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Who do you consider to be THE sci-fi actor? (lemmy.world)
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My nominees and some of their top sci-fi roles:

Oscar Isaac:

• Star Wars 7-9 - Poe Dameron

• Dune Part 1 - Duke Leto Atreides

• X-Men Apocalypse - Apocalypse

• MCU (Moon Knight) - all 3 Moon Knight personae

• Spider-Verse movies - Miguel O’Hara (Spider-Man 2099)

Christopher Lloyd:

• Back to the Future I-III - “Doc” Emmet Brown

• Star Trek 3 - Kruge

• Star Wars (The Mandalorian) - Commissioner Helgait

Djimon Honsou:

• MCU films (Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel) - Korath the Pursuer

• DCEU film (Aquaman) - Fisherman King

• DCEU films (Shazam 1 & 2, Black Adam) - the Wizard Shazam

• Stargate - Horus

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 2 months ago (1 children)

THE sci-fi actor? Tough to choose, but Sigourney Weaver deserves to be on the nomination list.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Milla Jovovich too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes!

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Patrick Stewart has been in some real bangers

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When I think Sci-Fi I think Patrick Stewart. Bonus points that I can actually believe he is his character. When he plays Picard, I see Picard.

On the other hand, when Matt Damon plays the guy on Mars, I see Matt Damon playing a guy on Mars.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Good point!

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Jeffrey Combs.

He's mostly a supporting actor, but he's a chameleon who always delivers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

This is the answer. Patrick Stewart is the face, but Jeffrey Combs is the backbone

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Watch the Re-animator movies. He gets to be the lead! He has a knack for delivering B-horror scripts with the gravitas of the finest stage actors.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been meaning to watch it for a while now; I'll have to make that happen soon.

Ever seen The Frighteners? The CGI definitely does not hold up, but the plot and acting are top-notch. Combs plays a super creep in it that you love to hate.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Oh for sure! Just rewatched it a few weeks ago actually.

"My body... is a roadmap of pain."

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

From Beyond!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

How has no one mentioned Karl Urban yet, criminal. Apart from fantasy and superhero films, his sci-fi films like Doom, Judge Dredd, Star Trek, Riddick

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Karl Urban is great, but he still has a bit to catch up to Jeffrey Combs lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Best Dredd ever.
Almost Human series too.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Zoe Saldana should be in the conversation

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

She was the first person I thought of.

Second, probably Patrick Stewart.

Then, I think, Sigourney Weaver.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Speaking on behalf of the Star Trek nerds: Jeffrey Combs or Vaughan Armstrong with an honorable mention for J.G. Hertzler

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

Jude Law's in most scifi i like, such as eXistenZ, Gattaca, AI, etc...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Max Von Sydow

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, absolutely, it's not even a contest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Guy played multiple roles in some of the same episodes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I cannot believe no one has mentioned Bill Paxton, who is, to my knowledge, the only actor to have been killed onscreen by the Terminator, a xenomorph, AND a Predator. If that doesn't qualify him for a spot in the genre HoF, idk what does.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Game over man!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Moon: Sam Rockwell

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

And Galaxy Quest. And Iron Man II (if it counts). And "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

S. Weaver, Z. Saldaña, S. Agdashloo, N. Portman

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Matt Frewer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The Binder! Nice pick

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oscar Isaac was also the tech bro ceo in ex machina.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wayne Alexander, he's the Jeffrey Combs of Babylon 5

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, Jeffrey Combs played every second alien in Star Trek, Wayne Alexander every second alien in Babylon 5, but: Jeffrey Combs was also in B5, Wayne Alexander never in Star Trek

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Jeffrey Combs was also in B5

Oh yeah, so he was.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

My first thougt is Rutger Hauer. Rarely in anything spectacular, but always delivers. Just a good solid back catalogue of surprisingly decent performances in otherwise B-movies.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Sam Neill

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe William Shatner or perhaps the guy from Blue's Clues

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I'd like to nominate Alan Tudyk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Acting credits aside, Djimon is literally named after a sci-fi franchise

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

John Hurt.