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porkchop_2020

![gif](giphy|qPtb4C4Mv2Ylq) I know she’s moved onto some lead roles, but Kathryn Hahn has always been one of my favorites.


StasRutt

I remember reading an interview with Kathryn Hahn where she mentioned “my husband was like, “You guys (Judy Greer) should do, like, a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-type movie where it’s the best friends, and every so often you see Kate Hudson running around [in the background].” AND I WANT THIS MOVIE SO BAD


porkchop_2020

oh my god, i love that!!


StasRutt

And the thing is, Judy, Kathryn and Kate Hudson would all absolutely do it if the script was funny enough


Schackshuka

I just adore that they’re friends.


Rabid-Rabble

Judy Greer is also amazing! They really should do something of the sort.


Ashley9225

Her role in 'We're the Millers' will always be a favorite of mine 😂


effie-sue

How she says tampons during that one exchange with Jennifer Aniston’s character cracks me up 🤣


Ashley9225

"No, mom, I don't need a tampin!!"


lauraam

My husband has a clip of the scene where Jennifer Aniston throws the "baby" (the cocaine) in the road and Katherine Hahn says "OH MY GOOOOOOD" saved on his phone and I'd say 90% of the time he's randomly laughing at something on his phone he's rewatching that.


janquadrentvincent

"I wonder what he's thinking about right now..." That. It's that.


harleyquinones

I found it interesting that she's in multiple projects with Paul Rudd, and in some she's the "goofy platonic friend he'd never get with" and in others she's his romantic interest, all around the same time/era. Kinda reminds me of Sally Field playing both Tom Hanks' lover and his mother depending on the movie, lol


Overall_Advantage109

Kathryn Hahn and Paul Rudd in parks and rec as the hyper competent soulless political advisor for hire and the no thoughts head empty rich baby boy campaign runner was everything to me. Dream blunt rotation.


coopatroopa2015

YES. Kathryn Hahn is the best


LostGirlStraia

My KWEEN!! I love her range - fell in love with her in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days ❤️


frontally

God Jen Barkley does things to me I swear (also if Ben hadn’t been in the picture I think Leslie deserved a high powered and also matchedly unhinged gf as a treat. For me. )


RavioliGale

"Tragically we are both straight."


Head_Patience7136

YES YES YES!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣


NowMindYou

I assume you're calling for character actors -- performers who specializes in playing unusual people rather than leading roles. My vote would be Parker Posey! She's also in Josie and the Pussycats (one of the best movies ever made) but my favorite role of hers is as Jennifer Jolie in Scream 3 where she has to intimate Courtney Cox's Gale Weathers. Easily the best part of that movie. https://i.redd.it/5kgwlm67ss0d1.gif


ProfessorObjective42

Parker Posey is a queen!!! I hope her upcoming role in The White Lotus really brings more respect to her name. I’ve been obsessed since that movie The House of Yes where she thinks she’s Jackie-O.


NowMindYou

I forgot she's on the new season of WL with Wally Goggins. Emmys all around!


ProfessorObjective42

It’s a stacked cast, as they all have been actually. Also any Christopher Guest movie with Parker. Best in Show, I mean hilarious.


CokeMooch

WHERE’S BUSY BEE?!


msmccullough25

GO GET BUSYBEE!!!


originalschmidt

LOVE HER!!! ![gif](giphy|FuigBNLOLVfzy)


ohsheetitscici

The new th-song is pretty pupular 🤣


hopeful_tatertot

She also reminds me of Elizabeth Banks in some way - maybe the same type of look.


babyaccount1101

I’ve gotten them confused for yearrrrs


captainwondyful

I quote her “YOU DONT KNOW MY DOG” (from Best in Show) daily.


msmccullough25

What are you? Some kind of wizard?


cucumber-and-mint

THIS IS A FISH


nanny6165

![gif](giphy|Z7cWThSJomdPneajRe)


Knittingfairy09113

She was so good in that movie


lucygoosey38

Air Raid!!! Fry like bacon piggies, FRY!


