Mr. Flix

I was just thinking how how with "Glass," Samuel L. Jackson has been involved in four franchises:

- Star Wars
- Unbreakable/Glass
- MCU
- The Incredibles

Has any other actor had a starring/recurring role in as many different franchises?

Decker

Chris Pine :

Star Trek
Wonder Woman
Jack Ryan
Horrible Bosses

(and maybe Wrinkle in Time sequel if they ever decide to make one)

-- Though I do see that he was only in one Jack Ryan movie and one Horrible Boss movie. If the question really is "appears in more than one movie of a given franchise", he's not there.

Groucho

Jackson was also involved with the Jurassic Park and Die Hard franchises. And don’t forget xXx!

Also Kingsman and MonsterVerse.

GoldenJCJ

Jeremy Renner has been in a few as well:

-MCU
-Mission: Impossible
-Bourne
-28 Days/Weeks Later (if you want to consider that a franchise).

DJariya

Stallone:

Rocky

Creed

Expendables

Rambo

Spy Kids

Escape Plan

Mr. Flix

I guess I meant an actor who has appeared in more than one installment of a franchise.

movieguru

I would consider Rocky and Creed to be the same franchise, otherwise Samuel L. Jackson's role in the MCU could be broken down into each different character/ Team trilogy and win this very easily.

majorjoe23

Harrison Ford with Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan.

Michael Corvin

Harrison Ford:
Star Wars
Indiana Jones
Jack Ryan
Blade Runner

Hugo Weaving
The Matrix Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Hobbit Trilogy
Transformers 1-3
Babe / Babe: Pig in the City

Andy Serkis:
Planet of the Apes
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
TinTin
MCU
Star Wars

Mondo Kane

Christopher Lee:
Star Wars
Lord of the Rings
Dracula
Fu Manchu
Sherlock Holmes(?)

Decker

and James Bond!

TheBigDave

The Rock

Scorpion King/Mummy Returns
Fast & Furious
Jumanji (sequel in pre-production)
San Andreas (sequel announced)

Hmm. I thought there would be more. Almost every movie he makes seems ripe for a sequel.

DJariya

Jackie Chan

Police Story (many movies)

Cannonball Run I and II

Rush Hour I-III (4th rumored)

Shanghai Noon/Knights (3rd movie in development)

Josh-da-man

Also the MCU. He played the Red Skull in the first Captain America film.

Though I would consider the Hobbit to be part of the LOTR franchise. He even played the same character in both.

Hazel Motes

Zoe Saldana:

Avatar
Star Trek
Avengers
Guardians of the Galaxy
My Little Pony

Rose Byrne

Insidious
X Men
Bad Neighbors


Sigourney Weaver

Alien
Ghostbusters
Avatar

Linnea Quigley (cheating on this one a little because she only appeared once in most of these, but still)

Silent Night, Deadly Night
The Return of the Living Dead
Night of the Demons
Nightmare On Elm Street
Pumpkinhead
Vice Academy
Assault of the Party Nerds

Ash Ketchum

Also: DRUNKEN MASTER 1 & 2 and PROJECT A 1 & 2.

Drexl

Mark Wahlberg has been in at least 3 film franchises (Transformers, Daddy's Home, Ted) and has a food franchise (Wahlburgers)

Shannon Nutt

We probably need to clarify our rules. I would say you're only involved in ONE movie of a franchise, you're NOT part of that franchise. So Sam Jackson wouldn't qualify for the Jurassic Park franchise. Nor would Sean Connery for Indiana Jones. Agree? Disagree?

Michael Corvin

I agree. That's why I didn't list the MCU for Hugo Weaving.

Despite being the same role, The Hobbit is a distinctly different series.

Mr. Flix

Totally agree.

Time Warrior

Would Peter Cushing count?

* Frankenstein - 6 movies (7 if you include One More Time)
* Dracula - 5 movies
* Doctor Who - 2 movies
* Star Wars - 2 movies (if you squint and include Rogue One)
* Sherlock Holmes - 1 movie, 1 tv movie and a tv series
* Amicus Anthology Films (a real stretch as he was playing different characters in each) - 4 films.

movieguru

Warwick Davis:

Star Wars- He was in just about all of them
Leprechan- He was in al 50 of the movies in that franchise
Harry Potter
Get Santa/ Text Santa
Narnia Chronicles/ Prince Caspian

If we were to count each Marvel series seperately, then Stan Lee would win this contest easily.

movieguru

If we count voice actors, many virtually unknown actors could beat the lists above.

For instance:

John Ratzenberger

Lego Movies
The Donner Superman franchise
Star Wars- He was at least in Empire but maybe one or two more
Name of God/ Grace of God
Toy Story
The Incredibles
Monsters, Inc.
Cars
and there's probably several more

PatD

Keanu Reeves

The Bill & Ted trilogy (3 will happen, dammit)
The Matrix Trilogy
The John Wick Trilogy

Cusm

I would consider some if it was in a key role for the film. Jackson maybe not for JP, but Hugo yes for MCU.