ARBITER - STERLING K. BROWN



The role of the Covenant’s lead hero - the other, fanatical side of the coin to Master Chief - turned ‘traitor’ cries out for a powerful actor who’d be comfortable doing mo-cap (it’s unlikely they’d go the prosthetic route as the body shape of the Elite class of Covenant doesn’t necessarily call for it). It’d be far too easy to go to motion capture maestro Andry Serkis, but that’s rather obvious. Serkis is obviously at the top of his game, but it's unreasonable (and unfair) to have him the default.

A far more interesting choice would be a character actor like Sterling K. Brown, a reliable actor with a commanding presence whose resume goes from strength to strength - even elevating such ho-hum genre fare as the recent Hotel Artemis. If you want an example of his ability to play a character who questions the systems in place around him, look no further than his portrayal of Christopher Darden in American Crime Story’s first season.

GUILTY SPARK 343 - ALAN TUDYK



The main villain of the first Halo game, a little floating HAL-3000 type armed with a dictionary and a glowing blue eye, requires a voice actor who can communicate all of the polite, murderous intent of the character with not only conviction but an infectious sense of fun as well.

Enter Alan Tudyk. No stranger to voice work - even going so far as to voicing a nervous chicken in Moana - or genre television, Tudyk has also proven capable of portraying smarmy, British-accented robots who have zero problem perpetrating violence, exemplified by both Rogue One: A Star Wars Story or I, Robot and see for yourself. Once again it might be an issue of not wanting to retread ground he feels he has walked before, but considering he has already provided a voice (of a nameless Marine) for 2007's Halo 3, it would definitely make for sweet resonance and a sense of comfort for fans.