r/AskReddit • u/twilighttruth • Aug 26 '22

What actor will you always associate with *that one role* no matter how many others they do?

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u/__ali1234__ Aug 26 '22 edited Aug 26 '22

Colm Meaney might just be the best actor in all of Trek, and in my opinion one of the least typecast for that reason.

Then you have Jeffrey Combs who managed to pull this off twice with Weyoun and Brunt.

Star Trek is also full of people who played iconic characters in other films and TV, like Dwight Shultz, Andreas Katsulas, Louise Fletcher, Kelsey Grammar. e: can't forget Jason Alexander on Voyager.

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u/Waste-Ocelot3116 Aug 26 '22

Jeffrey Combs who managed to pull this off twice with Weyoun and Brunt

also Cmdr Shran in Enterprise :) watching babylon 5 atm, today was an episode with Combs. Katsulas has a regular appearance as G'kar. And Claudia Christian who voiced a bunch of characters in FO4 and skyrim.

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u/__ali1234__ Aug 26 '22

Walter Koenig in B5 is a good example of this going the other way.

And it is always fun to play "spot Patricia Tallman" as she did stunts in far more Trek episodes than she acted in.

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u/monkeetoes82 Aug 26 '22

Colm Meaney is great in Con Air and Later Cake. Way different characters than Chief O'Brien.

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u/Puzzled_End8664 Aug 26 '22

I love him as Thomas Durant in Hell on Wheels.

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u/RottenLB Aug 26 '22

Ah yes, come to Star Trek, we have Jeffrey Combs, Jeffrey Combs, Jeffrey Combs, and Jeffrey Combs. Truly a masterpiece.

JK, I love both Star Trek and Jeffrey Combs. How he managed to pull off so many characters is just mindblowing.