Yeah, didn't see Down Periscope and many years since I saw X-Men The Last Stand, though I remember that scene now...

James Spader and Michelle Pfeiffer in Wolf
Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino in Scarface
Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro (Jimmy Conway) in Heat.

Wes Bentley

tapping out, only Bentley that I can remember is the British character on the Jeffersons tv show.

Wes Bentley and Kevin Spacey in American Beauty (Bentley was the creepy neighbor kid)
Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in The Negotiator.

Jet Li

(Blonde, good one, I knew the film and actor but not the name.)

Jet Li mocking and beating down Anthony Anderson in Romeo Must Die

Anthony Anderson and Leo Di Caprio as fellow cadets and then facing off at end of The Departed

DiCaprio and Stacks(SLJ) in Django Unchained

(GREAT one Blonde, because the first film to come to mind...I don't think Jet Li spoke one word as he was beating up Riggs and Murtaugh)


Tommy Lee Jones

Nice get on Jet Li

Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Rules of Engagement.

J.K. Simmons

Tapping out on Schillinger from OZ

J.K. Simmons and Aaron Eckhart in Thank You for Smoking
Aaron Eckhart and Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
Christian Bale and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Shaft (remake).

Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson and Dan Akroyd in Ghostbusters

Akroyd and Eddie Murphy in Trading Places

Murphy and Stacks(SLJ) in Coming to America


Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford in Blade Runner
Harrison Ford and Sylvester Stallone in The Expendables 3
Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro (Jimmy Conway) in Cop Land.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje AKA Adebisi (Very tough - much props if you get this)

Triple A(Agbaje) and Curtis Jackson(50 cent) in Get Rich Or Die Trying

Jackson and Sylvester Stallone in Escape Plan

Stallone and Jimmy(Deniro) in Grudge Match


Judd Nelson

Nicely done. I had another path in mind BTW.

Judd Nelson and Chris Rock in New Jack City
Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy in Boomerang
Eddie Murphy and Samuel L. Jackson(Stacks) in Coming to America.

Christopher Meloni AKA Stabler from Law and Order SVU

Blonde, Thanks....I'm interested in what the first link was to your alternative Triple A to goodfellas route.


Also...tapping out on Meloni...only noticed him on L&O and Oz

Okay, first is my alternate path...
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Will Smith in Concussion
Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black
Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Rules of Engagement.

As for Stabler, the key is the first link...
Christopher Meloni and Jennifer Tilly in Bound (GREAT movie BTW)
Jennifer Tilly and Michael Madsen in The Getaway (remake)
Michael Madesn and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in The Hateful Eight.

I think I'm done with the Oz links. Eammon Walker (Said) appeared in a SLJ movie but he delivered the baby that would grow up to be SLJ so no actor interaction there.

Instead, let's go... James Cromwell

Blonde, that's a good set of links, I saw Concussion...and forgot he was (miscast) in that film...they had West African actor playing an African American athlete, and an AA actor playing a West African doctor..bad accents ALL AROUND!!! Speaking of Eamon, he should have been cast as the doctor.


James Cromwell and Tom Hanks in the Green Mile

Hanks and Geena Davis in A League of Their Own

Davis and Stacks(SLJ) in Long Kiss Goodnight



Lee Marvin

I don't disagree that Eammon Walker could have been a better actor in the Concussion role, but studios will sacrifice quality for money 10 times out of 10, and Will Smith still moves the needle for enough people out there (myself not included).

I haven't seen the first movie, so I'm assuming there was at least one exchange of dialogue between...
Lee Marvin and Jim Brown in The Dirty Dozen
Jim Brown and Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday
Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro in Heat.

Seth Green

Blonde, I agree.Will is box office name. I think Smith is a decent action star, but doesn't have the acting chops to pull of dramatic roles...and you ask him to portray person with accent....not gonna work



Tapping out...can't do it in under 4 steps....not even for "one million dollars"

Seth Green and Mark Wahlberg in The Italian Job
Mark Wahlberg and Julianne Moore in Boogie Nights
Julianne Moore and Ray Liotta (Henry Hill) in Hannibal.

Rick Moranis

Blonde, certain names come up and they appear so obvious that I immediately see it as a trick question...like Rick Moranis seems easy but then I start to think of whether he spoke to the other person. So I'll avoid blowing it and go another route.



Rick Moranis and Steve Martin in My Blue Heaven(funny in weird way)

Martin and Eddie Murphy in Bowfinger (also funny in weird way)

Murphy and Stacks(SLJ) in Coming To America




Bobcat Goldthwait

Good get. My Blue Heaven is one of my guilty pleasure movies.

Bobcat Goldthwait and Steve Guttenberg in Police Academy 2 (a former guilty pleasure I watched dozens of times on HBO in the 80's)
Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson in Three Men and a Baby
Ted Danson and Paul Sorvino (Paulie) in A Fine Mess.

Frances McDormand

Blonde,Police Academy 1-4 were funny....they ran out of jokes and continued the series anyway after that.


Tapping out...

Frances McDormand and Liam Neeson in Darkman
Liam Neeson and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace.

William H. Macy

William H. Macy and Joe Mategna in Homicide (I actually rented this from Blockbuster thinking that Macy was David Caruso(nypd blue era) on the boxcover , watched 10 minutes and not seeing Caruso, rewound film and returned later)

Joe Mategna and Al Pacino in Godfather Part 3

Pacino and Jimmy(Deniro) in Heat




Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins in The Human Stain (saw this in a Madstone theater, which showed exclusively indies and foreign)
Anthony Hopkins and Ray Liotta in Hannibal.

Keeping the Fargo theme going with a softball... Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi and YOUR avatar Michael Madsen in Reservoir Dogs

Madsen as Sonny to Al Pacino's Lefty in Donnie Brasco

Pacino and Jimmy(Deniro) in Heat




Michael K. Williams(better known Chalky White or Omar)

The only movie I can remember seeing him in is The Purge: Anarchy, and I can't link him through anyone in that. That character didn't interact with either of the two actors in that whose name I even know.

tl/dr - #tapout

Michael K. Williams and Wesley Snipes battling for alpha male spot in Brooklyn's Finest

Snipes coping with his drug addict brother Stacks(SLJ) in Jungle Fever



Dominic West(Mcnulty from the Wire)

Dominic West and Gerard Butler in 300
Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx in Law Abiding Citizen
Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Django Unchained.

Back to Fargo with... Peter Stormare

tapping out.

Peter Stormare and Nicolas Cage in 8MM
Nicolas Cage and John Travolta in Face/Off
John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson (Stacks) in Pulp Fiction.

No more Fargo. Instead, here's... Bryan Cranston

Bryan Cranston and Terrence Howard as high ranking officers with opposing views in Red Tails


Howard as music industry shark taking advantage of Jamie Foxx in Ray


Foxx and Stacks(SLJ) in Django Unchained




Giancarlo Esposito (Gus from Breaking Bad)