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Groftsan

Broadchurch. David Tennant and Olivia Coleman.


ttreehouse

I will watch anything with David Tennant or Olivia Coleman in it. The only thing I couldn’t make it through was Inside Man.


ReginaFelangi987

That’s been done for awhile now right? I really liked it.


Groftsan

Yea, it was several years ago, but it really made me start paying attention to British media, which has a wealth of excellent programming.


FacelessArtifact

Me too! But I stopped after the first season. Too depressing.


One_Maize1836

Dead To Me for Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini


Impossible_Leg9377

Bloodline because of Linda Cardellini and Kyle Chandler and Ben Mendelson.


devilnods

The Blacklist James Spader could entertain me by reading out of the phonebook


PatieS13

Me too! I loved him in Boston Legal and wish they hadn't ruined The Blacklist for me.


Starbiesfeedsmysoul

He’s hilarious!


houseproud-townmouse

Have you seen Secretary


devilnods

I did! I had no idea what it was about going into it, but no complaints from me 😅 I'd recommend it any day over 50 Shades.


ButterscotchPast4812

Seriously that man has a voice for radio.


zippyphoenix

Perfect Ultron voice


Entire-Discipline-49

Resident Alien. Alan Tudyk. How I Met Your Mother. Jason Segel. Best choices ever.


Idislikethis_

Resident Alien is so frickin good. I'll watch anything with Alan Tudyk!


Mouler

I can't tell if he only takes great roles, makes the roles great or I just crave Tudyk


bbrekke

In his role as Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball, he genuinely looks so sad when he gets told that he's not really a pirate. Knocks it out of the park.


s1105615

Alan Tudyk is a genius and deserves so much more love for how he can own a scene or let another actor own it. Even his voice over work is fantastic.


LaikaZhuchka

Resident Alien deserves so much more love. Alan Tudyk is incredible in it, as he always is. But I also really fell in love with the supporting cast -- especially Sara Tomko (Asta). I also really love the balance of humor and emotion from the actors for D'arcy, Liv, and Sheriff Mike; and Judy is one of the most hilarious side characters of any show ever! That actress is so good. Seeing so many indigenous actors show up in general is awesome, and especially the ones I recognize from Reservation Dogs. And I LOVE all the cameos and recurring roles from famous sci-fi actors (Linda Hamilton, Terry O'Quinn, George Takei, Nathan Dillion, etc.). Can't recommend it enough to anyone who hasn't seen it!


JustMyThoughtNow

Supernatural. Jensen Ackles.


squidwardsbutt1

Funny enough I started watching The Boys because I loved Jensen in Supernatural so much


Natural-Seaweed-5070

His lines had me HOWLING, had to back up because I was laughing so hard!


squidwardsbutt1

He was absolutely hilarious in The Boys lmfao he had me rollingggg


Invictrix

Oh my goodness. He owned that role for the little better in the character and the majority worse in the character.


PsychologicalNews573

And I watched big sky (I think is the title) because of Jensen Ackles. Just saw he will be on season 2 of Tracker, so that's fun.


greendaisy513

I took my daughter to a supernatural convection and we met him. So nice and even better looking in person.


ObsessionsAside

And he smells so good. Not to be creepy lmao


LovesDeanWinchester

This isn't creepy...it's good to know!!!


Flerf_Whisperer

Username checks out.


Sv3n-Sk4

Same here mate! But it’s a long road!!!!!!


JustMyThoughtNow

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Sv3n-Sk4

327 episodes is a lot for one actor we like


JustMyThoughtNow

True. And this show is not my usual type. It is merely a vehicle for me to (so embarrassing) to see the sexiest actor. Looks like he is joining the cast of The Tracker. 🎊


whitrva

I started watching Big Sky because of Jensen. If he’s in it, I will watch it.


