Actors who would have made great Starfleet Captains
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Hugo Weaving
Keith David
Gary Sinise
Bill Paxton
Robert Patrick
Tony Todd
Ray Stevenson
Powers Booth
Michael Caine
Tom Berenger
Thomas Jane
Keifer Sutherland
Kurt Russell
Yaphet Kotto
Keith David
Gary Sinise
Bill Paxton
Robert Patrick
Tony Todd
Ray Stevenson
Powers Booth
Michael Caine
Tom Berenger
Thomas Jane
Keifer Sutherland
Kurt Russell
Yaphet Kotto
I'd pay good money to see him Generations, in command of the Enterprise-D when the saucer hits reentry. "Ah well, who wants to live forever?" Cue the boisterous, maniacal laughter. "DIIIIIIIVE!!!"
Have you seen the footage of her as Janeway that they released on the Voyager DVD set? It was quite painfully bad...
Female actresses I think could have a good command presence as captain
Cate Blanchet
Amanda Tapping
Linda Hammilton
Lena Headey
Liv Tyler
Gillian Anderson
Anna Gunn
Sigourney Weaver
Suzie Plakson
Kate Beckinsale
Uma Thurman
Michelle Pfiffer
Charlize Theron
Reiko Aylesworth
Jessica Lang
Daryl Hannah
Lucy Liu
Cate Blanchet
Amanda Tapping
Linda Hammilton
Lena Headey
Liv Tyler
Gillian Anderson
Anna Gunn
Sigourney Weaver
Suzie Plakson
Kate Beckinsale
Uma Thurman
Michelle Pfiffer
Charlize Theron
Reiko Aylesworth
Jessica Lang
Daryl Hannah
Lucy Liu
Carolyn Seymour is a perfect choice -- she was a badass Romulan commander, why not a Federation one? (Sam Jackson can do anything he wants, but somehow I feel like I'd be waiting to hear a Starfleet Captain use the word "motherfucker." 
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TSC, that's a really strong list of female candidates. Cate Blanchett, Lena Headey, Charlize Theron, Gillian Anderson are all definitely certified with the necessary charisma and energy. Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver too, although I admit I have trouble separating them from their pre-existing action-icon roles. (I have the same deal with Amanda Tapping, who built a great scientist character on the original Stargate but who I came to identify so much with that role that buying her as a commander got harder. Probably totally unfair, but it's there.)
A couple of the others I haven't actually seen in action (Anna Gunn, Reiko Aylesworth). I also have a feeling Jessica Chastain should maybe be on a list somewheres? But that's mostly on the strength of her look and her rep from Zero Dark Thirty, which I haven't actually seen. There's a couple others like that -- Annie Ilonzeh is another one who just looks right but I don't actually know anything about.
)TSC, that's a really strong list of female candidates. Cate Blanchett, Lena Headey, Charlize Theron, Gillian Anderson are all definitely certified with the necessary charisma and energy. Linda Hamilton and Sigourney Weaver too, although I admit I have trouble separating them from their pre-existing action-icon roles. (I have the same deal with Amanda Tapping, who built a great scientist character on the original Stargate but who I came to identify so much with that role that buying her as a commander got harder. Probably totally unfair, but it's there.)
A couple of the others I haven't actually seen in action (Anna Gunn, Reiko Aylesworth). I also have a feeling Jessica Chastain should maybe be on a list somewheres? But that's mostly on the strength of her look and her rep from Zero Dark Thirty, which I haven't actually seen. There's a couple others like that -- Annie Ilonzeh is another one who just looks right but I don't actually know anything about.
I have admittedly heard it was pretty bad. Haven't seen it though. I would have loved to believe otherwise, she had a pretty strong, regal presence in her prime...
Great thread idea, and lots of good names, though some would make better commanders or chief engineers (Richard Burton, think about it) than captains. Is it too late to turn this thread into "Starfleet Officers" instead of Captains?
And Tony Todd wouldn't make captain TheSubCommander, Jake would have to join starfleet first.
And Tony Todd wouldn't make captain TheSubCommander, Jake would have to join starfleet first.
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I've certainly got no problem broadening the net to "officers," although admittedly I find "captains" an especially interesting question because of the x-factor someone needs to anchor a whole ensemble. Thanks everyone for the great answers, I'm discovering (or rediscovering) great actors I would never have come up with otherwise.
Anna Gunn played the role of Skyler White from Breaking Bad.
Reiko Aylesworth played Michelle Dessler from 24.
Reiko Aylesworth played Michelle Dessler from 24.
Reiko Aylesworth also played a military woman in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem. She was the best thing in that film.
Right. I do know who that is.
Funny, I don't think of Skyler White as a particularly strong character (at least in as much of that show as I've seen), but I can see how Gunn could have that kind of energy.
A solid call for Villainous Admiral or Renegade Captain, maybe?
Although casting him as a simple good guy would be refreshingly against type...
I could live with that. Presumably he would portray an admiral who wasn't a jackass.
Kurt Russell.
