De Amerikaanse acteur Brad Dourif zit als sinds de jaren 70 in het vak, en speelde sinds dien in meer dan 140 films en TV shows mee. Nu zal je zeggen, leuk en aardig maar wie de fook is Brad Dourif?? Je zal hem waarschijnlijk het beste kennen van zijn rol als WormTonque en als de stem van de moordlustige pop Chucky. Maar hij heeft een aantal rollen gedaan die hem de nerd-dom sterren status heeft gegeven, en daarom heeft de website Toplessrobot nu deze top zeven gemaakt. Mijn persoonlijke favoriet van de lijst is:

3) Crewman Lon Suder, Star Trek: Voyager

There's an unwritten law that an actor or actress cannot be accepted into the ranks of Nerd Luminaries until he or she's done a guest spot on a Star Trek series, and Mr. Dourif's no exception. A sociopathic Betazoid with no telepathic or empathic abilities, Suder joined the Maquis as a means of sating his bloodlust. Once he and his cohorts were assimilated into the Voyager crew, he no longer had an outlet for his violent urges, and later killed a crewmember in cold blood. Tuvok mind melds with him in an attempt to understand his condition, only to be nearly overtaken by Suder's impulses. He's sentenced to be confined to quarters indefinitely, where Tuvok attempts to teach him Vulcan meditation techniques. He later gives his life to save the ship from the Kazon when he's accidentally left on board after the crew is stranded by Seska . Dourif is simultaneously unsettling and sympathetic as a man wrestling with terrible personal demons, and Voyager was a weaker show for the loss of this character.