get this actor a job!
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Well, the actor who plays Jin has already been cast in the new HAWAII 5-0.
CONNOR TRINNEER!!!
"The most criminally underused
actor in television."-- The Flick Filosopher
So, I have to come up with a TV series, too? I'll get back to you.
Argh! How could I forget him! Definitely!
Good lord, yes. Someone is going to have to start scribbling some great stuff if they're going to provide worthy roles to that crowd! So far, only Daniel Dae Kim has a gig that I've heard of - remake of Hawaii Five-O, groan - hoping for better material than that for the rest of em.
The Walking Dead is still looking for its lead. Who better to battle a worldwide plague of cannibalistic zombies?
Not sure about the uniforms, but Trucco will be soon back to brandishing weaponry on
V, as John May, alien rebel leader!
Most definitely Connor. He needs to be in a drama series--not a typical cop/lawyer/doctor show---something more intense. Something like American Gothic, or to be more mundane, Criminal Minds. If they ever did an American version of Survivors, he'd be great in the Greg role. He just grabs your attention, and makes a great earnest, yet conflicted, hero.
I'd also add Ian McShane. Good Lord, that man has presence. I know he's got a miniseries lined up, but he definitely needs another show. Whether playing a good guy or a bad guy, he just exudes power.
I'd also add Ian McShane. Good Lord, that man has presence. I know he's got a miniseries lined up, but he definitely needs another show. Whether playing a good guy or a bad guy, he just exudes power.
I'm sorry but just the combination of the words "Trucco" and "brandishing weaponary" have cheered me up enormously!
I believe he's previously played Bobby Kennedy on tv.
Got another one: Mitch Pileggi. He was awesome as a creepy white supremacist on Sons of Anarchy so his next gig should go the opposite direction - heroic - but not a stern authority figure. How about a gay, nurturing Earth-mother type? That role could work on a whole lot of show types...
EDIT: Ran across something interesting, a white paper from a talent agency that makes a few interesting points:
-Movie actors are moving into TV bigtime - not news, and frankly actors like Zeljko Ivanek are really more TV than movie actors anyway.
-TV shows want big name actors to lock in advertising. Never realized that was such a big motivating factor.
-Pilots are likely to be made only if they have a good chance of pickup. Good news if there are pilots this season you happen to like.
That role could work on a whole lot of show types...EDIT: Ran across something interesting, a white paper from a talent agency that makes a few interesting points:
-Movie actors are moving into TV bigtime - not news, and frankly actors like Zeljko Ivanek are really more TV than movie actors anyway.
-TV shows want big name actors to lock in advertising. Never realized that was such a big motivating factor.
-Pilots are likely to be made only if they have a good chance of pickup. Good news if there are pilots this season you happen to like.
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^ That should be amended to say movie actors who find their movie offers to be slim pickings are moving into TV big time. 
Truth be told, Kiefer Sutherland, Glenn Close, Laurence Fishburne, James Spader, Gary Sinise, Charlie Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, etc. would never be on TV if they were still getting the kind of movie offers that made them famous to begin with.
So a TV might be able to get Andy Garcia or Michael Keaton, but not Tom Cruise or Russell Crowe. Also, the film careers of Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas may be winding down, but they've banked so much money they probably wouldn't consider returning to TV full-time.
Truth be told, Kiefer Sutherland, Glenn Close, Laurence Fishburne, James Spader, Gary Sinise, Charlie Sheen, Jeff Goldblum, etc. would never be on TV if they were still getting the kind of movie offers that made them famous to begin with.
So a TV might be able to get Andy Garcia or Michael Keaton, but not Tom Cruise or Russell Crowe. Also, the film careers of Harrison Ford and Michael Douglas may be winding down, but they've banked so much money they probably wouldn't consider returning to TV full-time.
Besides some of the people mentioned, I'd also like to see more of Oded Fehr (Mummy, Res Evil, Sleeper Cell) on tv.
Definetely David Tennant. He doesn't seem to do much in the near future, unfortunately.
I'd like him to play a (mad) villain, but on the other hand my dream would be to have him cast into a new Trek show.
I'd like him to play a (mad) villain, but on the other hand my dream would be to have him cast into a new Trek show.
You're kidding, right?
The LOST cast seems to be the most hard working people on television. They seem to be EVERYWHERE, either as series regulars on new shows, or as guest stars. Be it V, Flashforward, you name it... You'll see plenty of those people in the future.
Besides Daniel Dae Kim, who's been cast in a new series?
There's often a year in between shows, especially with LOST since they film so much at once at the same time pilots are filming.
All I know about is Elizabeth Mitchell being on V. (I haven't actually watched V, so I don't know any details of that.)
Agreed. He was amazing on Dollhouse. I'm also going to suggest Mark Sheppard (Badger on Firefly and Romo Lampkin on BSG). He's a great actor who gets lots of memorable guest roles, but I don't think he's ever been a lead on a series.
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