Cpl. Troy "The Wizard" Reeves

JC Denton

JC Denton

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Well, after a bit more research, I finally found the actor who played "The Wizard"! :)

His name is Taylor Sheridan and here's his IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792263/

I found him completely by coincidence as I googled "taylor gibler actor" and in search results there was this guy who looked like Cpl. Reeves. So I looked into it some more. The name and physical appearance were there, as well as age (47 now, meaning around No Remorse he was about 25), but the last name was different. Then I saw a line saying that he has a brother named John Gibler. Since there's no mention on his IMDB page that he ever was in any video game, I checked in which movies/series he was starring around 1995. and among others, he starred in Walker Texas Ranger. So I found the particular episode on Daily Motion - check around 03:35

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vj0a5

So there we have it - "mystery" solved! ;;)

p.s.

I deleted the old Taylor Gibler thread.
 
JC Denton said:
Well, after a bit more research, I finally found the actor who played "The Wizard"! :)

His name is Taylor Sheridan and here's his IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0792263/

I found him completely by coincidence as I googled "taylor gibler actor" and in search results there was this guy who looked like Cpl. Reeves. So I looked into it some more. The name and physical appearance were there, as well as age (47 now, meaning around No Remorse he was about 25), but the last name was different. Then I saw a line saying that he has a brother named John Gibler. Since there's no mention on his IMDB page that he ever was in any video game, I checked in which movies/series he was starring around 1995. and among others, he starred in Walker Texas Ranger. So I found the particular episode on Daily Motion - check around 03:35

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5vj0a5

So there we have it - "mystery" solved! ;;)

p.s.

I deleted the old Taylor Gibler thread.
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Excellent research! Interesting that he wrote Sicario. Maybe I should reach out to see what he has to say about Crusader.
 
Yeah, a short interview would be cool. As far as I understand, No Remorse is among his first acting gigs.

I haven't seen Sicario, but judging by the IMDB score and the fact that it was nominated for 3 Oscars, I'm definitely gonna watch it - tonight, actually. :)

EDIT: Seen Sicario - amazing movie!
 
Weird thing to see: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499097/

I just happened to glance at the title of this movie and my brain instinctually read "No Remorse." After recoiling from that, I looked at who wrote it--Wizard. So now he is connected to both Without Remorse and No Remorse.
 
That is absolutely amazing. If the guy can write the script for a movie as good as Sicario then Without Remorse bears looking into.
 
The Silencer said:
Wait, you mean the Taylor Sheridan from the Yellowstone franchise is Wizard? Mind is blown
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Yep, that's him. I'm sure he's totally forgotten about Crusader at this point, since they filmed the cutscenes from November to December '94. Also the fact he's now hugely successful and a multi-millionaire.
 
Has this been verified? I tried feeding this information and a screen capture of Reaves to ChatGPT. It wasn't convinced. However it also didn't know the his birthname was actually Gibler even though that info is available on Wikipedia. I always take everything it says with a grain of salt. However it also thinks the facial features don't match up well with known 1994/1995 photo's of Sheridan. Then again, I do see the resemblance and I'm notoriously bad at that. I also explains why I had this weird feeling about the character he plays on the Yellowstone. It must have been some dormant recognition in my mind.
 
It's never been officially verified, but if you look at the episodes of Walker Texas Ranger he was on, it's clearly our beloved Wizard. And we can put 2 and 2 together. I suppose we could reach out to his agency or whatever to verify that.
 
Minor nitpick btw: the Crusader credits mention Gibbler, while Sheridan's birthname is Gibler with a singular b. I'm still willing to believe it's him.
 
According to the Wikipedia article he was born Sheridan Taylor Gibler Jr. and he later took the name Taylor Sheridan. