FanCasting Call: Mass Effect Movie
by karlmcgavin | created - 01 Aug 2014 | updated - 15 Aug 2014 | PublicI made a list like this a couple of years ago. However, a lot of things have changed so... this is a new and improved casting call for each main (and some not so main) characters in the Mass Effect universe.
I tried to put a cast together that would not only appease fans but would work real world as well, by that I mean I didn't just pick a bunch of A-listers.
Please, any and all comments are welcome.
WORK IN PROGRESS.
1. Tom Hardy
Actor | Inception
With his breakthrough performance as Eames in Christopher Nolan's sci-fi thriller Inception (2010), English actor Tom Hardy has been brought to the attention of mainstream audiences worldwide. However, the versatile actor has been steadily working on both stage and screen since his television debut...
Commander Shepard (Male): The only person who can save the Galaxy.
He has the acting chops which includes an impressive range. He's played Bane in Batman The Dark Knight Rises, a conman in Inception and a bootlegger in Lawless, not bad. He's young and in a couple years when this movie might start production he could be on the short list of A-Listers that could play the part.
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3
2. Charlize Theron
Producer | Monster
Charlize Theron was born in Benoni, a city in the greater Johannesburg area, in South Africa, the only child of Gerda Theron (née Maritz) and Charles Theron. She was raised on a farm outside the city. Theron is of Afrikaner (Dutch, with some French Huguenot and German) descent, and Afrikaner ...
Commander Shepard (Female): The only person who can save the galaxy.
I would love to see a female Shepard. With that said Charlize would be the perfect fit. She has the acting chops and is familiar with the sci-fi genre. She could become this generations Ellen Ripley (Alien).
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3
3. Oscar Isaac
Actor | Ex Machina
Oscar Isaac was born Óscar Isaac Hernández Estrada in Guatemala, to a Guatemalan mother, María Eugenia, and a Cuban father, Oscar Gonzalo Hernández-Cano, a pulmonologist. Oscar was raised in Miami, Florida. Before he became an actor, he played lead guitar and sang vocals in his band the Blinking ...
Lt. Kaidan Alenko: Mild mannered and by the book Lt. with powerful mental powers which cause occasional migraines. Also a possible love interest for female Shepard.
Mass Effect 1*, 2** and 3
*Could die in ME 1
**Only a small cameo in ME 2
4. Ginnifer Goodwin
Actress | Zootopia
Ginnifer Goodwin was born Jennifer Michelle Goodwin on May 22, 1978, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Linda (Kantor), a doctor of educational technology, and Tim Goodwin, a musician and the owner of Memphis Sound Productions recording studio. Ginnifer graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School in 1996 and ...
Sgt Ashley Williams: A rough and tough space Marine. Headstrong, quick to action and slightly xenophobic towards aliens. Also a possible love interest for male Shepard.
Mass Effect 1*, 2** and 3
*Could die in ME 1
**Only a cameo in ME 2
5. Damian Lewis
Actor | Band of Brothers
Damian Lewis was born on February 11, 1971, in St. John's Wood, London, England, to Charlotte Mary (Bowater), from an upper-class background, and J. Watcyn Lewis, a city broker whose own parents were Welsh. He was raised on Abbey Road in London until the age of 8 with his siblings Gareth, William, ...
Garrus Vakarian: Alien ex-cop tired of the red tape, goins Shepard's group with hopes of making a difference. Shepard's best friend. Also a possible love interest for female Shepard.
Mass Effect 1, 2* and 3
*Could die in ME2
6. Vera Farmiga
Actress | Up in the Air
Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).
She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, ...
Tali'Zorah vas Normandy: Part of a Nomad race that created agessive AI. Talented engineer though slightly naive. Also a possible love interest for male Shepard.
Mass Effect 1, 2* and 3
*Could die in ME2
7. Zoe Saldana
Actress | Avatar
Zoe Saldana was born on June 19, 1978 in Passaic, New Jersey, to Asalia Nazario and Aridio Saldaña. Her father was Dominican and her mother is Puerto Rican. She was raised in Queens, New York. When she was 10 years old, she and her family moved to the Dominican Republic, where they would live for ...
Liara T'Soni: Part of an all "female" race. A archaeologist now a information broker. Also a possible love interest for both male or female Shepard.
