John De Lancie in Breaking Bad. Not that he was bad as Q, of course, but he didn’t usually have very meaty material to work with.
Brent Spiner was brilliant in Master of Disguise, a phenomenal movie
curiously, the podcast “the incomparable” made an episode exactly about this topic (more specifically, performances before their trek appearances ) https://www.theincomparable.com/theincomparable/823/
Oh fun I will have to check it out
Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple.
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Louise Fletcher in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Michelle Yeoh in everything
*almost everything (you forgot about section 31?)
You are right, that was bad…
It was bad, but I don’t think it was her fault.
Oh hell yes for Louise Fletcher…!
Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act II
Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather) as Postmaster P in Leprechaun in the Hood
The fact that it lost to American Beauty that year is a travesty
Bakula on “Quantum Leap”
Eve Harlow on “Agents of SHIELD”
There’s an episode of Scrubs where Bakula plays a janitor and secretly wants to leap back as a little Easter egg
Also, "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Bakula on “Men of a Certain Age”.
Jeff Combs was excellent in “The Frighteners”
Jeff Combs was excellent in everything, though.
Jeff Combs was
excellentin everything, though.
How many roles did he play?
Jeff Combs in Transformers Prime, voice of Ratchet. He did some excellent voice delivery as that character.
And Re-animator, and Castle freak. He has a very good track record in a certain subset of horror movies!
Ayy, +1 for Castle Freak. Isn’t that the one where the freak rips off his own ding-dong?
I honestly don’t recall. You’d think that sort of thing would be etched onto your memory 😬
Oh, I was just referencing a bad movie podcast that has frequently mentioned that movie. One of the hosts repeatedly recommended Castle Freak, and claimed that the freak ripped off his own ding-dong. This was subsequently disputed by listeners, and one of the other hosts.
At one point, one of the show’s listeners tweeted at Stuart Gordon, asking if the freak ripped off his own ding-dong. Stuart Gordon responded, simply, “No.” However, Jonathan Fuller, who played the titular freak, provided the show an autographed picture on which he wrote, “I ripped it off myself!” So the matter still pends.
Ha, sometimes even the production crew suffer from the Mandela effect 😆
Definitely Scott Bakula.
At the same time, I’m getting the feeling they weren’t given the greatest scripts or directors to work with on Enterprise.
I was excited to see where Archer and Malcom would go with their characters, but now they’ve been distilled too far into an angry little men.
I get the reasoning, but come on. Malcom’s a complete wanker past season 3, and Archer’s face never changes beyond “It’s all about the mission!”
Conversely, I believe Robert Picardo nails his hammy characterization of The Doctor perfectly.
I love the fact that even still with shows like Prodigy or Academy, he’s still willing to show up with that trademark EMH snark
For me Colm Meaney wins this hands down. Good in Star Trek but great in other things.
Layer Cake, It’s always sunny in Philadelphia and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa are the 3 that come to mind first.
The Commitments.
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pretty good in the “Hell on Wheels” series. It also features Anson Mount.
great villain in stargate atlantis
He’s great in intermission. And it’s a good movie.
And the snapper!
Colm Meaney’s performance in Layer Cake is simply astounding!
Gangs of London
Walter Koenig was a great Chekov, but his role as Bester the PsyCop from Babylon 5 was a more nuanced role that gave him way more to do.
Bester still gives me the creeps.
I came here to say this. I first saw Walter Koenig as Chekov, but I really loved him as Bester. I’ve heard that he lights up when people bring up Bester at conventions and such.
Can confirm. I was an avid 90s Star Trek convention attendee, and got to hear a couple quick Bab5 anecdotes from him years ago.
Best character in the entire series. Never before would have imagined Walter making my skin crawl.
Bester was so great. Great vilain
Karl Urban, Dredd
Any of his roles are awesome, but I’d hold McCoy up there with the rest. I believed he was the doctor. Criticize the script for lines and actions, but Karl nailed the mannerisms. As he always does. He’s got a Gary Oldman ability to become something different every time.
100% agree. Of all of the Kelvin cast, he felt like Bones. Karl Urban was a fantastic casting decision.
Karl Urban is ALWAYS a fantastic casting decision!
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Benny in the behind-the-scenes footage from The Hobbit in his mo-cap suit.
Michelle Yeoh, Supercop
She participated in the greatest movie fight scene ever. Crouching Tiger.
Which one is she in it? https://youtu.be/uxkr4wS7XqY
Either way, she is cool.
I think Patrick Stewart was pretty great in that episode of Extras.
