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Three-Name Movie Stars Quiz

These movie stars go by three names. Guess the middle ones.
In some cases, the "middle" name is actually a last name
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Last updated: August 28, 2018
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First submittedDecember 24, 2012
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Movie Star
Neil Patrick Harris
Seann William Scott
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sarah Jessica Parker
David Hyde Pierce
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Billy Dee Williams
Movie Star
Jamie Lee Curtis
Lara Flynn Boyle
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Daniel Day-Lewis
Helena Bonham Carter
Movie Star
Edward James Olmos
Catherine Zeta-Jones
James Earl Jones
David Alan Grier
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Andrew Dice Clay
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Level 28
Jul 27, 2011
100%
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Level 37
Oct 27, 2011
Never heard of the last five, though I think it's safe to assume that Keenan is one of the famous Wayans Damon and Marlon etc
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Level 67
Feb 28, 2020
James Earl Jones is Darth Vader
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Level 30
Dec 5, 2011
Seymour is incredibly difficult to spell...
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Level 38
Aug 12, 2015
Not if you are a history buff with special interests in the English monarchy, specifically in King VIII.
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Level 27
Jul 10, 2022
alright megamind
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Level 83
Mar 4, 2023
or if you went to school in the UK, where Henry's six wives are for some reason one of the main parts of the curriculum
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Level 65
Jun 13, 2019
If you have only heard it and never seen it. I on the other hand have never heard it, only seen it.
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Level 54
Oct 31, 2012
100%
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Level 67
Dec 4, 2012
Calling Andrew Dice Clay a star is somewhat of a stretch.
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Level 68
Jul 9, 2013
Exactly my comment. A movie star?
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Level 51
Sep 11, 2016
Never heard of him.
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Level 44
Feb 9, 2018
he was also great in Blue Jasmine.
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Level 21
Sep 4, 2018
he was the most famous comedian in the world in the 1990s and has been in movies before and since.
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Level 27
Dec 24, 2012
Funny how a middle name or a double last name can sound like... more important or interesting.
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Level 35
Dec 28, 2012
17
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Level 64
Aug 15, 2013
I kept expecting Evan Rachel Wood
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Level 51
Aug 12, 2015
I did, too. Even though I'm not sure I've ever seen her in anything. But I've heard her name. Also was surprised Chad Michael Murray wasn't there.
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Level 44
Mar 29, 2016
The Upside of Anger; The Profiler; True Blood; The Wrestler; Across the Universe
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Level 60
Apr 24, 2014
Richard Dean Anderson
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Level 30
Apr 25, 2014
You should accept "Alan" as "Allen" or "Allan" :)
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Level 48
May 11, 2014
I've never heard of that Olmos guy.
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Level 66
Feb 28, 2020
That Olmos guy has been in a lot of stuff. His best role for me was the creepy origami folding detective in the original Bladerunner.
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Level 71
May 21, 2014
Never heard of Olmos? What the frack?!?
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Level 46
Nov 23, 2015
I haven't either but I just started typing random names and got it by pure luck with 24 seconds to spare.
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Level 17
Nov 11, 2014
melissa joan-hart
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Level 84
Feb 4, 2015
Weird dichotomy - all but two were incredibly easy, but the two I missed (Olmos and Boyle), I'd never even heard of. Checked Wikipedia - based on their "memorable roles" I've apparently never seen them on screen.
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Level 42
Jun 9, 2015
Never heard of the last three clues.
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Level 82
May 28, 2018
Clay was a comedian who became popular in the 1990s and famous for his brash persona; he made a few bad movies trying to cash in on his fame and now I think he's got his own reality TV show. Wayans was brother of Damon Wayans- a comedian who became famous around the same time for his work on the sketch TV comedy show In Living Color and went on to make several movies. Grier is a lesser-known comedian who also worked on In Living Color and with Wayans.
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Level 46
Aug 17, 2018
Keenen Ivory Wayans created "In Living Color", he is also a writer, director, actor, and producer of many films, such as "Scary Movie" and "I'm Gunna Get You Sucka".
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Level 82
May 4, 2019
who would go on to be less famous than his brother. but yeah. and Grier was probably more famous in the 70s for being a gorgeous actress and model and appearing (often nude) in numerous "blaxploitation" films of the era, before she'd go on to work in comedy in the 80s and 90s.
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Level 82
Feb 28, 2020
whoa. How did I get David Alan Grier mixed up with Pam Grier? I must have glanced at my comment, seen Grier, and then everything past the name that I wrote somehow did not register.
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Level 76
Aug 12, 2015
100% IN 0:32 SECONDS.
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Level 73
Apr 26, 2019
24 seconds here. Three-word names must be more memorable. I'm not a big Hollywood person so I was kind of surprised I knew them all.
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Level 65
Jun 13, 2019
yea usually suck at actors and their names. Some of the names just roll of your ehm fingers... eventhough I dont have a clue who they are
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Level 49
Aug 12, 2015
mary louise parker!
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Level 32
Aug 12, 2015
Who the heck is Neil Patrick Harris? Apparently 88% of people know!
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Level 35
Aug 13, 2015
He's the guy who's mug is plastered on the top of the quiz.
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Level 66
Feb 28, 2020
I wouldn't have known if I hadn't watched Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle.
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Level 49
Aug 13, 2015
Not sure I would characterize Andrew Dice Clay as a "Movie Star."
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Level 51
Sep 11, 2016
Who the hell is Andrew Dice Clay?
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Level 71
Sep 3, 2017
Know your films-stars? try my quiz @ .. https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/120558/double-trouble-oscar-winners
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Level 62
Nov 3, 2017
I've always thought 3-named movie stars sounded a little pretentious, but I suppose they have to have something to make them more easily remembered until they become known for their talent.
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Level 76
Feb 13, 2019
part of it's due to screen actors guild rules barring members from using the same name as another member. so if there were already a jenny wren in SAG, you'd have to use your middle name or initial or something to distinguish yourself.
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Level 58
Jun 6, 2018
Really? You don't accept Allen or Allan for Alan?
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Level 37
May 15, 2019
I think David Alan Grier is being confused with Pam Grier. David Alan is the one who was on "In Living Color"; Pam is the actress who starred in the Blaxploitation movies of the '70s/'80s.
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Level 82
Feb 28, 2020
yeah obviously not the same person. My bad.
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Level 66
Feb 28, 2020
I'm very surprised that only 55% of people have guessed Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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Level 76
May 26, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLB4dU3Yc6M

Pretty massive omission. :')

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Level 57
Jan 4, 2024
Where's Olivia Newton-John? Even Lin-Manuel Miranda perhaps? Maybe I'm just too young to know who half these people are lol