Name the Actor Picture Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. The pictured actor played detective Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night and starred in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Whom should you name?
Harry Belafonte
Ossie Davis
Sidney Poitier
James Earl Jones
2. A romantic-film montage shows an actor with arms spread wide, followed by scenes from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Who is the star?
Aamir Khan
Shah Rukh Khan
Salman Khan
Saif Ali Khan
3. One image shows Miranda Priestly's silver bob and sunglasses; another shows the same performer transformed into Margaret Thatcher. Which actor links these roles?
Glenn Close
Emma Thompson
Helen Mirren
Meryl Streep
4. A vintage screen image shows a performer in a bowler hat, tight coat, oversized shoes, and a small toothbrush moustache, carrying a cane. Which actor created this famous Tramp persona?
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
Harold Lloyd
Stan Laurel
5. The actor is shown first as Malcolm X and then as corrupt detective Alonzo Harris in Training Day. Who delivered both performances?
Denzel Washington
Jamie Foxx
Wesley Snipes
Cuba Gooding Jr.
6. A poster collage includes the characters Jai from Sholay and Vijay from Deewaar, both central to 1970s Hindi cinema. Which actor should you name?
Dharmendra
Amitabh Bachchan
Rishi Kapoor
Rajesh Khanna
7. A black-and-white still shows a fierce, restless samurai from an Akira Kurosawa film. The performer starred in both Seven Samurai and Yojimbo. Whom does the image depict?
Sessue Hayakawa
Takashi Shimura
Ken Takakura
Toshiro Mifune
8. A publicity image features an actor in a sleeveless black dress, long gloves, pearls, and a jeweled hairpiece, recalling Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. Who is it?
Audrey Hepburn
Grace Kelly
Elizabeth Taylor
Sophia Loren
9. The actor in question played Red, the longtime prisoner who befriends Andy in The Shawshank Redemption, and later portrayed boxing trainer Eddie Dupris in Million Dollar Baby. Who is it?
Samuel L. Jackson
Laurence Fishburne
Morgan Freeman
Forest Whitaker
10. A martial-arts image shows a performer in a yellow jumpsuit with black stripes. The same actor starred in Enter the Dragon and used extraordinary speed and precision on screen. Who is it?
Jet Li
Bruce Lee
Donnie Yen
Jackie Chan
11. A classic photograph captures an actor laughing as a white halter dress billows above a subway grate, an image associated with The Seven Year Itch. Who is pictured?
Marilyn Monroe
Rita Hayworth
Jane Russell
Jayne Mansfield
12. A clue combines Rose standing at the bow of Titanic with small-town detective Mare Sheehan. Which actor played both roles?
Rachel Weisz
Cate Blanchett
Kate Winslet
Naomi Watts
13. A close-up shows the unnervingly composed face of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. The same performer later played Odin in the Thor films. Who is the actor?
Jeremy Irons
Ian McKellen
Anthony Hopkins
Christopher Plummer
14. The pictured performer won acclaim as Patsey in 12 Years a Slave and later appeared as Nakia in Black Panther. Which actor is it?
Danai Gurira
Thandiwe Newton
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Lupita Nyong'o
15. A split-screen clue pairs defense attorney Annalise Keating with Rose Maxson from Fences. Which actor portrayed both characters?
Regina King
Angela Bassett
Octavia Spencer
Viola Davis
16. A fast-moving action still shows a performer using furniture and improvised objects during a fight. Clues also point to Police Story and Inspector Lee in Rush Hour. Who is the actor?
Chow Yun-fat
Jackie Chan
Tony Leung Chiu-wai
Sammo Hung