The Best Actors On The New Twilight Zone

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Updated October 31, 2023 796 votes 86 voters
Over 80 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Actors On The New Twilight Zone
Voting Rules
Vote up the actors who stood out the best on episodes of the newest version of The Twilight Zone.
Latest additions: Jessica Williams, Steve Harris, Zibby Allen
Most divisive: Glenn Flesher

The actors appearing on the latest revival of The Twilight Zone include some of Hollywood's favorite stars. Following in the footsteps of some of television's most memorable guest stars, they deliver the same dramatic mix of thriller, horror, fantasy, and science fiction as their predecessors, taking the new Twilight Zone into the modern era.

The actors on the new Twilight Zone include some of the funniest people of all time, turning their considerable skills to the dramatic, and celebrities who should be A-listers as well as underrated and new talents. Vote up the stars from the latest episodes of The Twilight Zone that shone the brightest.

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  • Ethan Embry
    1

    Ethan Embry

    Can't Hardly Wait, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, Empire Records
    21 votes
    • Age: 45
    • Birthplace: Huntington Beach, California, USA

    Episode: "The Who of You"

    Ethan Philan Randall (born June 13, 1978), known by his stage name Ethan Embry, is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Pete Murphy in Sneaky Pete, Russell "Rusty" Griswold in Vegas Vacation, Mark in Empire Records, Agent Toby Grant in Eagle Eye, Preston Meyers in Can't Hardly Wait, Greg Mendell in Once Upon a Time and as Declan Giggs on the Showtime television series Brotherhood. More recently, he has played Coyote in Grace and Frankie on Netflix and guest starred as Carter in an episode of AMC's The Walking Dead.
  • Steven Yeun
    2

    Steven Yeun

    The Walking Dead, The Legend of Korra, I Origins
    35 votes
    • Age: 39
    • Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

    Episode: "A Traveler"

    Steven Yeun (born December 21, 1983) is a Korean-American actor and voice actor. He is known for his role as Glenn Rhee on AMC's horror drama television series The Walking Dead. Yeun has also appeared in many short and feature films, and has done video game and cartoon voiceovers.
  • Greg Kinnear
    3

    Greg Kinnear

    Little Miss Sunshine, As Good as It Gets, You've Got Mail
    29 votes
    • Age: 60
    • Birthplace: Logansport, Indiana, USA

    Episode: "A Traveler"

    Gregory Buck Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an American actor and television personality. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in As Good as It Gets (1997). Kinnear has appeared in many popular films, including Sabrina (1995), You've Got Mail (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Someone like You (2001), We Were Soldiers (2002), Auto Focus (2002), Stuck on You (2003), Robots (2005), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Invincible (2006), Green Zone (2010), The Last Song (2010), Heaven Is for Real (2014), and television roles, such as Friends, Talk Soup, The Kennedys, Modern Family and Rake.
  • Chris O'Dowd
    4

    Chris O'Dowd

    Calvary, St. Vincent, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
    24 votes
    • Age: 44
    • Birthplace: Sligo, Ireland

    Episode: "The Blue Scorpion"

    Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian, best known for his television roles such as Miles Daly in the Epix comedy series Get Shorty and Roy Trenneman in the Channel 4 comedy The IT Crowd. O'Dowd created and starred in the Sky 1 television series Moone Boy, which aired between 2012 and 2015, earning O'Dowd Irish Film and Television Award nominations in acting, writing and directing. He had a recurring role on the comedy-drama series Girls. Thanks to his role in the British comedy TV series State of the Union, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. O'Dowd is also known for his film roles, including Bridesmaids (2011), This Is 40 (2012), The Sapphires (2012), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Calvary (2014), and St. Vincent (2014). He made his Broadway debut in the play adaptation of Of Mice and Men in 2014, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.
  • Adam Scott
    5

    Adam Scott

    Parks and Recreation, Knocked Up, Step Brothers
    44 votes
    • Age: 50
    • Birthplace: Santa Cruz, California, USA

    Episode: "Nightmare at 30,000 Feet"

    Adam Paul Scott (born April 3, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster. He is known for his role as Ben Wyatt in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series in 2013. He has also appeared as Derek in the film Step Brothers, Johnny Meyer in The Aviator, Henry Pollard in the Starz sitcom Party Down, Ed Mackenzie in the HBO series Big Little Lies, Adam Yates, Jr. in Hot Tub Time Machine 2, and Trevor in the NBC series The Good Place.
  • Jenna Elfman
    6

    Jenna Elfman

    Dharma & Greg, Friends with Benefits, Edtv
    14 votes
    • Age: 52
    • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

    Episode: "A Human Face"

    Jennifer Mary "Jenna" Elfman (née Butala; born September 30, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her performances in television comedies. Her first leading role was in the short-lived ABC sitcom Townies in 1996, before making her film debut in the 1997 comedy Grosse Pointe Blank. Elfman is best known for her leading role as Dharma on the ABC sitcom Dharma & Greg (1997-2002), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1999, and was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Later, she went to star in the films Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), Dr. Dolittle (1998), EDtv (1999), Keeping the Faith (2000), Town & Country (2001), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) and Big Stone Gap (2014). Elfman made her return to series television with a leading role in the CBS sitcom Courting Alex in 2006, it was cancelled after one season. She went on to star in the sitcoms Accidentally on Purpose (2009–10), 1600 Penn (2012–13), Growing Up Fisher (2014), and Imaginary Mary (2017); all were cancelled after single seasons. She had a recurring role in the FX legal drama Damages in 2012, and in 2018 is a series regular on the AMC horror drama Fear the Walking Dead.