Michael C. Williams
publication date: Monday, September 30, 2019 (part of Fall 2019)
category: 
Movies
clue: He played himself in a surprise hit horror movie, which was not Shutter Island.
explanation: Williams used his own real name to play Mike Williams in The Blair Witch Project. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
Not "The" Michelle Williams: After actress Michelle Williams devoted her Emmy acceptance speech to supporting women in Hollywood, online trolls started harassing singer Michelle Williams, who was amused at their confusing a black woman for a white woman. Her Instagram rant inspired this theme of seven celebrities who are all not Michelle Williams the actress, if you can possibly tell them apart.Similar Goos
Michael Williams
When he starred in Henry V with his wife Judi Dench, neither he nor the character he played were the actress who won an Emmy Award for Fosse/Verdon. Go »
John Carpenter
Like a skilled woodworker, this writer-director assembled now-classic horror films of the 1970s and 1980s, including an enduring slasher film about October 31. Go »
Willem Dafoe
Since his name sounds like "the enemy," it's appropriate that he has played so many on-screen villains, such as in To Live and Die in L.A., Streets of Fire, Spider-Man, Wild at Heart, and Speed 2: Cruise Control. Go »
Gary Sinise
Long before working in police forensics in New York, he was a prison guard, an astronaut, a kidnapper, a wounded soldier, and a shrimp fisherman. Go »
Danny Trejo
You might have seen this character actor and former convict wielding a machete for Robert Rodriguez, or stealing a plane for Simon West, or planning a bank robbery for Michael Mann. Go »