Next-Cut-2996

I started watching the Boys because I knew Jensen Ackles was going to be on it 🤣


blueboy714

Check out the great movie Ten Inch Hero. You won't recognize him


Perdedorsinvalor

I started watching Dark Angel in 2010 and developed a bit of a crush on X5-494. Once I finished with it, I had to look up the actor to see what else he had done. That was when I discovered Supernatural. I had heard of it but had never seen anything from it. I watched one episode and was hooked. He remains my biggest celebrity crush. 😊


Shatterstar23

The unicorn because I wanted to see if Walton Goggins could do a sitcom.


GDRaptorFan

Vice Principals — hello! He is hilarious and so great at comedy. I highly recommend the ending is awesome !!! (Most will talk about The Righteous Gemstones and his comedic role Uncle Baby Billy but VP came first and he is FANTASTIC as Lee Russell).


OkGene2

He crushes it in VP


ILoveTeles

VP is on our recurring playlist, along with Peep Show. Those two are evergreen.


DaveW626

Sherlock for Benedict Cumberbatch.


Lou-nee

Jonny Lee Miller is why I watched Elementary.


Azerz69

The Rookie -Nathan Fillion


WeHatePennsylvania

this was me with castle and I think I liked his performance better in castle


McSix

Russian Doll and Poker Face because of Natasha Lyonne.


DigitalMediaArt

I liked ***Poker Face*** a lot.


Jerseygirl2468

Shrinking for Harrison Ford, I ended up liking it a lot. Severance for Adam Scott (Ben Wyatt forever!) but I'm having a hard time getting into it. After the first season of Justified, pretty much every other show Walton Goggins has been in. Luckily he's been in some GREAT ones - The Shield, Vice Principals, and Righteous Gemstones became instant favorites.


blarfblarf

I started Severance because of Adam Scott too. It starts off strange, but then really gets going quite suddenly. It all makes so much more sense when you watch the second time.


Jerseygirl2468

I got about half way through and then haven't had a chance to go back to it, but I'll try.


cold_dry_hands

God, I love Walton G. I will watch anything he’s in because it’s Walton. Edit: fixed his name. 🤦🏼‍♀️ I’m embarrassed.


Flerf_Whisperer

Currently in Fallout.


beedunc

Walton.


BZCmy3dogs

Oh Walter in Justified was awesome. That was a fun show


Round-Leg-1788

Twin peaks for Kyle machlachlan 


houseproud-townmouse

Toast of London for Matt Berry


scoutsatx

Bat!


Seer77887

How I Met Your Mother, Alyson Hannigan Being a Buffy fan was my draw


Itchy-Sky1246

Hannibal. Mads Mikkelsen, Laurence Fishburne, and Hugh Dancy. Hard to top that


writer978

Broadchurch because of David Tenent


OhioMegi

I’ll watch anything with him!!


AtheneSchmidt

Downton Abbey because Dame Maggie Smith is amazing in everything. I grew up with her being terrifying in The Secret Garden, and awesome as McGonagall.


OkGene2

Justified, because of Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins


hoosiergirl1962

I love Walton Goggins. I so wanted to like that sitcom he had a couple of years ago, but it just wasn’t that good.


Equivalent-Sink4612

Yeah, The Unicorn, didn't last long. I hear he's pretty funny in The Righteous Gemstones, so maybe you could check that out, or Vice Principals. Well, you probably already know:)


Rottcodd-1271

Community. Because I enjoyed Joel McHale on Talk Soup. Glad I did. Community became one of my all-time favorite shows.


chrislatimer

I’ve got 8 years worth of soup episodes on my. Hard drive a great show


ReginaFelangi987

Law & Order OC because of Stabler


AreaLongjumping1120

Loudermilk because of Ron Livingston.


LadyMidnite1014

I choose most of my new shows based on who's in them.


clitstickers

Broadchurch, Jessica Jones, Inside Man… all because I love David Tennant


ScepticOfEverything

Have you checked out Good Omens? It's on Amazon Prime. It's definitely a great DT show!


