Did you see. . .? Secret Cameo's: Heroes - Firefly - Stargate

[Steve Jordan]

I really want to track that down now. I was wondering if some of the same people worked on the CGI for BSG and Firefly because of the shakey Camera technique establish in firefly is used in BSG to great effect.

Yes, it's the same effects house. They developed that SFX style for Firefly, which impressed the BSG producers so much that they sought them out to provide the same realistic style.

And back on the topic of actors, Summer Glau (River on Firefly) has been a regular on The 4400.

 

[manephelien]

Brad Dourif is also Doc Cochran in Deadwood and guest starred as Brother Edward in Babylon 5 (Passing through Gethsemane).

 

[Ragnar]

It freaked me out a little when I realised that Garak from DS9 (Andrew Robinson) was the Scorpio Killer in Dirty Harry.

 

[Connavar]

Jayne from Firefly does a nice role in The awesome series Daybreak.


Nathan Fillion you must see in Slither he was Mal funny in that movie.

Made me sad cause it reminded me how awesome Firefly was....

 

[ScottSF]

stuff just keeps opening the Firefly wound

I’m getting caught up on Voyager because I never saw seasons 6 and 7. I’m pretty sure I saw the cylon skin job from “the farm” episode of BSG as a crew member of the Equinox.

This was the season 5 season ender where they found another federation ship that was using little aliens to make their ship go faster. There was another guy on the crew who I know as an articulate thug on Deadwood. I know Deadwood isn’t a sci-fi show but it’s fun to see how many people have Star Trek on their resume i.e. Kirsty Alley, and one of the Sex in the city women both played Vulcans in ST movies.

Also there seems to be a Star Trek / Roots connection. I saw a Roots movie (don't know if it was part of the main series) that had both Janeway and Sisko as well as Geordy.

 

[Quokka]

This is something I ALWAYS do when watching a movie/TV even if I try not to. I'll be wathcing something and start thinking 'they look familiar', I've stopped telling my wife who they are when I figure it out as it just bugs her but Ive often spent half a movie (whilst still enjoying the movie) thinking "they were a younger sister or a cop or I remember them crying or something along those lines..."

Another one who does the sci fi rounds is the bearded actor from Sliders, he played a holodeck historical person on voyager Davinci, I think? and I dont think he was the LOTR Dwarf but Im sure Ive seen him in something as a fantasy dwarf? and possibly in other sci fi shows...

Don't you see the actor who played Tuvok in Voyager in one of the earlier movies, I think he was a human and he was just a background character.

The monster from Young Frankenstein was Raymond's father in Everybody loves Raymond.

The principal in the Buffy series was the ferengie on DS9 and I think played a different one in the Next Gen episode when the Ferengie are first shown.

I can't remember the shows now but the actor who played Nelix in Voyager pops up every now and again.

but by far the silliest one I spent time trying to work out was Tim Roth in a monkey suit for the Planet of the Apes remake. It was bugging me so much that I knew the voice and mannerisms that I looked at the cover but I couldn't place the name. About 3/4 of the way through the movie I jumped up and said that's the undercover cop from Resevior Dogs.... and got a roll of the eyes for a response

 

[Steve Jordan]

Another one who does the sci fi rounds is the bearded actor from Sliders, he played a holodeck historical person on voyager Davinci, I think? and I dont think he was the LOTR Dwarf but Im sure Ive seen him in something as a fantasy dwarf? and possibly in other sci fi shows...

That was John Rhys-Davies, and yes, he played DaVinci on Voyager, and he also played the Dwarf in LOTR (with the help of special effects). He was also Indiana Jones' friend Salah in movies I and III. He played a great King Lionheart on the Michael Praed Robin Hood series!

And speaking of Sliders, Jerry O'Connell (Quinn) played an astronaut on Mission To Mars.

And speaking of Mars, the movie Red Planet featured Val Kilmer (Batman in 3rd movie, whatever it was), Carrie-Ann Moss (Trinity in Matrix movies), Terrence Stamp (General Zod, Superman I and II), Benjamin Bratt (Detective Curtis of Law and Order) and Tom Sizemore (Snake Dupree, Big Trouble).

 

[Quokka]

Oops so it was LOTR for some reason I thought it must have been somewhere else

Val Kilmers starting to get a bit of a SFF resume by now with The Saint (SF? ages since I've seen it but Im sure it had some SF elements), Island of Dr Moreau, Willow and Deja Vu at least to add to the list.

Ok back on track two I didn't pick were Warwick Davis (Willow) who is Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter movies.

and I posted this in the robots thread but the actor who played Kryten on Red Dwarf (Robert Llewellyn) was the presenter for the Scrapheap Challange show.

 

[The Upright Man]

warwick davis is wickett the ewok

 

[The Upright Man]

the ******* gateroom guy from stargate (the one with white hair and glasses, always says chevron 7 locked) is in sliders hell of a lot

 

[Tillane]

and I posted this in the robots thread but the actor who played Kryten on Red Dwarf (Robert Llewellyn) was the presenter for the Scrapheap Challange show.

And of course Danny John-Jules (Cat in Red Dwarf) was Asad in Blade 2.

 

[Stone]

Don't you see the actor who played Tuvok in Voyager in one of the earlier movies, I think he was a human and he was just a background character.

Correct, well sort of - i believe he played a vulcan in an earlier star trek movie but also played a human terrorist in an episode of TNG, the one when Picard is trapped on the ship and has to fight them all before the sweep engulfs the ship, or something like that anyway

And speaking of Sliders, Jerry O'Connell (Quinn) played an astronaut on Mission To Mars.

Not to mention his stand out role playing the fat kid in "Stand by Me" with Will Wheaton (Wesley Crusher - TNG)

Oh and Kurtwood Smith (Boddicker in Robocop), played a number of roles in Star Trek including the President of the Federation in ST VI!

 

[The Upright Man]

OMG al from quantum leap is in episode 7 of season 6 of sg-1

he's a ledge

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

OMG al from quantum leap is in episode 7 of season 6 of sg-1

he's a ledge

he's also in beverly hills cop 2

but i came here to say that i was re-watching dawson's creek just now and whom did i see posing as a fisherman....joe flannigan (??) or Col Sheppard to the atlanteans out there...am not amused he seemed odd as a fisherman..

well lol ooo he's in more..i just searched him on imbd

here ya go: Joe Flanigan

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

jacob carter from sg-1 is in house at the moment

 

[Cerberus]

And of course Danny John-Jules (Cat in Red Dwarf) was Asad in Blade 2.

He was also in Little Shop Of Horrors (one of the doo-wop street singers).

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

huh? what was that about?

 

[Gav]

The best cameo as far as I am concerned (and yes I am really stretching the use of the word...) is Ben Edlund.

Who wrote one of my favourite Firefly Episodes and also wrote one of my favourite comic Characters... The Tick.

Good All Round as far as I am concerned.

 

[F'Lessan Amused]

erm...who is that?

 

[Gav]

erm...who is that?

Who are you replying to?