Help me with this: What famous actor does Paul Manafort remind me of?

[MineralMan]

It's been on the tip of my tongue all day, but I can't pin it down.

This is a critically important question, or I would not have asked it in GD, you see. I must know.

See Below. It's Robert Mitchum!

[OldHippieChick]

1. Ben Gazzara?

Looks only.

[Solomon]

75. Everyone in this thread is wrong. Manafort is a dead ringer for Paul Burke

Don't know how to link his photos.

He starred in Naked City, Twelve Oclock High, Valley of the Dolls, etc.

[Solomon]

97. Here's another

[Laxman]

2. Paul Sorvino?

what are you getting ready to put together the cast for a 2017 version of All The President's Men?

[dixiegrrrrl]

87. Perhaps an early Paul Sorvino. n/t

[reflection]

102. First person I thought of as well. n/t

[hatrack]

3. Paul Sorvino?

?skj2io4l

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Maybe Paul Sorvino in his younger days?

Frequently plays a gangster so it works on a subconscious level.

Honestly, he reminds me a bit of his former client. He and Viktor Yanukovych could be brothers or cousins by the looks of it.

[Cosmocat]

10. Yep - Manifort is like central casting

for a 60s mob underboss.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. He reminds me of a croupier or the owner of a high end escort agency.

Trump reminds me of an Irish mob boss, a la Whitey Bulger. BTW, I know he's Irish.

Stone looks like your generic wise guy.

[NewRedDawn]

60. Stone Looks Like Stern whack packer

Beetle Juice. Of course whiter, taller, But same shaped Zika infected head.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

69. I was going to say isn't Beetle Juice black.

[MineralMan]

6. Robert Mitchum! I got it.

Manafort looks like Robert Mitchum!




Problem solved.

[Laffy Kat]

22. Yep, Mitchum. nt

[MineralMan]

23. That's who I was thinking of, but couldn't remember the name.

Thanks for agreeing.

[2naSalit]

84. With a fat head....nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

88. Nooooooo!

Manafort has a square face, and no sleepy sexy eyes. and no sardonic attitude.
( I loved Mitchum)

[Eliot Rosewater]

112. Nah...he looks like a fucking traitor to me. Not Bob, manafort.

[bmpbmp]

7. Christopher McDonald

[Iggo]

25. That's the one.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

86. I Was Going To Say Shooter McGavin

[Skinner]

93. That's who I thought of.

Christopher McDonald

[kydo]

8. ronnie raygun

look he was even practicing for working for orange baby

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. There will be a movie eventually, maybe fairly soon.

"All the President's Men" came out in 1976, only two years after Nixon's resignation. So we might have something like "All the President's Russians" by 2020 or so. I am looking forward to it, and I'm mentally casting the dramatis personae already. Sorvino works for Manafort.

[gratuitous]

11. Working title change

It's now "Every Last One of the President's Men."

[salin]

16. I like this title

And write now the script seems to be following a ten little indians (movie) arc. Sadly we are only on the second person falling - though he seems to be making a pretty big splash in his fall, and the wake should pull the threads loose on a few others.

[Cosmocat]

12. Oliver Stone is probably working on the manuscript at this moment

and with him, it might end up being a 10 hour godfatheresque trilogy.

[MGKrebs]

13. Jackie Cooper?

(I don't know how to post an image)

[blogslut]

78. !!!

That's it!

[onecent]

14. RICHARD Neeson, or Meeson (don't know the last name)

[monmouth4]

63. Do you mean Liam Neeson? Pretty close I'd say..n/t

[onecent]

64. No I should have read some of them first, but I was thinking of Robert Mitchum,

Should read some stuff...but I was so sure I had it right...
Oh well....

[gibraltar72]

15. Actually a role

Paulie Walnuts!

[MFM008]

17. Mitchum went to jail

Let's hope Manafort does to.