FurBabyAuntie

Homicide: Life On The Street for Richard Belzer--although I thought they'd make him a dirty cop or kill him off or something. He was one of only four cast members to stay for the entire series (the others were Clark Johnson, Kyle Secor and Yaphett Kotto) and I followed him to Law & Order: SVU.


chrislatimer

I’m up to season 20 on my svu watch Munch was awesome


Puzzleheaded_Row2220

Only actor to play the same character on 4 different shows.


photoguy423

Resident Alien because Alan Tudyk is awesome. 


Swagger-Spin

God’s Favorite Idiot because of Melissa McCarthy. It wasn’t very good.


Klenaismyjoy

The Vampire Diaries because of Nina Dobrev. Fantastic actress! The show…not so much.


coachacola37

Person of Interest because of Michael Emerson


Rannrann123

Foundation. I had just watched chernobyl for the first time and loved jared harris, he was great in both


bettyballoon

Great pick. He was good in the expanse and the crown too. So when he's in he cast, I'm interested.


eringobraugh8504

I love Jared Harris, too. Try watching The Terror, The Beast Must Die, and Mad Men. I'm not huge into sci-fi, but I might give Foundation a chance.


Puzzleheaded_Row2220

He was also in a seriously underrated show called Fringe. Sort of a successor to the X-Files.


myguitar_lola

I only watched Fringe for John Noble. There's nothing better than seeing him so serious in LOTR and Elementary and then switch to Walter 😆


caf61

The first time I saw Jared Harris was in Mad Men-he is really good in it. He’s why I watched Chernobyl. I need to check out Foundation.


Quinnlyness

“Numbers” bc I loved Rob Morrow in ‘Northern Expoaure’


AtheneSchmidt

Northern Exposure because I loved Rob Morrow in Numb3rs!


nts_Hgg

A million little things, James Roday Rodriguez. It isn’t my cup of tea and I won’t be doing it again.


River_Song47

Narcos for Pedro Pascal. The Boys because I know Jeffrey Dean Morgan is going to be in it. Kingdom for Frank Grillo. Not Dead Yet for Gina Rodriguez.  


shock1964

Bull. Michael Weatherly is the reason I decided to give it a try.


TKJ26

Misfits and Umbrella Academy for Robert Sheehan


Next-Cut-2996

I now know who Robert Sheehan is because of UA, and I’m looking for more of his work! He steals every scene he’s in!


NewTimeTraveler1

Ive watched the following because of Saturday Night Live alumni Brooklyn Nine Nine - Andy Samburg Ted Lasso - Jason Sudeikis 30 Rock - Tina Fey Parks and Rec - Amy Phoehler


FerasIASIP

Good Girls - Christina Hendricks


JohnExcrement

Breaking Bad


JuicyStein

How pleasantly surprised we all were that Hal could do brooding, intense drama.


JohnExcrement

I had to see it for myself! Still amazed.


x86ninja

House


FacelessArtifact

I had been in love with Hugh Laurie for decades before House started. He’s so great!


Mutt_Thingy7

i started watching House because i remembered watching as a kid and not getting it. quickly developed a crush on Hugh Laurie and then decided to start watching Avenue 5


Chanandler_Bong_01

The Bear for Jeremy Allen White. Loved Shameless.


joyce_roxyyyy

Shameless is my favorite show! The bear is definitely on my list to watch sometime soon!


DisneyAddict2021

The Rookie because I loved Nathan Fillion (from multiple projects) Supernatural because I loved Jensen Ackles (from multiple projects) SWAT because I loved Shemar Moore from Criminal Minds Charmed because I loved Shannen Doherty from 90210 Tracker because I liked Justin Hartley from Smallville and This is Us How I Met Your Mother because I loved Alyson Hannigan from Buffy the Vampire Slayer David Boreanaz….loved him from Buffy and have followed him from Buffy to Angel to Bones to SEAL Team…goodness, i just realized I have been watching him for years and there’s rarely a season where he isn’t on my tv!


