I Know That Person But Can't Remember Their Name

[Talent Name]

So I was watching the Allstate it's not going to fit commercial and I know the actress in but can't remember her name. Anyone have a similar situation

[ace]

That’s Dot-Marie Jones probably best known as the football coach from Glee.

Probably happens to me a lot. I am, however, shockingly good at placing voices.

[Zombie Mod]

the reason I had IMDB bookmarked for years was because my dad used to get me to look up random actors from various shows he would watch that he thought he'd seen in something else, so he knew where he had seen them before. (the full cast section on episodes was a godsend for this.)


that said there has been times where I've sat watching something and had this annoying "why are you so familiar" feeling about someone in the cast or "was that Clancy Brown/Mark Hamill?" and imdb comes in handy.

[ayumidah]

yeah, names escape me a lot. Mixed in with my facial blindness, and sometimes watching TV can be a real chore lol.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I'm better with people I've seen in movies and on TV than I am with people I've met.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

I can’t tell who someone is, unless I see them in their environment. So if I see a co-worker out in the wild, unless I really know them, can’t place them. I work in such a place where the ages range from like 15-80. This was a lot worse with guys than girls. Felt it was a little better to say like, “Hello Rebecca”, Guys I can always get by on a “Hey Chief”, worked for a while, but once I hit like 35ish, I just gave up on it. No reason to know a 15 year old girls name anymore. “Hey” works fine for everyone now.

And really, I’m at a point where “Hello” has pretty much exhausted anything interesting I have to say anyway.