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3
8. Mark Strong
Actor | 1917
British actor Mark Strong, who played Jim Prideaux in the 2011 remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), is often cast as cold, calculating villains. But before he became a famous actor, he intended to pursue a career in law.
Strong was born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London, England, to an ...
Saren: A rouge alien Specter (Spec Ops) who hates humans and is the main antagonist in ME1
Mass Effect 1*
*Dies in ME1
9. Yvonne Strahovski
Actress | Stateless
Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born and raised in Australia. Her parents were Polish immigrants. She attended the Santa Sabina College for her high school education. She then went on to study Performance at the University of Western Sydney's School of Contemporary Arts, graduating in 2003. ...
Miranda Lawson: Genetically altered special agent for the Illusive Man. Possible love interest for male Shepard. Ms. Lawson is modeled and after and voiced by Ms. Strahovski in the game as well.
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME2
** Only cameos in ME 3
10. Anthony Mackie
Actor | The Hurt Locker
Anthony Mackie is an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Martha (Gordon) and Willie Mackie, Sr., who owned a business, Mackie Roofing. Anthony has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, ...
Jacob Taylor: Ex special forces, now a top special agent of the Illusive Man. Also a possible love intrest for female Shepard.
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME2
** Only Cameos in ME3
11. Elliot Page
Actor | Juno
Elliot Page was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia to Martha Philpotts, a teacher, and Dennis Page, a graphic designer. Page wanted to start acting at an early age and attended the Neptune Theater School. They began their career at the age of 10 on the award-winning television series Pit Pony (1999), for...
Jack (Subect Zero): Ex-con and test subject used by the Illusive Man. Untrusting and slightly unstable. Possible love interest for male Shepard.
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME2
**Only cameos in ME3
12. Seth Green
Actor | Robot Chicken
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke...
Jeff "Joker" Moreau: The quick witted pilot of the Normandy, also has Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). Joker in voiced by Seth Green in the game as well.
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 ” - karlmcgavin
13. Jim Parsons
Actor | The Big Bang Theory
Having grown up in Houston, and its northern suburb of Spring, he made his first stage appearance in a school play at the age of 6. Parsons then went on to study theater at the University of Houston. From there he won a place on a two-year Masters course in classical theater at the University of ...
Mordin Solus: Alien scientist and ex special forces, now a pro-bono doctor in the slums. One of the scientists that modified bio-wepon that has devastated the Krogen.
Mass Effect 2* and 3*
*Could die in ME 2 and ME 3, only cameos in ME3
14. Benedict Cumberbatch
Actor | The Imitation Game
Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch was born and raised in London, England. His parents, Wanda Ventham and Timothy Carlton (born Timothy Carlton Congdon Cumberbatch), are both actors. He is a grandson of submarine commander Henry Carlton Cumberbatch, and a great-grandson of diplomat Henry Arnold ...
Thane Krios: A deeply spiritual elite assassin with a eidetic memory and a terminal disease. Afriad that his son will try to folow his path. Possible love intrest for female Shepard.
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could Die in ME 2
**Dies in ME 3, cameo only in ME3
15. Keith David
Actor | The Princess and the Frog
Keith David is a classically trained actor, winning 3 Emmys out of 6 nominations as well as being nominated for a Tony award. He starred in the recently concluded TV series "Greenleaf" for Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Upcoming films include "Horizon Line" with Allison Williams ("Get Out") and "...
Captin David Anderson: Shepard’s father figure and highly decorated military member. Could become humanities representative on Council depending on Shepards decision at the end of ME1. Leader of human resistance in ME3.
Mass Effect 1, 2* and 3
*Only a cameo
16. Jason Momoa
Actor | Aquaman
Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa was born on August 1, 1979, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is the son of Coni (Lemke), a photographer, and Joseph Momoa, a painter. His father is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan descent; and his mother, who is from Iowa, is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Jason ...
Lt. James Vega: Head strong Lt., weapons expert and Shepards right hand man after the events of ME2"
Mass Effect 3
17. Tricia Helfer
Actress | Battlestar Galactica
Tricia Helfer is a Canadian cover girl model-turned-actress who has developed her resume beyond the catwalk to include many diverse roles highlighting her versatile and natural screen presence. Best known as the face of the series, and for her Leo award-winning lead performance as the humanoid, ...