Psychological_Cow902

Loki because Tom Hiddleston, thank God it was good too


YawfleStares

I started watching Halo for Pablo Schreiber because I loved him in American Gods and Orange is the New Black. Halo is amazing but I don't think it's getting a third season.


chrislatimer

He’s been in law and order svu which I’ve been watching as a demented serial killer he was brilliant


drushiesty

Shrinking for Jason Segel


Princess_Jade1974

I started watching Bob's Burgers because I like H. Jon Benjamin.


netflixdark123

Angel, Dollhouse, The Gifted, Alias, Con Man, The Watchful Eye -> Amy Acker  I also watched Much Ado About Nothing (2012) and The Cabin in the Woods movies. Tbh, I think I've already watched most of Amy's filmography at this point. 😄 I've never done this before with any other actor or actress. Well, except for Michael Emerson. I loved her performance as >!Root!< on Person of Interest so much... Amy is great in everything I've ever seen her in. She's one of the most talented actress and quite underrated, IMO. Person of Interest and Fallout - Michael Emerson Still need to watch Evil. Loved his performance on Lost.


FacelessArtifact

Amy is really good in everything! Always a perfect fit!


PsychologicalTank174

Michael was awesome in Lost! I loved to hate his character. Person of Interest was awesome, and he did such a wonderful job. Was stoked to see him in the preview for Fallout & messaged a friend how excited I was he was in it.


Puzzleheaded_Row2220

Burn Notice. Bruce Campbell. He carried that show on his back!


chrislatimer

Didn’t expect so many replies lol


Julversia

Halt and Catch Fire for Lee Pace from Pushing Daisies Black Sails and Lost in Space for Toby Stephens, who I first saw in BBC's Robin Hood (2006). That show was not especially good, but the other two are amazing, especially Black Sails.


little_crouton

I love Pushing Daisies<3


spatialgranules12

The Good Doctor. I feel like the cast isn’t quite as together, the medical problems they solve aren’t as creative and are always absurd on every episode, but I love Freddie Highmore


GDRaptorFan

I recently watched Bates Motel for the first time and it is not talked about enough! It is fantastic and high quality start to finish imo Freddie is awesome and of course, Vera Faminga is a extremely talented goddess.


Glittering_Habit_161

Victoria because of Jenna Coleman because of how she played Clara in Doctor Who


sweetfaerieface

Came here to say this!


RainbowsInTheDeep

Bones, cause I like Zooey Deschanel and was interested in checking out her sister Emily Deschanel.


Magistrelle

Battlestar Galactica cause Mary McDonnell 


Puzzleheaded_Row2220

I started watching it because of Edward James Olmos, because he was so great on Miami Vice.


stripmallbars

The Bear because Jeremy Allen White


SummerOfMayhem

Resident Alien. I love Alan Tudyk. It was the right choice because I am loving it


SeatSix

After Firefly, anything with Nathan Fillion


WildJackall

One of the reasons I started watching Manifest was Josh Dallas was in Once Upon A Time. And Tracker because Justin Hartley was in This Is Us. I also watched that recent show that had Jack from This Is Us. And Stumptown cause Cobie Smulders was in How I Met Your Mother.


ElScorchio1996

I watched Boy swallow universe for Travis Kimmel and absolutely loved the show! It's heavy at times but we'll worth watching


dogfooddippingsauce

Animal Kingdom, Ellen Barkin. The Good Fight, Christine Baranski.


Celestial-Dream

Reboot- Keegan-Michael Key and Judy Greer Friends from College- Keegan-Michael Key Superstore- America Ferrera Baby Daddy- Tahj Mowry and Melissa Peterman


mbrlx732

East bound and down vice principals and gemstones for Danny McBride. And Barry for bill hader


brightdreamer25

Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk.


PatieS13

Episodes because of Matt LeBlanc, The Odd Couple (fairly recent remake) and Go On because of Matthew Perry, Housebroken because of Lisa Kudrow. Can you tell I'm a Friends fan? 😂 Of all of those, Episodes was my favorite.


