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.
Examples of roles where actors from Star Trek give better performances than they did on Star Trek?
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AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 16 hours ago
Bester was so great. Great vilain
astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 15 hours ago
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.
AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Can confirm. I was an avid 90s Star Trek convention attendee, and got to hear a couple quick Bab5 anecdotes from him years ago.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
Bester still gives me the creeps.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Best character in the entire series. Never before would have imagined Walter making my skin crawl.
mercano@lemmy.world 9 hours ago Andreas Katsulas had a recurring role as Commander Tomalak on TNG, but he absolutely shone as G’Kar on Babylon 5, especially in later seasons.
crimson_iris@piefed.social 8 hours ago He gave me goosebumps in several scenes, especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmuHNDcXLQ
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Karl Urban was an okay Dr. McCoy, but the 157 different roles he played on Xena Warrior Princess was where he really shined the brightest.
Enkrod@feddit.org 4 hours ago
I honestly enjoyed him more in Dredd (where he had to do more with less) than in Star Trek.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Jeffrey Combs must have been busy.
Enkrod@feddit.org 4 hours ago
Damn, nearly did not recognize Keating, his performance in that gif gives heavy David Tennant to me.
- Kirk@startrek.website 1 hour ago
He should have won best actor for his performance as “Ian” in Jungle 2 Jungle.
gasgiant@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
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.
- Kirk@startrek.website 1 hour ago
Colm Meaney’s performance in Layer Cake is simply astounding!
mactan@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
great villain in stargate atlantis
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago Con Air, as the baddie.
The Man Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain, as a goodie.
TBi@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
He’s great in intermission. And it’s a good movie.
And the snapper!
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 11 hours ago
The Commitments.
nullPointer@programming.dev 14 hours ago
pretty good in the “Hell on Wheels” series. It also features Anson Mount.
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Gangs of London
Zephorah@discuss.online 10 hours ago
Mulgrew. Flemeth. (Kidding).
Levar Burton will always be reading rainbow guy, no matter what he does.
Zachary Quinto. Silar. One of the better villains, until the writers went on strike and the show fell off the rails. Granted, this likely just marks the man’s range as an actor.
John Cho. The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
Koening. Bester.
You could argue that everything Stewart does is equally well done. Scrooge. X. Gurney.
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 15 hours ago Bakula on “Quantum Leap”
Eve Harlow on “Agents of SHIELD”
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
There’s an episode of Scrubs where Bakula plays a janitor and secretly wants to leap back as a little Easter egg
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Also, "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 15 hours ago Bakula on “Men of a Certain Age”.
Kojichan@lemmy.world 15 hours ago 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.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
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
nullPointer@programming.dev 15 hours ago
Jeff Combs was excellent in “The Frighteners”
Tattorack@lemmy.world 57 minutes ago
Jeff Combs in Transformers Prime, voice of Ratchet. He did some excellent voice delivery as that character.
Zorque@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Jeff Combs was excellent in everything, though.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Jeff Combs was
excellentin everything, though.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
How many roles did he play?
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act II
Zorque@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I think Patrick Stewart was pretty great in that episode of Extras.
subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 15 hours ago
- Kirk@startrek.website 1 hour ago
The fact that it lost to American Beauty that year is a travesty
There’s a an admiral in Star Trek Beyond that looked familiar, I had to look it up and it’s Shohreh Aghdashloo. A forgettable role, only noteworthy because I recognized the actor.
She plays Avasarala in The Expanse. Total powerhouse performance.