Golden era heralds big switches for actors
AS much as this is hailed as the golden era of TV, it is also a fortuitous time for actors to shine. With more revolutionary offerings infiltrating our TV screens, there are some attractive crossovers taking place. Here’s a list of some of the standouts:
AMANDA SCHULL
ALTHOUGH she gained her footing in shows like One Tree Hill and Pretty Little
Liars, she rose to prominence as Louis Litt, a legal lackey in Suits. Now the blonde bombshell is stealing the limelight as the lead in 12 Monkeys.
COREY STOLL
WHILE he has an impressive CV on the big and small screens, he made a lot of noise with Law & Order: LA and as the morally bankrupt political pawn whose vices got the better of him in House of
Cards. This time he is calling the shots – and with more hair than we are used to seeing on him – in Fox’s gripping thriller, The
Strain.
ALFRED ENOCH
This novice actor is best remembered for his Harry Potter exploits. Despite his deceptively boyish looks, he is proving to be quite the dark horse as Wes Gibbins in How to Get Away with Murder.
BILLY BROWN
HE may not have as much scope as the other actors in How to Get Away with Murder, but fans are very familiar with his work in Dexter, Sons of Anarchy and the shortlived drama, Hostages.
MATTHEW “MATT”
MCGORY
TAKE the man out of his prison guard uniform in Orange is
the New Black and you easily buy into him as this slightly podgy, wealthy brat of an undergraduate. He is infuriatingly cocky, but entertaining nonetheless.
THOMAS SADOSKI
HE gained acclaim for his role as Don Keefer – a bit on the conceited side but lovable and smart, too – in The
Newsroom. Now he has surfaced in The
Slap in a contradictory cowardly role. But he plays his whipped husband with aplomb.
MALIK YOBA
HIS is a face that has launched a thousand characters, so to speak. Best remembered for
Alphas, he is rolling with the big dawgs as Vernon Turner in
Empire – one of the hottest shows on TV.
MAURA TIERNEY
TALK about prolifically flitting from one character to the next. She moved from ER to
Rescue Me to The Good Wife. Now she’s taking on the title of the latter, figuratively speaking, as Helen Solloway in
The Affair.
TOM CAVANAGH
THIS movie and TV actor frequently pops on our screens. Best known for his TV show, ED, he has appeared on many hit TV shows. Finally, he gets proper acknowledgment for his talents in The Flash. And he wears his mask of good guy with bad intentions with conviction.
DYLAN MCDERMOTT
THE Practice, American Horror Story, Hostages and, now Stalker. Yep, he is back on our screens, rebounding from Hostages’ collapse. Aside from the eyecandy value he brings, he plays his damaged character with the perfection we have grown accustomed to.