re: Actors that started their career in a role that ended up being out of their character...

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very confusing. no one knows him as anything but the fonze. he was character acting as the fonze. you seem to be asking what actors didnt become type cast in their initial role.

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Depends on your generation. I never knew what the fonz was until recenelt. But I always knew Henry winkler as a very common and distinct character actor in tons of movies and tv shows growing up.