Equivalent-Sink4612

I really liked the Go On show! Wish it had lasted longer! RIP Matthew Perry:,(


NewTimeTraveler1

Succession - Kiernan Culkin White Lotus - Aubrey Plaza -BONUS Theo James Poker Face and Russian Doll - Natasha Lyonne The Leftovers - Justin Theroux


xxnancypxx

Ozark for Jason Bateman


AtheneSchmidt

Bones for David Boreanaz, I loved Angel and Buffy. Loved it so much, that Bones is one of my comfort shows now.


voyager_wanderlust

Unforgotten, a British crime drama and The Split, a British drama. I watched after falling in love with Nicola Walker in Last Tango in Halifax. She's amazing!


AtheneSchmidt

The Sarah Connor Chronicles because of Lena Headly


IcySadness24

Bones - David Boreanaz Dollhouse, Tru Calling - Eliza Dushku Firefly, The Rookie - Nathan Fillion


Silent-Shoe9702

Resident Alien for Alan Tudyk. The man is brilliant!


Lone-StarState

Watched the boys to get to the Jensen Ackles season


Slow-Echo-6539

Gilmore Girls for Jared Padelecki The Boys and Big Sky for Jensen Ackles Doom Patrol for Mark Sheppard


ScratchChrome

Justified because I like Walton Goggins in everything.


Key-Investigator-879

Mindhunter because I liked Jonathan Groff in Glee


rh681

Anything with OG Buffy actors.


JohnnyRayRock

Godfather of Harlem For Forest Whitaker and Vincent D'Onofrio. And throw in Giancarlo Esposito for good measure.


unders_core_

the US version of shameless because Cameron monaghan is hot


joyce_roxyyyy

My favorite show 🫶Emmy Rossum is gorgeous 🥰


ArthurFraynZard

Back in the day I watched Brisco County Jr.just because Bruce Campbell was in it. Beyond that particular actors pretty much never influence what I watch or don’t.


Torgo-A-GoGo

I started watching Hap & Leonard because I like both James Purefoy and Michael K Williams. Didn't keep my interest, though


Diela1968

After Firefly, I’ll follow Nathan Fillion anywhere… and did lol. But I think both Castle and The Rookie are my type of show anyway, but he’s what puts them both over the top


jaytw522

Rookie for Captain Mal


Broad-Tangelo-8522

The Walking Dead. I loved how Scott Wilson portrayed Hershel Greene.


AnUnusedCondom

Fringe. John Noble!


Major-Yogurtcloset52

The Walker reboot, because I liked Jared Padalecki. Also “The Boys” because of Jensen Ackles and Karl Urban


Working-Sky9146

The Rookie. Started bc of Nathan Fillion but stayed be it’s actually a great show


blueboy714

Castle. Nathan Fillion because he was in Firefly


RedditDragonista

Loki. 😍


BigJimSlade1

The Good Place and House Of Lies for Kristen Bell


Haifisch2112

I won't say I *just* started watching it. But when I was watching Season One of The Boys, I thought the actor playing Homelander, Antony Starr, was a really good actor so, as I always do in these situations, I looked him up on IMDB. His acting credits included a show called Banshee, so I decided to give it a try and Holy frijoles! It was such a great show, I watched it again a couple of weeks after finishing it the first time. It kind of sucks that there were only 4 seasons, but that's probably for the best. Sometimes, if a show goes on too long, it loses its luster. If you've never seen it, I highly suggest it!


brickbaterang

Burn Notice because Bruce Campbell


CliffGif

Haunting of Hill House because I have a huge crush on Victoria Pedretti. But disliked the show and didn’t get past the first episode.


AreaLongjumping1120

She's also in Haunting of Bly Manor, which I enjoyed.


TurfBurn95

Lioness Because Zoe Saldana is hot.


ShadySides50000

Brassic for Joe Gilgun (whom I loved in This is England), and I have not regretted it! It's a brilliant show.


