Law & Order's not Fontana though, is it? Or is he partenered with Dick Wolf too?
Which is really just some actor getting jobs.
Nope, not a remotely porny statement at all.
walks aways, whistling innocently
Saffron: He's my husband. Mal: Well, who in the damn galaxy ain't?
'Trash'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2003 5:30:47 pm PDT #544 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Nutty - Sep 21, 2003 5:35:40 pm PDT #545 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think none of the L & Os are Tom Fontana, but Oz and SVU share (shared) soem writers and a couple of producers. So lessee -- I think 5 Oz actors and one directly from Homicide have shown up on SVU; of those, two are contract (Chris Meloni and Munch) and one (B.D. Wong) is a regular visitor. Also, Dr. Skoda on L&O Classic.
It's like a festering love nest of synergy, I swear. I think except for Sex and the City, I have never seen the guy who played Ryan O'Reilly in anything but a Tom Fontana and/or L&O show.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2003 5:51:09 pm PDT #546 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's like a festering love nest of synergy, I swear. I think except for Sex and the City, I have never seen the guy who played Ryan O'Reilly in anything but a Tom Fontana and/or L&O show.
However, his brother (of both the actor and the Ryan O'Reilly character) memorably turned up in Angel season 1.
Nutty - Sep 21, 2003 5:52:57 pm PDT #547 of 10000
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Right. And Matt Damon got to sass him in a major motion picture. Can't say no to a job like that.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 21, 2003 5:54:37 pm PDT #548 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Didn't they get him to play the "actor" playing that character in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back as well?
Frankenbuddha - Sep 21, 2003 5:57:04 pm PDT #549 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Right. And Matt Damon got to sass him in a major motion picture. Can't say no to a job like that.
Whoa - Cyril O'Reilly was the Harvard asshat in Good Will Hunting? I totally missed that. Or is it some other Matt Damon movie?
askye - Sep 21, 2003 6:07:48 pm PDT #550 of 10000
Thrive to spite them
According to IMDB the Dean Winters (Ryan O'Riley on Oz) was Tom Marans in several episodes of Homicide.
He didn't do much before Oz except some guest spots and small roles in a few movies.
brenda m - Sep 21, 2003 8:02:25 pm PDT #551 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
OZ is actually very strange to watch because so many of the actors are people you know or associate with other projects. Of course, some of those projects came later - I'm several years behind due to the lack of HBO in my life. (And why the hell haven't they gotten past season two in the DVDs yet anyway?) Several L&O, a few from Homicide, (Chris Meloni is both, actually), and at least a few others I've seen elsewhere.
brenda m - Sep 21, 2003 8:21:44 pm PDT #552 of 10000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I wasn't a Kate-hater when ER was on Angel, although she didn't really interest me much until her last few eps. But she's gawdawful on L&O. It may not be entirely her fault, though. The show as a whole has gotten really preachy - more speechifying than Buffy at the end - and a big part of her function as Lawyer No. 2 is to be a foil for elevator conversations Exlaining the Issues. Not a lot she can do with that. But her predecessors did it better.
However, his brother (of both the actor and the Ryan O'Reilly character) memorably turned up in Angel season 1.
He was on Homicide once or twice as well.
Pinwiz - Sep 22, 2003 1:07:05 am PDT #553 of 10000
Missing in action since 2002...
Personally, I think that Kate was a bit too mundane in the growing weirdness that was Angel. Compared to three vampires with daddy issues, a cop with daddy issues doesn't stack up.
Plus, she shared the show with CK.