I’m That Actor From That Thing, and You Will Never Guess Where You Have Seen Me Before

I have a familiar face; wouldn’t you like to know why?

Steffany Ritchie
4 min readAug 16, 2024
A bearded man wearing sunglasses and a hat with tattooed arms stands in a thicket of bamboo trees.
Photo by Wendy Wei: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-holding-bamboo-plant-wearing-sunglasses-and-fedora-hat-1656684/

Hey there. I see you have paused the screen on your streaming service of infinite choice right in the middle of my big scene.

I do look familiar, don’t I? I get that all the time.

Ok, rarely in real life. To people on the street I am just their waiter from last year, or the year before that.

But to you, my newest fan who definitely remembers seeing me in something that one time, I am practically unforgettable.

You are sure my hair looks different from the last time you saw me? Why are you picturing me in chaps? I don’t know, but sounds like a lead!

This train has left the station, and we are not getting off until we figure this mystery out.

Your husband is on a bathroom break? Great. Now you can both stop spouting random possible shows I might have been in but totally wasn’t in back and forth at each other in increasing fury.

What’s my name? Jadon? Brick? You want to say I’m Italian? That may be something we can find out, depending on your detective skills.

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Steffany Ritchie

Hi, I write memoir, humor, pop culture, and humor. American in Scotland. Publisher of "Cancer Sucks, So Let's Talk About it More"