Show of the Week Week 3

This week's Show of the Week is Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Make your fanfiction and fanart recommendations now!

Week 2 Videos

Here are some videos with Christopher Heyerdahl, this week's Actor of the Week:

Actor of the Week Week 2

This weeks Actor of the Week is Christopher Heyerdahl.  He has played many characters throughout several sci-fi series, many of which involved heavy makeup, so he is notably less recognized than many other actors.  His two main roles in which he maintains his appearance are Halling in Stargate: Atlantis, and John Druitt in Sanctuary.  He also portrayed Todd the Wraith in Stargate: Atlantis, and Bigfoot in Sanctuary.

Halling-Stargate: Atlantis

 

As Halling, Heyerdahl plays one of the leaders of the Athosians, the first race that the Atlantis expedition runs into in the Pegasus galaxy.  While Halling isn't always the most endearing character, his bond with his son Jinto is exceedingly touching.

Todd the Wraith-Stargate: Atlantis

As Todd the Wraith, Heyerdahl stands out from the crowd even in the heaviest of makeup.  While the rest of the Wraith are interested in nothing more than feeding on human beings' life energy, Todd shows a distinct sense of humor and a unique personality.  He works with the Atlantis expedition several times against other threats, including the Genii and the Asurans.

In Sanctuary, you first see Heyerdahl as John Druitt, who later is revealed to be Jack the Ripper, as well as the father of one of the main characters.  He has the ability to teleport from when the five (Helen Magnus, John, James Watson, Nikola Tesla and Nigel Griffin) injected themselves with pure vampire blood.  At current, with the third season about to begin, Druitt is presumed dead, but the series lends itself to the possibility of just about anything happening.

John Druitt-Sanctuary

Bigfoot has been practically a constant companion to Helen Magnus since she treated him, and Heyerdahl's performance once again proves that heavy makeup is no deterrent to his acting ability.  As somewhat of a big brother figure to Henry, Bigfoot quickly endears himself to viewers with his protectiveness, and the culture and backstory that he brings in evokes a mixture of sadness and inspiration.

Bigfoot-Sanctuary

Apart from his main roles in these two shows, Heyerdahl also portrays Marcus of the Volturi in the Twilight saga, and has had guest roles in Human Target, Supernatural, Smallville, Psych, and The Dead Zone.  He stands tall at 6'4", lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has somehow managed to have his age remain relatively unknown.  He is presumably somewhere in his forties, given who he went to film school with.  As a matter of fact, he is even less known as a person than he is as an actor, keeping his personal life drastically separate from his career.  All the more reason to love this actor!

Show of the Week Week 1

Each week, the Actor of the Week and videos will be themed to one show, which will also connect with any fanfiction and fanart site recommendations I give.  This weeks show of the week is:

The actor of the week will be posted on Friday, and videos will be posted on Monday.

Dwight Schultz Videos

Actor of the Week Week 1

This weeks Under Appreciated Actor of the Week is Dwight Schultz.  While he is well known for his non-science-fiction role of H.M. Murdock in A-Team, his science fiction roles are not as frequently remembered. 

H.M. Murdock-The A-Team

Perhaps his most well known role in a science fiction series is that of Lt. Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation.  He later reprised the role in Star Trek: Voyager.  Barclay is an anxiety-ridden character who quickly grows on viewers due to his shy nature.  His skills as an engineer are unfortunately often overshadowed by his use as comic relief.  He most frequently appears in episodes involving the holodeck.

Lt. Reginald Barclay

After the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager, Dwight Schultz's science fiction career continued with a guest spot in an episode of Stargate SG-1.  His character, The Gamekeeper, held his people within a simulation inside their minds in order to keep them from harming their planet, which they had ruined quite a few years prior.  SG-1 ended up in the simulation as well, leading to The Gamekeepers people being brought out of their minds and back onto their planet.  This lead The Gamekeeper to have somewhat of an anxiety attack over his people "ruining his planet" by acts as simple as picking flowers.

The Gamekeeper-Stargate SG-1

 Dwight Schultz is now 62 years old, and continues to enjoy quite a successful career, though much of his recent work has been voice roles for cartoons and video games.  He also had a cameo in the 2010 movie remake of The A-Team.  Another point of interest was a reference to Lt. Reginald Barclay within the movie's context in tribute to him.

A Brand New World...

As a die-hard science fiction and fantasy fan, I have often found myself saddened by the lack of attention to some of the authors, actors, and shows that I hold near and dear to my heart.  My purpose with this site is to give sci-fi and fantasy fans as a community a place to honor and respect the great artists, both old and new, whose ideas and characters live on in each and every one of us.  In addition to posting profiles of some of the (in my opinion) under appreciated greats, I will be posting recs for fan fiction, unknown and unpublished (except for online) original fiction, and fan art.  Submissions are welcome, as is any and all discussion (and even debate!!) so long as it is respectful to both the other visitors to this website, and to the many people who work so hard to provide us with a little escape from reality.