Our 10 All-Time Favorite Stephen King Horror Roles
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Stephen King needs no introduction. Though he spends most of his time writing books and stories that almost inevitably get made (andremade) into movies and TV series, he also manages to do a little acting on the side, most often popping up in adaptations of his own works. Would you have guessed? We have some favorites!
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Before we dive in, note that this list is sticking to horror movies and TV, so nobody come ‘round with “What about that sloppy, snarky guy he played in
Knightriders?” (as much as I love that guy, and that whole movie). Same goes for all you
Maximum Overdrive,
The Dark Tower have not.
But what about the small screen? As with the film adaptations, attempts to bring King’s books to life on TV have had mixed results, and few have reached the heights of
The Green Mile or
Misery. But thanks to the longer running time afforded by a series, several of King’s more unwieldy novels have proved better suited to television than to the multiplex.
“That is the great thing about TV,” King said, calling from his home in Bangor, Maine. “You can take these things as they are and expand more.”
With a new adaptation of one of the author’s longest, most complex novels,
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Even though Stephen King has nearly always been more than merely a horror writer, he will forever be linked with the genre, since he s responsible for dozens of the most iconic horror novels in all of literature. Of course, part of the fun in being a King fan is witnessing the endless line of film and TV adaptations inspired by his long list of titles. Not that it s
always fun, with more than a few King-based projects sharing very little of what made the source material special in the first place. And arguably the biggest offender on that front in recent years was CBS
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