24: Where have I seen you before?
Agent Moss has been driving me crazy. Not his character, but the actor (Jeffrey Nordling)….where have I seen him before? Maybe it’s just that he looks like such a “suit” that he looks so familiar. Or maybe it’s because he’s got a slight Ted McGinley look to him and the producers hired him in case 24 really Jumps the Shark this year so they’ll have someone to blame. I finally IMDB’d him and realized that he has played minor characters on a bunch of shows I used to watch, which wasn’t much help. But it did lead to some strange findings:
He and
Sarah Wynter both appeared in an episode of
Sex and the City in June 1998. In case you don’t recall, Sarah Wynter played Kate Warner on Day 2 of 24. She had her sister’s fiancée investigated and ended up becoming Jack’s girlfriend for a while. I realize that Hollywood isn’t
that big of a business, but I’d already made the Janis (
Janeane Garofalo) and Sherry Palmer (
Penny Johnson) connection. They appeared on
The Larry Sanders Show together in 1992! And when Garofalo left the show Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe) played her replacement!!
In full disclosure, I must point out that my husband made the first Larry Sanders show connection and is breathlessly waiting for a guest appearance on 24 by
Rip Torn.
Now I’m all obsessed with 24 connections and will post any more I find. Feel free to add yours.