10 Actors Who Played The Same Character A Ridiculous Number Of Times
9. Leonard Nimoy As Spock 8 Times
The Films: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1982), Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Putting Leonard Nimoy in the Star Trek reboot was a stroke of genius. Telling die-hard Trekkies (or Trekkers, or whatever) their beloved series hadnt been forgotten and at the very least making it clear to everyone else this wasnt just a cheap cash-in and worth your time, his extended cameo did leave a major question over why young Kirk and Spock didnt try and sneak out info about their future. Star Trek Into Darkness dealt with that brilliantly. Already steeped in references to Wrath Of Khan, Nimoys in-plot exposition appearance was the cherry on a cake already iced thick with geek glory. It also pushed his movie appearance count as the half-vulcan, half-human up to eight and fully deserving of a place on this list; he also starred in all six Original Series movies alongside William Shatner et al. And with Star Trek 3 in the planning (although without Abrams the dreaded odd-number curse could easily return) that number could still increase. It looks like Spock is really living long and prospering (yes, I went there).
