Great Character Actors (from Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Action)

Brian Blessed
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Well, we've got Keith David, how about David Keith? He can most recently be seen as Matt Mudock's dad in Daredevil.

Maybe Peter "Londo" Jurasik from B5? I've seen him in a few other roles and he was impressive.

Definitely, Andreas Katsulas best known as G'Kar on B5, but he also several roles on Trek and a bunch of movies.

Vic Diaz. Not many people will recognize the name, but he's a Filipino actor who had roles in whole bunch of drive-in movies in the '70s. Most were action flick directed by Roger Corman, but he also did some horror ones by Eddie Romero.

Sid Haig. You may not know the name, but you'll most likely recognize the face. Many, many, many movie and tv appearances. Sci-Fi recently ran a Buck Rodgers episode he was in.

Udo Keir. He's probably best know for his 2 "Andy Warhol" films, Dracula and Frankenstein, but you might also remember him in the horror hospital mini-series, Kingdom, or as the vampire lord, Dragonetti, in Blade. I have a soft spot for old Udo.

Gina Torres. Xena, Hercules, Firefly, Cleopatra 2525.
 

Villano said:
Gina Torres. Xena, Hercules, Firefly, Cleopatra 2525.

& Angel, right? I agree she's very good.

I think my favourite character actor would be David Warner, for reasons given above.

Non-sf, how about the guy who plays Munch in Homicide et al? A national institution. :)
 


Dagger75 said:
How could guys not even mention


TIM CURRY!!!!

That man has done everything.

Here I was going through this list wondering how no one had him on the list and BAM! One of the hardest working men in films.

Other that I can not believe I did not see waas Chistopher Loyld and the guy that played Max Headroom (sp).
 


How about Don S. Davis, Gen. George S. Hammond in Stargate: SG-1 and tons of other movies as minor people usually. His list of apperances on IMDB is quite extensive.

How about Mark Hamill? Yes he's best know for playing Luke Skywalker, but he was become a hell of a voice actor. Let's see the Joker, The Hobgoblin on SpiderMan, and tons of other stuff. Not to mention on the Flash TV show he played the Trickster.
 



WizarDru said:
How about Brian Blessed? He's been in tons of stuff. There's Flash Gordon, Henry V and Black Adder. He's about as recognizable as they come, he's LOUD! and he's been on Dr. Who. That's good enough for me. :D

Good one - din't know that he was in Dr. Who, though (Can't say I'm surprised.) Also, he was the Ghost of Hamlet's father in Branagh's Hamlet (great movie) and played Augustus in I, Claudius. For Flash alone he merits inclusion on this list.
 

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