9 Most Typecast Actors of All Time

Leave it to Cracked.com to devise this clever little list of most typecast actors. We can’t say it any better than writer Michael Swaim, who writes: “For an actor, getting typecast is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you can be fairly sure you’ll always get work. On the other hand, if your breakthrough role was ‘guy with frantic diarrhea,’ you can look forward to a long career of feigned intestinal distress and people on the street yelling, ‘Hey, diarrhea guy!’ … Below are nine actors who, for better or worse, are probably going to play the same part until they either die rich or get relegated to The Surreal Life, where they’ll get sloppy drunk and bitch to their housemates about being typecast.”

9. Reginald VelJohnson

8. Julia Roberts

7. Kelsey Grammer (above left)

6. Alec Baldwin

5. Samuel L. Jackson

4. Cameron Diaz

3. John Cusak (above right)

2. Will Smith

1. William Shatner

For more on each typecastor, check out the list at Cracked.