Some actors stake their claim in the movie industry by doing ritzy-big time-huge pay day projects to get their names splashed all over everything. They become a product, a commodity for Hollywood bigwigs to manipulate in order to make oodles of dough. In exchange, the actors themselves become "stars" whose celebrity outshines their talent in exchange for diva studio deals and infinite ego massaging power and fame. We Mutants don't hold anything against this kind of actor/celebrity entity. They just bore us. Here at the MRFH, we prefer to respect and admire those actors who will, with or without huge parts or huge pay checks, consciously and consistently hand in interesting, diverse and compelling performances. Occasionally these actors hit the big time (Kevin Spacey, Sean Penn) but most often, they build solid careers in anonymity and feed their families making bunches of movies a year without ever doing whirl-wind press junkets or writing articles about themselves for Premiere magazine. This page is our attempt to celebrate those film actors who don't have above the title marquee status but who deserve your attention and have paid their dues to earn your respect. You may not know their names but chances are good that you'll recognize their faces because they're you know, those guys!

Earl Boen (1945-present)

Total on-screen appearances (per the IMDb): 176 (84 Movies / 92 TV Shows)

You've most likely seen him in:

• The Terminator
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day

Official Web-site: None

Earl Boen is such a YKTG that I don't really have much to say about him. He's in everything and everywhere. He's been acting for decades, has amassed a huge list of parts and is instantly recognizable but until I went digging, I had no idea what his name was. He usually plays either teetering on the brink of sanity stress cases, rumpled doctors or very put upon dads. I assume that has something to do with his hang dog face and the fact that he's damn good at looking irritated. He's also done a veritable ton of voice work in both cartoons and in video games. Probably best known as the shrink who examines Linda Hamilton in T2, he's been in everything from 9 to 5 to The West Wing to Nutty Professor 2: The Clumps and hardly ever in anything that gets him in the top credits. I love this guy. I wish I knew more about him, but if nothing else, his ability to remain anonymous while continuing to do extensive amounts of work each year deserves a spot in the You Know That Guy wall of fame. When I went to see where he'd be appearing on television this week, I found 13 listed movies and shows. And that's just what you can find him in for the next 7 days. Bravo Earl Boen. You rock!

If you want to sample some of Earl Boen's more interesting roles, you should see:

• The Dentist
• T2
• Naked Gun 33 1/3
• Chopper Chicks from Zombie Town