Andreas Katsulas
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Andrew "Andreas" Katsulas (May 18, 1946 – February 13, 2006) was a Greek-American actor
known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in the science fiction television
series Babylon 5
, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive
(1993), and as the Romulan
Commander Tomalak on Star Trek: The Next Generation
. He also played Vissian Captain Drennik in the Star Trek: Enterprise
episode "Cogenitor".
to a working-class Greek American
family, he first became hooked on acting when he was 4 years old and his mother took him to a local community theater. He studied theatrical arts at Saint Louis University
and earned a Master's degree
in Theatre
from Indiana University. From 1971 to 1986, he toured with Peter Brook
's international theatre company, performing improvisational and prepared theater pieces on stages ranging from Lincoln Center
to barrio
s in Venezuela
.
in 1986. His film roles include appearances in The Sicilian
, Someone to Watch Over Me
, Sunset
, Hot Shots! Part Deux
, The Fugitive
, and Executive Decision
.
Katsulas was a regular on Babylon 5
, where he played Ambassador G'Kar. He also guest starred on many television shows, including: Alien Nation; The Equalizer
; Murder, She Wrote
; NYPD Blue
; Millennium
; Star Trek: The Next Generation
(episodes "The Enemy", "The Defector", "Future Imperfect", and "All Good Things...", as Commander Tomalak); Star Trek: Enterprise
(season 2, episode 22, "Cogenitor"); and Max Headroom
. He also appeared in the TV-movie The Death of the Incredible Hulk
. He featured as a voice actor
in the PlayStation 2
titles Primal
(as Scree the gargoyle), and 24: The Game
(based on the TV series 24
).
, "loved smoking with a passion that cannot be described" was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer
. He died on February 13, 2006 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife and two children.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
known for his roles as Ambassador G'Kar in the science fiction television
Science fiction on television
Science fiction first appeared on a television program during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other production techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality; this makes television an excellent medium...
series Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
, as the one-armed villain Sykes in the film The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1993 film)
The Fugitive is a 1993 American thriller film based on the television series of the same name. The film was directed by Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was one of the few movies associated with a television series to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best...
(1993), and as the Romulan
Romulan
The Romulans are a fictional alien race in the Star Trek universe. First appearing in the original Star Trek series in the 1966 episode "Balance of Terror", they have since made appearances in all the main later Star Trek series: The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager...
Commander Tomalak on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
. He also played Vissian Captain Drennik in the Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
episode "Cogenitor".
Early life
Born in St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
to a working-class Greek American
Greek American
Greek Americans are Americans of Greek descent also described as Hellenic descent. According to the 2007 U.S. Census Bureau estimation, there were 1,380,088 people of Greek ancestry in the United States, while the State Department mentions that around 3,000,000 Americans claim to be of Greek descent...
family, he first became hooked on acting when he was 4 years old and his mother took him to a local community theater. He studied theatrical arts at Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the...
and earned a Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
in Theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
from Indiana University. From 1971 to 1986, he toured with Peter Brook
Peter Brook
Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH, CBE is an English theatre and film director and innovator, who has been based in France since the early 1970s.-Life:...
's international theatre company, performing improvisational and prepared theater pieces on stages ranging from Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
to barrio
Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
s in Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
.
Career
Katsulas moved to Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in 1986. His film roles include appearances in The Sicilian
The Sicilian
The Sicilian is a novel by Italian-American author Mario Puzo. Published in 1984 by Random House Publishing Group , it is based on Puzo's most famous work, The Godfather. It is regarded as The Godfathers literary sequel....
, Someone to Watch Over Me
Someone to Watch over Me (film)
Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 film starring Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers and directed by Ridley Scott. The film's soundtrack includes the George and Ira Gershwin song from which the film takes its title, here sung by Sting, and Vangelis' Memories of Green, originally from Scott's Blade...
, Sunset
Sunset (film)
Sunset is a 1988 film released by TriStar Pictures. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, the movie stars Bruce Willis as legendary western actor Tom Mix and James Garner as legendary lawman Wyatt Earp....
, Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots! Part Deux
Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 comedy/parody film, and a sequel to the 1991 comedy Hot Shots!.Directed again by Jim Abrahams, the film stars Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke, Miguel Ferrer, Rowan Atkinson, and Jerry Haleva...
, The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1993 film)
The Fugitive is a 1993 American thriller film based on the television series of the same name. The film was directed by Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was one of the few movies associated with a television series to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best...
