A lot of big stars spend decades or more being That Guy From That Thing, a vaguely recognisable face that plays the sixth-largest role in five films a year and always dies before the end, sometimes off-screen. You can’t quite name them, but you like them, and you wave your fingers around for a bit trying to place where you’ve seen them before.
Steve Buscemi was TGFTT for years, as were Samuel L Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H Macy—it only takes one breakthrough role for them to become household names, and all their previous films to be rereleased on DVD with their name suddenly massive on the cover. Here’s our pick of current-day That Guy (or Girl) From That Things, that are one good project away from you having always been a fan.