# What actor has portrayed the death of the same character the most times? (spoilers)

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**Created:** [January 12, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125 "2023-01-12T19:17:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125/21 "2023-01-13T14:33:48Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> It’s something of a joke in the _Preacher_ TV series that angels and demons instantly resurrect, shown during comical fight scenes.

That hotel fight scene where the bodies just keep piling up is brilliantly macabre.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125/22 "2023-01-13T15:31:53Z")

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Season 1 of that show was great. It…never quite maintained those heights.

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125/23 "2023-01-13T16:35:19Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> I think Murray looped a lot more times. Ramis suggested somewhere between 30 and 40 years.

Maybe, but not on-screen for a portrayal.

I wonder if one of the cylons from Battlestar Galactica would qualify.

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Just how many episodes of ‘South Park’ was Kenny killed in, anyway?

And I think that Doctor Strange dies at least 20 times in the battle with Doramammu in the MCU “Doctor Strange”…

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125/25 "2023-01-16T00:26:57Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> - He dies in X-men 3
> - He dies in Logan
> - He dies in Dr. Strange 2 \<–multiverse different one, but come on.

Didn’t he also die in the dark future timeline in Days of Future Past?

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**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-has-portrayed-the-death-of-the-same-character-the-most-times-spoilers/978125/26 "2023-01-16T01:06:46Z")

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> [@Alessan](#):
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> Didn’t he also die in the dark future timeline in Days of Future Past?

Do we see it on screen? I don’t remember.

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