, and Executive Decision
Executive Decision
Executive Decision is a 1996 action film, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Kurt Russell, Halle Berry and Steven Seagal. The original music was composed by Jerry Goldsmith...
.
Katsulas was a regular on Babylon 5
Babylon 5
Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on a space station named Babylon 5: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the years 2257–2262...
, where he played Ambassador G'Kar. He also guest starred on many television shows, including: Alien Nation; The Equalizer
The Equalizer
The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...
; Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
; NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue
NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...
; Millennium
Millennium (TV series)
Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington...
; Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
(episodes "The Enemy", "The Defector", "Future Imperfect", and "All Good Things...", as Commander Tomalak); Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001...
(season 2, episode 22, "Cogenitor"); and Max Headroom
Max Headroom (TV series)
Max Headroom is a British-produced American science fiction television series by Chrysalis/Lakeside Productions that aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future...
. He also appeared in the TV-movie The Death of the Incredible Hulk
The Death of the Incredible Hulk
The Death of the Incredible Hulk is a 1990 made-for-television film, the last of three revival TV movies from the 1977–1982 television show The Incredible Hulk. Bill Bixby reprises his role as Dr. David Bruce Banner and Lou Ferrigno returns to play the Hulk...
. He featured as a voice actor
Voice acting
Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters and radio and audio dramas and comedy, as well as doing voice-overs in radio and television commercials, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, video games, puppet shows, and amusement rides.Performers are called...
in the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
titles Primal
Primal (video game)
Primal is an action-adventure video game released in 2003 for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe aka SCE Studio Cambridge. It tells the story of Jennifer Tate, a 21-year-old woman searching for her boyfriend through a series of demonic realms...
(as Scree the gargoyle), and 24: The Game
24: The Game
24: The Game is a third-person shooter video game, based on the FOX television series, 24. The game was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Cambridge Studios and was published by 2K Games for PlayStation 2. It was announced on March 30, 2005 and first released in North America on February...
(based on the TV series 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
).
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | I avgi tou thriamvou | ||
| 1963 | O ippolytos kai to violi tou | ||
| 1974 | O-key | ||
| 1979 | Série noire | Andreas Tikides | |
| Milo-Milo | Nicolos | ||
| 1982 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Snout | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Kings of America | Markos | ||
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Lunar Shopping Observer | |
| 1986 | Agent on Ice | Ray Donnelli | |
| 1987 | Someone to Watch Over Me | Joey Venza | |
| The Sicilian | Passatempa | ||
| 1988 | Steal the Sky | Colonel Gemayel | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Sunset Sunset (film) Sunset is a 1988 film released by TriStar Pictures. Written and directed by Blake Edwards, the movie stars Bruce Willis as legendary western actor Tom Mix and James Garner as legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.... |
Arthur | ||
| 1989 | The Neon Empire | Vito | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Communion | Alex | ||
| 1990 | Write to Kill | Chambliss | |
| The Death of the Incredible Hulk | Kasha | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
|
| Murder Times Seven | Marco Volatile | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 1991 | True Identity | Anthony | |
| 1992 | Blame It on the Bellboy | Scarpa | |
| 1993 | Painted Desert | Franco Vitalli | |
| Hot Shots! Part Deux | Rufshaad | ||
| The Fugitive | Sykes | ||
| Seduction: Three Tales from the Inner Sanctum | Frank | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
|
| New York Cop | Ferrara | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
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| 1996 | Executive Decision | El Sayed Jaffa | |
| 1997 | Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing | Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman | TV-movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| 1998 | Jane Austen's Mafia | Narducci | |
| 2000 | A Piece of Eden | Giuseppe Tredici | |
| 2006 | Splinter Cell: Double Agent | only voice | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Mesure pour mesure | Claudio | |
| 1981 | Another World Another World (TV series) Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J... |
Dock Site Guard | Episode: "4381" |
| Ragtime Ragtime (TV series) Ragtime was a children's television series presented by Maggie Henderson and Fred Harris. The programmes featured play with words, songs, stories and puppets. Puppets emerged from the green Ragtime Bag, including wooden spoons with faces drawn on them. These were named Mr Porridge, Mr Curry, Mr... |
Policeman #3 | ||
