an odd match up. Saxon is only 12 years younger than Brando.

 

[Yevetha]

Rommel.......Ed Harris.

 

[Lonemagpie]

The guy who plays the satyr in the O2 adverts in the UK looks very like the Emperor Hadrian...

 

[Mr Silver]

Mark Pelligrino would be my first choice if I was in charge of making a Jandek biopic.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

^^ I'm thinking Colin Morgan myself.

 

[Mr Silver]

^^ I'm thinking Colin Morgan myself.

Absolutely, Colin Morgan would be fit for a young Jandek, but Mark Pellegrino is perfect for the role of a mature Jandek. He has that "mystique" that anyone playing the role would need. He's also skilled in the "Meisner technique" and could really put that to use in a biopic.

 

[Yevetha]

Shatner

Daniel Hugh Kelly alias Sojef

 

[Gaith]

Rommel.......Ed Harris.

Wow.

On another board, I raised the question of who would make a good Gene Roddenberry if they ever made a biopic about him. My suggestion was Beau Bridges.

I vote Philip Seymour Hoffman. Not a dead ringer, obviously, but bigger-boned, and has the aura of genius that any Gene portrayal should almost certainly have.


Anyhoo, Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio:

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[DevilEyes]

Late Croatian president Franjo Tudjman

Bob Gunton

 

[Admiral Shran]

Ulysses Grant.... Lee Tergesen

 

[Venardhi]

I can't be arsed to download and re-upload a picture of all three, but I'd love to see Hugh Laurie play King George, Tsar Nicholas and Kaiser Wilhelm all in one movie. His resemblance to the first two is occasionally striking and the third is just for good measure.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Actually, I saw a clip of a young Ronnie Reagan recently, and his face reminded me of this guy:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0245705/


Yeah, on second thoughts, it must have been the movie's picture quality, as the two look nothing alike...

Oh god, I've got the Mark Kermode impersonation going through my head now.

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

John Saxon

Marlon Brando

Thats an odd match up. Saxon is only 12 years younger than Brando.

Yeah, John Saxon could only play an older Brando. Problem is, old Brando was much fatter than Saxon is now. So, not really a match.