Superman no longer American...

[Psycho Circus]

Don't forget Connery was a Spainard in Highlander.
With a Scottish accent of course.

Egyptian, with a Spanish name and a Scottish accent. 

[Raffine]

Bela Lugosi - Chinese with a Hungarian accent in THE MYSTERIOUS MR. WONG. 

[hudders]

Damien Lewis in Band of Brothers, Dominic West and Idris Elba in The Wire...

I don't see why an American couldn't play Doctor Who. Pierce Brosnan was Bond and he's an Irishman.

[AndyC]

Don't forget Connery was a Spainard in Highlander.
With a Scottish accent of course.

Egyptian, with a Spanish name and a Scottish accent. 

Costarring with a Belgian playing a Scotsman posing as an American. And yet, I love the movie.

Seriously though, I don't see why the Doctor would always need to be British, other than it's a British show. Eric Roberts played the Master, and I thought his performance was good campy fun.

[Raffine]

I don't see why an American couldn't play Doctor Who. Pierce Brosnan was Bond and he's an Irishman.

David Tennant was The Doctor and he is Scottish... 

[hudders]

I don't see why an American couldn't play Doctor Who. Pierce Brosnan was Bond and he's an Irishman.

David Tennant was The Doctor and he is Scottish... 

So was Sylvester McCoy.

Scotland isn't much of a stretch. It's still part of the UK, which is more than can be said for Ireland.

[Umaril The Unfeathered]

And then we had Sean Connery playing a Russian sub captain with a Scottish accent in The Hunt For Red October.   Who seen that one comin'? 

Don't forget Connery was a Spainard in Highlander.
With a Scottish accent of course.

True, very true. I almost forgot about our dear friend Count Ramirez. Thanks for jarring the old memory banks, one year older as of May 8th of last week     

[BoyScoutKevin]

Damien Lewis in Band of Brothers, Dominic West and Idris Elba in The Wire...

I don't see why an American couldn't play Doctor Who. Pierce Brosnan was Bond and he's an Irishman.

A little off topic, but Bond is an interesting example of an iconic English character who has been played mostly by non-English actors.

daniel craig - English
pierce brosnan - Irish
timothy dalton - Welsh
roger moore - English
george lazenby - Australian
sean connery - Scottish
ed nelson - American

Of course, this excludes 1966's "Casino Royale," and all the actors who played Bond in that film.

[AndyC]

And then we had Sean Connery playing a Russian sub captain with a Scottish accent in The Hunt For Red October.   Who seen that one comin'? 

Don't forget Connery was a Spainard in Highlander.
With a Scottish accent of course.

True, very true. I almost forgot about our dear friend Count Ramirez. Thanks for jarring the old memory banks, one year older as of May 8th of last week     

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK8p7rBMAWE