Database of Actor Minifigs

[Justin]

Harrison Ford played Han Solo in the Star Wars Movies, as well the title character of the Indiana Jones movies.

Edited January 30, 2016 by Justin

[Blondie-Wan]

Harrison Ford played Han Solo in the Star Wars Movies, as well the title character of the Indiana Jones movies.

He's on the list.

[Dufresne]

I've been fixing all the errors found, (kicking myself over the Ernie Banks/Hudson mixup,) and just added the minifigs for the newly-announced Ghostbusters set. Chris Hemsworth has joined the two-character club!

[Actor Builder]

What if an animated character is clearly based off the voice actor?

Specifically Vitruvius. He's just like a LEGO version of Morgan Freeman.

[Robert8]

Specifically Vitruvius. He's just like a LEGO version of Morgan Freeman.

Whaaaaaaat?!

[Actor Builder]

I mean that when you hear Vitruvius, he's obviously Morgan Freeman. I didn't mean in appearance. I phrased it wrong.

When I hear any of Vitruvius' lines without seeing the animation, I automatically picture Morgan Freeman.

When I hear Unikitty, for example, without seeing the animation, I picture some odd Cartoon Network abomination.

[Super Goblin]

I think the voice actors of at least the Lego movie should count or the entire database is useless.

[N_Cat]

I think the voice actors of at least the Lego movie should count or the entire database is useless.

That's a silly thing to say; the database is already just for fun! He laid out his rules, which excluded any form of voice-over, but nobody's stopping you from making your own spreadsheet with your own policies. If you do, please share it, I'm interested.

[Dufresne]

Out of curiosity, I added another tab that cuts out full facial obstruction entirely. Basically if the entire face on the minifig is covered up, then I don't include it in that tab. The minifig head has to at least partially depict the actual actor. (To the degree of detail which is normal for LEGO at least.) I did it just to see how it would change things, and I didn't have to cut nearly as many as I thought. Warwick Davis got hurt the most, though, and Alfred Molina is now solidly #1 on that tab.

I may gear up for a voice actors tab, but that'll probably be several more hours of work, so it'll only happen if I have the time to kill. One big issue that I don't know how to address: do I include every voice actor who has voiced a character? There have been something like 15 people voicing the "modern" Batman over the years, and just as many that did the Joker. Which do you pick? Plus you've got things like Ninjago and Chima, which were LEGO first and a show second, so you've got pretty much the whole cast of both. Considering just how many people you have to add to the list I figured it wasn't worth doing just to give Chris Pratt a third character. (Also it would put John Ratzenberger at like 5 characters and beat everyone.)

Of course, without looking into it I don't know. Voice actors are so prolific that the whole list might turn out to only be like 20 people.

Edited February 10, 2016 by Dufresne

[tu11ett]

After curiously reading through this list, I've decided to start the arduous task of creating a list of the voice actors for characters. I've been really loose with the definition of 'character', going as far as including the Ben10 CCBS figures. At this stage I'll probably omit the Chima and Ninjago shows, as they came after the figures.

One big issue that I don't know how to address: do I include every voice actor who has voiced a character? There have been something like 15 people voicing the "modern" Batman over the years, and just as many that did the Joker. Which do you pick?

For things like The Simpsons, I've just been crediting the most noted voice. Eg. Harry Shearer was credited as voicing Scratchy the most amount of times, so he gets the fig. As for different shows though? I guess I'll leave them for now, its just too vauge...

Edited February 18, 2016 by tu11ett

[Actor Builder]

You have Sir Christopher Lee listed as just Christopher Lee. I would add the "Sir". The same with Sir Ian McKellen, and possibly some others.

I would add the "Sir", but maybe that's just me being weird.

Also, what about figures from the Collectible Minifigures Series that are based off of characters, or real people? Like the Marilyn Monroe figure, or the Highland Warrior who is most likely based on Mel Gibson's William Wallace.

[Blondie-Wan]

Also, what about figures from the Collectible Minifigures Series that are based off of characters, or real people? Like the Marilyn Monroe figure, or the Highland Warrior who is most likely based on Mel Gibson's William Wallace.

I wouldn't add minifigures who are merely inspired by people, if they're not explicitly stated to be those people. The Egyptian Queen is referred to as Cleopatra in The LEGO Movie, so perhaps her, but I wouldn't mention others.

At any rate, that would be a different list from one of actors who play characters who get minifigures (which is one reason I personally would include voice actors on the same list as embodiment ones, but that's just me).

[Blondie-Wan]

That's a silly thing to say; the database is already just for fun! He laid out his rules, which excluded any form of voice-over, but nobody's stopping you from making your own spreadsheet with your own policies. If you do, please share it, I'm interested.

I kind of want to, myself, but as long as someone else is already doing a version of it (even one that uses different criteria and thus isn't complete according to my own rules), I'm less interested than in doing something new. Right now I'm thinking of a flip-side complementary list - characters (who have official LEGO versions, obviously) who have been portrayed by various actors, ranked by how many actors have portrayed them. Thus, someone like Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader would place highly, for being represented by Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen, Matt Lanter, Dave Prowse, James Earl Jones, and Sebastian Shaw, for example.

