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Who's that kid who looks like Lou Reed following around Moody?


Seriously, who is that guy? You know exactly what I'm talking about, he's one of Moody's droogs and he's got these ridiculous aviator shades and he doesn't say ANYTHING. He looks exactly like Lou Reed.

What's the actor's name?

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He actually does talk...once I think. I don't think the character was ever actually given a name.

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I think you're right, he does say something once or twice. I meant the actor's name though. I'm glad my friend and I aren't the only ones who noticed this guy.

I'm sure his name is probably something stupid like "Henchmen #3" or something, but I can't identify the actor without those sweet shades. I'm not even really sure why I want to know.

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The name of the character is Koontz and he was played by Tim Reyna. He actually did talk quite a bit (in the scene when Clifford was cornered in the boys' washrooms) - called Linderman a psychopath and tried to justify the money extortion scheme.
Koontz sort of looked like the geek type, definitely not the stereotypical bully.

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I don't remember that at all. I'll have to watch that movie again.

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I think that you also see him briefly in a classroom scene, without the sunglasses, just before Linderman enters the room.

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I wouldn't really think he was the geek type. I'm thinking more of a stoner type.

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He was Moody's accountant.

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Great call on the Lou Reed resemblance.

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He also looks like one of the guys from Twisted Sister

Goonga Galoonga

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Could be a "where are they now" for the characters.

Sunglass dude ended up in an 80's metal band.

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Yeah, J.J. French!

I always yell that the first time he appears.

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Maybe that's the answer to the "whatever happened to" question that people like to ask about the characters. (For that character anyway)

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