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I Know That Face

HeadStuff Podcasts
82 episodes   Last Updated: May 18, 23
The only movie podcast devoted to character actors, each episode delves into the career of one of those people where you know the face but not the name. From Bob Hoskins to Mia Goth to Viola Davis, hosts Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio shine a spotlight on supporting players unsung by the masses but loved by cinephiles, while also recommending some great films along the way.

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May 18, 2023
Ernest Borgnine
On our last episode before our annual summer break, we talk about the career of the legendary Ernest Borgnine. A naval officer through the war years, he turned to acting after his discharge and within a decade had won the 1956 Best Actor Oscar for Marty. The actor was relied on as an unconventional lead and a supporting player for many in such films as Bad Day at Black Rock, The Dirty Dozen, The Wild Bunch, The Poseidon Adventure and Hustle. Some listeners may note a decline in audio quality in this episode, this was due to some technical issues on our end but rest assured our dulcet tones will return this summer! Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two iconic women return to I Know That Face this week. Fourth-time guest Katie McGrath comes back to talk about Mia Goth's stratospheric rise in the indie sphere. With Ti West's X last year and Pearl this year Goth established herself as a true Scream Queen. She doubled down on horror in 2023 with Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool and in the last three years has also appeared in Emma and Mayday.  Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio Katie McGrath Instagram: @filmfiend__ / Blog I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 11, 2023
Keith David
Do you like deep baritones and commanding screen presences? Then you'll love this week's episode of I Know That Face. Keith David's first role was in John Carpenter's The Thing which just means he was destined for greatness. From there, he never stopped working, appearing in or voicing as many as 17 roles in 2022 alone. From They Live to Dead Presidents to The Quick and the Dead and right up to Community we're talking about one of the most consistent careers we've ever covered. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's springtime at last and with spring comes flowers. Ramona Flowers that is. We're covering Mary Elizabeth Winstead's eclectic career this week - from her blue-pink-green-haired heroine in Scott Pilgrim vs The World to her horror roles in the much-maligned 2011 The Thing remake and the much better 10 Cloverfield Lane. Winstead has switched easily from blockbusters in the likes of Birds Of Prey to much smaller indie fare like Faults to her action hero potential in the likes of Kate. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2023
Glen Powell
And we're back! I Know That Face is coming in hot in 2023 with the most classically handsome man we've covered: Glen Powell. A long time actor, Powell has risen from one line roles in The Dark Knight Rises to bulking up large ensembles in The Expendables 3 and from meatier supporting roles in Everybody Wants Some!! and Top Gun: Maverick to co-leading the rom-com Set It Up and the true war story Devotion. Powell is one of western cinema's brightest talents whose star is rapidly on the rise but still a long way from his peak. That makes him perfect for us. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Another year over, a new one just begun. But the movies don't stop and neither do we. We've debated, argued and fought and the I Know That Face crew have picked their personal top five of the year. From African-centred action to Korean mysteries and horrifying Hollywood blockbusters with a stop off in some of the best indie cinema had to offer, Andrew and Stephen break down 2022 and the films that made them laugh, made them cry and made them fall in love with movies all over again. See you in 2023! Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio Edited by Andrew and Stephen I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Andrew's Top 5: 5. An Cailín Ciúin / 4. Ambulance / 3. Nope / 2. Decision to Leave / 1. Red Rocket Stephen's Top 5: 5. The Woman King / 4. Red Rocket / 3. The Banshees of Inisherin / 2. The Worst Person in the World / 1. Three Thousand Years of Longing Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's time for Tilda Swinton 2: Electric Boogaloo. On this episode, we explore the last 15 years of her career following on from her Oscar win. We look at her willingness to take smaller but no less impactful roles in movies by directors like the Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, Joanna Hogg, Bong Joon-ho and Luca Guadagnino. We also look at some of her notable leading roles like A Bigger Splash, Memoria, Julia and Three Thousand Years of Longing. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's the third anniversary of I Know That Face and Andrew and Stephen are celebrating by recording a two-part episode on the eclectic, enthralling career of Tilda Swinton. Discovered by filmmaker and activist Derek Jarman in the 80s, Swinton went on to star in Sally Potter's Orlando before breaking America with her lead role in The Deep End. She appeared in both mainstream and indie fare like Vanilla Sky, Constantine and The Chronicles of Narnia before winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and BAFTA for her role in Michael Clayton. Stay tuned for Part 2... Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's I Know That Face episode is a packed one, beginning with Andrew and Stephen looking at the career of a workhorse of an actor. Jun Kunimura hasn't taken a year off since 1991 and the effort shows in his work with Ridley Scott, Quentin Tarantino, John Woo, Takashi Miike, Takeshi Kitano and Na Hong-jin. Best known in the west as the beheaded Boss Tanaka in Kill Bill Vol. 1, the Japanese actor made his bones in lean and mean horrors and crime thrillers like Audition, Ichi the Killer, Outrage and Manhunt. Meanwhile, his most famous and well-rounded recent role as the mysterious Japanese stranger in the South Korean horror epic The Wailing won him the Best Supporting Actor and Popular Star awards at the Blue Dragon Awards, making him the first non-Korean to do so. Also in the episode, Stephen interviews director Sebastián Lelio about his new Irish-set mystery drama The Wonder starring Florence Pugh. It's out in Irish cinemas now before it will receive a Netflix release on 16 November. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Halloween is in full swing here on I Know That Face and this week, we are doing something a little different. Instead of talking about the career of a character actor, we're talking about an entire genre, well sub-genre, of horror movies. Beginning with The Blair Witch Project, Stephen and Andrew dive into found footage. Listen in for debates about more popular fare like Cloverfield and Paranormal Activity to unanimous agreement on Asian horrors like Noroi: The Curse, The Medium and Incantation. Sign up to HeadStuff+ at headstuffpodcasts.com for the small price of €5 a month to unlock exclusive bonus episodes of I Know That Face. Andrew Twitter: @Andrew_Carroll0 Stephen Twitter: @StephenPorzio I Know That Face Twitter: @IKnowThatFaceP1 / Instagram: @iknowthatface / Facebook: @iknowthatfacepod Edited by Andrew Carroll and Stephen Porzio Intro and Outro Music: No Boundaries (motorik groove) by Keshco. Licence Featured Image Credit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices