# What actor is the current king of science fiction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272 "2013-07-23T01:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/61 "2013-08-05T15:52:37Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > Batman Begins… > > Rutger Hauer Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets a point for DARK KNIGHT RISES, plus LOOPER for time-machine stuff and INCEPTION for mind-control stuff and GI JOE for nanobots. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/62 "2013-08-05T15:54:39Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > A dangerous outsider; > > Played in Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Split Second, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Surviving the Game, Omega Doom, Armageddon (Death Line), Sin City, Batman Begins… > > Rutger Hauer RH also gets credit for youtubing with the fans about it, and being genuinely weird in a cool way. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/63 "2013-08-05T16:22:13Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > A dangerous outsider; > > Played in Blade Runner, Ladyhawke, Split Second, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Surviving the Game, Omega Doom, Armageddon (Death Line), Sin City, Batman Begins… > > Rutger Hauer By the OP’s original limitations, Ladyhawke, Buffy, Sin City and Batman wouldn’t count, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/64 "2013-08-05T18:40:40Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Christopher Lee, who was killed by Vader, fought everyone from James Bond to Captain America to Gandalf after playing Frankenstein’s monster. Christopher Lee isn’t the King of science fiction, though. He’s more like Pope. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/65 "2013-08-05T21:27:35Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > As big of a Trek fan I am, I’ll nominate R2D2. The droid. IN all the Star Wars films and he was in Close Encounters and I’m told he is in Raiders but I’ve never seen him. I think he is seen in E.T. as well. I thought he played E.T., wearing a rubber suit. Speaking of rubber suits, how about Janos Prohaska? Star Trek, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Outer Limits… Oh. “Current actor.” Never mind; he daid. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/66 "2013-08-05T22:16:43Z")
I know that Yoda makes an appearance in ET, but I never noticed R2D2. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/67 "2013-08-06T01:46:15Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > By the OP’s original limitations, Ladyhawke, Buffy, Sin City and Batman wouldn’t count, sorry. Even with the OP’s limitation, can we count _League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen_ to track Sean Connery back through _The Avengers_ and _Highlander_ and _Time Bandits_ and _Meteor_ and _Zardoz_ to his legend-making turn as James Bond back when that meant rocketing around with a jetpack and fighting dudes with bionic hands and talking his way out of death by frickin’ laser? ---
**Author:** ![Alba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alba)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/68 "2013-08-06T14:24:26Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > By the OP’s original limitations, Ladyhawke, Buffy, Sin City and Batman wouldn’t count, sorry. I know. I was pushing it a bit. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/69 "2013-08-07T12:20:29Z")
Y’know, even if we for some reason disallow Laurence Fishburne threatening the Fantastic Four and handling that story about those Kryptonians and narrating the adventures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he’s _still_ out there battling Predators and leading a post-apocalyptic Colony and investigating an Event Horizon and patiently explaining that . . . well, unfortunately, no one can be _told_ what the Matrix is; you have to see it for yourself. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/70 "2013-08-07T14:42:39Z")
Felicia Day and Chris Hardwick. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272/71 "2013-08-07T18:21:57Z")
> [@Alba](#): > > I know. I was pushing it a bit. In fairness, I’m not sure it’s possible to craft a definition for science fiction that includes _Star Wars_ but excludes _The Avengers_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-actor-is-the-current-king-of-science-fiction/664272.md?page=3)