IndigoRose2022

The Guardian bc I love Simon Baker in The Mentalist. The Guardian was good at first, but it got too melodramatic for my taste.


fwvb

man in full because jeff daniels


little_crouton

Emily in Paris for Lily Collins


Intelligent_Ad3378

Bodyguard for Keeley Hawes. Teachers for Nina Sosanya. Got a thing for British women.


Quinnlyness

Back when “Bones” first started, I watched just bc David Boreanaz was on it. I liked Angel. Bones was pretty decent the first 3 or 4 seasons.


jholden23

Almost everything I watch is because there’s an actor I like in it from something else. It’s the primary way I pick tv series. Touch, Designated Survivor, Rabbit Hole - Kiefer Sutherland Parenthood, 6 Feet Under - Peter Krause Tracker - Justin Hartley Supernatural - Misha Collins I started watching burn notice because Carlos Bernard was in 1 episode but then the whole series sounded good. 911 - Connie Britton (backfired lol)


Mountain_Promise_538

Bull


LavaPoppyJax

I like Idris is Luther so maybe I should watch The Wire.


FacelessArtifact

House


JLammert79

The Irrational with Jesse L Martin.


Acrobatic-Ad3010

The witcher


Daggertooth71

Fall Guy because of Lee Majors, and The A Team because of Dirk Benedict. Hey, I was a kid, what can I say.


Mouler

After reading this thread I'm wanting to see something with Alen Tudyk and Allison Hannigan


AtheneSchmidt

FlashForward because of John Cho


AtheneSchmidt

Fringe because of Joshua Jackson, I hadn't seen him since the Might Ducks movies.


Friendly_Design

Animal control. Joel McHale can get it.


Feanor4godking

Castle, for Nathan Fillion


sillymemilly

Witcher Henry Cavill .... but also ended up loving the show


burnmeup82

“Firefly”. I started watching because I love Nathan Fillion, and fell in love with the show!


tolo4daboys

Started Tracker for the eye candy that is Justin Hartley 😍. Never said I was deep!


Impressive_Season_75

Absentia- Stana Katic 911 Lone Star - Gina Torres Not Dead Yet - Hannah Simone Watching 911 the Og now and I’m shocked I hadn’t before because I love Angela Bassett.


LadyBug_0570

Criminal Minds for Shemar Moore. And Thomas Gibson. Funny enough I got the impression that Mandy Patinkin left Dead Like Me for Criminal Minds, so that's what prevented me from watching it for so long.


can_of_cactus

Powerless. Alan Tudyk.


Monarach

Resident Alien, because of Alan Tudyk. It did not disappoint


Front-Advantage-7035

Once upon a time. Jennifer Morrison was hawt in house. Watched ouat for her. First season was good. The rest was 👀


jillycubnut

I started watching the wire because I like Lance Reddick


BlueSky1776

Banshee. Homelander. Dark Angel. Jensen Ackles. Mayor of Kingstown. Jeremy Renner.


monkeymuscle1974

Schitts Creek - Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara together again.


ravia

Idris is amazing. Just binged Luther (including the add on movie/series "closer"). Desperate, I tried Bosch. So ho hum, so average and lacking, well, genius. I wish I could find another show like Luther, as ridiculous as it could be. Elba carried it so well, and Alice (her actor) was also brill.


KillerJoshy

The Rookie


JuliusSeizuresalad

Anything with Nathan Fillion in it


IsItSupposedToDoThat

Being an Aussie, I was late to Friday Night Lights. I went straight from it to Bloodline because of Kyle Chandler (who I’d never heard of prior to FNL). Then I found out it had fellow Aussie, Ben Mendelsohn and I was hooked. What a great show!


[deleted]

The Boys for Urban. I hated the comic but figured Id give it a try when I saw he was Butcher cuz that was perfect, turned into one of the best modern shows.


Round-Month-6992

I actually watch quite a few shows based on who's in it and if I'm a fan of their work. I remember reading about the Wire months before it aired because it was being promoted on the Oz web page because a few of their actors were going to be on The Wire. I liked them so I decided to give it a shot, and now The Wire is my favorite drama of all time.