This week’s feature is on one giant nerd/actor: Sam Witwer. Witwer is a young actor whose credentials are out of every nerd’s wet dream. Though he is mostly known for playing Doomsday in this past season of Smallville, Witwer has been in many of sci-fi’s big name franchises. He was the voice and design for Starkiller in Lucasarts’ The Force Unleashed and played the role of Crashdown in Battlestar Galactica. When asked by the media why he enjoys working in the science fiction/fantasy genre, he responds by proclaiming himself a geek for this kind of stuff.
I suppose Witwer’s most memorable role would be as The Apprentice a.k.a Starkiller from The Force Unleashed. However, he has kept a bit of a low profile in Hollywood. Basically just appearing momentarily in hit TV series seems to be all he is comfortable with as he has been briefly seen in such popular shows such as C.S.I, Dexter and Star Trek. Unfortunately, his IMDB does not proclaim him to be in any upcoming TV shows.
Sam’s venture into video games has not been narrowed into one title for Lucasarts. He voiced Starkiller in his appearance in Soul Caliber and played the character of Jason in SuckerPunch’s superhero game Infamous. Hopefully the planets will align and Witwer manages to land awesome roles in more AAA titles. Granted this would not give him more exposure as an actor, but it certainly could widen his fan-base quite a bit. More fans is not something that would be bad for a guy like Sam as I am sure he is just as much of a nerd for them as he is for the projects that he works on.
