Obscurity Knocks

Obscurity Knocks: Episode 4 - John Kapelos

John Kapelos is an actor you may know from his work with John Hughes on such iconic ‘80s films as Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club, or if you’re a vampire aficionado, you might have watched him in the ‘90s on Forever Knight. But the man has basically been a workaholic since the early ‘80s, as you can tell from the 60+ films and 100+ TV programs he’s popped up on over the years, including – just to cite a few more recent credits – Justified, Modern Family, Transparent, Togetherness, and to keep the folks at home happy, Republic of Doyle.

Obscurity Knocks: Episode 3 - Kurt Fuller

Kurt Fuller has had so many roles in so many films and TV series over the course of his career that when the time came to introduce him onto Obscurity Knocks, I was so intimidated by the sheer volume of options I had available to me to mention that I actually starred stammering and failed to mention nearly as many of them as I'd intended. Be it Psych or Supernatural, Ghostbusters II or Wayne's World, Miracle Mile or No Holds Barred, Fuller has been all over the place, and he's got one of those faces that you recognize immediately, even if you can't always come up with his name. Maybe that'll change after you listen to our conversation. Perhaps from now on you'll see him and immediately think, "Oh, hey, it's Kurt Fuller from Moonbase!"

Nah, I'm just kidding. Nobody's ever said that before, and nobody ever will. And if for some reason they do, Kurt Fuller will have my hide.

Obscurity Knocks: Episode 2 - Bruce McGill

Bruce McGill is a man whose list of credits is far too long to list here, but he has a history of making an impression just about every time he turns up in TV and films, whether it’s playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on his throat in Animal House, intimidating the hell out of you in The Insider, or trying to get rich quick and get in trouble even quicker on MacGyver. You can currently catch Mr. McGill in theaters in Ride Along 2, where he reprises his role as Lieutenant Brooks, and he's just kicking off what is unfortunately the final season of Rizzoli & Isles on TNT.

Obscurity Knocks: Episode 1 - Mackenzie Astin

You may remember Mackenzie Astin from his younger days, when he was hanging out with Blair, Tootie, Natalie, and Jo at Edna’s Edibles and Over Our Heads on The Facts of Life, but he's been out of Peekskill for quite some time now. Only last year he could be found squaring off against Jon Hamm during one of the final episodes of Mad Men, and that's far from the only high-profile gig he’s had lately: over the past few years, he’s turned up on Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Shameless, Bones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Scorpion, and Castle, among others, and he had a recurring role on Scandal last season that carried over into this season as well. When we talked to him for the debut episode of Obscurity Knocks, he couldn't talk about his latest endeavor, joking that "the nondisclosure agreement I just signed had its own nondisclosure agreement," so just keep your eyes open for him. But that's good advice in general: as you can see from the above list of credits, you never know where that guy is going to show up next!