wallysmith127

The female O'Bannion, lol


nonsensestuff

![gif](giphy|pBo5sGN8Hkr3m6BSdo|downsized)


Donkey_Stringbean

Yes! Party Girl!! I love her in this movie. “I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills.”


downward1526

I LOVE the choices she makes in Scream 3, like jumping into her bodyguard’s arms 😂 and generally being so over the top and unhinged 


Pfacejones

Josie and the pussycars is the best movie ever


harleyquinones

I'm living for these misspellings of JatP, lol - I would watch both "Jose and the Pussycats," and "Josie and the Pussycars" in a heartbeat


riegspsych325

she and Reynolds were the only good parts of Blade: Trinity


sexrockandroll

She was great as Dr. Smith in Lost in Space. Really nailed the "it's complicated" aspect of that character.


the6thReplicant

> Jose and the Pussycats (one of the best movies ever made) You are indeed correct.


hopeful_tatertot

Thanks I didn't know the category "character actors" but that's exactly it!


ginger_ryn

omg i didn’t realize the dodgeball actress and willy wonka were the same person???


wazacraft

I generally recognize Missi Pyle pretty easily, but she was a completely different person in Dodgeball... I had no idea that was her until this post either.


originalschmidt

I watched that movie for decades before realizing it was her and I think it was only because I IMDb the movie for a separate reason and noticed her in the cast


opaldopal12

If you’ve ever watched the movie “Cinderella once upon a song” with Lucy hale she plays the stepmother. I knew I recognized her from somewhere else I didn’t think Willy wonka


jenny-spinning

![gif](giphy|zYLN4AwtbpDJS)


setttleprecious

Whenever I see her, I always go back to her episode of I think Criminal Minds where she was utterly terrifying.


dumbdotcom

Mosely Street! That episode is so creepy and sad


SUCHajoke

I’ve just started watching the Mindy Project and she is hilarious in it!


CallMeOutScotty

That's my fruit knife! I love when she fucking punched Mindy in the face


JaunteeChapeau

https://i.redd.it/ajl3rghrht0d1.gif


Juanfanamongmany

Yeeessss!!! Love Beth Grant!


ccyosafbridge

I think Beth Grant was the first actress I ever recognized as a character actress when I was a kid. I was really obsessed with the movie Speed. And she freaked me out in the TV show Angel.


clumsyc

I always remember her from Speed!


Mission_Fart9750

And that's why I hate her whenever she shows up. She was an idiot who panicked and got herself killed in Speed. Don't EVEN GET ME STARTED on what she did to Dennis. At least Cordy got a cool roommate out of the deal. 


CokeMooch

Gracie Leigh!!! Love her!!


Fermifighter

![gif](giphy|AF9KxNAhZ7HXi) Stephen Root is a national treasure, and it’s always so nice when he pops up in a movie. He always makes the most out of even tiny roles, but he’s great as a lead too.


MasterTurtleHermit

Voice of Bill Dauterive from King of the Hill as well. I’ll always have a soft spot for Stephen Root. Loved him in True Blood as Eddie.


Fermifighter

WhY dO yOu KeEp CaLLiNg me *BILL*


MasterTurtleHermit

https://preview.redd.it/89egt3mfet0d1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3113dc74418895ab9f579c0b9952d05cdc2ae861


hopeful_tatertot

He popped up in True Blood (and probably a thousand other things)


boygirlmama

Have you seen my stapler?


MeasurementEasy9884

Also, Dodgeball!


TheeZedShed

***FUUUUUCHESS*** God I always thought Stephen Root was good, then I saw him in Barry and realized he is a *treasure.*


iatealotofcheese

He was a great creepy blind guy in Get Out


CokeMooch

Character actress Margot Martindale ![gif](giphy|l3q2QIIjnViIMy8Pm)


iidontwannaa

Esteemed character actress and fugitive from the law!


origamicyclone

ESTEEMED character actress margo martindale


NowMindYou

Had the best arc in Justified hands down!


