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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THE sci-fi actor? Tough to choose, but Sigourney Weaver deserves to be on the nomination list.
Milla Jovovich too.
Yes!
Jeffrey Combs.
He’s mostly a supporting actor, but he’s a chameleon who always delivers.
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.
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.
Oh for sure! Just rewatched it a few weeks ago actually.
“My body… is a roadmap of pain.”
From Beyond!
Patrick Stewart has been in some real bangers
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.
Good point!
Name one
Gurney Haleck
Speaking on behalf of the Star Trek nerds: Jeffrey Combs or Vaughan Armstrong with an honorable mention for J.G. Hertzler
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
Karl Urban is great, but he still has a bit to catch up to Jeffrey Combs lol
Best Dredd ever.
Almost Human series too.
Jude Law’s in most scifi i like, such as eXistenZ, Gattaca, AI, etc…
Zoe Saldana should be in the conversation
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.
Wayne Alexander, he’s the Jeffrey Combs of Babylon 5
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
Max Von Sydow
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.
Moon: Sam Rockwell
Oscar Isaac was also the tech bro ceo in ex machina.
S. Weaver, Z. Saldaña, S. Agdashloo, N. Portman
Is it about the best actors or about your favourite movies?
If it’s about actors, then:
- Sigourney Weaver - played in many Sci-Fi movies, excellent actress and her talent is not limited to a bad ass from Alien. I would say that she defined a woman’s place in Sci-Fi works and you can see a lot of women leading Sci-Fi these days.
- Harrison Ford - again, played in many Sci-Fi movies, got popular for his role as Han Solo, but he’s very talented and got a huge list of incredible roles.
- Emily Blunt is a great actress, but her exposure to Sci-Fi is limited. With that said she did an amazing job in Quiet Place.
- Cillian Murphy is one of my favourites! And he has some banging Sci-Fi roles: from 28 x Later zombie series to Inception to Sunshine.
- Wes Chatham. He has a few Sci-Fi roles, but his portrayal of Amos Burton is just next level shit in the world of Sci-Fi. A very atypical character, which just blew my mind.
P.S. Also who the fuck considers stupid comic book movies a Sci-Fi?
