Actor With Most Minifig Representations Within a Span of LEGO Licenses

[Zzz]

Only two, actually - the Cairo swordsman was played by Terry Richards, not Pat Roach. Pat Roach does play not one but two other characters in the Indiana Jones series, for a grand total of four, but only two of them got official minifigure representation.

You are so right - don't know why I thought it was him.

[eldiano]

Does James Badge Dale count? He was the extremis soldier in Iron Man 3, and he also has a minifigure in The Lone Ranger as Dan Reid!

[Captain Nemo]

Does James Badge Dale count? He was the extremis soldier in Iron Man 3, and he also has a minifigure in The Lone Ranger as Dan Reid!

He would only count for his Lone Ranger character, since the Lego Extremis soldier is not based off him, and based more on the generic Extremis soldiers from the movie.

Edited July 12, 2013 by Captain Nemo

[eldiano]

Just take off the hair and bam, right there... Eric Savin lol

[DarthPotato]

Cate Blanchett can soon be added to the list since she played Irina Spalko in Indiana Jones and we're going to be getting a Galadriel minifigure in the Hobbit sets later this year.

Also, I'm sure we'll get Ronan the Accuser, who's played by Lee Pace, in the Guardians of the Galaxy sets since he's the main villain of the movie. So that would make two figures for Lee Pace, the other being Thranduil from The Hobbit.

[Doom2099]

Since this seems to be revived, I just wanted to say that I think it's a great thread! With more and more licenses coming, it will be very interesting to see who keeps adding to their totals.

For some reason, I don't think Lego and Disney are done with Johnny Depp. Maybe he'll be the long term winner?

[Blondie-Wan]

Possibly. He's been rumored to be in talks with Marvel / Disney about playing Doctor Strange, although more recent reports say that's not the case.

[Dr Leg O Brick]

Also, although I'm not sure weather this counts, Chris Pratt voices Emmet in the Lego Movie, while he will play Starlord later this year in GOTG. Although it's not confirmed, I'm pretty sure will get the main hero from the film, Starlord, as 3 sets have been confirmed.

[figura]

I love this topic!

I am not sure if i missed them while browsing through the previous pages (anyway couldn't hurt to sum up):

• Lee Pace: Thranduil (Hobbit), Ronan the Accuser (GotG)
  
• William Fichtner: Butch Cavendish (TLR), Shredder (Ninja Turtles)
  
• Gary Oldman: Sirius Black (HP), Comissioner Gordon (TDK)
  
• Ben Kingsley: Nizam (Prince of Persia), The Mandarin (Iron Man 3)
  
• Helena Bonham Carter: Red (TLR), Bellatrix Lestrange (HP)
  

Counting The LEGO Movie would rise new issues with the voice acting, but I also feel like it should count, which would also add Will Arnett who is Batman in TLM and Vernon Fenwick in Ninja Turtles.

[Fives]

I think voice actors should count, because they are as much performing that character the same as someone physically in costume on set.

Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel are all added to the list with one fig each thanks to GOTG.

[Blondie-Wan]

Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel are all added to the list with one fig each thanks to GOTG.

But what are their other characters? Chris Pratt is of course Emmet as well as Starlord, but do any of the other four portray more than one character depicted in official sets?

[Albus]

I think some people here are confused as to the purpose of this thread:

This is not a list of actors with single minifig representations, it's a list of actors who have minifig representations based on multiple characters.

E.g Christopher Lee who appears as a minifig as Count Dooku (SW) and also Saruman the White (LotR).

If it were a list of actors who have appeared as minifigs, then the list would be gigantic! Not impossible, as you could go about it methodically, but considering the number of licensed characters that have been depicted by LEGO over the years, it would be very big.

[gundamz]

Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones, Han Solo,

[Vindicare]

I think voice actors should count, because they are as much performing that character the same as someone physically in costume on set.

Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel are all added to the list with one fig each thanks to GOTG.

I disagree. They themselves aren't represented in the character. The minifigure at least represent their facial features to an extent. Whereas the voice of an actor, Chris Pratt as Emmet for example, doesn't represent Pratt in minifigure form.

[Moon_Knight]

I think, just as others have said, that Warwick Davis holds the title. He played those roles in costumes with HIS likeness. If you don't count him as a minifig four times you might as well say that his name doesn't belong in the credits at the end of those movies. Davis WAS Wicket W. Warrick, Professor Flitwick, Griphook, and W. Wald. Says so at the end of the movies.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Moon_Knight

[Ultron]

I disagree. They themselves aren't represented in the character. The minifigure at least represent their facial features to an extent. Whereas the voice of an actor, Chris Pratt as Emmet for example, doesn't represent Pratt in minifigure form.

