History Main / ChronicallyKilledActor

* While she ''does'' have plenty of roles that avert this, Creator/HoukoKuwashima has a mild reputation with how she has a 'Star of Death' following her, which causes a lot of her characters to die messily. This is most prevalent in the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise where she starred in the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED SEED]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Duology]], both of her characters (Fllay and Stellar) had incredibly tragic deaths.

* Creator/DevonSawa has managed to achieve this status within a single series. ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' doesn't believe in ContractualImmortality - just because the ''actor'' is returning next season doesn't mean that they're going to still be playing the same character. Creator/DevonSawa isn't the only actor to have died more than once during ''Series/{{Chucky}}'', but he's definitely the most conspicuous example: he has played a total of five different characters over the course of three seasons, and every single one of them has died a gruesome death.

* ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' doesn't believe in ContractualImmortality - just because the ''actor'' is returning next season doesn't mean that they're going to still be playing the same character. In particular, Creator/DevonSawa has played five different characters so far and every single one of them has died a gruesome death.

* ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' doesn't believe in ContractualImmortality - just because the ''actor'' is returning next season doesn't mean that they're going to still be playing the same character. In particular, Creator/DevonSawa has played four different characters so far and every single one of them has died a gruesome death.

* ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' doesn't believe in ContractualImmortality - just because the ''actor'' is returning next season doesn't mean that they're going to still be playing the same character. In particular, Creator/DevonSawa has played four different characters (as of Season 3) and every single one of them has died a gruesome death.

* ''Series/{{Chucky}}'' doesn't believe in ContractualImmortality - just because the ''actor'' is returning next season doesn't mean that they're going to still be playing the same character. In particular, as of the end of season 2, Creator/DevonSawa has played three different characters and none of them have managed to live through a season finale. It remains to be seen if the same thing will happen in Season 3.

!!As this is a DeathTrope, expect unmarked spoilers.

--->'''Honest Trailers''': Ride along on an adventure where any lead character can die, whether you're Sean Bean, [[spoiler:Sean Bean's wife, Sean Bean's best friend, Sean Bean's son, Sean Bean's daughter-in-law, Sean Bean's family dogs, or Sean Bean's unborn grandkid.]] [[ArcWords All men must die]]...who are in any way close to Sean Bean![[note]]And this precedes ''another'' of Sean Bean's sons -- as well as his nephew-raised-as-a-son who comes back to life -- dying in the subsequent seasons![[/note]]

-->'''Why (for Michelle Rodriguez)''': Because [[StoryBreakerPower she gets so much shit done, there’s nothing left for the protagonist to do]].
-->'''Why (for Sean Bean)''': Because [[ShapedLikeItself Sean Bean]].

* Jim Troken, who appears in the Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses MassiveMultiplayerCrossover films ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' and ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' has played characters that die pretty early on in [[LudicrousGibs gory fashion]].

** Since ''Series/GameOfThrones'' in 2011, he has now gone over a decade without an on-screen death. However, he was KilledOffscreen between seasons in ''Series/WorldOnFire''

* Creator/IndiraVarma has racked up a few. Among her most notable performances she’s died in include ''Series/GameOfThrones, {{Series/Rome}}'', ''{{Series/Torchwood}}'' and ''Series/ObiWanKenobi''. Extra credit for the last one, having died ''twice''.

* He's eventually revealed to [[DisneyDeath still be alive]] in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', released five years later, but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) during his first appearance in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to [[DisneyDeath still be alive]] in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', released five years later, but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact first voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to still be alive in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', released five years later, but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact first voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to still be alive in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', released five years later, but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact first voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is (temporarily) destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to still be alive in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', released five years later, but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is (temporarily) destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to still be alive five years later in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is (temporarily) destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder— and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* He's eventually revealed to still be alive five years later in the secret ending of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', but Creator/ChristopherLee ''does'' in fact voice Ansem the Wise (aka [=DiZ=]) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', when the character is (temporarily) destroyed by the Kingdom Hearts encoder and, as we find out in ''BBS'', sent to the Realm of Darkness.

