History Main / ChronicallyKilledActor

* In 2016, Creator/FelicityJones appeared in three movies: ''[[Film/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'', ''Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/AMonsterCalls''. She doesn't survive any of them (although in the third, she dies offscreen, aside from a fatal fall while appearing in a nightmare sequence).

* Richard Beymer. Let's see: Shot in ''Film/WestSideStory'', dies in ''Film/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank'', shot again on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''... as a consolation prize, he achieved immortality on ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* Creator/JaredHarris has died multiple times across multiple series and films. His most famous deaths have been [[Series/MadMen suicide by hanging]], [[Film/SherlockHolmesAGameOfShadows being thrown over a waterfall by Sherlock Holmes]], and [[Series/TheCrown2016 lung cancer triggered by smoking and unexpectedly having to be king during World War II]], but he's been killed at least a dozen times by his count:

* Creator/MichelleRodriguez tends to pick roles of the VasquezAlwaysDies kind, although she now has a few aversions, two because [[Film/ResidentEvil the]] [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious franchises]] went on long enough that she got resurrected. Her ''Film/ResidentEvil'' resurrection saw her brought back as a pair of clones...''both of which died''. In some films such as ''{{Film/SWAT}}'' and ''{{Film/Machete}}'' she appears to die [[spoiler: but survives]].

* Starting with ''Film/WagTheDog'', Creator/WoodyHarrelson has suffered 12 deaths by gunshot (in the same year, he [[Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes had]] [[Film/ThreeBillboardsOutsideEbbingMissouri two]] self-inflicted). He also died by explosion twice (''Film/TheThinRedLine'' and ''Film/TwentyTwelve'').

* In 2016, Creator/FelicityJones appeared in three movies: ''[[Film/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'', Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/AMonsterCalls''. She doesn't survive any of them (although in the third, she dies offscreen, aside from a fatal fall while appearing in a nightmare sequence).
* Creator/UdoKier is known for his memorable death scenes, from suicide via film projector in ''Film/CigaretteBurns'', to having his liver removed via spear in ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'', to death by [[RazorFloss mono-filiment whip]] in ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''. [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Udo_Kier Here is the full list.]]

* The late Creator/BillPaxton, who essentially never played a character that's survived him appearing in anything with Michael Biehn, and holds the distinction of being killed by an ''Film/{{Alien|s}}'', a ''Film/{{Predator|2}}'', '''and''' ''Film/TheTerminator'' (Creator/LanceHenriksen is the only other person to share the title, and his death to a Terminator was [[GoryDiscretionShot offscreen]]). Like Tom Cruise, he died many times during ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow''. Then there's ''Film/NavySeals'' and ''Film/{{Tombstone}}'' (where his character Morgan Earp was DoomedByCanon by RealLifeWritesThePlot). Granted, if Michael Biehn's not in the movie, his characters don't die nearly as often (one notable exception being on TV, ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''). He was even shot and killed at the end of ''Series/{{Big Love}}'', in which he played a polygamous family man who owned a home improvement store.

* Creator/CCHPounder. She starred in movies such as ''Film/RoboCop3'', ''Film/FaceOff'', and ''Film/EndOfDays'', and she dies in those three. Also, her character in ''Series/TheShield'' ends the series suffering from a terminal disease.

* Creator/MaxVonSydow dies a lot. He is especially prone to MentorOccupationalHazard. He noted that this was a peculiar form of age-related typecasting.

* In 2016, Creator/FelicityJones appeared in three movies: ''Film/{{Inferno}}, Film/RogueOne'' and ''Film/AMonsterCalls''. She doesn't survive any of them (although in the third, she dies offscreen, aside from a fatal fall while appearing in a nightmare sequence).

* Creator/ChristopherWaltz has died eleven times, including ''Film/TheGreenHornet'', ''Literature/WaterForElephants'', ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Epic}}'', ''Film/TheZeroTheorem'' (though his consciousness lives on in a virtual reality simulation), ''Film/BigEyes'', ''[[Film/HorribleBosses Horrible Bosses 2]]'', ''Film/TheLegendOfTarzan'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.

* Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio: ''Film/TheQuickAndTheDead'', ''Total Eclipse'', ''[[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet Romeo + Juliet]]'', ''{{Film/Titanic 1997}}'', ''Film/BloodDiamond'', ''Film/TheDeparted'', ''Film/ShutterIsland'' (sort of), ''{{Film/Inception}}'' (also sort of), ''Film/JEdgar'', ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' and ''{{Film/The Great Gatsby|2013}}''.

* Creator/ChristopherPlummer, including two animated ones in ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''. Along with action deaths such as ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', Plummer is also prone to being struck by disease -- his Oscar-winning role in ''Beginners'' has him falling victim to lung cancer. ''Film/KnivesOut'' features him as the murder victim.

* Averted by Creator/SylvesterStallone (the only movie where he dies on-screen is ''Film/DeathRace2000''[[note]]Sly had filmed the scene where Franchise/{{Rambo}} dies in ''Film/FirstBlood'', before everyone decided he was better off SparedByTheAdaptation.[[/note]]), who even tried to change the ending of ''Film/{{FIST}}'' so his character Johnny Kovak wouldn't get killed -- he failed, but the film freezeframes just as a gunshot is heard so Johnny technically doesn't bite it onscreen. It's telling that Joe Eszterhas, who wrote the original script (guess who shares screenplay credit) and the novelization, saw to it that Johnny had a more protracted demise in the latter.

* To be a fan of Creator/DannyTrejo is to watch a movie he's in bearing the additional burden of hoping his character doesn't die early in the film. WordOfGod is that Trejo, a former criminal himself who came close to facing the death penalty once, intentionally asks that his bad guy characters end up either dead or in prison since he wants people to get the idea that crime doesn't pay.

* To be a fan of Creator/DannyTrejo is to watch a movie he's in bearing the additional burden of hoping his character doesn't die early in the film. WordOfGod is that Trejo intentionally asks that his bad guy characters end up either dead or in prison since he wants people to get the idea that crime doesn't pay.

* Creator/DanielRadcliffe is being slowly but surely molded into one, as seen in ''December Boys'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' (granted, his character ''did'' have it coming, having suckered Lisa into becoming a vampire and not letting her back out once she starts to have second thoughts), and ''Film/TheWomanInBlack''. Additionally, in the infamous ''Film/SwissArmyMan'' he's already dead. Technically, he also died in ''Film/HarryPotter'', although [[BackFromTheDead not permanently]].

* Music/KylieMinogue. Even though she hasn't starred in many roles, she dies in the majority of them. In ''Film/HolyMotors'', she is DrivenToSuicide; in ''San Andreas'', she is among the casualties of an earthquake; in ''Cut'', she is slashed to death. Not to mention her role in a special ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode, "[[Recap/DoctorWho2007CSVoyageOfTheDamned Voyage of the Damned]]", where her character dies as well, and her role in the video of "Where the Wild Roses Grow", where she is killed by Music/NickCave's character.

* Creator/ElizaScanlen's career has only just recently taken off, but right away she got a streak of three movies (''Film/LittleWomen2019'', ''Film/BabyTeeth'', ''Film/TheDevilAllTheTime') and [[Series/SharpObjects a TV show]] where her character doesn't make it. Once the trailer for her film ''Old'' appeared, Twitter was abuzz hoping she would not die in it.

* Creator/ElishaCookJr was known as Hollywood's "fall guy" for several years in the Golden Age of Hollywood for dying in a surprising amount of movies (usually in the role of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain or a shady HiredGun). Cook even stated in an interview that he might have died in "fifty, a hundred... at least that many."

* Udo Kier is known for his memorable death scenes, from suicide via film projector in ''Film/CigaretteBurns'', to having his liver removed via spear in ''Film/FleshForFrankenstein'', to death by [[RazorFloss mono-filiment whip]] in ''Film/JohnnyMnemonic''. [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Udo_Kier Here is the full list.]]

* Creator/BenFoster, due to frequent villain roles: ''Film/{{Hostage}}'', ''Film/ThreeTenToYuma2007'', ''Film/TheMechanic'', ''Film/ThirtyDaysOfNight'', ''Film/{{Warcraft}}''...