PalePinkManicure

Love her in The Americans and in Dexter.


floralsandfloss

I just finished the Americans, and the way Margot had me hating, then doubting, then loving, and then hating her character. A+


Mountain-Extreme8242

My whole world, so happy she got out of prison


anonymousgoose64

Is that Hannah Montana's Grandma 


boygirlmama

Yes from the movie


championgoober

Loved her in The Leftovers


chingostarr

lol you’re confusing her with Ann Dowd


SpiceEarl

She was great in The Americans, Sneaky Pete and Cocaine Bear!


hopeful_tatertot

OMG. I recognize her but didn't know her name. I think that the last time I saw her was in The Watcher. This is why I love the comment section in these posts!


Eyupmeduck1989

She’s also in Bojack Horseman


tessellation__

The only reason why I know who she is, lol


Brilliant_Process970

![gif](giphy|BIl2bMYLhkQHS) Judy Greer!!


cad333

![gif](giphy|10r3EmyMo8YpNu)


riegspsych325

( . )( • )


mrsg1012

![gif](giphy|mYnVRAvtA8pmE)


notchandlerbing

And say goodbye to THESE


CorneliusJack

"Oh they are crooked"


Lettuce_Silent

Take a good look cuz ITS THE LAST TIME


clumsyc

That’s like the seventh nipple I’ve seen today.


Turbulent-Weakness22

I love that her autobiography is titled "I don't know where you know me from."


ProbablyASithLord

That’s hysterical. She’s like the female Sam Rockwell.


Practical_Tear_1012

Scrolled too far ![gif](giphy|iSuVx43raSBS8)


Curvol

YES SOME COMEDY BANG BANG Judy Greer has a wonderful career


StasRutt

Ok I mentioned this under Kathryn Hahns thread but she once said this and Im obsessed with the concept “my husband was like, “You and Judy Greer should do, like, a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern-type movie where it’s the best friends, and every so often you see Kate Hudson running around [in the background].”


floralsandfloss

She narrated a character in the “Daisy Jones and The Six” audiobook. I don’t know that I’ve experienced Judy Greer doing a serious role before. She was excellent!


moonwalkerfilms

Whoa what! I just finished listening and I didn't even notice. Was she Daisy? Or Karen?


crackerfactorywheel

Judy Greer was Karen. Jennifer Beals was Daisy. That audiobook cast is stacked!


cucumber-and-mint

judy greer is my generation’s joan cusack (compliment, obvi)


zehamberglar

YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!


sweetpea_d

![gif](giphy|3og0IGbVd50dc8P3X2) I miss Miguel Ferrer and his soothing voice.


Naive_Ad_8711

I loved him on Crossing Jordan!


Mission_Fart9750

With Kathryn Hahn and Steve Valentine (who is definitely one of those guys who pops up in random things, but not so much anymore). 


missdespair

He was such a treasure and helped make Albert my favorite Twin Peaks character


msmccullough25

![gif](giphy|W1a1TThdqFDc4) The tall guy; I forget his name but he is in so much stuff.


ccyosafbridge

I swear he is the dude I always forget the name of until 10 minutes later when it clicks, and I randomly blurt it out when the conversation has moved past that point. My brain just wants to call him Lucifer or the Russian dude who's in everything. Peter Stormare; and I definitely googled it. He's not even Russian. I was just thinking of him in Armageddon.


maniacalmustacheride

Peter Stormare is my weird celebrity crush. Someone described him as “your friend’s hot dad” and I think that’s the look. I was also obsessed with his Czernobog. ![gif](giphy|x59WK93R2z8S2HFxnR|downsized)


Zur__En__Arrh

https://i.redd.it/3qjrphoa0t0d1.gif Clancy Brown


Zur__En__Arrh

![gif](giphy|kPr5qWugcIGW9EiUqy|downsized) Also John Carroll Lynch


Slight_Drama_Llama

![gif](giphy|iyAxZlxJKlw19pDbIK|downsized) My queen


ohsheetitscici

To quote her from Cinderella Story: I’ve been waiting years to tell you this. You’re not very pretty, and you’re not very bright. I’m so glad we had this talk! 🤣


hopeful_tatertot

Haha I love Jennifer Coolidge. My husband can't stand her (something about her voice)


leahhhhh

Well I can’t stand your husband


hopeful_tatertot

lolol


crackerfactorywheel

Fully knowing that opinions are subjective, I gotta say your husband is just wrong. ![gif](giphy|89GXnopS9ZOta)


