Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot turns up as one of the many faces that populate New New York, a minor presence in the sprawling future Matt Groening and David X. Cohen built. He speaks with the clipped, particular cadence Billy West gives his smaller creations, present just long enough to color a scene before the story moves on.

He works because Billy West treats even a passing role like a full performance, finding a distinct voice and rhythm rather than recycling one. Futurama's background characters often carry more personality than their screen time suggests, and Sebastian Cabot is proof that the show's smallest parts still got real craft.