Jo Martin
Holby City (2019-2022, most episodes)
Dreaming Whilst Black (2023)
* I decided to watch this on a total whim one day, and unexpectedly it was a total delight. Honestly felt my life was better for having seen it. Wonderful.
David Bradley
Harry Potter (2001-2011)
Game of Thrones (bits)
* No, never seen an episode of this either. I do occasionally feel like the only person in the world who hasn't, but "what if Tolkien had written a porno?" wasn't a question I'd ever considered worth asking, let alone producing eight series to answer.
Broadchurch
* Again. But only series 1.
Richard E. Grant
Withnail and I (1987, bits)
* With Paul McGann.
This (from 7:23)
Michael Jayston
Emmerdale (various episodes, 2007-2008)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
* I didn't think this was brilliant when I watched it the other week, but anyone who likes Jayston as the Valeyard will appreciate his performance. He's fine, the film itself is just a bit boring.
Peter Cushing
Star Wars (1977)
Many Hammer horror films
* Including but not limited to Dracula (1958, and excellent), The Blood Beast Terror (1968, and dreadful), Island of Terror (1967, and occasionally both), and The Abominable Snowmen (1957, and nowhere near as good as the Troughton story). There will be others I've seen. He was a very good actor, Cushing, who I'm afraid is now more or less only remembered for being Moff Tarkin. He was also in The House that Dripped Blood, which featured in the Pertwee list too.
John Hurt
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Champions (1984)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
* Normally when people say they have "controversial opinions", they mean being a closet racist or homophobe. For me it means this is my favourite Indiana Jones film. Unfortunately, I think that's genuinely seen as worse.
Harry Potter etc.
Whistle and I'll Come to You (2010, bits)
* Back in the 70s and 80s the BBC used to do a show called "A Ghost Story for Christmas", which I've mentioned many times on here, usually in connection to 73 Yards. The early episodes, usually based on M.R. James stories, are absolutely superb. Don't let production limitations sway you from thinking they can still be scary. Very very good indeed. Unfortunately something unusual happened to the series in more recent years, where they stopped being made every year, and when we did (eventually) get a new one, they were often absolutely terrible. But this one looked very chilling, so I was delighted when we settled down at Christmas last year to watch this when it was shown on TPTV...only for our "guests" (nothing to do with me) to choose something else instead. Still, every villain needs an origin story, and it's important to exercise misanthropy every now and then or you might lose your touch.
For anyone unaware, John Hurt is basically one of the greatest actors of all time. Anything at all with him in it is worth a look if convenient. Must admit I also have a soft spot since he's from around the same parts as I am.
My completionism would normally tell me to include Sacha Dhawan for his brief stint as Dr. Who in The Power of the Doctor, but it'd be much more obvious to do him for a Masters one (at some point), so I'll do that instead. An honourable mention also goes to the brilliant Tim Treloar, who does Pertwee for Big Finish. He pops up in virtually everything, but I'm only doing the TV series here.
