Sunday, December 28, 2008

Battlestar Galactica / Dollhouse - Los Angeles Times: Faces to watch: Tahmoh Penikett

At the Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA):

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Faces to watch: Tahmoh Penikett

The chiseled Canadian debarks from the 'Battleship' and is into the 'Dollhouse.'

By Denise Martin
December 28, 2008

For the last five years, Tahmoh Penikett has been fighting off Cylons, a robotic race threatening human existence, on Sci Fi Channel's “Battlestar Galactica.”

Starring in Joss Whedon's upcoming and already-beleaguered drama “ Dollhouse,” however, could be a more daunting task.

The show, which premieres Feb. 13 on Fox, revolves around an underground team of programmable people -- or dolls -- with various skills and abilities rented out for assignments by high-paying clients. Early on, one doll, Echo (played by Eliza Dushku), begins to become self-aware. Penikett plays Paul Ballard, a renegade FBI agent bent on taking down the morally suspect operation...

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