[MineralMan]

20. He did. In 1949, for smoking a joint.

That didn't seem to hurt his career, though, and it was a long one. I like the guy. Sadly, he's dead, so he can't play Manafort in the movie.

[LeftInTX]

81. I never liked Robert Mitchum...he gave me the creeps

[emulatorloo]

103. That was the point.

[tblue37]

18. The Fugitive

Ben Gazzara

[yesphan]

26. actually,

David Janssen was the Fugitive. Ben was in Run for Your Life.

[tblue37]

72. Yeah, you're right. I do think he looks more like Janssen, though. Don't you? nt

[yesphan]

90. Yes

a little bit.

[bdamomma]

41. he was a good looking guy

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Yup, especially his voice.

[Mme. Defarge]

21. Gig Young

https://www.google.com/search?q=gig+young&oq=gig+&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j0l15.6735j0j4&sourceid=silk&ie=UTF-8

[stopbush]

27. Lane Smith?

[Kahuna7]

28. Mitchum? No. No. No.

Someone said Paul Sorvino. I agree with that.

[oasis]

29. Central casting could use him in Chazz Palminteri type roles. nt

[bettyellen]

31. Jinx! You owe me a coke!!

[bettyellen]

30. Chaz Palmienteri boring but thuggish.

[oasis]

34. Exactly. Thuggish, seedy, sleazy. nt

[bettyellen]

39. And something inherently dislikeable- unlike most actors named here. Big ick factor!

[oasis]

43. Mitchum played "leading man" roles and many times was a hero.

With the exception of two outstanding villain performances in "Night Of the Hunter" and "Cape Fear".

[bettyellen]

47. And Sorvino and Spacey- like James Gandolfini - had the ability to infuse some humanity into their

Roles even when they played ruthless men. Chazz is always very flat, dead eyed... perhaps more like real life, but not very interesting to watch. Soulless maybe- like Manafort!

[oasis]

48. "Soulless"....bingo. nt

[Peachhead22]

36. Ohh, nailed it!

eom

[dchill]

32. Definitely more Sorvino than Mitchum.

[Demit]

33. Raymond Burr (in his Perry Mason days)?

I'd post a pic but I don't remember how.

[Peachhead22]

35. Kevin Spacey?

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[Blanks]

37. Robert Vaughn...

In the man from U.N.C.L.E.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vaughn

Not just in appearance, but in sleaziness.

[bdamomma]

42. geez pulling up all the actors who I had a crush on back then!!!

[CurtEastPoint]

38. OLIVER PLATT!!!

[WheelWalker]

40. Chevy Chase

[Marthe48]

44. Peter Lorre

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTuLNOhl_psMEvMyTeMy-rEwzV5YMpE25VrmpiTuLmnkvDgMaL1fA

[BainsBane]

45. He wishes.

[Vinca]

46. I don't know, but he sure screams "Sopranos."

[Greybnk48]

49. He's the spitting image of Marcello Mastroianni

I don't know how to post pictures here, but here's a link.

https://www.google.com/search?q=marcello+mastroianni&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS503US504&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz4oienO3SAhUnwlQKHaBlBhcQ_AUIBigB&biw=853&bih=413#imgrc=strbC4AJzqAmeM:

[LeftInTX]

79. A cross between Mastroianni and Paul Sorvino

[woodsprite]

50. I was thinking Victor Mature, but probably not after looking at all these pics.

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[LisaM]

51. In that picture, he looks a little like Nathan Lane.

Which is funny to me.

[mfcorey1]

52. He reminds me of the television character, Matlock.

[stillcool]

53. Oliver Platt?

[Freedomofspeech]

54. He looks orange.

[bluecollar2]

55. Jack Lord?

[LeftInTX]

80. I see the resemblance

[crappyjazz]

56. Omar Sharif

Not in a doppelganger way, just something about Manafort's looks made me think of Omar Sharif the first time I saw him on TV.

