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Name the Actor Trivia Quiz


I'll give you three characters. You tell me which actor portrayed them. The roles are in chronological order.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheHitman1990. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
288,100
Updated
Jul 08 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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6675
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (4/10), jibberer (10/10), pommiejase (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who portrayed a mathematical genius in 'Good Will Hunting' (1997), a 'talented' con artist, murderer in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1999) and a detective sergeant MSP informant in 'The Departed' (2006)? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which actor debuted as gay Republican, Sammy Grayn, in 'Reality Bites' (1994) and played such roles as the guitar player in 'That Thing You Do!' (1996) and the bug killer in 'Saving Silverman' (2001)? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the hacker mercenary, Gregor, in 'Ronin' (1998), the infamous Alex Green in the experimental drama 'Timecode' (2000) and the married neighbour, Chuck, in 'Dogville' (2003)? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who played a rich, good-living, high school teenager in 'Risky Business' (1983), a Lieutenant Junior Grade US lawyer in 'A Few Good Men' (1992) and a futuristic crime-preventing policeman in 'Minority Report' (2002)? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Who was Charlie Simms's fraud partner in 'Scent of a Woman' (1992), the solitary male nurse Phil Parma in 'Magnolia' (1999) and Owen Davian, the villain from the 2006 action film 'Mission: Impossible III'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Before his landmark role in the 'Spider-Man' trilogy, who was Witherspoon's twin brother in 'Pleasantville' (1998), Homer Wells, the orphan in 'The Cider House Rules' (1999) and the famous horse racing jockey in 'Seabiscuit' (2003)? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which former rapper from Massachusetts made an appeareance as the psychopathic criminal, David McCall, in 'Fear' (1996), the robbery planner, Charlie Croker, in 'The Italian Job' (2003) and a bad-spoken sargeant in 'The Departed' (2006) (for which he won a BSFC, a NSFC and a NBR Award)? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which English actor played an obsessed French Literature professor in the 1997 remake of 'Lolita', legendary musketeer, René Aramis, in 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and an epic Dragon Rider in 'Eragon' (2006)? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. This Nigerian-Australian actor portrayed a famous English cricketer in 'Bodyline' (1984), the neurotic Richard Carlisle in 'The Interview' (1989) and the immigrant dentist Rubicondo in 'The Old Man Who Read Love Stories' (2001). Who is this actor, best-known as the villain of the acclaimed trilogy 'The Matrix' and the man behind the dark antagonist from 'V for Vendetta' (2006)? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who played soldier Nick Chevotarevich in 'The Deer Hunter' (1978), a rare storytelling captain in Tarantino's 1994 hit 'Pulp Fiction' and the joke-shop proprietor, Wilbur Turnblad, in the musical film 'Hairspray' (2007)? His fame is based in his large filmography and unique characters. Hint



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Nov 01 2024 : Guest 86: 4/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who portrayed a mathematical genius in 'Good Will Hunting' (1997), a 'talented' con artist, murderer in 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (1999) and a detective sergeant MSP informant in 'The Departed' (2006)?

Answer: Matt Damon

Matt Damon is a famous American actor who played very famous characters, such as Jason Bourne in the 'Bourne Trilogy', Loki: The Angel of Death in Kevin Smith's 'Dogma' (1999) and Private James Ryan in Steven Spielberg's 'Saving Private Ryan' (1998). He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for co-writing the screenplay for 'Good Will Hunting'.

He was also nominated for a another Academy Award for Best Actor in the same movie, but he lost against Jack Nicholson for his role as Melvin Udall in 'As Good As It Gets'.
2. Which actor debuted as gay Republican, Sammy Grayn, in 'Reality Bites' (1994) and played such roles as the guitar player in 'That Thing You Do!' (1996) and the bug killer in 'Saving Silverman' (2001)?

Answer: Steve Zahn

Steve Zahn is an American comedian and stage performer, who had his big break in 1994, when Ben Stiller cast him for 'Reality Bites'. He also appeared in a variety of movies like 'You've Got Mail' (1998), 'Daddy Day Care' (2003) and 'Bandidas' (2006). He also played Phoebe Buffay's husband, Duncan, in a 1995 episode of 'Friends'.
3. Who was the hacker mercenary, Gregor, in 'Ronin' (1998), the infamous Alex Green in the experimental drama 'Timecode' (2000) and the married neighbour, Chuck, in 'Dogville' (2003)?

Answer: Stellan Skarsgård

Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård made a lot of films in his home country, but he is best-known internationally for such roles as the MIT professor, Gerard Lambeau, in 'Good Will Hunting', Capt. Tupolov in 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) and William 'Bootstrap Bill' Turner in the 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest' and 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'.

He won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor in the Swedish drama 'Den Enfaldige Mördaren' (1981) (a.k.a. 'The Simple-Minded Murder').
4. Who played a rich, good-living, high school teenager in 'Risky Business' (1983), a Lieutenant Junior Grade US lawyer in 'A Few Good Men' (1992) and a futuristic crime-preventing policeman in 'Minority Report' (2002)?