EDI: AI for the new and improved Normandy (Shepard's Ship). EDI converts from an disembodied voice in ME 2 to a artifcial body in ME3. EDI in voiced by Tricia Helfer in the game as well
Mass Effect 2 and 3
18. D.C. Douglas
Actor | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
D.C. Douglas has built a fascinating and unconventional acting career spanning stage, screen, and the world of video games since 1985.
On the big and small screens, D.C. has made memorable appearances in peculiar and cult indie films like Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) and Black Ops (2008), ...
Legion (voice): Member of a hive AI known as the Geth. The platform known as Legion contains 1138 Geth "programs". Legion wants pease between the Geth and "organics". Legion is voiced by D.C. Douglas in the game as well.
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME2, **Dies in ME3, only cameos
19. Alan Arkin
Actor | Argo
Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.
He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to...
Charles Pressly: The Navigator/XO aboard the Normandy, extremely loyal to Shepard. Slightly xenophobic towards aliens.
Mass Effect 1, 2*
*Dies in ME2
20. Frances McDormand
Actress | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Frances Louise McDormand was born on June 23, 1957, in Gibson City, Illinois. She was adopted by Canadian-born parents Noreen Eloise (Nickleson), a nurse from Ontario, and Rev. Vernon Weir McDormand, a Disciples of Christ minister from Nova Scotia, who raised her in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. She ...
Dr. Chakwas: The head medical doctor on bored the Normandy. Outgoing and extremely loyal to Shepard. Dr. Chakwas is voiced by Frances McDormand in the game as well.
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3*
*Could be replaced in ME3
21. Bruce Greenwood
Actor | Star Trek
Bruce Greenwood was born on August 12, 1956 in Noranda, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Star Trek (2009), Thirteen Days (2000) and I, Robot (2004). He has been married to Susan Devlin since 1985. They have one child.
Illusive Man: Leader of Cerberus, a human extremist group, very self righteous and self proclaimed protector of the human race.
Mass Effect 2 and 3*
*Dies in ME3
22. Ben Kingsley
Actor | Sexy Beast
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during ...
Ambassador Udina: Human Ambassador to the Council. Sees others as a means to an end. Holds a resentment towards Shepard and Captin Anderson. Could become humanities representative on Council depending on Shepards decision at the end of ME1.
Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3*
*Could die in ME3
23. Lance Henriksen
Actor | Aliens
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have allowed him to stretch...
Admiral Steven Hackett: Leader of Earth's military forces. Admiral Hackett is voiced by Mr. Henriksen in the game as well.
Mass Effect 1*, 2* and 3
*Only cameos
24. Assaad Bouab
Actor | Dix pour cent
Assaad was born in July 1980 in Aurillac, France. His mother is French, and his father is Moroccan. He grew up in Rabat, Morocco, and, in 1998 he left his home town and family to go to Paris and start acting lessons in the Cours Florent. In 2006, Assaad graduated from the prestigious National ...
Zaeed Massani: Feared and respected throughout galaxy as a top tier bounty hunter and mercenary. Signs up with Shepard for the money but it soon turns into a chance to finally stand for something. This Charter in only available in downloadable content (DLC)
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME2
**Only cameos
25. Bingbing Fan
Actress | X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bingbing Fan was born 16 September 1981. She is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer.
Fan rose to fame in Asia in 1998-1999 with the mega-hit TV series My Fair Princess. In 2003, she starred in Cell Phone, which became the highest-grossing Chinese film of the year, winning a Hundred...
Kasumi Gato: The galaxy's most enigmatic thief and master of stealth and infiltration. This Charter in only available in downloadable content (DLC)
Mass Effect 2* and 3**
*Could die in ME 2
**Only cameos
26. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Actor | Farming
Born and raised in London, England, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje began his career as a model in Milan. He graduated with a masters degree in Law from London's prestigious Kings College, before moving to Los Angeles to make the transition to acting. Fluent in several languages, including English, ...
Jarvik: The last member of a once proud race know as the Protheans. An excellent warrior with the ability to sense the feelings "imprinted" on his surrondings. This Charter in only available in downloadable content (DLC)
Mass Effect 3
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