G’bye to G’Kar

Via Sci-Fi.com: Babylon 5’s Katsulas Dies

Andreas Katsulas, the character actor known to SF fans as G’Kar on Babylon 5 and a familiar face from Star Trek and other SF&F TV shows, died Feb. 13 of lung cancer in Los Angeles, his agent, Donna Massetti, confirmed to SCI FI Wire. He was 59.

Katsulas, a longtime resident of Los Angeles, played the Narn ambassador G’Kar for five years in the syndicated cult TV series Babylon 5, starting in 1993. He reprised the role in subsequent Babylon 5 telefilms.

Katsulas was also no stranger to Trek fans, playing Romulan Cmdr. Tomalak in Star Trek: The Next Generation. His last appearance in a Trek series was as a Vissian captain on an episode of Enterprise.

He also was the one-armed killer of Richard Kimball’s wife in the Harrison Form movie version of The Fugitive.”

He was a damn fine actor … the best on the set of B5.

1 Response to “G’bye to G’Kar”


  1. 1 Kevin Baker February 19, 2006 at 4:14 pm

    “He was a damn fine actor … the best on the set of B5.”

    I concur.

    Just… damn.

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