The trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has fans of the franchise excited, and for good reason, as Indiana Jones lovers will have a return to the movies and will get to see Harrison Ford reprise his iconic role. It's always exciting when an actor returns to one of their most well-known roles, even if their last appearance was many years prior. Harrison Ford is no stranger to this, as he has also returned to Star Wars as Han Solo 32 years after the original trilogy, as well as appearing in the Blade Runner sequel 35 years after his first go at it.

There are a lot of actors in Hollywood who are willing to return to the roles that really put them on the map or that stick in people's minds when they think of that actor. It's nice to see performers that don't reject those roots, as some (albeit understandably) might want to distance themselves from their past work, especially if it's the only thing people ever recognize them for. Here are 5 other actors that returned to their iconic roles at least a decade later.

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Kurt Russell - Snake Plissken

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Kurt Russell's performance as Snake Plissken in the 1981 movie Escape From New York was instantly iconic, and he was almost given his own franchise. This never really panned out, but audiences were still treated to Plissken's return in Escape From L.A. in 1996, 15 years after Russell's original appearance. Snake Plissken was kind of the blueprint for the cool action heroes that came later in the '80s and '90s, but the market was too oversaturated by the time Escape From L.A. came out for Russell to get much more time with the character.

Jamie Lee Curtis - Laurie Strode

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As the Scream Queen herself, Jamie Lee Curtis has been back many times as Laurie Strode, and the gaps in between her appearances span decades each time. After Halloween II, Halloween: H20 was the next time Laurie Strode was in the franchise, 17 years later (and 20 years after the original Halloween). Then Curtis took a break from the franchise again before appearing in the David Gordon Green Halloween trilogy, with the first movie coming out in 2018, 16 years after her last appearance in the franchise in Halloween: Resurrection. It's safe to say that Curtis's turn as Laurie Strode is one of the most iconic in film history, and she seemingly has no qualms about sticking with the character.

Leonard Nimoy - Spock

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Nimoy portrayed what is possibly one of the most iconic characters in pop culture with his performance as Spock in Star Trek, and he didn't just do it once. He had a cameo appearance in Star Trek (2009), where he played Spock Prime, 18 years after his last appearance as the character. It was a huge get to have him back for that film, and it made a lot of sense. Why not bring back one of the most famous characters of all time if you have the chance, and if the original actor is totally willing to return?

Sylvester Stallone - Rocky and Rambo

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Stallone gets a special shoutout for returning to an iconic character decades after his last appearance not once, but twice. He waited 16 years between Rocky V and Rocky Balboa to make a return to the widely-beloved character, but his return to Rambo was after an even longer gap. There were 20 years between his appearance as John Rambo in Rambo III and Rambo (2008), and then another 11 between Rambo (2008) and Rambo: Last Blood. Stallone really figured out which characters people wanted to see more from, and picked the right time to make those comebacks.

Ellen Degeneres and Albert Brooks - Dory and Marlin

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In a bit of a deviation from the previous entries, this one includes 2 actors and centers on vocal performances rather than live-action ones. Degeneres and Brooks lent their voices to Dory and Marlin respectively in Finding Nemo, with their performances being some of the most memorable in Disney/Pixar history. They returned to their roles 13 years later in Finding Dory, and it really felt like no time had passed at all. It was exciting for a lot of fans to get to see the characters they loved as children get revisited now that those same audience members were adults, or nearing adulthood at the very least.

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