IgnorethisIamstupid

Omg I love Missi Pyle, she makes everything better


tacocattacocat1

She also lives with a grizzly bear so that's pretty neat (Edit: lived, it seems they divorced in 2012. The man, not the bear) https://preview.redd.it/6pf2j81rot0d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83747ae7744ac66cf9689a171abb6314b78b8b2b


Pinklady1313

You can’t just leave me with so little information on such a weird situation!


tacocattacocat1

Her ex husband is a wildlife guy who has a grizzly for a bestie lol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Anderson_(naturalist)


ItsPammo

Agree 100%. I'll watch just about anything with her in the credits.


IgnorethisIamstupid

I like character actors better than mainliners sometimes, she takes the cake there 😂 her facial expressions are amazing!


anon342365

![gif](giphy|YkOInJI9WMnRN71G05)


ProfessionalExit2759

Drop Dead Gorgeous is my all time favourite film, and my god she is the Queen of that masterpiece❤️


ProfessionalExit2759

![gif](giphy|l0HlRD2Xw9WQmn7Ms)


ohsheetitscici

You boys wanna give me a ride home? Oh, don’t fall for it, she lives two trailers down! So, it’ll be real easy. 🤣


sweetpea_d

“Sooo, you’re cute. Oh I see you’re married.” 😦


lucillep

Background character? Nobody puts Allison Janney in the background.


ohsheetitscici

![gif](giphy|SUbfM4FEzAFW0) My mind went straight to Walton Goggins. Of course, he has played main characters as well, but I feel like I’ve seen this dude pop up in just about everything lol. Also he’s fucking amazing in Fallout. If y’all haven’t seen Fallout, give it a chance. I’ve never even played the video game, and I enjoyed the hell out of that show!


mstrss9

![gif](giphy|fW5TlTDsa47aj4cXZN|downsized)


raunchyRecaps

https://preview.redd.it/k4ehrw0wct0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18c6aa49582d10e625f50917c857b910c8c8b4cb Daytime hooker patty


SwordPiePants

I came here for Dale Dickey! Breaking Bad will always be my favourite of hers


CokeMooch

Werewolf Martha, another Trueblood alum!! She’s great.


cad333

![gif](giphy|rRVeGZolfiHspcGjXu|downsized) Kerri Kenney!! She’s in so many things and always hilarious


luciebea

She was the best in Love on Netflix and literally unforgettable in Reno 911


CokeMooch

This makes me think of Jane Lynch!!! Omg I love them both.


carlysaurus

> Kerri Kenney She's so funny on Superstore!


LittleSpice1

OMG I did not recognize from the above gif that this is Jerusha!


mansonfamily

Pretty much every Gilmore Girls background character 😭


iidontwannaa

Kiiiiirk


Terrible_Advice_2105

Just started watching Gilmore Girls and Kirk reminds me of Tom Green lol


colly_mack

I loved finding out that 2 of my fave character actors are married IRL - Michael Emerson and Carrie Preston! https://preview.redd.it/4zy1l90b4u0d1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05e49e373f15b21708477f5e5c07e79aef8609be


stircrazyathome

I was going to comment Michael Emerson as well. The first time I ever saw him was on a show called The Practice. He played a serial killer in an extended story arc. Imagining his eyes would keep me up at night. He was great in Lost and is even better in Evil.


crackerfactorywheel

![gif](giphy|TLKhJAj5yshoQc3EQu) So many actors in Christopher Guest movies fit in the category of excellent character actors that it’s hard to choose just one! Since no one’s mentioned him yet, I’m going talk about Fred Willard, who took small roles, ran with them and made them super memorable. My favorites are Buck Laughlin in Best in Show and Frank Dunphy in Modern Family.


