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Actors Known by Three Names

Can you guess the "middle" names of these actors who are known by three names?
In some cases, the "middle" name is actually a last name
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First submittedDecember 24, 2012
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Average score62.5%
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Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jamie Lee Curtis
Daniel Day-Lewis
Anya Taylor-Joy
Helena Bonham Carter
Neil Patrick Harris
Actor
James Earl Jones
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Seann William Scott
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Haley Joel Osment
Millie Bobby Brown
David Hyde Pierce
Actor
Edward James Olmos
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Billy Dee Williams
Lara Flynn Boyle
Evan Rachel Wood
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Jada Pinkett Smith
Bryce Dallas Howard
46 Comments
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Level 28
Jul 27, 2011
100%
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Level 29
Dec 5, 2011
Seymour is incredibly difficult to spell...
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Level 38
Aug 12, 2015
Not if you are a history buff with special interests in the English monarchy, specifically in King VIII.
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Level 27
Jul 10, 2022
alright megamind
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Level 83
Mar 4, 2023
or if you went to school in the UK, where Henry's six wives are for some reason one of the main parts of the curriculum
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Level 82
Oct 14, 2024
Are you sure you're not getting confused with a stage musical?
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Level 83
Oct 16, 2024
what stage musical
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Level 85
Oct 16, 2024
Formal petition to start calling English kings just by their numbers. King VIII, lol
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Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
If you have only heard it and never seen it. I on the other hand have never heard it, only seen it.
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Level 54
Oct 31, 2012
100%
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Level 27
Dec 24, 2012
Funny how a middle name or a double last name can sound like... more important or interesting.
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Level 35
Dec 28, 2012
17
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Level 60
Apr 24, 2014
Richard Dean Anderson
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Level 47
May 11, 2014
I've never heard of that Olmos guy.
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
That Olmos guy has been in a lot of stuff. His best role for me was the creepy origami folding detective in the original Bladerunner.
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Level 70
May 21, 2014
Never heard of Olmos? What the frack?!?
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Level 46
Nov 23, 2015
I haven't either but I just started typing random names and got it by pure luck with 24 seconds to spare.
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Level 78
Oct 14, 2024
He's Jaime Escalante in the movie Stand and Deliver. The one where he teaches a bunch of inner city kids how to do math. Our math teacher made us watch it.
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Level 65
Oct 25, 2024
JesusPotter knows who he is, "what the frack" is a reference to Battlestar Galactica (which frequently uses "frack" as a substitute for another F word the writers weren't allowed to use). Edward James Olmos was one of the main characters in the 2004 reboot.
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Level 17
Nov 11, 2014
melissa joan-hart
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Level 86
Feb 4, 2015
Weird dichotomy - all but two were incredibly easy, but the two I missed (Olmos and Boyle), I'd never even heard of. Checked Wikipedia - based on their "memorable roles" I've apparently never seen them on screen.
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Level 77
Aug 12, 2015
100% IN 0:32 SECONDS.
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Level 73
Apr 26, 2019
24 seconds here. Three-word names must be more memorable. I'm not a big Hollywood person so I was kind of surprised I knew them all.
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Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
yea usually suck at actors and their names. Some of the names just roll of your ehm fingers... eventhough I dont have a clue who they are
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Level 49
Aug 12, 2015
mary louise parker!
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Level 31
Aug 12, 2015
Who the heck is Neil Patrick Harris? Apparently 88% of people know!
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
I wouldn't have known if I hadn't watched Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle.
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Level 62
Oct 15, 2024
HIMYM!!!! LEGEN wait for it.....
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Level 70
Sep 3, 2017
Know your films-stars? try my quiz @ .. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/double-trouble-oscar-winners
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Level 63
Nov 3, 2017
I've always thought 3-named movie stars sounded a little pretentious, but I suppose they have to have something to make them more easily remembered until they become known for their talent.
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Level 75
Feb 13, 2019
part of it's due to screen actors guild rules barring members from using the same name as another member. so if there were already a jenny wren in SAG, you'd have to use your middle name or initial or something to distinguish yourself.
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Level 78
Oct 12, 2024
Yeah, this is why Michael J. Fox has a middle initial that doesn't stand for anything, because of existing character actor Michael Fox. His actual middle name is Andrew, but "Michael A. Fox" sounded a little presumptuously descriptive.
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Level 88
Oct 14, 2024
Actually, he supposedly picked the J as an homage to Michael J. Pollard (a somewhat unusual character actor who had good supporting parts in Bonnie and Clyde and the original Star Trek, among many others).
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
I'm very surprised that only 55% of people have guessed Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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Level 61
Oct 27, 2024
I knew who she was, I just couldn’t figure out how to spell her name. Kept trying variants of Louie and Lewie, but never decided to try Louis, apparently.
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Level 76
May 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLB4dU3Yc6M

Pretty massive omission. :')

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Level 62
Jan 4, 2024
Where's Olivia Newton-John? Even Lin-Manuel Miranda perhaps? Maybe I'm just too young to know who half these people are lol
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Level 78
Oct 12, 2024
If you're old enough to know Olivia Newton-John, you're old enough to know everyone else on this list.
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Level 81
Oct 12, 2024
I've only heard of eleven of them. One of those was the least-guessed, so maybe it's just a lack of recent exposure to US television/film.
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Level 78
Oct 12, 2024
I mean, all but two of the people on this list have careers that became high-profile in the '90s or earlier, so how far back does "recent" go?
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Level 82
Oct 12, 2024
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
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Level 67
Oct 13, 2024
Always feels embarrassing to get 0/5 on a quiz... I only knew 9 of these.
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Level 45
Oct 27, 2024
Glad I’m not the only one, I have only ever heard of 10 people on this list lol
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Level 67
Oct 27, 2024
Better than me, I only knew 5 people on here
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Level 86
Oct 29, 2024
I was afraid to answer number 21. I thought I might get slapped
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Level 47
Nov 16, 2024
Surprised Robert Downey Junior isn't here, or maybe junior doesn't technically count as a "name" lol