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.
Examples of roles where actors from Star Trek give better performances than they did on Star Trek?
Submitted 2 months ago by Kirk@startrek.website to startrek@startrek.website
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Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Enkrod@feddit.org 2 months ago
I honestly enjoyed him more in Dredd (where he had to do more with less) than in Star Trek.
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 2 months ago
cybervseas@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jeffrey Combs must have been busy.
justaman123@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He really did have range with them. I watched Xena when I was a kid, and I had no idea they were the same actor
gasgiant@lemmy.ml 2 months 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.
mactan@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
great villain in stargate atlantis
nullPointer@programming.dev 2 months ago
pretty good in the “Hell on Wheels” series. It also features Anson Mount.
StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 2 months ago
The Commitments.
TBi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
He’s great in intermission. And it’s a good movie.
And the snapper!
Kirk@startrek.website 2 months ago
Colm Meaney’s performance in Layer Cake is simply astounding!
ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Gangs of London
ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 months ago
Bakula on “Quantum Leap”
Eve Harlow on “Agents of SHIELD”
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
Also, "It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bakula on “Men of a Certain Age”.
Kojichan@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months 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
mercano@lemmy.world 2 months 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 2 months ago
He gave me goosebumps in several scenes, especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJmuHNDcXLQ
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 months ago
TIL Tomalak was G’Kar. I don’t know how I didn’t know.
nullPointer@programming.dev 2 months ago
Jeff Combs was excellent in “The Frighteners”
Zorque@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jeff Combs was excellent in everything, though.
lividweasel@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jeff Combs was
excellentin everything, though.
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
How many roles did he play?
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Jeff Combs in Transformers Prime, voice of Ratchet. He did some excellent voice delivery as that character.
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act II
SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock
Zephorah@discuss.online 2 months 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.
SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Karl Urban, Dredd
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 months ago
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.
astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 2 months ago
100% agree. Of all of the Kelvin cast, he felt like Bones. Karl Urban was a fantastic casting decision.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
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.
Zorque@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think Patrick Stewart was pretty great in that episode of Extras.
subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
MalikMuaddibSoong@startrek.website 2 months ago
Kirk@startrek.website 2 months ago
The fact that it lost to American Beauty that year is a travesty
SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Michelle Yeoh, Supercop
Zephorah@discuss.online 2 months ago
She participated in the greatest movie fight scene ever. Crouching Tiger.
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 months ago
Armin Shimmerman was just as good as Principal Snyder as he was as Quark.
I met him at a convention once and got him sign a letter as Principal Snyder, suspending my friend (who’s a huge Buffy fan) from Sunnydale High and threatening to expel her. He read it and thought it was hilarious.
Kirk@startrek.website 2 months ago
That’s an awesome story and I agree he was great in that role.
sanzky@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Whoopi Goldberg for The Color Purple.
outerspace@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Michelle Yeoh in everything
sanzky@beehaw.org 2 months ago
*almost everything (you forgot about section 31?)
Dippy@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Brent Spiner was brilliant in Master of Disguise, a phenomenal movie
Enkrod@feddit.org 2 months ago
Damn, nearly did not recognize Keating, his performance in that gif gives heavy David Tennant to me.
Kirk@startrek.website 2 months ago
He should have won best actor for his performance as “Ian” in Jungle 2 Jungle.
sanzky@beehaw.org 2 months ago
curiously, the podcast “the incomparable” made an episode exactly about this topic (more specifically, performances before their trek appearances ) www.theincomparable.com/theincomparable/823/
Kirk@startrek.website 2 months ago
Oh fun I will have to check it out
cuchi@startrek.website 1 month ago
When I see Star Trek actors in other show I like to think “This is the holodeck”.
bgainor@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
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.
AnchoriteMagus@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
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.
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website 2 months ago
Bester was so great. Great vilain
astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 2 months 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 2 months 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 2 months ago
Bester still gives me the creeps.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Best character in the entire series. Never before would have imagined Walter making my skin crawl.