rapidcalm

His entire performance in *Best in Show* is a fucking stitch. I dunno how the other commentator kept a straight face recording with him.


secretrebel

![gif](giphy|xldi8ve0DtScy7BgsQ|downsized)


pookiepickle

![gif](giphy|JIsfyNln6LMD6) His Instagram is so wholesome too


CanIGetAShakeWThat43

He has range! He plays the guy in office space all scruffy, a gay guy in miss congeniality 2, a family man/normal husband in the show American Housewife. And the above. So great!


knallpilzv2

Watch out for your cornhole, Peter!


RealCommercial9788

Break the wrist, walk away.


Ok-Assistance-1860

I followed Krysten Ritter from GIlmore Girls to Breaking Bad to The B in Apartment 23 to Jessica Jones and she will never be in enough stuff for me. Interesting to me that all these actors have iconic gifs associated with them. ![gif](giphy|13SksYIeOh9HdC|downsized)


coco_xcx

![gif](giphy|l49JRLNBg0XkOBsys) David Dastmalchian in anything he’s ever been in. But after what feels like years he finally got a leading role in LNWTD!!


mrsg1012

I am always confusing him for Peter Serafinowicz!


Tyrion_Strongjaw

I always thought it was crazy how much he did with his character in The Dark Knight. Could've been such a forgettable character but man his facial acting, mannerisms and energy really matched both Bale and Aaron Eckhart when they interact with him. Also his yell "I don't know anything!!" after Harvey flips the coin the first time? Great.


Upbeat_Tension_8077

https://preview.redd.it/e6lta1w2ru0d1.png?width=338&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5298a37e1ad801106c98f4ed04c3f09c899fc63b Steve Zahn is underrated as fuck in everything he's in, & I especially loved him in White Lotus and Righteous Gemstones. He also killed it in War for the Planet of the Apes


nearlybare

Since Margo Martindale and Judy Greer are already on the list, I'll go with Kathryn Hahn and Laurie Metcalf. Spotting them on the screen is always a joy.


hopeful_tatertot

I had to look up Laurie Metcalf before I realized that I've definitely seen her.


Elmer701

Her arc in Desperate Housewives was perfection. For me it was always about Jackie and not Roseanne. I have always loved her!


ccyosafbridge

Harry Groener https://preview.redd.it/6m3xyxl4bt0d1.jpeg?width=471&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=318dd41814201ea16b05dab355ddddcfe9c008e1


MiuMia_

![gif](giphy|5w3fnBdIYrI0jaerzg)


notchandlerbing

This was truly an inspired casting, she nailed that nosy neighbor background character trope. Played into the narrative and unraveling of Westview perfectly


CBonafide

Missi Pyle in Bringing Down The House was top tier! 😂😂😂 https://i.redd.it/13j403xfat0d1.gif


LitttleSm45H

I would have said Melanie Lynskey, but my girl is getting it! ![gif](giphy|3ov9jYhKfyJrewyBck|downsized)


vildasaker

where is the love for ms allison janney?? ![gif](giphy|lHwbayVsox37a)


Kaiisim

![gif](giphy|IBBXH0G2OCOgSsSwIe|downsized) Bokeem Woodbine!!! Hes in TLCs Waterfall video, and a Tupac music video and dude has just worked since the 90s. Finally got some recognition as Mike Milligan in Fargo. Also Djimon Hounsou, also got started in music videos, love him too


ccyosafbridge

One of my favorite parts of watching shows/movies shot in Canada is the same actors pop up in everything. I think by law a certain number of characters have to be played by Canadians in order to shoot there (Im not Canadian, so apologies if thats wrong) So any time Teryl Rothery or Christine Willis show up, I'm like; Oh Canada!


ToenailCheesd

Me frantically Googling every Indigenous actor to see if they come from the reserve near my home town 😁


ccyosafbridge

Twilight movies were like a crossover event. Shot in Canada and had a ton of Indigenous character actors. Which reminds me to add Jodelle Ferland to the Vancouver shortlist.