[itcfish]

57. Marcello Mastroianni,

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000052/bio

[wishstar]

65. Absolutely- Marcello Mastroianni is closest in my opinion

Makes sense as Manafort has Italian grandparents

[VOX]

70. Was scrolling this list, looking for Marcello Mastroianni.

Good call!

[itcfish]

95. For Some Reason

I could not post his photo. I tried everything, but it was impossible.

[emulatorloo]

106. Here's a photo

[left-of-center2012]

58. Pee Wee Herman ?

[NewRedDawn]

59. Robert Blake (Barreta)

Fucker looks like a mob boss right out of God Father or Good Fellas.

[randr]

61. TV cop guy, just can't remember name

[aidbo]

62. Reminds me of Robert Wagner.

[monmouth4]

66. John Fugelsang but sorry, I don't have a pic of him. Could be brothers..LOL n/t

[Blue_Tires]

67. Colin Firth n/t

[anneboleyn]

92. No way in hell does Manafort look like Colin Firth.

[SticksnStones]

68. Marcello Mastroianni

Spittin' image

[tavernier]

71. The guy in the Edgar suit

Men in Black - cockroaches and all.

[jmowreader]

99. The guy in the Edgar suit was Vincent d'Onofrio

He was also Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket and Vic Hoskins in Jurassic World...so he has a decent resume of "root of all evil" roles. He is 10 years younger than Manafort, but that's what makeup is for.

Not a bad choice, Tavernier.

[BlueStater]

73. He always reminded me of Christopher McDonald.

Best known for playing Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore and other sleazy characters.

[jeanmarc]

74. Like the others, I see a puffy haired version of Paul Sorvino. NT.

[donco]

76. Frankenstein

[spooky3]

77. Sylvester Stallone.

[Kaleva]

82. Marcello Mastroianni

[Pachamama]

83. Mana fort has had so much cosmetic surgery enhancements, it's hard to say who he was trying to look

...like, but Robert Mitchum is probably the closest in my opinion. He can ask his plastic surgeon to try in the next surgery to work on the chin indentation, and then he is a doppelgänger for Robert Mitchum.

[Poiuyt]

85. In that photo: Michael J Fox

[emulatorloo]

107. Agreed. 100%

Michael J Fox was the first actor I thought of when I opened this thread

[MineralMan]

89. What an interesting thread this turned out to be!

Thanks to everyone for the replies!

[anneboleyn]

91. Um, Manafort looks like a sleazy, saggy mobster wanna-be to me, an extra for Goodfellas.

I do not get the posts implying that Manafort is handsome or something (what?) Colin Firth?!! PLEASE. NO WAY. NOT EVEN ROBERT MITCHUM. Paul Manafort gives me the creeps, all the way down to my bones. He is sleazy and saggy and oozes smarmy arrogance and looks very wanna-be gangster, like some extra in Goodfellas. He looks like a used car saleman with a slightly better suit, just like his leader Trump. He does not look like a movie star (why are people glamorizing him?)

[JudyM]

94. Paul Sorvino

[LeftInTX]

96. This guy from Star Trek. Don't know his name.

[Laxman]

98. DeForest Kelly...n/t

[jmowreader]

100. He died in 1999

[mainstreetonce]

101. I see Ryan Seacrest

In the eyes,

[LisaM]

104. Manafort doesn't have very full lips, though.

Most of the other mentioned do. That's why I still go with Nathan Lane.

[Applan]

105. Marty Feldman

Sorry don't have time to post a pic
It's the googly eyes

[doc03]

108. Not anyone in particular but he fits the bill for a televangelist

pushing a prayer cloth for only $50.

[DFW]

109. He looks EXACTLY like a 45 year old Cliff Robertson

But Manafort is a evil as Robertson was benevolent.

[WinkyDink]

110. I see a bit of Nathan Lane.

[Lomac]

111. I was thinking...

In this pic he looks like the dad from bethoven. In some pics on the news he looked like sly stallone. What were you thinking?