I disagree, just because it doesn't look like them, doesn't mean it's not them. Chris Pratt plays Emmet. This topic is about representation, not likeness. If I played a blue alien made up with prosthetics in a movie and it looked nothing like me and I was made into a minifig, does that not make it me because it doesn't look like me? My hard time and effort went into the character so that little fig better be me. Lego Wicket is based on Warwick Davis' representation of Wicket, not anyone elses.

[rodiziorobs]

On the subject of voice actors, I would count them, but only in the case of a single actor portraying that character, or where the minifigure in question is based specifically off of one actor's portrayal.

For example, Chris Pratt would get two: one for Star-Lord (GOTG) and one for Emmet (TLM). Why count Emmet? Because no one else is Emmet but Chris Pratt.

However, the Joker does not count for Mark Hamill, because A) several people have portrayed the Joker, and B) none of the minifigs released were representations of his specific portrayal of the Joker. Even though they might seem to be based off of his BTAS appearance, unless is says so on the box I wouldn't count it.

Compare that to Batman, where Will Arnett would get a credit, because the Batman minifig in the TLM set is based off of his portrayal (even though its the same as other previous Batman figs). Why? While many actors have portrayed Batman, only Will Arnett did so for TLM (and therefore, the TLM set with Batman in it). Christian Bale also gets a Batman credit, since the Bane Tumbler Chase set says "The Dark Knight Rises" right there on the box, and so the minifig is based off of Bale's role in that movie.

Nick Fury is a tougher call, because the fig is not based off of him unless you trace it back through the comics and the whole retconning-Fury-to-be-black, etc. I would still say no, though, because while it may be patterned after his likeness, it wasn't until years later that he actually portrayed Nick Fury--and for the obvious catch that a Nick Fury minifig as portrayed by SLJ has yet to make an appearance in a set.

With all that in mind, you could almost add John-Rhys Davies with three appearances: Sallah (IJ), Gimli (LOTR), and Treebeard (LOTR) except that the ent in the Orthanc set is not named in any promotional materials; it is just an ent, not a specific one.

The same logic works against James Badge Dale (yes on LR, no on IM3), Hugo Weaving (yes on LOTR, no on Red Skull), Ian McKellen (yes on LOTR, no on X-Men), etc. Voice actor or not, if a minifig is based off of a specific actor's portrayal of a character, then it should count. Otherwise, (such as in the cases just mentioned) no.

Edited April 10, 2014 by rodiziorobs

[figura]

I see, the rules for who qualifies and who doesn't are still not agreed upon.

Richard Bonehill actually has SIX minifigures based on roles he performed in, BUT they were mainly as an extra. He was Ten Numb, Stormtrooper, Snow Trooper, TIE Fighter Pilot, Ree Yees, and X-Wing Pilot. So it would be a tough call, saying the minifigures were created after him specifically, but if he would be a LEGO fan, I bet he would have at least one of each of them, cause he played those characters. The Star Wars Universe proofs particularly difficult, especially since not all characters are credited in the movies.

I am still not entirely done researching but so far I have compiled this list:

5 Warwick Davis: Filius Flitwick, Griphook the Goblin, W. Wald, Wicket Wystri Warrick, Yoda (Double)

3 Jack Purvis: Jawa, Gonk Droid, Teebo

3 Alfred Molina: Satipo, Sheik Amar, Doc Ock

2 William Fichtner: Shredder, Butch Cavendish

2 Silas Carson: Antidar Williams (uncertain), Viceroy Nute Gunray

2 Peter Diamond: Tusken Raider / URoRRuR'R'R (uncertain), Weequay Skiff Guard

2 Pat Roach: Airplane Mechanic, Temple Guard a.k.a. Chief Thuggee Guard

2 Orlando Bloom: Will Turner, Legolas

2 Lee Pace: Ronan the Accuser, Thranduil

2 Kenneth 'Kenny' Baker: R2-D2, Paploo

2 Johnny Depp: Jack Sparrow, Tonto

2 Helena Bonham Carter: Bellatrix Lestrange, Red

2 Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones, Han Solo

2 Gary Oldman: Sirius Black, Commissioner Gordon

2 Christopher Lee: Count Dooku, Saruman

2 Ben Kingsley: The Mandarin, Nizam

2 Rusty Goffe: Gonk Droid, Jawa

My list also contains 245 actors with one minifigure representation each.

Edited April 10, 2014 by figura

[adotnamedstud]

But what are their other characters? Chris Pratt is of course Emmet as well as Starlord, but do any of the other four portray more than one character depicted in official sets?