Answer: Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise is a very successful Hollywood American actor who starred in lots of action, comedy, drama and Sci-Fi movies. He won an 'Excellence in Film' BAFTA Award, as well as many Golden Globes (for his roles in 'Born on the 4th of July', 'Jerry Maguire' and 'Magnolia'), NBR Awards (Best Actor in 'Jerry Maguire' and Best Cast in 'Magnolia') and a Saturn Award for Best Actor in 2001 'Vanilla Sky'.
5. Who was Charlie Simms's fraud partner in 'Scent of a Woman' (1992), the solitary male nurse Phil Parma in 'Magnolia' (1999) and Owen Davian, the villain from the 2006 action film 'Mission: Impossible III'?

Answer: Philip Seymour Hoffman

Talented actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in known for his strange-minded and obscure personality characters. He won many awards, including an Oscar for Best Actor for his interpretation of the 2005 biographical film 'Capote'. Hoffman made his first appearance in TV as a defendant in a 'Law and Order' episode.
6. Before his landmark role in the 'Spider-Man' trilogy, who was Witherspoon's twin brother in 'Pleasantville' (1998), Homer Wells, the orphan in 'The Cider House Rules' (1999) and the famous horse racing jockey in 'Seabiscuit' (2003)?

Answer: Tobey Maguire

Before becoming the young superhero Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's 'Spider-Man' movies, Tobias Vincent Maguire did some secondary/uncredited roles, such as the goon in 'The Wizard' (1989), hitchhiker in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' (1998) and André in a deleted scene of 'Empire Records' (1995). Today, he is a growing actor who the Saturn Awards for Best Younger Actor in 'Pleasantville' and Best Actor in 'Spider-Man 2' (2004).
7. Which former rapper from Massachusetts made an appeareance as the psychopathic criminal, David McCall, in 'Fear' (1996), the robbery planner, Charlie Croker, in 'The Italian Job' (2003) and a bad-spoken sargeant in 'The Departed' (2006) (for which he won a BSFC, a NSFC and a NBR Award)?

Answer: Mark Wahlberg

Mark R. M. Wahlberg is a well-known American actor who gained popularity as the hip-hop rapper Marky Mark (a.k.a. Monk D). He started acting in films like 'Renaissance Man' (1994) where he was Private Tommy Lee Haywood and 'The Basketball Diaries' where he was the troublemaker Mickey.

In 2006 he won a BSFC and a NSFC Award for Best Supporting Actor in Martin Scorcese's film 'The Departed' (2006) and in 2007 he received the BAFTA Award for Best International Programme in the Emmy Award-winning series 'Entourage' (2004-present).
8. Which English actor played an obsessed French Literature professor in the 1997 remake of 'Lolita', legendary musketeer, René Aramis, in 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and an epic Dragon Rider in 'Eragon' (2006)?

Answer: Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons is an English Academy, Golden Globe, Emmy, César, Screen Actors Guild, Tony and NYFCC Award winning actor who participated in many films, as well as audio recordings, music projects and theatre playings. He starred in important movies like 'Reversal of Fortune' (1990), 'The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century' (1997), 'Elizabeth I' (2005) and 'The Real Thing' (1984) between others.

He also voiced Scar from 'The Lion King' (1994) as well as Poseidon in 'Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City' (1999) and played in several theatres (mainly at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre).
9. This Nigerian-Australian actor portrayed a famous English cricketer in 'Bodyline' (1984), the neurotic Richard Carlisle in 'The Interview' (1989) and the immigrant dentist Rubicondo in 'The Old Man Who Read Love Stories' (2001). Who is this actor, best-known as the villain of the acclaimed trilogy 'The Matrix' and the man behind the dark antagonist from 'V for Vendetta' (2006)?

Answer: Hugo Weaving

The man behind Agent Smith and Elrond from 'The Matrix' and 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogies is the bizarre actor Hugo Wallace Weaving. He also served as a voice actor for doing Noah from 'Happy Feet' (2006) and for voicing the villian robot Megatron in Michael Bay's 'Transformers' (2007). Hugo received many awards during his career, especially for his contribution to Australian films and plays.
10. Who played soldier Nick Chevotarevich in 'The Deer Hunter' (1978), a rare storytelling captain in Tarantino's 1994 hit 'Pulp Fiction' and the joke-shop proprietor, Wilbur Turnblad, in the musical film 'Hairspray' (2007)? His fame is based in his large filmography and unique characters.

Answer: Christopher Walken

Ronald 'Christopher' Walken is an actor with a strong cult following, who has starred in films, plays, TV shows and music videos for decades. He won an Academy Award for his supporting acting in 'The Deer Hunter', as well as a BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance in Spielberg's 2002 film 'Catch Me If You Can' and for the 2007 musical 'Hairspray'.

He also appeared in TV shows like 'Saturday Night Live' and some music videos.
Source: Author TheHitman1990

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