{"id":8447,"date":"2016-06-23T20:44:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T00:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=8447"},"modified":"2016-06-24T18:17:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T22:17:40","slug":"actors-part-7-movies-to-tv-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-part-7-movies-to-tv-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors, part 7: movies to TV shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/actors-worth-following-part-6\/\">part 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some actors who starred in movies and later in a TV show, and I started watching that TV show because of them.<\/p>\n<h2>Geena Davis<\/h2>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t seen Davis in that many movies, but she particularly wowed me in <strong>A League of Their Own<\/strong>. It was because of her that I was interested in the TV show <strong>Commander in Chief<\/strong>. It only lasted one season, but it was a great season &#8212; and it probably helped pave the way for a female US president in real life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>A League of Their Own<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Beetlejuice<\/li>\n<li>Quick Change<\/li>\n<li>Thelma &amp; Louise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Zooey Deschanel<\/h2>\n<p>Deschanel stood out in <strong>Elf<\/strong> even with Will Ferrell jumping all around her. It was because of her that I tuned into <strong>New Girl<\/strong>. I loved the first season, the 2nd season was great, and I started getting antsy in the 3rd season &#8212; her character was fine but if you&#8217;re going to watch a show for years there has to be more than 1 or 2 characters you like.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Elf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>500 Days of Summer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>The Go-Getter<\/li>\n<li>Yes Man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bad movie\n<ul>\n<li>The Happening<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Nathan Fillion<\/h2>\n<p>I first encountered Fillion in the TV show <strong>Firefly <\/strong>&#8212; every episode was brilliant. He was also in a few episodes near the end of <strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/strong>. I started watching the TV show <strong>Castle<\/strong> because of him and it recently ended after 8 seasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Horrible\u2019s Sing-Along Blog<\/li>\n<li>Serenity<\/li>\n<li>Waitress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Much Ado About Nothing (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Laura Linney<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m fairly sure I first encountered Linney in <strong>The Truman Show<\/strong>. I watched the show <strong>The Big C<\/strong> because of her &#8212; it&#8217;s an amazing show in which her character has cancer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>The Truman Show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>Mr. Holmes<\/li>\n<li>The Squid and the Whale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lucy Liu<\/h2>\n<p>Liu wowed me as one of the angels in <strong>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/strong>. She also guest starred in one episode of <strong>The X-Files<\/strong>. I started watching <strong>Elementary<\/strong> because it&#8217;s a show about Sherlock Holmes in which she&#8217;s playing (Joan) Watson.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s Angels: Full Throttle<\/li>\n<li>Shanghai Noon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mary McDonnell<\/h2>\n<p>McDonnell was brilliant as Kevin Costner&#8217;s girlfriend in <strong>Dances with Wolves<\/strong> and the president of the universe in the reimagined <strong>Battlestar Galactica<\/strong>. I recently started watching <strong>Major Crimes<\/strong> because of her and discovered it&#8217;s a terrific show.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpiece\n<ul>\n<li>Dances with Wolves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Passion Fish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tom Selleck<\/h2>\n<p>Although I haven&#8217;t seen any of the show he&#8217;s most famous for, <strong>Magnum, P.I.<\/strong>, I&#8217;ve been aware of Selleck for a long time. His presence in <strong>Blue Bloods<\/strong> made me check it out &#8212; although I haven&#8217;t seen every episode since the beginning, I have watched the last couple of seasons.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great movies\n<ul>\n<li>In &amp; Out<\/li>\n<li>Quigley Down Under<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Movie that was funny at the time\n<ul>\n<li>3 Men and a Baby<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>William Shatner<\/h2>\n<p>Shatner of course is Captain Kirk from <strong>Star Trek<\/strong>. Although he will always be remembered for that, he did play another brilliant role much later in his career &#8212; Denny Crane. The show <strong>Boston Legal<\/strong> was absolutely outrageous &#8212; but in a brilliant way. He also guest starred as The Big Giant Head in <strong>3rd Rock from the Sun<\/strong>. He starred in a famous episode of <strong>The Twilight Zone<\/strong>, voiced Kirk in <strong>Star Trek: The Animated Series<\/strong>, and directed and co-wrote <strong>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masterpieces\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Great movie\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek: Generations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Good movies\n<ul>\n<li>Free Enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Star Trek: The Motion Picture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Movie that gets better with age\n<ul>\n<li>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Funny the first time\n<ul>\n<li>Airplane II: The Sequel<\/li>\n<li>Miss Congeniality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Interesting documentary\n<ul>\n<li>The Captains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This list continues from part 6. Here are some actors who starred in movies and later in a TV show, and I started watching that TV show because of them. Geena Davis I haven&#8217;t seen Davis in that many movies, but she particularly wowed me in A League of Their Own. 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