* As mentioned in her article, characters voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima end up dead conspicuously often. If it isn't her character, then characters close to her character will do.

* Creator/CiaranHinds has died in movies like ''Film/RoadToPerdition'' and ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance'' to his more famous TV roles like ''Series/{{Rome}}'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

* Creator/Eliza Scanlens' career has only just recently taken off but in two of her most notable films roles in 2019 including ''Film/ Little Women'' and Film/Babyteeth''have her die, and her film role in 2020's ''Film/The Devil All The Time'' also has her die. She's also portrayed a character who died in the critically acclaimed HBO series ''Series/Sharp Objects''. The trailer for her latest feature ''Film/Old'' had twitter abuzz hoping she would not die in it. Considering she has only been in four films and three tv series this could be a record.

* Creator/BrettWeaver is also made famous because of his roles as [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross Roy Fokker]], [[Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Toji Suzuhara]], all of which die, even if he's occasionally got roles where he didn't die (although played with when he's playing [[Anime/ShinkonGattaiGodannar Goh Saruwatari]], the guy isn't dead, but he came really close to it, cocooned by the Insania Virus and all). Up to the point that he was ''nearly'' chosen to play [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] until it was announced that Creator/KyleHebert got the role.

* In Fanfic/SeanBeanSavesWesteros, the [[RealPersonFic "real life"]] Creator/SeanBean is transported into the land of Westeros of Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire. Now living as Ned Stark, not just playing him on TV, Sean Bean lampshades this more than once! He goes out of his way to keep himself alive as the "resurrected" Lord Eddard Stark.

** Once more, with suspense: {{Videogame/Kholat}} features Sean Bean as the narrator, [[spoiler: who is already dead.]]

* Creator/LiamNeeson, which makes his character in ''Film/LesMiserables1998'' being SparedByTheAdaptation all the more surprising and ironic. Even in [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} video games]], he ain't safe. Granted, many of Neeson's roles do fit the MentorArchetype, [[MentorOccupationalHazard which has its disadvantages]]. It's then quite hilarious that he plays Aslan in ''Film/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'' who is a famous Jesus allegory ([[BackFromTheDead involving exactly what you're thinking of]]) and then ''{{Film/Widows}}'' - where [[spoiler: he's FakingTheDead but gets killed off anyway]].

* Creator/EricRoberts. His StarMakingRole was as an infamous MurderSuicide perpetrator in ''Star 80'', and the subsequent TypeCasting as a sleazy guy usually ensures he will get killed at some point. Even if he doesn't die in any given movie, his fate will probably be ambiguous, as demonstrated when [[spoiler:Sal Maroni gets involved in a car accident and at the very least suffers further injuries]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''. Interestingly, he [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie once played]] TheMaster in ''Doctor Who,'' which is rather funny since that character has incredible JokerImmunity.

* Alan Dale has now died of a heart attack on three different shows (''Series/{{Neighbours}}'', ''Series/TheOC'' and ''Series/UglyBetty''), and, oddly enough, each show had his character in a relationship with a gold-digger and in a strained relationship with his adult children at the time.

* The great Creator/ChristopherLee, a serious contender for [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Lee the greatest amount of recorded screen deaths]]. A side effect of being TypeCast as so many bad guys, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-GMvJ4sZY here]]. Even the odd heroic character of his isn't safe, as ''Film/NightOfTheBigHeat'' demonstrates. Also provides the page quote. According to his autobiography, he once caught his kids watching late-night TV and playing a guessing game called "How Will Daddy Die This Time?"

** That's not the only video game in which Sean Bean dies. Back in 2006, Sean Bean voiced Emperor Martin Septim in ''TheElderScrollsIVOblivion''. Septim performs a HeroicSacrifice at the end of the main quest.

* The great Creator/ChristopherLee, a serious contender for [[http://cinemorgue.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Lee the greatest amount of recorded screen deaths]]. A side effect of being TypeCast as so many bad guys, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-GMvJ4sZY here]]. Also provides the page quote. According to his autobiography, he once caught his kids watching late-night TV and playing a guessing game called "How Will Daddy Die This Time?"