Since it's possible that we get DW sets Karen Gillian could add Amy Pond to her LEGO minifig representations

[Lance]

Add Chris Pratt (technically):

Emmet

Star Lord

Edit: Oh, he's been mentioned already.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Lance

[Blondie-Wan]

On the subject of voice actors, I would count them, but only in the case of a single actor portraying that character, or where the minifigure in question is based specifically off of one actor's portrayal.

For example, Chris Pratt would get two: one for Star-Lord (GOTG) and one for Emmet (TLM). Why count Emmet? Because no one else is Emmet but Chris Pratt.

However, the Joker does not count for Mark Hamill, because A) several people have portrayed the Joker, and B) none of the minifigs released were representations of his specific portrayal of the Joker. Even though they might seem to be based off of his BTAS appearance, unless is says so on the box I wouldn't count it.

Compare that to Batman, where Will Arnett would get a credit, because the Batman minifig in the TLM set is based off of his portrayal (even though its the same as other previous Batman figs). Why? While many actors have portrayed Batman, only Will Arnett did so for TLM (and therefore, the TLM set with Batman in it). Christian Bale also gets a Batman credit, since the Bane Tumbler Chase set says "The Dark Knight Rises" right there on the box, and so the minifig is based off of Bale's role in that movie.

Nick Fury is a tougher call, because the fig is not based off of him unless you trace it back through the comics and the whole retconning-Fury-to-be-black, etc. I would still say no, though, because while it may be patterned after his likeness, it wasn't until years later that he actually portrayed Nick Fury--and for the obvious catch that a Nick Fury minifig as portrayed by SLJ has yet to make an appearance in a set.

With all that in mind, you could almost add John-Rhys Davies with three appearances: Sallah (IJ), Gimli (LOTR), and Treebeard (LOTR) except that the ent in the Orthanc set is not named in any promotional materials; it is just an ent, not a specific one.

The same logic works against James Badge Dale (yes on LR, no on IM3), Hugo Weaving (yes on LOTR, no on Red Skull), Ian McKellen (yes on LOTR, no on X-Men), etc. Voice actor or not, if a minifig is based off of a specific actor's portrayal of a character, then it should count. Otherwise, (such as in the cases just mentioned) no.

I personally would count all the actors who've played a character who has been officially portrayed in LEGO, even if the LEGO version isn't necessarily based on that portrayal (so, for example, I'd include Mark Hamill as the Joker - the extant Joker minifigures may not be specifically based on his portrayal, but they're not specifically not based upon it, either, and can easily be seen as representing it).

That said, I also have to argue against including John Rhys-Davies for Sallah, for the less arguable, more clear-cut reason that there is not, in fact, any official minifigure of the character (unless we include the digital ones in the videogames, which I trust no one here wants to do). Unfortunately, not one of the Indiana Jones sets included either Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir or Marcus Brody, despite the fact both characters appeared in two films apiece out of the four.

Edited April 10, 2014 by Blondie-Wan

[rodiziorobs]

...I am still not entirely done researching but so far I have compiled this list: (snip)

If we are including voice actors (are we?), then add Clancy Brown for 3: Savage Oppress (SW:CW), Mr. Krabs (SBSP), and Dogpound (TMNT). Not to mention that he was also the voice of Lex Luthor in the LEGO DC Heroes video game, but since the game is based on the minifigs (and not the other way around) I wouldn't count that. He also voices several other characters that could easily be turned into minifigs eventually (Red Hulk--you can do it LEGO!), so his number might go up.

If TLG ever makes a Willow set (I've had a CUUSOO nostalgia project for this in the works for well over a year now, but never seem to get anywhere on it), then I think we can pretty much crown Warwick Davis the winner. Unless they licensed the Muppets, at which point Frank Oz--yes, another voice actor--would suddenly be in contention for the lead.

I personally would count all the actors who've played a character who has been officially portrayed in LEGO, even if the LEGO version isn't necessarily based on that portrayal (so, for example, I'd include Mark Hamill as the Joker - the extant Joker minifigures may not be specifically based on his portrayal, but they're not specifically not based upon it, either, and can easily be seen as representing it).

That said, I also have to argue against including John Rhys-Davies for Sallah, for the less arguable, more clear-cut reason that there is not, in fact, any official minifigure of the character (unless we include the digital ones in the videogames, which I trust no one here wants to do). Unfortunately, not one of the Indiana Jones sets included either Sallah Mohammed Faisel el-Kahir or Marcus Brody, despite the fact both characters appeared in two films apiece out of the four.

Oh, I thought there was actually a Sallah minifig. The IJ sets came out during my dark ages and I never went back to pick them up. Should have checked that first (sorry!)

With regards to the first part of your comment, I would have to disagree that any actor who ever played a character can take credit for a minifigure based on that character.

