Crispin Glover

Nah, too young, too hunky...

he did Charlie's Angel 2 among other things

Simon pegg for sure

I admit Eric Idle would have made a fantastic Rincewind when he was young, hes perhaps a little too old now. What about Richard Coyle from Coupling?

BBC - Coupling - Richard Coyle

Yeah, he's not such a bad idea, right age, right shape, and good at playing loosers... I enjoyed that series too, great sense of humour...

yer. hes funny and hes got the right face for it lol

Hm... You all seem to imagine Rincewind much younger than I do...

According to the timeline L-Space worked out for the Discworld series - not that PTerry sticks to a timeline, especially not in the early books, but its closer to making "sense" than anything I could come up with-:
Rincewind is about 32 at the events of Colour of Magic, and 56 by the time The Last Continent takes place; take away a few years he spent in the Dungeon Dimensions or other places where time might or might not exist, but he still doesn't look that young even in the early books... He is not a student, or apprentice, after all, he is a "failed wizard" by the time of CoM.

fair point! i dont know how you worked out his age but he did spend a while like aging i spose. eric idle could do it after all!

L-space helps.
The Discworld Timeline : The Timeline
It's a pity the site hasn't been really updated in a long time, but it's still a great site.

YES Rhys Ifans would be perfect. if you look at the illustrations he does look like him, quite sunken in skin etc. i duno about crispin clover as vetinari, i think he could be played by Hugh Fraser/Frasier, whos in poirot and sharpe? sorry this is in reply to a post on page 3

There is no reason Eric iDle couldnt play him now, the character isnt young and has a beard anyway so he would be perfect for the part still.

I'm still trying to figure someone out who looks more like the wizard in "The Last Unicorn", only aged enough (and not beardless).