We recently asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us which actors are so iconic in a TV role that you can't imagine anyone else playing them. Here are some of our favorite responses:
1. Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore on Gilmore Girls:
2. Andre Braugher as Capt. Raymond Holt on Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
3. Andy Samberg and Melissa Fumero as Jake Peralta and Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine:
4. Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen on Game of Thrones:
5. Steve Carell as Michael Scott on The Office:
6. Sandra Oh as Cristina Yang on Grey's Anatomy:
7. Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU:
8. Gina Rodriguez as Jane Villanueva on Jane the Virgin:
9. Bryan Cranston as Walter White on Breaking Bad:
10. Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing on Friends:
11. Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay on Friends:
12. Maggie Smith as Violet Crawley on Downton Abbey:
13. Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson on Parks and Rec:
14. Aubrey Plaza as April Ludgate on Parks and Rec:
15. Viola Davis as Annalise Keating on How to Get Away With Murder:
16. Catherine O'Hara as Moira Rose on Schitt's Creek:
17. Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars on Veronica Mars:
18. D'Arcy Carden as Janet on The Good Place:
19. Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries:
20. Jharrel Jerome as Korey Wise on When They See Us:
21. Emily Bett Rickards as Felicity Smoak on Arrow:
22. Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam on Supernatural:
23. Sophia Bush as Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill:
24. Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully on The X-Files:
25. Noel Fisher as Mickey Milkovich on Shameless:
26. Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester on Glee:
27. Danny Pudi as Abed Nadir on Community:
28. Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer:
29. Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
30. Jodie Comer as Villanelle on Killing Eve:
31. Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones on Jessica Jones:
32. Ginnifer Goodwin as Snow White/Mary Margaret on Once Upon a Time:
33. Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead:
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