Poll Actors who has played Spock

[trekfan_1]

Have a feeling this was already done but I didn't notice any recent discussion or poll from the last 8 pages. I'm pretty sure Nimoy wins this hands down. I'm mainly curious to who wins between Peck vs Quinto. For this reason, Im allowing multiple choices to better indicate who really is the 2nd favorite actor of the group. This way, your are free to vote Nimoy and then someone else if you like. (or even all 3)

Criteria is simple. Who does the character justice in your opinion? Based solely on the character and not the iteration of Star Trek they are a part of.

 

[1001001]

I think the baby who played Spock in Star Trek V was the best.

 

[fireproof78]

I think the baby who played Spock in Star Trek V was the best.

Tied with baby Spock in 2009's deleted scene.

 

[Legate Duhmar]

Nimoy was not a great actor but he totally embodied the character of Spock in a way no one else has done in Star Trek history, Brent Spiner comes the closest. Those characters lack of obvious emotionality forces the actors to give subtler, deeper performances and if done correctly leads them to be very endearing to the audience. Quintos Spock always seemed too edgy and quick to emotion and didn't quite capture the feel of the character in the same way, maybe it was the writing also but something about the reboot seemed simplistic.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Tied with baby Spock in 2009's deleted scene.

That baby Spock was played by a little actress. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jenna_Vaughn

 

[herofhyrule]

That baby Spock was played by a little actress. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jenna_Vaughn

Trans Spock confirmed?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Babies all look the same at that age.

They don't sweat casting one as the other when all the little one has to do is be themselves (no directions performed or lines spoken)

 

[UssGlenn]

got curious and checked, 11 actors have played Spock.

 

[herofhyrule]

Babies all look the same at that age.

They don't sweat casting one as the other when all the little one has to do is be themselves (no directions performed or lines spoken)

I know, I was joking.

got curious and checked, 11 actors have played Spock.

Is that the most of any character in Star Trek? A plurality of them played his various "young" versions in TSfS. That's got to give him an advantage over everyone else, right?

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Does Spock have the most actors playing him of any Trek character, Kirk being second to him?

 

[herofhyrule]

Does Spock have the most actors playing him of any Trek character, Kirk being second to him?

Damn, beat me to it.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

I wonder who comes in third, then?

 

[Orphalesion]

Really not having all that much on an opinion on the various actors for Spock. Yes, Nimoy did an excellent job as Spock showing him as stoic but not without emotion, but Ethan Peck also does an excellent job playing him in SNW and very much nails what a Vulcan should be.
Haven't watched enough of the Kelvin Movies (and likely never will) to build any opinion on Quinto's Spock.

 

[mb22]

Are you only including the regular cast? Amanda Grayson has been played by four people (counting TAS).

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Primarily the regulars, but why not?

 

[Farscape One]

Well, Picard has been played by at least 5 people... Patrick Stewart, stabbed youth Picard in "Tapestry", the same kid who played his nephew Rene in "Rascals", Tom Hardy (picture of him as a cadet), and another kid in PICARD season 2.

I'd have to think about other people, though, but I think Spock's character wins by a good margin.

 

[Laura Cynthia Chambers]

Particularly, this applies to adult characters who are shown in flashbacks at ages their primary actor can't pretend to be - child, infant, teenager.

 

[Farscape One]

Particularly, this applies to adult characters who are shown in flashbacks at ages their primary actor can't pretend to be - child, infant, teenager.

Hell, that's just about every main character.

A reverse of this... what's the record on how many different characters a single actor or actress played? I think the top three are Vaughn Armstrong (Forrest and all the aliens he's done), Jeffrey Combs (Tiron, Shran, Brunt, Agimus, Weyoun 4-8), and Brent Spiner (all the Soongs and the various androids).

 

[herofhyrule]

Memory Alpha names five actors who've played seven or more Trek characters: Vaughn Armstrong; Jeffrey Combs; Randy Oglesby; J.G. Hertzler; and Thomas Kopache.
Ranked from fewest to most characters played according to Memory Alpha:
Kopache and Oglesby - 7 each
Armstrong - 12
Hertzler - 13
Combs - 21

The site also says that a couple of stuntmen (Tom Morga and Dennis Madalone) had 92 and 58 roles respectively as extras separate from their stunt work, but since all their parts seem to be uncredited, I'm not sure how reliable that is.

 

[Farscape One]

Memory Alpha is not perfect, either. Otherwise, Spiner would be on this list as he has done at least 7 characters...

Data
Lore
Noonien Soong
B4
Arik Soong
Alton Inigo Soong
Adam Soong
And possibly a PICARD season 3 spoiler