10 Iconic Horror Actors In Real Life
4. Xenomorph In Alien - Bolaji Badejo
An unlikely hero of the xenomorph variety, Bolaji Badejo's first and only film role was in the horror masterpiece that is Alien, in which he plays the titular terrifying creature in all its drooling glory. Packed into the xenomorph costume by Ridley Scott after being discovered in a pub in Soho, the reason for hiring him was what seems to be the norm in these monster castings - Badejo was exceptionally tall.
The man himself was a graphic designer, and had no real intentions of moving in on the film industry until he was picked up for this job. After he'd done his part defining horror for generations to come, he packed up his bags and moved back to his birth country of Nigeria to open an art gallery. As if being a giant rubber alien burning through the crew of the Nostromo is just all in a days work...