John Simm

John Simm is an amazing actor. So far I have only seen him in Life on Mars. He plays DI Sam Tyler, a police officer from 2006 who wakes up after being in an accident in a 1973 that he may, or may not, be imagining. I think he captures the feelings of someone sent 33 years into the past very convincingly, bringing a sense of reality to a concept that could have been ludicrous in the wrong hands. He conveys Sam's emotions extremely well with his facial expressions, especially during the 'pigs in space' moments where he had to pretend to hear disembodied voices. He is even convincing when crying over sock puppets and men talking to him out of the television. Any actor who can make eight hours of compelling television out of all that and more has to have some talent. John Simm certainly has.