What a strange coincidence. Just three days ago, I started watching an old TNG episode on Spike (I hadn't watched the show and years, and enjoyed how campy it felt to watch again), and I couldn't figure out what sci-fi show I knew the guy playing Capt. Tomalok had done before. Sad, given that I watched every ep of B5 back in the day. They didn't say at the end who it was(must have rolled his credit at the beggining). I kept telling myself the past two days to do an IMDB and try and figure it out.

The moment I scrolled down and saw the picture, even before reading the headline, I knew instantly that it was G'kar. This makes me sad on so many levels. I really think that he was my favorite charecter on that show.

Katsulas' work as Ambassador G'Kar proved not only how great an actor he was, but how good a writer JMS turned out to be with 'Babylon 5'. The character started out as a stock alien villain, but grew over the course of time to have all the shadings and emotions expected in real people.

In fact, it's a quote from another classic in the genre that best sums up his skills as an actor:

Despite playing an alien lizard and hampered by a ton of latex, "of all the souls I have encountered in my travels...his was the most...human"

Both Katsulas and G'Kar will be missed.