Hey guys, I am the OP,
I'm not new here. I was a Morrowind fanatic!
I copied a post on the Marvel forum that I made and posted it here, seeing I was new there I mentioned that I had only just joined, I forgot to cut that bit out when I copied it. They didn't seem interested in discussing it so I brought the topic here. I am not a bot. Thanks for being so keen to repsond!
I did mean Marvel only and I meant DIFFERENT ROLES... so as far as I can tell Sam L Jackson does not count as he has only ever been Nick Fury in a Marvel movie, as far as I know. Remember, it's Marvel owned, so that includes things like Men in Black. EDIT: Don't you think it's a bit easy and not all that fun just to list different movies where the actor plays the same character?? =)
Here is the list I came up with, I'll have to read the thread closer to see if any new ones were added:
Chris Evans is Captain America and The Human Torch
Tommy Lee Jones plays a US Army officer in Captain America, and is in Men in Black
Idris Elba was in Thor as Heimdall and was also in Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Ray Stephenson was the star of The Punisher: Warzone, and also starred in Thor
Ryan Reynolds was Deadpool and a vampire hunter in Blade Trinity.
Jason Flemyng was Azazel in X-Men and appears in another movie that is soon to be released. (I had the name recently. It's a Marvel owned trademark but not an original Marvel herio. The main character is a 15th century viligalte or something like that. I'll be back to edit this thread when I remember).
Those are the six I can think of. Please see if you can add to the list =)
Do you mean the same actor playing different characters, or the same character in different franchises?
For the former I can only thing of the Captain America -> Human Torch connection and the Stan Lee appearances.
For the latter:
Howard Stark was in Iron Man 2 (as a recording) and Captain America. I wasn't paying enough attention to know if it was the same actor.
Agent Colson(I think that's his name, the SHIELD guy who wanted to debrief Stark in the first Iron Man) was in both Iron Man films, Thor and Captain America.
Nick Fury was in both Iron Man films and Capt. America.
Tony Stark appeared at the end of Incredible Hulk.