Other actors on Firefly.
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I finally got around to conjuring where else I had seen some of the other actors from Serenity and Firefly.
From Safe, the Patron was played by the actor who was also the Jag owner in Pay It Forward, another film I really liked.
From Shindig, Murphy the older gentleman who saved KayLee from the rudeness of Banning. He was Dash Riprock. Plus his first movie was alongside Jeffery Hunter, James Best, and Raymond Massey. Among many other roles. (Larry Pennell).
Who were your favorite other castings?
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In Ariel, the doctor who stops Mal and Zoe played the dad on 'Even Stevens' on the Disney channel. I just got a kick out of that.
Also, Nandy from Heart of Gold was Julie on the OC, and in some other TV show episode I randomly caught recently, prompting me to think 'she's in everything!' Plus, it was weird to think of her as good when in the OC she's totally evil.
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Gregg Henry, who played the sheriff in "The Train Job", has been mostly a bad guy in hundreds of movies and TV series. Payback, with Mel Gibson and also a villain in Body Double years back.
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JewelStaitefan this is the kind of thread I like. Love seeing actors and actresses from shows like FF on other television shows and movies.
You’ve mentioned James Best in your above post. Well the young mudder that idolized Jayne in the “Jaynestown” eps is named Daniel Best, if I remember correctly. Would that happen to be JB’s son?
Also the actor that plays Stitch Hession in that same eps had a small part in a “Smallville” episode (don’t remember his name off hand) one of three hoods who take papa Luther and superboys mom captive at a Luther Corp. high rise building in Metropolis.
Anyway I’ve seen Jubal Early on L&O and also the woman that plays Simon and Rivers mother too. It’s really fun to see these folk in other parts. I may be wrong but maybe they all enjoyed their brief moments on FF/Serenity. The show just seems to have been a great place to work and be a part of even when the camera wasn’t rolling.
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Jubal was in Drive - the minute he turned up (as a cop) to question Fillion i scared myself blind! - aint been right since...
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My favorites:
Nandi (Melinda Clarke) also played Lady Heather in 4 CSI episodes. Lady Heather is a dominatrix who runs a fetish house of pain. Hmm, another head-of-household role... Interesting how she's been cast as a sex worker at least twice.
Of course Badger (Mark Sheppard) played a lawyer on BSG last season.
And then there's Commander Harken (Doug Savant), who is currently Tom Scavo on Desperate Housewives, a little show that Nathan Fillion is currently guest starring on. Interesting how those 2 have crossed paths! First Doug guest stars on Nathan's show, now Nathan guest stars on Doug's show...
Plus I swear I just saw one of the Blue Hands somewhere, but I forget which show...
I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...
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The thin dark haired Blue Hands guy was one of the Watcher's Council retrieval team guys who came after Faith...
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And of course, Young Simon ((Zack Effron)) was in the devil musical (("High School Musical" if you're fortunate enough not to have any contact with tweenaged girls in the last year or so.)).
Little River was in 24 I think.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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I saw a trailor for a film ages ago that had a tranny in it and I thought that the tranny looked familiar. Then I suddenly realised "That's the freakin' Operative from Serenity!" Never did watch that film, I don't think I'd have been able to take the Operative seriously in Serenity anymore if I had.
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SpaceHopper, I think you are referring to
Chiwetel Ejiofor's role in "Kinky Boots"
which is supposed to be a good film.
Not that we want to spoil your enjoyment
of "Serenity," of course....
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