Actors who are often referred to as a character they portrayed

[Only On Camera]

Stifler and Stifler’s mom

 

[MoneyBags]

Wishbone from Bone Thugs - I miss my uncle Charles y’all

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Macgyver.

I still referred to him as Macgyver even after SG1.

 

[Devilinurear]

Hector

 

[Don Snow]

giancarlo esposito -gustavo fring

Nah

 

[Don Snow]

"Everybody Hates Chris", Tyler James Williams

You gotta say the whole thing too

 

[CrushedGroove]

Ezell
Juwanna Mann
Tell 'em bout da gun line, Boss
Radio Raheem
Cujo
Ms. Parker

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Don Draper - Jon Hamm

 

[TL15]

Pee Wee Herman - Paul Reubens

 

[Lord_nikon]

Day-Day

 

[Tres Leches]

p*ssy from Sopranos

 

[NoirDynosaur]

George Jefferson = Sherman Hemsley (RIP)
Clair Huxtable = Phylicia Rashad
Barney Stinson = Neil Patrick Harris
Chandler Bing = Matthew Perry (RIP)
Steve Urkel = Jaleel White
New York = Tiffany Pollard
Uncle Phil = James Avery (RIP)
Susie Carmichael = Cree Summer
Omar Little = Michael K. Williams (RIP)
Carlton Banks = Alfonso Ribeiro
Ashley Banks = Tatyana Ali
Hilary Banks = Karyn Parsons
Myra = Michelle Thomas (RIP)
Blade = Wesley Snipes
Lucy Ricardo = Lucille Roberts (RIP)
Spock = Leonard Nimoy
Peter Griffin = Seth McFarlane
Buffy the Vampire Slayer = Sarah Michelle Gellar
40 Year Old Virgin = Steve Carrell
Nessa = Camille Winbush

 

[b. woods]

Tommy

Tommy's name was actually Tommy (Ford).

Ezell from Friday

To add on to the Friday characters who are sadly no longer with us

John Witherspoon - Pops

Tiny Lister Jr. - Deebo

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Ehh

That's not "eccentric" to the same level - with Doogie Hawser he got to be a leading man with actual range in his role. Whereas Carlton, Screech, Urkel and McLovin were over-the-top comic relief.

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Tupac = Bishop
Ice Cube = Doughboy
DMX - Bunz
Will Smith = Will Smith