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Hello film people,

Does anyone know who played the admiral in the deleted briefing scene from "Event Horizon"? I cannot find this anywhere even though the scene itself has been published as a DVD extra. Have tried several search engines.

Screenshot of the actor attached below.

(BTW don't bother using AI as they bullshit about this, claiming it is three different actors who all played different roles, while simultaneously claiming the scene was never filmed at all. AI worse than useless, it just confidently gives wrong and contradictory info as always.)

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in reply to FediThing

I've looked through every source that I know of and I can't find a name. I don't recognize him from anything else I've seen. It might be worth looking through cast lists from other Paul W.S. Anderson films. Directors often like to use the same actors in multiple projects.
in reply to FediThing

Not a direct answer, but hope it helps find the actor.
From the description in this fan page the character's name is Admiral Hollis
eventhorizonfilm.fandom.com/wi…
That info lead me to this page in the Internet Archive that under the LYLE AND HOLLIS section notes the scene is on the Blu-Ray version extended scenes
web.archive.org/web/2023120600…

Perhaps the actor details are listed on the Blu-Ray.

in reply to FediThing

Someone commented "Hey, it's that guy who played JFK in Red Dwarf", which if true would be mubi.com/en/cast/michael-j-sha…
in reply to jelte

@jelte It does look like him, thanks so much!

(But this makes it weirder in a way as it's not listed on any of his filmographies and there's absolutely nothing on search engines about him in connection with Event Horizon. It's very odd!)