* Music/DavidBowie could qualify as this if you just considered his '''musical''' output. The protagonist in "We Are Hungry Men" is ''eaten'' by those men, [[ConceptAlbum Ziggy Stardust]] dies at the hands of his own fans, Major Tom is heavily implied to die of asphyxiation or thirst in space, his businessman in the "Jump They Say" video is DrivenToSuicide, and one of his LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles in his RockOpera ''1. Outside'' is a murder victim. One of his first film roles was as a painting come to life -- not for long -- in the 1969 short ''The Image''. From there his character dies in all of the following films and TV productions: ''Just a Gigolo'', ''Baal'', ''Film/TheHunger'' (both the film and the TV anthology inspired by it, as two different characters!), ''Film/MerryChristmasMrLawrence'', ''Gunslinger's Revenge'', and ''Mr. Rice's Secret''. His one major stage role was the title character in the stage version of ''Film/TheElephantMan'' -- ''he'' perishes at the end. Amazingly, his two best-known film roles, Thomas in ''Film/TheManWhoFellToEarth'' and Jareth in ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', '''do''' survive, but then again, neither of them has anything to live for anymore.

* Creator/JaimeMurray has died in ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' (ok she gets better but still), ''Series/SpartacusGodsOfTheArena'', ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' and ''Film/FrightNight 2''. Several jokes were made when Hustle finished that she had actually survived the show's run.

* Kevin Tighe. With the exception of ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' and Roy Desoto, Kevin seems to die in the majority of the roles he plays. He often chooses villain roles, probably to distance himself from Roy, and that is partly the reason.

* Creator/MicahSolusod is famous for this; over half his roles have died. Though he's come out of it with roles like [[Manga/SoulEater Soul]] and [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Touma]], it's still a RunningGag with his fans.

* Many of Music/IceNineKills' music videos star frontman Spencer Charnas' girlfriend Nadia Teichmann, often playing somebody who gets killed.

* British actor Creator/JamieBamber has had so many of his characters get killed off (''eleven'' at last count) that they're apparently running out of ways to do it. ''Six'' have been shot--Tom from ''Ghost Rig'', Tony Dewhurst from ''Series/TheScarletPimpernel'' [[note]]adding insult to injury, Dewhurst ''[[DeathByAdaptation lived]]'' through the series of books the MiniSeries is based on[[/note]], Mitchell Hoban from ''Series/{{Outcasts}}'', Vincent Plowman from ''Series/TheMessengers'', Archie Kennedy from ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', and Matt Devlin from ''Series/LawAndOrderUK''. The final two even died in an eerily similar manner--BloodFromTheMouth and HeroicSacrifice, prompting a commentator in one of ''LOUK'''s forums to snark, "Jamie looks pretty good dying onscreen. As well he should, he's done it so many times already." And the other five? Two of them (on ''Series/ColdCase'' and ''Series/GhostWhisperer'') were ''[[PosthumousCharacter already]]'' dead when the show started, the third (on WebVideo/StarTrekContinues) was outright made a RedShirt (prompting ''their'' commentators to wonder if the producers were poking fun at this trend), the fourth, the titular ''John Doe: Vigilante'', died after taking a CyanidePill, and the fifth, in the film ''Film/TheCarRoadToRevenge'', was an AmoralAttorney murdered by criminals. His appearances on ''Series/{{House}}'' and ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' just barely subverted this, having his character become very ill on the first show and fall from a bridge in the second, only to recover/be rescued in the next episode.

* Creator/SatomiKoorogi has a few of her usual TokenMiniMoe roles exist [[KillTheCutie solely for them to tragically die by the end]], inluding [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist Nina Tucker]], [[VisualNovel/PhantomOfInferno Cal Devens]], and [[VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} Ushio Okazaki]] - Nina and Ushio in particular get ranked for many's saddest anime deaths. That said, the latter two's demises can either be prevented or undone.

* Creator/PeterCullen probably qualifies by virtue of just ''how often'' he's voiced [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Optimus Prime]], who dies so often Wiki/TFWikiDotNet [[https://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_many_deaths_of_Optimus_Prime has a special page for it]].