Karl Niklas Headshots Poll

How would you cast me if you didn't know me? (And if you don't very well, how would you cast me on first impression?)

  1. Villain
  2. iago, king lear, sherlock holmes, mark antony, but also mercutio and nick from zootopia!
  3. don't know
  4. macbeth
  5. i refuse.
  6. na
  7. by looking
  8. based on good looks
  9. sidekick, office worker, victorian clerk, author, journalist, or graphic artist.
  10. actually, now that i think about it, the clean-shaven ones could be suitable for serious roles, so i guess i'm probably not good at judging someone's suitability for a role based on a headshot. ;)
  11. oscar wilde plays, anything with received pronunciation really!
  12. you have a lot of gravitas and weight (in terms of personality, not physically!). you can appear quite calm and approachable. characters that require intelligence and responsibility suit you.
  13. from 4, i would cast you as a clever villain character. possibly even a tough love interest.
  14. as you've outlined in your brackets above - i'd agree with those roles.
  15. serious - moody - intellectual. you could do dark. you can do quirky.
  16. young father, older brother, cast in tv dramas and stage shakespeare.
  17. intellectual. middle class. comic. darker killer/suspect...
  18. just from photos, i think you have a relatively broad casting range. in a polar 'fairytale' world, you could play either the 'good' or 'bad' guy. you definitely come across as clever and good-natured - commercially, you could definitely be the smart guy that people would trust. i know you can be very funny, and again, i think that's something hard to portray in a photo without undermining a certain neutrality that is a necessity. there are very few parts i wouldn't consider you for theatre-wise. as we all know, for television, film, and commercial, it more often than not begins with a search for a very specific look that one either conforms to or does not.
  19. as orson welles
  20. shot 1 and 2 as the general guy in the pub, best mate, etc. 5 is actually more sinister than 3. also 1 and 2 as teacher/lecturer. shot 6 is the preppy intellectual/trying to always please the teacher shot.
  21. frustrated foil.
  22. villain :-p
  23. knight of the realm/period dramas. teacher/professor/intellectual/writer, rock fan, best friend, gay best friend, best friend who is secretly in love with you.
  24. depends on the role! but, yes,
  25. probably as a bad guy. even though the first one is a very warm, genuine smile, because you do look intelligent, it makes me think you're plotting something. although looking at that one again in isolation, you could also play someone quite camp, like a gay best friend.