Babylon 5's Katsulas Dies

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[shadowman99]

Babylon 5's Katsulas Dies

Andreas Katsulas, the character actor known to SF fans as G'Kar on Babylon 5 and a familiar face from Star Trek and other SF&F TV shows, died Feb. 13 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, his agent, Donna Massetti, confirmed to SCI FI Wire. He was 59.

Katsulas, a longtime resident of Los Angeles, played the Narn ambassador G'Kar for five years in the syndicated cult TV series Babylon 5, starting in 1993. He reprised the role in subsequent Babylon 5 telefilms.

Katsulas was also no stranger to Trek fans, playing Romulan Cmdr. Tomalak in Star Trek: The Next Generation. His last appearance in a Trek series was as a Vissian captain on an episode of Enterprise.

Born in St. Louis, Katsulas held a master's degree in theater from Indiana University, his official Web site said. After performing in plays in St. Louis, New York and Boston, he went on to film roles in such movies as Michael Cimino's The Sicilian, which brought him to Los Angeles, then in Ridley Scott's Someone to Watch Over Me and Blake Edward's Sunset.

Katsulas moved to Los Angeles permanently in 1986 and found scores of television and film parts in everything from TV's Alien Nation and Max Headroom to the big screen's The Fugitive, in which he played the infamous one-armed man, and Executive Decision opposite Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal.

Information on memorial services was pending at press time.

[camle]

here's his web site

[magslinger]

Citizen G'Kar: G'Quon wrote, "There is a greater darkness than the one we fight. It is the darkness of the soul that has lost its way. The war we fight is not against powers and principalities, it is against chaos and despair. Greater than the death of flesh is the death of hope, the death of dreams. Against this peril we can never surrender. The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the shape of that future or where it will take us. We know only that it is always born in pain."

I pulled that quote from here. Lot's of great quotes. I have got to watch it again.

[voletti]

Hi putme on the scifi pinglist pls!

[Braak]

He always had the best quotes!

RIP Andreas, you made not just a show, but a legacy

[camle]

i disagree - Susan Ivanova had the best quotes.

[Sensei Ern]

Luke Skywalker's Uncle Owen died too...89.

And Dick Cheney was no where around.

[Antoninus]

Met him at a sci-fi convention once. Seemed like a nice fellow.

Grant him eternal rest, O Lord.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

May he rest in peace. He brought a something special to B5...

[Waverunner]

I was listening to Jerry Doyle ( Garibaldi on B5) on the way home last night, His show was all about Andy K.
He was telling personal stories, about how Andy put him up during his divorce.
He said that Andy K. went out every Sunday morning bought groceries then cooked for a homeless shelter.
Notice, there's no hint of this on his web pages.
( Not just thanksgiving photo ops like most of hollywood)
Definitely not your average hollywood guy.
And he told the canned ham story, which he promised Andy he would never tell while Andy was alive, You could tell that Jerry was working hard to honor his friend.
Another fine human passes into history.

[Nachum]

A fine actor.

Rest in peace.

[N3WBI3]

By far the best chemistry that existed in SCI-Fi was between these two actors! The excvhange after the fall of Naran when Lando demands G'Kar be forced to leave the floor was the strongest mement in that show!

[N3WBI3]

"Citizen G'Kar: No dictator, no invader can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power tyrants and dictators cannot stand. The Centauri learned that lesson once. We will teach it to them again. Although it take a thousand years, we will be free."

[Tolik]

Rest in Peace

http://www.isnnews.net/

ANDREAS KATSULAS - PASSES AWAY

 

Everyone who has seen BABYLON 5 mourns the passing of Andreas Katsulas. He brought G'Kar to life for each and everyone of us. Despite being under pounds of make-up, Andreas made us care about G'Kar. We watched the character evolve from a man of war to a spiritual leader -- the transition was not only a masterful display of writing skills -- but a true measure of the acting skills of Andreas Katsulas. He was a very private, quiet gentleman who loved to laugh. The jokes he and Peter Jurasik played on JMS are legendary. He will be greatly missed. His family is in our hearts and prayers.

 

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Andreas Katsulas died Feb. 13 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, his agent, Donna Massetti, confirmed to SCI FI Wire. He was 59. Katsulas, a longtime resident of Los Angeles, played the Narn ambassador G'Kar for five years in the syndicated cult TV series BABYLON 5, starting in 1993. He reprised the role in subsequent Babylon 5 telefilms. Katsulas was also no stranger to Trek fans, playing Romulan Cmdr. Tomalak in Star Trek: The Next Generation. His last appearance in a Trek series was as a Vissian captain on an episode of Enterprise. Born in St. Louis, Katsulas held a master's degree in theater from Indiana University, his official Web site said. After performing in plays in St. Louis, New York and Boston, he went on to film roles in such movies as Michael Cimino's The Sicilian, which brought him to Los Angeles, then in Ridley Scott's Someone to Watch Over Me and Blake Edward's Sunset. Katsulas moved to Los Angeles permanently in 1986 and found scores of television and film parts in everything from TV's Alien Nation and Max Headroom to the big screen's The Fugitive, in which he played the infamous one-armed man, and Executive Decision opposite Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal. Information on memorial services was pending at press time

BILL MUMY - Bill has posted a note about Andreas on his website at http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/main.htm. :

 

Andreas Katsulas died February 13, 2006. He was 59 years old.

Yesterday, Andreas Katsulas lost his battle with cancer and passed away. Andreas was a wonderful actor, always grateful to be where he was. A quiet man with an acerbic sense of humor who always delivered the punchline perfectly. He was a father and a husband and a friend. Even though he put himself down, his soulful blues vocals on "The Be Five" album we made together always were, and always will be my favorites. "How Was I to Know It Would End This Way?" He will be missed. --Bill Mumy 2/14

Bill, Mira, Pat, Claudia, & Andreas recording vocals as 'The Be Five'

 

[pabianice]

RIP.

[Conservomax]

What can you say? The guy made a good Alien.

[Conservomax]

That is, for those of us who prefer our aliens in Humanoid form - i know some people here hate that.

[discostu]

Terribly sad to see the way time is passing and taking the people that made B5 great away from us. Dr Franklin is gone, G'Kar is gone, Zathras is gone. Life far too short for all of them.

[Tijeras_Slim]

He was great in B5.

[magslinger]

I think it was probably the writing rather than any one actor, because I found ALL of the characters believable. Bester's unscrupulous self-interest made sense, even while you hated him.

Kosh, IMHO was the most believable alien, ever.

[Truth29]

RIP. It is easy to think of him as the character rather than the actor. Time to get B5 out and watch it again.