Characters You Never Knew Were The Same Actor

By Haider Ali in Entertainment On 6th November 2016

It seems that whenever a character is masked or wears costume makeup it makes the actor indistinguishable; we tend not to care about the actor underneath. It’s not fair but it helps to keep them anonymous and allows for us to make a list like this. What happens when anonymous actors play more than one recognizable character? It’s fun to note that the guy who played the Stay Puft Marshmallow in Ghostbusters also played Godzilla in Godzilla. Now, that’s not true, of course, but how cool would it be if it were? We’re not about to give away a freebie, so don’t get hasty.

#1 Jed Brophy – Sharku/Snaga and Nori

Brophy got a few of the better-known characters, like both Sharku and Snaga, two of the most recognizable orcs from The Two Towers. We don't expect you to know the names of orcs, so we'll help you out. Sharku was one of the orcs riding Wargs, the one that Aragorn gets stuck on and causes him to fall off the cliff. As Sharku died, he revealed that he was holding Arwen's necklace. Snaga is the orc who first suggests they eat Merry and Pippin outside the forest, the one that said, "Yeah, why can't we have some meats," spitting and slobbering as he spoke.

#2 Richard Brake – Night’s King and Joe Chill

He's got a great look, sort of zombie, sort of frost giant. The actor who plays the Night's King is the same guy who killed Bruce Wayne's parents in Batman Begins, Joe Chill. He's also in Thor: Dark World, Spy, Hannibal Rising, Halloween II (Reboot) and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

#3 Danielle Harris – Jamie Lloyd and Annie Brackett

Richard Brake was in the Rob Zombie Halloween films we will stick with that connection for a little bit. One of the ways of doing this was casting Danielle Harris as Annie Brackett in both Halloween and Halloween II. Prior to this role, Harris was most famous for her childhood role as Jamie Lloyd in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988) and Halloween 5 (1989).

#4 Tyler Mane – Sabretooth and Michael Myers

Mane is wearing the iconic Michael Myers mask for most of it, so we don't get to see his face. In the original X-Men, Sabretooth may not be as badass in the films as he is the comics, but he looks cool, so we remember him. That big ol' hairdo, the teeth, the eyes, Mane's version of Sabretooth was great, especially if you consider that he had hardly any lines and he was way tougher than Liv Schreiber's version.

#5 Billy Redden – Banjo Kid and Banjo Man

You would recognize the perfectly cast Billy Redden best as the Banjo Kid in Deliverance. The poor guy was cast as a backwoods hillbilly in the film specifically because he looked as if he might be the product of inbreeding. Sadly, there is nothing wrong with him physically; he was just a messed up looking kid. The banjo kid, if you're struggling to place him, was the one who famously played "dueling banjos" in one of the greatest scenes ever.

#6 Ray Park – Darth Maul and Toad

The actor who played Toad was Ray Park. You might recognize Park from G.I. Joe in which he played Snake Eyes, or from Heroes in which he played Edgar, but his most famous role came well before either of those. The year before Park suited up as Toad, he was heavy on the makeup in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as Darth Maul. Even though the Star Wars film is heavily railed against, Park's performance is considered excellent for what it was.

#7 Leif Tilden – Donatello and Robbie Sinclair

He's played two massive characters that almost everyone knew, at least during the early 90s. First came Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990 and the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, in 1991. In these classic flicks, Tilden was the man in the Donatello turtle suit. Then, from 1991 to 1994, Tilden played the teenage dinosaur Robbie Sinclair in Dinosaurs. Robbie always wore the red varsity jacket and looked fly as hell. For all you dinosaur fanatics, like real dinosaurs.

#8 Rick Baker – King Kong and Pilot

His biggest and best was as King Kong in King Kong (1976), but he was also in Planet of the Apes, MIB II & III and The Wolfman. In almost every movie that he's appeared in as an actor, Baker was behind the scenes doing the makeup special effects too. He's long been considered one of the best in business, so we just want to show him a little love for what he does in front of the camera as well.

#9 Doug Jones – Pale Man and Abe Sapien

Jones has been around for a while and has played some massive characters, almost always in costume. It's difficult to say which characters of his are the biggest because it is such a subjective question, but we think that his Pale Man from Pan's Labyrinth and Abe Sapien from Hellboy (both Guillermo del Toro films) are the biggest and best. Jones also played the zombie Billy in Hocus Pocus, Pencilhead in Mystery Men, the Gentlemen in the scariest episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

#10 Ian Whyte – Wun Wun and Last Engineer

Ian Whyte is best known in the Game of Thrones world as playing the Wildling giant Wun Wun in seasons five and six, but he also played Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane briefly in season 2. Since the Mountain has had a few different actors, we decided to ignore that role a bit.

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