Actors and actresses only known for one role...

I thought it was pretty good too. Kutcher is still an idiot.

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@Derek: Just because you're not a fan of certain films, doesn't mean that an actor can't be known for them...

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I can't believe I just thought of this one, but no matter what he does in his career, Tim Curry will always be associated with the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Yeah, I don't remember ever seeing Arthur Lake in anything else but the Blondie movies.

You mean just one movie, right? Not one type of character (ex. Jack Nicholson constantly portraying psychotic characters).

Harvey Keitel (Mr. White) from Reservoir Dogs - he was in other movies, but this is the only major role that he's known for.

Surely he's better know as Mr. Wolf? I mean, for me, he's Sport in Taxi Driver, but I think if I had to narrow his career down to one role, it'd be Mr. Wolf.

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Fail. Harvey Keitel has been in loads of stuff.

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90s and onward. I don't think that he's been known post-Reservoir Dogs for anything notable. Most people born in the 80s-90s have never seen Taxi Driver.

Born in the 80's. Taxi Driver is my favorite movie.

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I'm sure it's a great film like Sorcese's other films are. Truth though is most people 90s and onward have probably only heard of it from the John Hinkley Jr. assassination attempt on Reagan. If someone wasn't old enough to see Taxi Driver the year it was released, then Reservoir Dogs is his only notable role. Not to mention he wasn't the lead role in Taxi Driver anyway (leads are what I had in mind).

Well you are still ignoring films like Bad Lieutenant and Mean Streets. His (arguably) most known role does not mean his only. And you make a lot of assumptions about the whole age thing. After all a few people here who have seen and love the movie were not alive to see it in the cinema.

Besides Keitel has done some of his best work as a supporting actor.

I was thinking of Bad Lieutenant, but I don't think the name is recognisable, even if the film is and I wondered how remembered/known it is outside of film fanatics. I still think it's Mr. Wolf. It's 20 years since Pulp Fiction and I saw him playing Mr. Wolf today in an ad for insurance.

I was going by averages. I'm aware that the average site member has a much more diverse taste in film than the average Joe. I don't think however the average man on the street born after the 90s would know him for anything but Reservoir Dogs (if they even knew his name at all).

They would, and it's Mr. Wolf because Pulp Fiction is a far bigger film than Reservoir Dogs.

Harvey Keitel has no business being on this thread...this actor has been around too long and done too many roles to be associated with just one.

You really should look at the IMDB pages for Ryan Reynolds, Marlon Wayans, and Ashton Kutcher.

"Lead roles" is what I had in mind