Nathan Fillion

They may not be household names like their A-list colleagues, but the actors on this list have appeared in some of our all-time favourite geek movies...

Some actors dabble in sci-fi; others dip their toe into fantasy; some may even make an appearance in the odd horror film - all before returning to the safety of the genres in which they feel more comfortable - perhaps a nice, award-chasing period drama, or a well-paid romantic comedy.

A-listers may see the geeky films that we on this site enjoy and celebrate as fun little side-projects, but there are actors out there who commit full-time to these types of movies. It is high time, therefore, that we credited these individuals with the recognition they deserve.

Besides the stipulation that, in order to be included, an actor had to still be alive and working today, there were no strict criteria that had to be met in order to warrant inclusion on this list.

As such, we use ‘cult’ in the loosest sense of the word: it could be a character actor who thrives in supporting roles, or one who simply discovered horror, fantasy, action and sci-fi by accident and steadfastly stuck with them, right through to the heavyweights who have become almost synonymous with the genres in which they so regularly appear.

The one thing they all share is – despite the odd threat to do so – they never settled into the bland rut of the A-list movie star. They either keep coming back to the dark side (or light side, depending on your personal predilections) of geekdom, or they simply never left. Either way, they deserve our gratitude, because they’ve all contributed much to the films we know and love.

As always, no list is ever truly exhaustive, and the order of lists like these – not to mention omissions from it - are always subjects of, let’s call it, ‘discussion’, so chime in with your own suggestions in the comments below.

And, alas, we must begin with a special mention:

Nathan Fillion

This list is, for the most part, skewed towards cinema actors whose appearances on TV are taken into account to support them, yet it would be unforgivably remiss not to at least shine a light on the work of Nathan Fillion – a man dear in the hearts of geeks everywhere.

While he has a few cracking films to his name (Saving Private Ryan and the majestic Serenity in particular), it was mainly his TV work that ingratiated Fillion so resolutely with his worldwide fanbase. His magnetic presence in Castle, Two Guys, A Girl And A Pizza Place, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly marked him out as a formidable screen personality, and one who – with a few more features under his belt – would certainly place highly on this list.

As it is, he gets his own category, and wins hands down, albeit by default: ‘Most-loved geek TV actor in the world today.’ We hope this will suffice, and on the infinitesimal chance that he reads this, we’d just like to say: Nathan-we-love-you-and-we-think-you’re-awesome-please-will-you-be-our-friend.

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