Mr. Lesser Role Trivia Quiz

How well do you know celebrities in their lesser known movie roles? I give you the celebrity and you pick the role that the celebrity never had on the big screen.

A multiple-choice quiz by hbktorriefan. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
hbktorriefan

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

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291,604

Updated
Dec 03 21

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1. Which of the following did Matt Damon NEVER play? Hint

A lawyer for a famous writer's estate in "Finding Forrester"

A spoof of himself in "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"

Lead singer of a band in "Eurotrip"

Big man on campus at St. Marcus Academy in "School Ties"

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2. Seann William Scott has NOT played the part of which character? Hint

A singing animal lover in "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back"

The voice of a possum in "Ice Age 2"

A lacrosse coach in "American Wedding"

Mullet Guy Peppers in "Old School"

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3. Colin Farrell has played all of the following except which role? Hint

Vietnam War P.O.W. in "Tigerland"

A sailboat owner in "Cassandra's Dream"

Jesse James in "American Outlaws"

An Italian during the depression in "Ask The Dust"

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4. If I were Keanu Reeves, I would have played all of the following roles except which of these? Hint

An abusive husband in "The Gift"

A pilot in "Catch Me If You Can"

Siddhartha in "Little Buddha"

A music teacher in "Dangerous Liaisons"

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5. The actor Nicolas Cage had plenty forgetful roles EXCEPT for which of the following? Hint

A crime boss in "Kiss Of Death"

A professional sculler in "The Boy In Blue"

A restaurant employee in "Fast Times At Ridgemont High"

A Montana drifter in "Red Rock West"

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6. Tom Cruise has played plenty of roles except for which of these? Hint

A hotheaded cadet in "Taps"

A quarterback in "All The Right Moves"

A forest dweller in "Legend"

A teenager going to Mexico in "Losin' It"

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7. Brad Pitt has had a very good career. Which of the following roles was NOT a part of that movie career? Hint

A parolee in "Kalifornia"

High school basketball star in "Cutting Class"

An up and coming football athlete in "Across The Tracks"

Jesse James in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"

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8. Ben Affleck has had both highs and lows at the box office. Which role was NOT a part of his rollercoaster career? Hint

Clothing store manager in "Mallrats"

A big firm stock broker in "Boiler Room"

New Year's Eve bartender in "200 cigarettes"

An engineer with his memory erased in "Paycheck"

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9. Bruce Willis, a.k.a. successful action star, has had roles as the following except for which one? Hint

A Tennessee war veteran in "In Country"

A psychoanalyst in "Color Of Night"

A small town businessman in "Nobody's Fool"

A car salesman going crazy in "Breakfast Of Champions"

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10. Denzel Washington has had a monumental career. Which of the following roles was NOT a part of that career? Hint

A trumpeter in "Mo' Better Blues"

A lawyer in "The Pelican Brief"

A convict in "He Got Game"

A carpet cleaner in "Mississippi Masala"

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of the following did Matt Damon NEVER play?

Answer: Big man on campus at St. Marcus Academy in "School Ties"

The school was actually St. Matthew's in "School Ties". He played Steven Standerson the estate lawyer in "Finding Forrester". He played Donny the lead singer who "sang" the song "Scottie Doesn't Know". He spoofed himself when he filmed the fictional movie "Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season" in the movie "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back".

2. Seann William Scott has NOT played the part of which character?

Answer: A lacrosse coach in "American Wedding"

He played a lacrosse player in the "American Pie" but was a football coach in "American Wedding". He played Crash the possum in the movie "Ice Age 2". He was the guy with Will Ferrell during the tranquilizer scene in "Old School" and he was the guy with a sheep in "Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back".

3. Colin Farrell has played all of the following except which role?

Answer: Vietnam War P.O.W. in "Tigerland"

The only movie he was a P.O.W. was "Hart's War" but that was based in WWII. He played the outlaw Jesse James in the low budget "American Outlaws". He played alongside Salma Hayek in "Ask the Dust". He was a gambling addict, sailboat owner in the Woody Allen thriller "Cassandra's Dream".

4. If I were Keanu Reeves, I would have played all of the following roles except which of these?

Answer: A pilot in "Catch Me If You Can"

He did not play in "Catch Me if you Can". He played Donnie Barksdale who was very abusive with his wife in "The Gift". He played a young Siddhartha in "Little Buddha" and he played Uma Thurman's music teacher love interest in the movie "Dangerous Liasons".

5. The actor Nicolas Cage had plenty forgetful roles EXCEPT for which of the following?

Answer: A Montana drifter in "Red Rock West"

He was a drifter in Wyoming (not Montana) in the movie "Red Rock West". He played a crime boss in Queens in the movie "Kiss Of Death", he made a really quick cameo in the restaurant Brad worked at in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and he played the role of Charles Jarrott, professional sculler among other things, in "The Boy In Blue".

6. Tom Cruise has played plenty of roles except for which of these?

Answer: A quarterback in "All The Right Moves"

He played a defensive back in the movie "All the Right Moves" not a hotshot quarterback. He played the short tempered David Shawn in "Taps". He played a forest dweller in love with Princess Lilly in "Legend". He played Woody, a teenager going to Tijuana to lose his virginity, in "Losin' It".

7. Brad Pitt has had a very good career. Which of the following roles was NOT a part of that movie career?

Answer: An up and coming football athlete in "Across The Tracks"

He played a track star in "Across the Tracks". He played Dwight in the "Cutting Class" where he avoided getting killed by a released mental patient. He portrayed the bullying Jesse James in the ridiculously long titled movie "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". He played the murderous Early Grayce in the movie "Kalifornia".

8. Ben Affleck has had both highs and lows at the box office. Which role was NOT a part of his rollercoaster career?

Answer: A big firm stock broker in "Boiler Room"

He was a stock broker in "Boiler Room" but it wasn't for a big firm. He was the jerk store manger going after Shannon Doherty's character in "Mallrats". He had a quick role as the bartender who was directed by Courtney Love's character to a party in "200 cigarettes". He played Michael Jennings, a reverse engineer who had forgotten everything important, in "Paycheck".

9. Bruce Willis, a.k.a. successful action star, has had roles as the following except for which one?

Answer: A Tennessee war veteran in "In Country"

He played a Vietnam War veteran living in Kentucky in the movie "In Country". He was constantly feuding with Paul Newman in "Nobody's Fool" because of Newman's flirting with his wife. He was a psychoanalyst in "Color of Night" which had one of the most erotic scenes in R-rated history.

He also played Dwayne Hoover, the mentally unstable car salesman with a homosexual son, in "Breakfast of Champions".

10. Denzel Washington has had a monumental career. Which of the following roles was NOT a part of that career?

Answer: A lawyer in "The Pelican Brief"

He played a newspaper reporter in "The Pelican Brief". He played an inner-city trumpeter in the Spike Lee film "Mo' Better Blues". He rejoined Spike Lee in 1998 and portrayed Jake Shuttlesworth alongside NBA star Ray Allen in "He Got Game". He played Demetrius, a carpet cleaner involved in a hated inter-racial relationship, in "Mississippi Masala".

Source: Author hbktorriefan

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