12 Actors You Probably Forgot Were On Heroes
Save the cheerleader, save the world and see if you remember any of these actors showing up.
It's been nearly a decade since NBC's Heroes burst onto the scene with its stellar first season, and five years since it limped to the finish line of its four-season run. Despite its initial status as a critical darling and ratings success, the show's forcibly truncated second season - resulting from the 2008 Writer's Guild Strike - put the series into a rut that it never recovered from.
Throughout its time on the air, Heroes had a huge cast of characters that many still remember, from series mainstays like Hiro, the Petrellis, Claire, "HRG" and, of course, Sylar, to memorable minor characters like The Haitian. Its roster of characters, many of whom were often dealing with their own storylines, meant that the supporting cast was expansive.
To fill it out, the series frequently brought notable guest stars like George Takei and Malcolm McDowell into the fold for some of its biggest stories, but they weren't the only ones. Littered among the regulars were a number of other recognisable actors from the past, as well as others (often in small, throwaway roles) who would later find bigger success post-Heroes.
With the series set to return later this year as Heroes Reborn, Heroes and its characters are soon to be back on people's minds, but if you haven't seen the show since its initial run, no one will blame you for possibly forgetting that the following 12 actors were part of the series...
11. Ray Park
Who He Played: Edgar, the knife-wielding member of the Sullivan Bros. Carnival in Season 4.
Where You Know Him From: As Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Why You Forgot He Was On Heroes: Though the show made decent use of his martial arts talents across his few appearances through the final season, it's easy to overlook that Ray Park himself was on it.
Between how forgettable the show had tended to be by the end of its run, its dramatic loss in viewership and the fact that Park's most well-known roles involved obscuring his face with make-up or masks - whether it's as Maul, Toad in the original X-Men film or as Snake Eyes in the live-action G.I. Joe films - many casual viewers probably didn't even realise who they were seeing.