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Actors in two hit series

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    #152
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,320 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Richard Dower wrote: »
    Callum is also in another hit, The Killing :)

    Yeah, I wasn't surprised to see it had been renewed for season 12. It just gets better with each episode. I wonder if any of the cast will manage to break out of the shackles of being 'that guy from The Killing' or if it will plague them for the rest of their acting careers.

    I honestly would only recognise about 10% of the names mentioned in the last few pages and a lot of the shows are completely unknown to me.

    I'm no TV guru but what the hell is Twitch City? (rhetorical question, I have internet access :))


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    #153
    Faolchu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Faolchu


    Ben McKenzie - The OC (shudder) and Southland. Not sure if either could be considered hits shows though


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    #154
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,320 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Faolchu wrote: »
    Ben McKenzie - The OC (shudder) and Southland. Not sure if either could be considered hits shows though

    The O.C. was fairly successful, at least in the beginning, and McKenzie had a lot of doubters as lead in a more gritty drama. Not quite the same as the Constanza Conundrum but more of a "Will They Grow Up Well?"


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    #155
    Hank_Jones
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    SB-08 wrote: »
    Ted Danson - Cheers and Becker. Also the fantastic 'Damages' although he is not the main actor in it.

    Could also count Bored to Death.

    He is only supporting though.


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    #156
    JP Liz V1
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    Speaking of Southland what about Kevin Alejandro - Sleeper Cell, Ugly Betty, Shark, Southland and True Blood


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    #157
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,320 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Nah. Maybe I should just have changed the title from the beginning because loads of these are not stars (i.e. first billing, there from the start) of the shows they're listed under.

    Actually I'm not bothered at this stage. There have been a lot of good suggestions and food for thought. I might start another thread on suggestions for typecast actors.


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    #158
    hardCopy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Yeah, I wasn't surprised to see it had been renewed for season 12. It just gets better with each episode. I wonder if any of the cast will manage to break out of the shackles of being 'that guy from The Killing' or if it will plague them for the rest of their acting careers.

    My sarcasm detector is seriously malfunctioning.

    I just spent 10 minutes searcing for this TV gem that had somehow stayed off my radar for 12 years.


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    #159
    xxxSonsuzaxxx
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    Alex O'Loughlin - The Shield/Moonlight/Hawaii Five 0.
    Thomas Gibson - Dharma & Greg/Criminal Minds
    David Caruso - NYPD Blue & CSI Miami
    Mark Harmon - Reasonable Doubts/NCIS


    (sorry if these have been mentioned before!)


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    #160
    JP Liz V1
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    Faolchu wrote: »
    Ben McKenzie - The OC (shudder) and Southland. Not sure if either could be considered hits shows though

    Gotham too


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    #161
    shawki
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭shawki


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Gotham too

    Gotham wasn't around in 2011


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    #162
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,931 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    Wow, this thread is old! I was just thinking about it recently too. I bet there's a few new ones to add to it now....


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    #163
    This is it
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    pickarooney wrote: »


    What obvious ones am I missing?
    Bryan Cranston maybe - I don't know what the viewing figures for Breaking Bad are like.

    It did pretty well as it turns out


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    #164
    JP Liz V1
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    shawki wrote: »
    Gotham wasn't around in 2011

    Touche


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    #165
    shawki
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭shawki


    Anthony Starr, The Boys & Banshee

    Katey Sagal, Married with Children, Futurama & Sons of Anarchy

    Michael K. Williams, The Wire & Boardwalk Empire

    Ted Danson, Cheers, Becker & The Good Place

    David Boreanaz, Buffy, Angel, Bones, Seal Team, 23 years in a row on a TV series

    Neil Flynn, Scrubs & The Middle

    Ed O'Neill, Married with Children & Modern Family


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    #166
    JP Liz V1
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    shawki wrote: »
    Gotham wasn't around in 2011

    Touche


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    #167
    tipptom
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    Aiden Gillen
    The Wire --Love Hate


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    #168
    shawki
    Registered Users Posts: 666 ✭✭✭shawki


    TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »
    Half of these were in the original thread. If we're reviving it, it should be new (last 10 years) shows only.

    Relax, you did the same with Ted Danson


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    #169
    Radio5
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    The late Geoffrey Hughes did 3. Coronation St (when it was leading soap opera on telly) Heartbeat and Keeping Up Appearances.


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    #170
    Radio5
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    Tom Selleck. Magnum PI and Blue Bloods.


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    #171
    Radio5
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    Kevin Whately. Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Inspector Morse and Lewis.


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    #172
    ixoy
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    Nathan Fillion - 'Castle' and then 'The Rookie'. And no, as much as I like it, you can't count 'Firefly' when it got cancelled after 13 episodes :pac:


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    #173
    Theboinkmaster
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    I think Martin Freeman is up there, in terms of quality shows:

    The Office
    Sherlock
    Fargo

    All 3 of those shows are 10/10 absolute perfection.


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    #174
    Conall Cernach
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    Sean Bean - Sharpe and Game of Thrones
    Richard Madden - Game of Thrones and The Bodyguard
    Steven Fry - Blackadder and Jeeves and Wooster
    Hugh Laurie - Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and House
    Martin Clunes - Men Behaving Badly and Doc Martin
    David Jason - Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost


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    #175
    Agent Coulson
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    Matthew Macfadyen in Spooks, Ripper Street & Succession.

    Jerome Flynn in Soldier Soldier, Game of Thrones & Ripper Street.


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    #176
    odyssey06
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    I can't search so apologies if already listed...

    Dominic West - The Wire & The Affair.
    Ruth Wilson - The Affair & Luther.
    Idris Elba - The Wire & Luther.
    Matthew Rhys - The Americans & Perry Mason.
    Keri Russell - Felicity & The Americans.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #177
    Rolling Stone
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    Keeley Hawes has had a quite prolific TV career. Some very good hit series in there.

    - Spooks.
    - Ashes to Ashes.
    - Line of Duty.
    - The Durrells.
    - Bodyguard.

    Not sure what her film career is like.


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