The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award
Paul Calderon; Victor Argo; Arty Clay
In the discussion (7)
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- Whether That Guy can mean someone before they became that guy is debated; Caruso is too much of a lead.
- Paul Calderon is first named as the Joey Pants answer because most people do not know who he is, then moved to the Dion Waiters Award.
- Buscemi is suggested and rejected because he became Steve Buscemi.
- A candidate list: Carrie Nygren, who does not speak and is amazing as Melanie; Roger Guenveur Smith; Leonard L. Thomas with a great line delivery; and Joey Chin, whose Nosferatu spiel is a favorite.
- Buscemi was a That Guy when the movie was made (Parting Glances, Billy Bathgate, Heart of Midnight, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink), suggesting an at-the-time variation of the award.
- Another voice prefers the award for people whose names you do not know: Victor Argo is a That Guy to a movie fan who is not a cinephile, and Paul Calderon is 'definitely a that guy', seen in Pulp Fiction without knowing his name.
- The Arty Clay actor is called the perfect That Guy too, one of the hoods at the beginning of Once Upon a Time in America; the bride's father from Sorcerer and The Brink's Job and James Lorinz from Street Trash are further That Guys.