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Russell Tovey
Well this one’s fairly obvious, isn’t it? Russell played George in Being Human and the pure-hearted Midshipman Frame, last skipper of the Titanic, in Doctor Who. He was then subsequently picked up in a bar (with the Tenth Doctor’s assistance) by Captain Jack Harkness and whisked away for, well, never you mind. He’s also in astonishing TV comedies Gavin & Stacey, and Him & Her, has appeared in movies such as The History Boys and Huge. But just you wait until you see his stunning appearance in Sherlock Season 2.
Lenora Critchlow
Another fairly high-profile crossover here. Annie from Being Human is also Cheen, Martha Jones’s travelling companion in the Who story Gridlock. Lenora’s first big British role was in the pre-Skins teen drama Sugar Rush, where she played Sugar, the wild child love interest in a story of a young girl’s sexual awakening. The anti-Annie, in other words.
Sinead Keenan
This clip seems relevant, in that Sinead – who gives such a convincing performance as the strident English nurse Nina that a lot of people had no idea of her true accent – gives tips on the actor’s life, and maybe that middle bit, the bit about finding a job that doesn’t eke away at your soul, is the key detail to remember when you consider that her starring role in Doctor Who was as the cactus-headed alien Addams, from whose ship the Tenth Doctor plummets to Earth in his final adventure The End of Time. Either that or she just REALLY wanted to meet David Tennant.
Dean Lennox Kelly
An unforgettable turn as the bearded William Shakespeare in Doctor Who, all flirty and charming, and another remarkable role in Being Human as the roguish werewolf Tully, the man who teaches George the practicalities of dealing with his condition, but also makes a thorough pest of himself in doing so. Dean’s next role will be the voice of John Lennon, another loveable rogue, in the remake of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine.
Donald Sumpter
Veteran actor Donald is always brought in to British dramas to add a touch of queasy charisma, often with evil intent. His astonishing turn as Kemp, the man with the werewolf ‘cure’ in Being Human follows a long and distinguished dramatic career, including appearances in TV dramas such as Merlin, MI5, Game of Thrones, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and movies like Enigma and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. And he appeared in two Doctor Who stories, going way back into the earliest days of the show. He’s Enrico Casali in the Second Doctor’s Cyberman adventure The Wheel In Space, and Commander Ridgeway, assisting the Third Doctor against The Sea Devils (about 5:45 in this clip).
BEST FACT OF ALL: Donald Sumpter also makes an appearance in the Robin Williams movie Being Human. He wins!
Tune in for the season premiere of Being Human Saturday, February 25 at 9/8c on BBC America.
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There is also Alex Price. He was Gilbert, the ghost from the 1980′s on Being Human and he was in the Matt Smith-era episode “The Vampires of Venice” as Francesco.
You could expand this to the whole Whoverse and include Kai Owen and Bryan Dick (both Torchwood). There are probably many more, but these are the only ones I can think of from the top of my head!
You could also say the hospital, which starred in Matt Smith’s first episode, and also starred as the hospital Nina, George and Mitchell got jobs in after moving to Barry.
If that’s the case, Nina, George and Mitchell may have worked with Rory.
Two characters from Being Human also appeared in the episode of Doctor Who, ‘Blink!’ They were Lucy Gaskell and Louis Mahoney who played Sam (Georges girlfriend) and Leo (old werewolf) in Being Human and also played Kathy Nightingale and old Billy in ‘Blink!’.
Did not realise about Nina being in Doctor Who, thought I would have noticed that one and I had absolutely no idea that Shakespeare was played by Tully. Knew the others though.
DLK threw me for a loop!
I forgot about Kai’s guest spot, but it had me ROFLMAO! (Doctor’s new companion? Leave Gwen behind to watch the kids and Jack, while Rhys and 11 kick some Cyber/Dalek ass across the universe! If he can hold his own against Jack, he could be the new Roricus!)
This season of BH has featured Blink’s “Old Billy” as Poppy suggested and now Mark Williams (aka Arthur Weasley), who was the vampire Chronicler and spotted on the first day of filming for DW 7.1!
wow, bbc? what did you do????!!!!, ive been bragging to all my friends how much better your “Being Human” series is then the american version, then you killed off my george and nena, what the!? although I do like the new wolf and vampire, its going to be an adjustment…..sad you changed the characters up so dramatically.DONT TOUCH MY GHOST, SHES PRECIOUS!!!!!
The series premier of BBC’s Being Human is a million times better that the US version I was worried with the changes. But well done!
like i said on the Whithouse interview thread , ease up with the “American version ” bashing . I like both series ; I just think they’re written/produced differently for the two different audiences .
) u know the Blonde or Eve ! ( homage to Eve Myles ?? ) could mistakenly time travel with Annie to Sally’s ” universe ” . I can hear the ” Why is she wearing my clothes !! ” now lol
What should worry American fans is that this cast-changing could be a harbinger for what will happen in the Sci-Fi show . Their vampire and werewolf are already being set up with an increasing number of enemies and reasons for those enemies to want them dead … Ok maybe we should have a crossover series with just Sally and Annie