Favorite actors from each series
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"TOS" - Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig, & James Doohan
"TNG" - Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, & Gates McFadden
"DS9" - Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, & Terry Farrell
"Voyager" - Robert Picardo, Robert McNeill, Ethan Phillips, & Jeri Ryan
"TNG" - Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, & Gates McFadden
"DS9" - Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, & Terry Farrell
"Voyager" - Robert Picardo, Robert McNeill, Ethan Phillips, & Jeri Ryan
Whoops - you said just two! My bad; sorry. 
Like all Best Ofs, this is just my gut reaction today. It'd likely be different a week from now or a week ago. And I assume we're only allowed to choose from main cast?
TOS - Nimoy and Kelley
TNG - Frakes and Spiner
DS9 - Brooks and Visitor (This was a struggle for me.)
VOY - Russ and Picardo
ENT - Bakula and Billingsley
DSC - Jones and Isaacs
LDS - Wells and Cordero
SNW - Mount and Bush (Sounds like a weird porno parody or something. Oof.)
PIC - Pill and Brady
PRO - Purnell and Noble
TOS - Nimoy and Kelley
TNG - Frakes and Spiner
DS9 - Brooks and Visitor (This was a struggle for me.)
VOY - Russ and Picardo
ENT - Bakula and Billingsley
DSC - Jones and Isaacs
LDS - Wells and Cordero
SNW - Mount and Bush (Sounds like a weird porno parody or something. Oof.)
PIC - Pill and Brady
PRO - Purnell and Noble
Are those choices because of their actual personalities off-screen or how they handled their characters and profession?
Mine were based on how I perceived them as human beings rather than their talent or skill. Some of the older show actors I saw at cons and felt they "good-guy" reputation was deserved. Others I go by my gut.
Mine were based on how I perceived them as human beings rather than their talent or skill. Some of the older show actors I saw at cons and felt they "good-guy" reputation was deserved. Others I go by my gut.
My picks were based on both, for various reasons. I liked all the actors' work with their characters, but some of my personal experiences were different. For example, both Brent Spiner and Marina Sirtis were very kind, while Robert Picardo and Gates McFadden (her assistant, even more than herself) came off very negatively.
TOS: Leonard Nimoy, James Doohan
TNG: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner
DS9: Rene Auberjonois, Armin Shimerman
VOY: Robert Picardo, Tim Russ
ENT: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley
DIS: Oded Fehr, Doug Jones
PIC: Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan
LDS: Tawny Newsome, Gabriel Ruiz
PRO: Ella Purnell, Kate Mulgrew
SNW: Anson Mount, Jess Bush
TNG: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner
DS9: Rene Auberjonois, Armin Shimerman
VOY: Robert Picardo, Tim Russ
ENT: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley
DIS: Oded Fehr, Doug Jones
PIC: Jonathan Frakes, Jeri Ryan
LDS: Tawny Newsome, Gabriel Ruiz
PRO: Ella Purnell, Kate Mulgrew
SNW: Anson Mount, Jess Bush
TOS: Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley
TNG: LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
DS9: Avery Brooks, Armin Shimmerman
VOY: Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan
ENT: John Billingsley, Linda Park
DIS: Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala
PIC: Santiago Cabrera, Alison Pill
LD: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid
SNW: Bruce Horak, Jess Bush
PRO: Ella Purnell, Agnus Imrie
TNG: LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn
DS9: Avery Brooks, Armin Shimmerman
VOY: Tim Russ, Jeri Ryan
ENT: John Billingsley, Linda Park
DIS: Sonequa Martin-Green, David Ajala
PIC: Santiago Cabrera, Alison Pill
LD: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid
SNW: Bruce Horak, Jess Bush
PRO: Ella Purnell, Agnus Imrie
TOS: Nimoy and Doohan
TNG: Spiner and Stewart
DS9: Brooks and Visitor
VOY: Don't know, I liked most of them. Which is why I can watch this show, despite how atrociously managed it was.
ENT: Park and Trineer
DIS: That big honkin' cat
LD: Boimler and T'Ana, don't remember the actor names offhand.
PIC: Ryan and whoever plays Elnor. And HM for DeLancie
PRO: Mulgrew and Ala... the kid who plays Rok-tahk
SNW: Mount and whoever plays Ortegas
TNG: Spiner and Stewart
DS9: Brooks and Visitor
VOY: Don't know, I liked most of them. Which is why I can watch this show, despite how atrociously managed it was.
ENT: Park and Trineer
DIS: That big honkin' cat
LD: Boimler and T'Ana, don't remember the actor names offhand.
PIC: Ryan and whoever plays Elnor. And HM for DeLancie
PRO: Mulgrew and Ala... the kid who plays Rok-tahk
SNW: Mount and whoever plays Ortegas
TOS: Shater (so little love for Shatner here) and Nimoy
TNG: Stewert and Spiner
DS9: Siddig, Alaimo & Combs
Voy: Picardo & Russ
Ent: Keating & Trineer
DSC: Her that plays Burnham (who else is there?)