For example, Christopher Lloyd played Butch Cavendish in a Lone Ranger movie from the 80s, but I'm pretty sure the only minifig appearance we are willing to concede him is Doc Brown (BTTF). Maybe that is not what you meant with your comment, but it seems like that example would be just as valid as Mark Hamill's claim to the Joker based on what you said (which is why I think it should only count when based off of a specific portrayal of a character).

[Blondie-Wan]

Well, I would draw a distinction between Butch Cavendish in The Lone Ranger and the Joker in Batman / the DC Universe. LEGO's Lone Ranger line is entirely, specifically based upon the 2013 movie from Disney, so it would indeed not count as a Christopher Lloyd character(ization), since that early '80s movie and last year's are totally different entities. However, LEGO's Batman and DC lines aren't based specifically upon one incarnation or another, but rather upon the overall Batman / DC Universe "mythos," as it were, and draw upon a variety of sources for inspiration, including the original comics, the recent Chris Nolan / Christian Bale trilogy, Man of Steel and its forthcoming sequel, and other sources, including the animated series. The fact that there may not be one particular set or another that is specifically, directly based upon the animated series and solely upon it doesn't mean it's not based on it at all (indeed, LEGO's line includes characters who actually originated with the animated series - Harley Quinn was created for it, and only subsequently migrated to the comics and other media).

I would therefore count LEGO's Jokers as being representative of any / all versions of the Joker, with the exception of any who are specifically excluded from the line - that is, the '60s live-action TV show and movie, since Warner doesn't have the rights, and therefore LEGO doesn't get to use them. I would therefore consider none of LEGO's Jokers to represent the Cesar Romero Joker, at least not officially, but they could be argued to be at least tangentially representative of others, including Mark Hamill's, Heath Ledger's, and Jack Nicholson's.

[Blondie-Wan]

The key here, as I see it, is that even though those portrayals may be mutually exclusive of one another (i.e., the Nolan movies represent one continuity, the Burton / Schumacher movies represent another, the animated series and movies another, the comics another, the current new movie universe beginning with Man of Steel still another, etc.), they all feed into a shared overall Batman / DC mythology, and LEGO draws upon all of that as one big body, without worrying too much about being dedicated to just this incarnation or just that one. Everything in it is fair game (as long as it falls under WB's ownership), and LEGO itself does indeed draw upon it all together. Therefore, the character minifigures can be seen - not necessarily "are" or "have to be," but can be - as representing any and/or all of those varying interpretations.

In large part, it's up to the individual user to pick and choose just which bits of source canon are being portrayed, since it's LEGO and all (and that's fundamentally a part of the LEGO experience), and I personally choose to go with this interpretation.

Of course, to be really "official," none of the minifigures represent actors at all - just characters. There isn't an official LEGO minifigure in any line of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett or any of those others, just ones of the characters they portray (although one could argue there are minifigures that officially represent cast / crew members who worked on the first couple Spider-Man and Jurassic Park movies, since those had sets in the LEGO Studios line, but that's a whole other thing...).

Oh, and BTW...

If TLG ever makes a Willow set (I've had a CUUSOO nostalgia project for this in the works for well over a year now, but never seem to get anywhere on it), then I think we can pretty much crown Warwick Davis the winner. Unless they licensed the Muppets, at which point Frank Oz--yes, another voice actor--would suddenly be in contention for the lead.

Thanks for the heads-up on your Willow project; I haven't seen it yet, and I'd like one myself - I'm kind of a "holistic" Lucas / Lucasfilm fan, not one of just Star Wars and/or Indiana Jones, but really the whole shebang - I'd even love to have sets based on THX 1138, American Graffiti and The Secret of Monkey Island and such (not that I'd ever in a million years expect them to happen, of course). I'd occasionally even considered doing a Willow project myself, but I haven't gotten very far in planning, so I won't bother unless I come up with a totally different idea from your own. I'm going to CUUSOO now to find your project and vote for it. (I am submitting a different licensed project that will directly compete with someone else's version of the same thing, though, but that's a specific thing I'd been planning for months, and the person who submitted the other project has specifically recommended I go ahead and post my own version, even promising to vote for it, as I already have for his/hers.)

Frank Oz is more than a voice actor, of course, having physically portrayed Yoda, Fozzie, Miss Piggy and so on.

Edited April 11, 2014 by Blondie-Wan

[deskp]

To me voice actors does not count. And the actor-minifig conenction has to be direct.

Ian Mckellen should not get credited for Magneto for example

The connection should be that lego is trying to recreate what the actor looked like in the specific movie.

Edited April 11, 2014 by deskp