Why, that's Anthony Andrews as Elliot Blake from critically-acclaimed
Columbo Goes To Guillotine ! And I'm constantly feel tired so that's a perfect fit.
He also looks a little bit like Billy Crudup
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And yeah, that intro was great. Entire episode was great. I love when they do something weird and unexpected like that. One of my favourites HITB episodes is the one when they talk about Travolta's obscure movie,
The Fanatichttps://youtu.be/feH2sxYGE-w