| 1982 | ABC Afterschool Special ABC Afterschool Special The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were... |
Zachary Pscharapolus | Episode: A Very Delicate Matter |
| Guiding Light Guiding Light Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009... |
Lucien Goff | ||
| 1987 | L'heure Simenon | Le 'Yougo' | |
| 1987–1988 | Max Headroom Max Headroom (TV series) Max Headroom is a British-produced American science fiction television series by Chrysalis/Lakeside Productions that aired in the United States on ABC from March 1987 to May 1988. The series was based on the Channel 4 British TV pilot Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future... |
Mr. Bartlett | Episode: Grossberg's Return (1987) Episode: Whackets (1987) Episode: Baby Grobags (1988) |
| 1988 | The Equalizer The Equalizer The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past... |
Warren Briggs | |
| Houston Knights | Episode: Cajun Spice | ||
| Crime Story Crime Story (TV series) Crime Story is an NBC TV drama created by Gustave Reininger and Chuck Adamson. The executive producer was Michael Mann, who had left Miami Vice to oversee Crime Story and direct the film Manhunter. The show premiered with a two hour pilot — a movie which had been exhibited theatrically —... |
Government Agent | Episode: Pauli Taglia's Dream | |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries Father Dowling Mysteries Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that appeared between November 30, 1987 and May 2, 1991. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC network for its last two seasons... |
Assistant District Attorney Douglas | Episode: The Mafia Priest Mystery: Part 1 Episode: The Mafia Priest Mystery: Part 2 |
| Next of Kin Next of Kin (1989 film) Next of Kin is a 1989 American action film directed by John Irvin and starring Patrick Swayze and Liam Neeson. The screenplay was based on a story of the same title, both written by Michael Jenning.-Plot:... |
John Isabella | ||
| Alien Nation | Koulak | Episode: The Game | |
| 1989–1994 | Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production... |
Commander Tomalak | Episode: The Enemy (1989) Episode: The Defector (1989) Episode: Future Imperfect (1990) Episode: All Good Things (1994) |
| 1990 | Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series... |
Everett Ashford | Episode: You Turned the Tables on Me |
| Mancuso, FBI | |||
| Capital News | Nikolai Janosch/Arno Kudriescu | Episode: Blues for Mr. White Episode: Episode: Deadly Encounters: Part 1 Episode: Deadly Encounters: Part 2 |
|
| Hunter | Arno Kudriesco | ||
| Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,... |
Jerry Pappas | Episode: A Killing in Vegas | |
| 1993 | Babylon 5: The Gathering Babylon 5: The Gathering Babylon 5: The Gathering is the pilot movie of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. The telefilm aired on February 22, 1993... |
G'Kar | |
| 1994 | Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman... |
DEA Agent | Episode: The Plague |
| 1994–1998 | Babylon 5 | G'Kar | |
| 1997 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an animated action-adventure television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast on Cartoon Network from August 26, 1996 to April 16, 1997. A revival of the 1960s Jonny Quest franchise, it features teenage adventurers Jonny Quest, Hadji Singh,... |
The Robot Spies | only voice |
| 1998 | Babylon 5: In the Beginning Babylon 5: In the Beginning Babylon 5: In the Beginning is a science fiction television movie set in the Babylon 5 fictional universe. It was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Michael Vejar.... |
Citizen G'Kar | |
| 1999 | Millennium Millennium (TV series) Millennium is an American television series created by Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Millennium aired on the Fox Network from 1996 to 1999. The series was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, though most episodes were ostensibly set in or around Seattle, Washington... |
Moses Gourevitch | Episode: Forcing the End |
| 2002 | Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers: To Live and Die in Starlight Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers -External links:* at... |
Citizen G'Kar | |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series. It follows the adventures of humanity's first warp 5 starship, the Enterprise, ten years before the United Federation of Planets shown in previous Star Trek series was formed.Enterprise premiered on September 26, 2001... |
Vissian Captain Drennik | Episode: Cogenitor |
| NYPD Blue NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan... |
Ron Szudarek | Episode: Shear Stupidity | |
Death
In early 2005, Katsulas, who in the words of Babylon 5 creator J. Michael StraczynskiJ. Michael Straczynski
Joseph Michael Straczynski , known professionally as J. Michael Straczynski and informally as Joe Straczynski or JMS, is an American writer and television producer. He works in films, television series, novels, short stories, comic books, and radio dramas. He is a playwright, a former journalist,...
, "loved smoking with a passion that cannot be described" was diagnosed with incurable lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
. He died on February 13, 2006 at the age of 59. He was survived by his wife and two children.
External links
- Andreas Katsulas is gone posted by J. Michael Straczynski on rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
- Memorial video by John E. Hudgens