Sci-Fi TV shows just recycle the same group of actors

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/11908918

After finally getting into sci-fi over the past few years, I have recognized many faces appearing in several different series. So I searched IMDb for the the sci-fi shows that I have watched, copied down the names of the case, added them to a spreadsheet, and counted how many of these TV shows that each of these actors appeared in.

Here are the ten actors who appeared in the most number of TV shows:

1. Mike Dopud: 9
   
   
2. Brian Markinson: 7
   
   
3. Thomas Kopache: 7
   
   
4. Aleks Paunovic: 6
   
   
5. Erick Avari: 6
   
   
6. Majel Barrett: 6
   
   
7. Paul Lazenby: 6
   
   
8. Roger Cross: 6
   
   
9. Scott MacDonald: 6
   
   
10. Zak Santiago: 6
    
    

full table of actors in more than one series

Shows included in data:

• Babylon 5
• Battlestar Galactica
• Caprica
• Continuum
• Dark Matter
• Eureka
• Star Trek
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Star Trek: Discovery
• Star Trek: Enterprise
• Star Trek: Picard
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Star Trek: Voyager
• Stargate Atlantis
• Stargate SG-1
• Stargate Universe
• The Expanse
• The Twilight Zone
• The X-Files
• Warehouse 13
• Westworld