PIC: Stewert & Ryan
SNW: Mount & Peck
LD: Boimler & Marriner
Don't watch Prodigy.
TNG: Stewert and Spiner
DS9: Siddig, Alaimo & Combs
Voy: Picardo & Russ
Ent: Keating & Trineer
DSC: Her that plays Burnham (who else is there?)
PIC: Stewert & Ryan
SNW: Mount & Peck
LD: Boimler & Marriner
Don't watch Prodigy.
TOS - Nimoy + Koenig
TNG - Spiner + Stewart
DS9 - Brooks + Shimmerman
VOY - Mulgrew + Russ
ENT - literally never thought about it b4 so i would have to think long and hard
DIS - Doug Jones + idk
SNW - Idk anyones name but uh. The one who does Uhura + the one who did Hemmer
LD - didn't really think about this either. the one who does Tendi + the one who does T'Lyn i suppose
PRO - Mulgrew + the one who does Zero
TNG - Spiner + Stewart
DS9 - Brooks + Shimmerman
VOY - Mulgrew + Russ
ENT - literally never thought about it b4 so i would have to think long and hard
DIS - Doug Jones + idk
SNW - Idk anyones name but uh. The one who does Uhura + the one who did Hemmer
LD - didn't really think about this either. the one who does Tendi + the one who does T'Lyn i suppose
PRO - Mulgrew + the one who does Zero
This whole thread looks like a list of lawyers' offices.
Okay, I'll take a crack at it for the series I've seen and liked.
TOS: Kelley and Takei (for the people who mock him for his feud with Shatner, just read his autobiography; there's a lot more to him than that).
TNG: Stewart (I loathe Jean-Luc Picard, but have enjoyed Stewart's other performances in other series and movies, ie. Sejanus in I, Claudius and Henry Grey in Lady Jane, with honorable mention to his cameo in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A second actor would be Colm Meaney. I've seen him in other things that probably didn't make it to mainstream entertainment platforms in the U.S. and he was very good.
DS9: Robinson (love Garak - I have a friend who named her cat after him! True story: Another friend and I went to visit this first friend, and neither of them had met the other. I'd mentioned Garak, and when we pulled up in front of the house, my friend noticed a tall guy out front and asked, "Is that Garak?" I looked around, then realized the confusion. I said, "No, that's her brother. Garak is her cat." I'd forgotten to mention that detail. I also like James Darren (Vic Fontaine).
Voyager: Ryan (is there anything she can't do well? And it can't have been easy to put up with the hostile attitude she got from Mulgrew all that time) and Picardo. These two portrayed their characters well to the point that they've inspired me to read and write Voyager fanfic (the TOS cast did likewise, many years previously). And that's something that none of the TNG or DS9 actors managed.
The rest of the series... either I can't stand them and quit, or found them so boring that it doesn't bother me that I never saw all of them. I haven't seen any of the last three and don't even care.
I could possibly become interested if they ever make a new one based on the ending of the tie-in novel Federation. It's a great jumping off place.
Okay, I'll take a crack at it for the series I've seen and liked.
TOS: Kelley and Takei (for the people who mock him for his feud with Shatner, just read his autobiography; there's a lot more to him than that).
TNG: Stewart (I loathe Jean-Luc Picard, but have enjoyed Stewart's other performances in other series and movies, ie. Sejanus in I, Claudius and Henry Grey in Lady Jane, with honorable mention to his cameo in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A second actor would be Colm Meaney. I've seen him in other things that probably didn't make it to mainstream entertainment platforms in the U.S. and he was very good.
DS9: Robinson (love Garak - I have a friend who named her cat after him! True story: Another friend and I went to visit this first friend, and neither of them had met the other. I'd mentioned Garak, and when we pulled up in front of the house, my friend noticed a tall guy out front and asked, "Is that Garak?" I looked around, then realized the confusion. I said, "No, that's her brother. Garak is her cat." I'd forgotten to mention that detail. I also like James Darren (Vic Fontaine).
Voyager: Ryan (is there anything she can't do well? And it can't have been easy to put up with the hostile attitude she got from Mulgrew all that time) and Picardo. These two portrayed their characters well to the point that they've inspired me to read and write Voyager fanfic (the TOS cast did likewise, many years previously). And that's something that none of the TNG or DS9 actors managed.
The rest of the series... either I can't stand them and quit, or found them so boring that it doesn't bother me that I never saw all of them. I haven't seen any of the last three and don't even care.
I could possibly become interested if they ever make a new one based on the ending of the tie-in novel Federation. It's a great jumping off place.
That's what she said.
Ok, the ACTUAL best actors...
TNG: Spot
DS9: Chester
VOY: Neelix the cat and the puppy from Q and the Gray
ENT: Porthos
DIS: Grudge
LD: The Dog and Moopsy (and still T'Ana)
PRO: Murf!
PIC: Number One
TNG: Spot
DS9: Chester
VOY: Neelix the cat and the puppy from Q and the Gray
ENT: Porthos
DIS: Grudge
LD: The Dog and Moopsy (and still T'Ana)
PRO: Murf!
PIC: Number One
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