It doesn’t matter how many times you see some actors they’ll always be known as the same character that made them famous. Those iconic roles cemented the idea of these people into the public consciousness in a way that is hard to erase and makes a serious impression on those that decide to be fans. A lot of actors go on to perform different roles and become even bigger stars or at the very least take a different road and become a legend in their own right. Some fade off and some just stick around doing what it takes to keep their careers going as well. But there are always going to be those individuals that you can’t help but see as that one person that you absolutely loved seeing them as.
Here are just a few of the actors that people really came to like.
5. Kathy Kinney – Mimi Bobeck
Mimi was just horrible. She had her redeeming qualities now and again but otherwise she and Drew had an epic tale of hate/hate going on every time they were around one another. In fact Drew kind of started as much trouble as Mimi did sometimes and didn’t do much to stop the endless cycle. That of course is why people tuned in to watch it. Mimi was the kind of employee and co-worker that you dread having to come in and see everyday, and not just because she was dressed in the kind of garish, out of control makeup and clothing that she seemed to find so endearing, but because she was just nasty and about as polite as an angry badger. And that was on her good days.
4. Richard Karn – Al Borland
There really wasn’t a Tool Time without Al, and to be honest there wouldn’t have been much of a show without him either. Al became kind of fixture that just couldn’t be done without on Home Improvement, just as important as Tim Allen in fact. Even though he went on to host Family Feud for a while he still found a chance to star with Tim Allen again on Last Man Standing for a few episodes. But the character of Al was someone that a lot of people thought was the real heart and soul of the show and couldn’t have been left out for more than an episode at best. In many ways he was a keystone character.
3. Matt LeBlanc – Joey Tribbiani
The best you could say about Joey is that he tried his best to be somebody and usually he succeeded. As far as the show goes he was necessary and added a good bit of comedy to the program. But in the program, oy, this guy was not the brightest bulb in the box. He was for the most part the handsome, well-built pretty boy that knew how to get the girls and was, so he thought, a smooth-talker. For the most part he was kind of a goof and did things and said things that made people look at him funny a lot and didn’t seem to think that his life was all that bad when honestly he was kind of a goon, but a lovable goon.
2. Michael Richards – Kramer
Kramer could get more laughs just walking through a doorway than some people could get in an entire comedy show. He was such an oddball character that even trying to contain him was about as likely as trying to tackle a windstorm. He was just all over the place and what’s more that’s the way people liked it. His character was so great that it was enough to make him rely on physical comedy just as much as his dialogue. A lot of people tended to tune in to the Seinfeld show just to watch Kramer since his antics were so far out of left field that you couldn’t possibly predict what he was going to do next, you could just watch and wait to be entertained.
1. Ed O’Neil – Al Bundy
Al Bundy was the man, no doubts about it and no way around it. He was coarse, crass, rude, ignorant, arrogant, brash, and would never shut up about scoring four touchdowns in a single game at Polk High, but he was still awesome despite selling ladies shoes and only bathing once in a blue moon. Why? Because Al usually said what was on his mind no matter if people didn’t like it. With one scheme after another to try to get out of the depressing tar pit that was his life Al managed to entertain people on such a visceral level that some folks tried to get Married..With Children taken off the air for its vulgarity and misogynistic tones, but thankfully cooler heads prevailed and for 11 seasons we were given one of the greatest shows ever created.
Now can I get a ‘whoa Bundy’?
*And let’s not forget Jason Alexander as George.
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