guest actors that are instantly recognizable despite alien makeup

[cosmic mouse]

...hopefully that's not too long for the subject line, but I've noticed two so far that i can immediately recall, as I've been watching Voyager:

Riddles: Mark Moses as "Nuroq" (I recalled him from Platoon, mainly)

Thirty Days: Willie Garson as "Riga"

...I'm sure there are more if i stopped to think about it. "Instantly recognizable" is totally subjective, so any guest actor in makeup might qualify.

Anyone else?

 

[Tosk]

An easy one...Jason Alexander.

 

[cosmic mouse]

Ah, yes, of course...
I suppose there is some crossover with the Seinfeld -crossover thread I posted a little while ago. Those character actors are most certainly coming back to haunt me.

 

[Tosk]

The more famous the guest, the more likely they are to wear smaller prosthetics, intentionally made easier to recognize.

Another example...Dwayne Johnson.

 

[BlueStuff]

Mark Harelik as Kashyk in Counterpoint. Watching this episode long after the fact I immediately recognised him from his roles in House and The Big Bang Theory.

 

[Leviathan]

Michael McKean in 'The Thaw'
Jerry from Parks and Rec was in 'Critical Care'

 

[cosmic mouse]

Michael McKean in 'The Thaw'

good one

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Jeffrey Combs

 

[MacLeod]

Kurtwood Smith

 

[cosmic mouse]

Kurtwood Smith

dumb ass!




...Red Forman, that is.

 

[JanewayRulz!]

An easy one without much makeup was Joel Grey as Caylem in season 2, Resistance.

A little harder was Jeff Kober as Iko in season 7, Repentence. I will always think of him, however, as Dodger from China Beach.

 

[Farscape One]

Vaughn Armstrong... his voice is what makes it easy to identify him among his massive list of aliens he has been.

Klingon, Romulan, Hirogen, Vidiian, Kreetasian, Cardassian, Borg... there are few recurring species that he WASN'T cast as.

 

[Six of Twelve]

Ron Glass in Nightingale. I remember him best as Detective Harris in Barney Miller.

 

[Triskelion]

^And Shepherd Book in Firefly.

 

[Roshambo]

Willie Garson, Kurtwood Smith, of course Dwayne Johnson

 

[Wagnergrad96]

Joel Grey didn't wear much makeup but I knew who he was right away.

 

[Ghislaine H. B. BRAEME]

Gary Graham, whatever with Vulcan or Ocampa ears! ;-)
-> seen in Star Trek Renegades as human being

 

[GeekUSACarl]

Tony Todd, not from seeing his face but from his voice. Unmistakable.