Is it possible for an actor/actress to .....

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[Dr. Evil]

it's happened before, so yeah it's possible.

 

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[Dr. Evil]

example?

David Schwimmer played Ross Gellar on Friends and then a guy names Russ in the same episode.

 

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[Dr. Evil]

I don't know if that has ever happened.

 

[RaZaTrOn]

David Schwimmer played Ross Gellar on Friends and then a guy names Russ in the same episode.

Don't forget Lisa Kudrow, she played both Ursala and Phoebe quite often.

Anyway i don't think it's ever happened same person two shows same time.
Unless one was filmed way back is it even possible? I'm not too sure.

 

[JackBauer]

Lead on two shows? Unless we're talking two half hour shows, I'd say that's pretty damn unlikely. You could probably have a lead on one show be a regular supporting character on a spin-off, but even then...

 

[superhero]

i know micheal j fox play on family ties then later on he play in spin city. he was lead actor in both shows.

 

[Prison Mike]

Meredith Vierra is the host of The Today Show (co-anchor) and host of Who Wants to be a Millionaire...

 

[Sawyer]

Kristin Kreuk did Smallville and Edgemont simultaneously.

 

[Shifty]

Is it possible for an actor/actress to be a lead character on more than one show.

Lets use ....idk Eliza Dushku for example now.(since Dollhouse is the only show im watching on tv now)

If Tru calling were still on, could She portay Tru Davies and Echo at the same time?

Not likely. It would confuse viewers for one thing if Fox was advertising Tru Calling and Dollhouse. The actor would be exhausted and there would be too many conflicts with 44 episodes over the same filming period.

Dushku could probably do an half hour animated series and a live action show.

Will Arnett is looking at having an animated series on Fox and then a live action comedy as well. Which could be done since if you look at the amount of voice time certain characters get on The Simpsons or Family Guy, you could be done in a half hour and have done multiple episodes.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

i know micheal j fox play on family ties then later on he play in spin city. he was lead actor in both shows.

That's not in any way what the original poster was asking, he wanted to know about an actor playing the lead in two series at the same time, not over ten years apart.

I don't think an actor could play the lead in two hour long shows at the same time, maybe an hour show and a half hour show or two half hours, but most hour long shows take 7 or 8 days to film, sometimes up to 10 days for an action show. The actor just wouldn't have enough time.

 

[KenK]

Maybe a sitcom for the same network, where the likelihood is higher that the shows are filmed in the same or close proximity studios, but beyond that, I can image it would be too demanding to be the lead in two major television shows at the same time, if you factor in location shooting, and the duration of the shoot.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I assume you don't count animation, as Seth Macfarlane and Co. would be the easy answer.

Kristin Kreuk as previously mentioned is a good example of this only being possible across separate countries, otherwise the US networks would have a sh** over their stars being in multiple shows.

 

[GL1]

Being a Lead in an hour-long television show is a full time job. And not like "parenting is a full time job" which it is, but an actual bonafide, you have to be there and give it your all 40+ hours a week or don't come at all.

The closest example I can think of is when Smallville and The Fog were being filmed at the same time. Tom Welling ("Clark") had a month where he got between 2 and 5 hours of sleep on any given evening. The entire rest of his existence was filled with traveling and filming (food in the car or eating would cut into his 2 hrs of sleep). This was only possible because the two production companies wanted to work together AND the Fog tended to film night scenes while Smallville tended to film daytime scenes.

So as such, I'd have to say it is definitely NOT possible for one person to headline two different hour long dramas at once. Scheduling conflicts (one show can't shoot the love scene because the actor's shooting an action scene right now), actor fatigue (we're talking about 80 work weeks at this point) make it virtually impossible. Now, when you talk about things that are less demanding, like being a recurring character in another show, or doing a cartoon, or a half hour sitcom, then you start to get closer to the realm of possibility - ONLY if the two production companies work together seamlessly.

Now, if a single production company is shooting two different shows, then perhaps you have something. Probably not, but perhaps.

Short version: The main problem is scheduling. Any two-show deal will break down as soon as both of the shows have a 3:00PM scene to shoot.

 

[Sawyer]

I assume you don't count animation, as Seth Macfarlane and Co. would be the easy answer.

Kristin Kreuk as previously mentioned is a good example of this only being possible across separate countries, otherwise the US networks would have a sh** over their stars being in multiple shows.

I doubt animation counts, since a voice actor could probably do three different series on the same day without leaving the recording studio they're in.

 

[Jack O Lantern]

Being a Lead in an hour-long television show is a full time job. And not like "parenting is a full time job" which it is, but an actual bonafide, you have to be there and give it your all 40+ hours a week or don't come at all.

The closest example I can think of is when Smallville and The Fog were being filmed at the same time. Tom Welling ("Clark") had a month where he got between 2 and 5 hours of sleep on any given evening. The entire rest of his existence was filled with traveling and filming (food in the car or eating would cut into his 2 hrs of sleep). This was only possible because the two production companies wanted to work together AND the Fog tended to film night scenes while Smallville tended to film daytime scenes.

So as such, I'd have to say it is definitely NOT possible for one person to headline two different hour long dramas at once. Scheduling conflicts (one show can't shoot the love scene because the actor's shooting an action scene right now), actor fatigue (we're talking about 80 work weeks at this point) make it virtually impossible. Now, when you talk about things that are less demanding, like being a recurring character in another show, or doing a cartoon, or a half hour sitcom, then you start to get closer to the realm of possibility - ONLY if the two production companies work together seamlessly.

Now, if a single production company is shooting two different shows, then perhaps you have something. Probably not, but perhaps.

Short version: The main problem is scheduling. Any two-show deal will break down as soon as both of the shows have a 3:00PM scene to shoot.

He did that for THE FOG I mean I understand Michael J. Fox doing it for Back to the Future but... geez THE FOG!