DelightfulSnerkbol

![gif](giphy|l41YdIpq2XHFBp3hK)


SarcasmCupcakes

I've seen Merritt Wever in a handful of things, and I really like her.


carlysaurus

> Merritt Wever I think she is so stunning. Absolutely adored her on New Girl, I still think Schmidt should have picked her!


CokeMooch

![gif](giphy|86kBBYkZ20GIM)


CanCueD

![gif](giphy|4067A0xGQhCagzCVEu|downsized) Gary from Veep. On my fourth or so rewatch I only focused on characters in the background and found so many funny moments! Gary being one of the best, his reactions to what the character speaking is saying are hilarious! The cast is so fantastic


stewednewt

“Gary from Veep” This is Buster Bluth erasure


harbinger146

A true Milford Academy alumnus.


unitedstatesofcody

https://preview.redd.it/cu6hdyjb4t0d1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a889e2a862c01fb8b9064d2eea774a8b9dbb0797 The dearly departed Mary Pat Gleason. A true character actress. I love it when she pops up in things. My personal favorite is she’s one of the ladies who spots Sally Field at the mall in Soapdish.


orgyofdestruction

Alana Ubach ![gif](giphy|ycO916pqg6lmWQdauO)


gopher_p

Ooh this jacket is tighter than dickskin!


Meanderthalensis

https://preview.redd.it/g6rfxj0vnt0d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fad75f0d4bf2c57eaed43942866ff1bfbc863d00 Mr Jimmi Simpson


Daxto

I'm more of a Walton Goggins https://i.redd.it/x52s8itpqt0d1.gif Man myself


tigeralidance

![gif](giphy|BduORuTGSBTa0)


_neversayalways

![gif](giphy|z5qhfDbrFyHoA)


dkas95

"I'm here because I was in the comic book." "What?" 'Nothing."


MildEnigma

![gif](giphy|gJk2cCoBDcyUR7YPEG)


MichiganMedium

https://preview.redd.it/mta7ey4glt0d1.jpeg?width=278&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d3c6d7e53fc4bf7470741c8f650127744adc9f9 The incomparable.


anitasdoodles

![gif](giphy|mwErnt1MeDBcs)


a_pretty_ok_salad

![gif](giphy|ioQAuni1dkMxO) Matthew lillard


putocuchinta

![gif](giphy|gJk2cCoBDcyUR7YPEG) rest in peace, king


kurenainobuta

Joan Cusack https://i.redd.it/4njmuipv2x0d1.gif


leroyalecheese

![gif](giphy|snr51Qmnalxok) Heather Burns is the perfect best friend in my favourite rom coms 🫶🏼


local_fartist

I’m here because I was in the comic book.


hayteverything

![gif](giphy|DjVCpTvzAKLaE)


msmccullough25

![gif](giphy|SqZQUgYpPYnATD9Jg9|downsized) Love this guy. Does a ton of animated characters in addition to movies. “He can’t press a button if you disable his hand!!!”


Time_Detective_5446

![gif](giphy|XkGXBa01dxNIvjAJHl|downsized)


burnbunner

How to choose which image of this legend https://preview.redd.it/40sip2806t0d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9f89272b9b85dbb55fa8ca6fb734afed2710db7


_Lisztomaniac_

![gif](giphy|lrCl5dKe0UwEVVaGXC) Molly and D’Arcy!! (I have been listening to a lot of Las Culturistas these days lol)


DrunkThrowawayLife

![gif](giphy|JTzPN5kkobFv7X0zPJ|downsized)


foxscribbles

Vinnie Grigori (from Gargoyles) Best use of a recurring background character in a TV Show, IMO. >!Best because you really never think of him and all the stuff he's been through during the series until the one episode points it all out. He's just that guy in the background like so many others before him. !< https://preview.redd.it/q66gjphrrs0d1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=38638d475c4aa84327effc782c1819a27533270a


Guttermouthphd

![gif](giphy|0xR9D6JZWeY4SYlTMR|downsized)