Underrated actors: Titus Welliver

A while back I was watching the Pilot of the new Tv-Series "Touch", and as Titus Welliver's character appeared, I realized this is an actor I really appreciate, although I've never really thought about it much. Here's a man who's appeared in numerous movies and tv-shows, but never really been the star of the movie (please correct me if I'm wrong).



Although never having a huge lead role, I'm always amazed by his intensity, and often find myself loving the characters he plays. Just a few days later, I was watching an old episode of X-Files (well, they're all old by now, but a really, really old one) and there he was again. So here's a list of a few movies/tv-shows he's appeared in that I'd recommend taking a look at. I emphasize that this post is about underrated actors, so my recommandations are solely based on the actors parts in the movies/tv-shows:

Titus Welliver


as Randall Meade in "Touch"

Appeared in two of the episodes, and has been one of the highlights of the show for me so far. Still too early for me to make a verdict of the show on a whole, but love his scenes in it.

as Jimmy O'Phelan in "Sons of Anarchy"



As one of the Irish bad guys in the FX hit show Sons of Anarchy, Titus has probably pissed off a lot of people, but still gotta love the part.

as Officer Jake Lowery in "Brooklyn South"


The first show I can remember him from, this cop-drama from... you guessed it, Brooklyn, was cancelled after one show. Still one of my fave cop shows, though.

as Doug Spinney in "The X-Files: Darkness Falls (Episode 1.19)"



Poor special effects aside, a very good episode of X-Files. One of those episodes I still remembered bits and pieces from still many, many years after watching it for the first time.

Besides these few examples, he's also taken part in a lot of quality stuff, such as "Gone Baby Gone", "The Town", episodes of "Third Watch" and "Life"... He also played the character of Redneck in Bar in the 1990 movie Navy Seals... right.

As a little bonus, here's a clip where Titus is having some fun with Kevin Pollak:



Hopefully this'll be the first of more posts on underrated actors. Stay tuned