Magicians on Aquarius and Aquarian Magicians

Quite a number of actors from SyFy’s The Magicians appeared in the NBC drama Aquarius, as someone in one Facebook fan group noted.  I thought of five right off the top of my head, then dove into IMDB’s page for the NBC show to find out just how many, and it is a rather large number, seventeen of them, in fact.

To see which actors from The Magicians were also in Aquarius, I clicked the link to each actor’s bio.  I’ve listed the actors in order of their prominence on IMDB’s page for the NBC show Aquarius.

I learned that four actors who play major characters on The Magicians had recurring roles on Aquarius of varying prominence, while all the actor with major roles on Aquarius, save Duchovny, had minor or recurring roles on The Magicians.

Grey Damon, the Dryad in Season 2’s “Word as Bond”, played Brian Shafe, partner of Det. Sam Hodiak (series lead David Duchovny) on Aquarius.

Emma Dumont, The White Lady in Season 3’s “The Flying Forest”, played alienated teenager Emma Karni on Aquarius.

Gethin Anthony, Enyalius/Aengus in Season 4’s “The Serpent” and “All That Hard Glassy Armor” played Charlie Manson in Aquarius.

Ambyr Childers, voice of the East River Dragon in Season 4’s “Home Improvement”, played Sadie/Susan Atkins on Aquarius.

Brian O’Byrne, cantankerous Prof. Mayakovsky on The Magicians, played major character Republican operative Ken Karn in Aquarius.

Michaela McManus, Callie in Season 3’s “Will You Play With Me?”, played Grace Karn, wife of Ken Karn and former girlfriend of Hodiak.

Spencer Garrett, Ted Coldwater Sr. (Quentin’s father) in three episodes of The Magicians, played Ken Karn’s perverted partner Hal Banyin in eleven episodes of Aquarius.

Madisen Beatty, the goddess Iris in Season 3’s “Will You Play With Me?” and Season 4’s “Escape From the Happy Place”, played Manson acolyte Patty Krenwinkel in ten episodes of Aquarius.

Jason Ralph, Quentin Coldwater on The Magicians, played druggie Mike Vickery in ten episodes of Aquarius.

Clare Carey, an unnamed character in Season 4’s “All That Hard Glassy Armor”, played burlesque club Peach Pussycat owner Lucille Gladner in eight episodes of Aquarius.

Abby Miller, Emily Greenstreet on The Magicians, played top Manson acolyte “Mother” Mary Brunner in six episodes of Aquarius.

Olivia Taylor Dudley, Alice Quinn on The Magicians, played recovering heroin addict and casual girlfriend of Hodiak Billie Gunderson in five episodes of Aquarius.

Michelle Azar, Goldie in Season 2’s “The Cock Barrens”, played an unnamed character in three episodes of Aquarius.

Jade Tailor, Kady Orloff-Diaz on The Magicians, played Peach Pussycat dancer Rachel in two episodes of Aquarius.

Rick Worthy, Dean Henry Fogg on The Magicians, played a coffee shop owner named Nate in two episodes of Aquarius.

Anne Dudek, Prof. Pearl Sunderland on The Magicians, played an unnamed character in one episode of Aquarius.

Aaron Jennings, Hamish Bax in Season 4 of The Magicians, played Jimmy Cartwright in one episode of Aquarius.

Sera Gamble, voice of the Water Dragon in Season 3’s “Do You Like Teeth?”, played Blue Alien in one episode of Aquarius.