I would have to resolve first how to list characters portrayed in multiple versions - not just different actors portraying a character at different ages or in different forms of whatever (like all the incarnations of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader, for example), but versions from totally different versions (different adaptations, etc.) of a character / story - for example, there are multiple different versions of the DC universe (or portions thereof) that are officially represented in LEGO (the current DCCU, the Nolan Dark Knight trilogy, the '60s Batman show, etc.). Obviously I want to include all the Batmen - Adam West, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, etc. - but I'm trying to decide whether or not to list them as the same character or not, since they come from different continuities. The resolution to that determines whether the list has a single listing for Batman / Bruce Wayne high on the list (because it's then a lot of actors for a single character), or a whole bunch of Batmen / Bruce Waynes, lower on the list (since most of them would have a single actor each). I'm thinking of going with the "separate continuities" route.

At the same time, though, I think I'd like to cover all of a continuity that's been officially represented in LEGO, even if that LEGO representation doesn't cover all of that continuity - i.e., I would include an actor's portrayal of a character even if that specific portrayal isn't represented in LEGO, just so long as it's part of the same continuity as a portrayal that is. Thus, for example, I'd include thirteen different actors for the Doctor (of Doctor Who), even though the three extant minifigures for the character represent just two of those incarnations, and five different actors for Indiana Jones, even though all the Indy minifigures are of just one actor's performances. This is going to be a tough one...

[tu11ett]

I kind of want to, myself, but as long as someone else is already doing a version of it (even one that uses different criteria and thus isn't complete according to my own rules)

What other rules do you think there needs to be to make it complete? I'm open to criticism, and I think the bigger the list the better.

P.S. I've decided that, in order to make it a little simpler, I'll only be noting the voice actor in the show/movie's language of origin.

[Dufresne]

For things like The Simpsons, I've just been crediting the most noted voice. Eg. Harry Shearer was credited as voicing Scratchy the most amount of times, so he gets the fig. As for different shows though? I guess I'll leave them for now, its just too vauge...

Makes sense for the Simpsons, but I'm interested in how you deal with Batman. I was originally tempted to just say, "Kevin Conroy for Bats and Mark Hamill for the Joker," but that assumes that all the Batman figures are based solely on The Animated Series, which they're not.

I was just amazed to find out that there actually isn't an official LEGO minifig of the suit from TAS. I assumed there was until seeing them all lined up just now. I mean, you can easily make one by taking the blue suit figure with the yellow and black logo and switching out all the blue parts for black parts, but still.

Edited March 5, 2016 by Dufresne

[Actor Builder]

What about Andy Serkis?

He appeared in a non-CGI form as Sméagol, and Sméagol/Gollum are the same character, so shouldn't he count?

[tafkatb]

Makes sense for the Simpsons, but I'm interested in how you deal with Batman. I was originally tempted to just say, "Kevin Conroy for Bats and Mark Hamill for the Joker," but that assumes that all the Batman figures are based solely on The Animated Series, which they're not.

I was just amazed to find out that there actually isn't an official LEGO minifig of the suit from TAS. I assumed there was until seeing them all lined up just now. I mean, you can easily make one by taking the blue suit figure with the yellow and black logo and switching out all the blue parts for black parts, but still.

My inclination would be not to count it as a voice actor at all unless the set/minifig is explicitly based on a certain show or film. I'd consider most Batman minifigs to be based on comic books, therefore they have no voice actor. This is where it gets weird, though - that means the Batman in Super Secret Police Dropship counts as a Will Arnett figure, but the one in Man-Bat Attack doesn't, even though they're identical.

[Hulk_Smash]

JJJ and Harry Osborne aren't DC.

Good list, very in depth :)

[Blondie-Wan]

What are you going to do about the early 2000s Jurassic Park and Spider-Man sets from LEGO Studios? Those sets depicted stunt performers.

[Silent Nomad]

I was just amazed to find out that there actually isn't an official LEGO minifig of the suit from TAS. I assumed there was until seeing them all lined up just now. I mean, you can easily make one by taking the blue suit figure with the yellow and black logo and switching out all the blue parts for black parts, but still.

If you're interested in seeing how that'd look, someone made that figure here, more or less. I want to make it too, and I have the parts incoming, but it really needs legs with black boots to look complete.

[Dufresne]

JJJ and Harry Osborne aren't DC.

Good list, very in depth :)

Thanks. I think I just had a brain fart when I put in all the Spider-Man characters and made them all DC. I've had to correct a few of them piecemeal. Mary Jane was also marked DC.

What are you going to do about the early 2000s Jurassic Park and Spider-Man sets from LEGO Studios? Those sets depicted stunt performers.

The characters from Spider-Man sets have been in, (though I just realized I'd forgotten to add Macho Man Randy Savage as Bonesaw,) but the Jurassic Park ones had Johnny Thunder and company in them, and not any specific character from the movie.

Edited March 25, 2016 by Dufresne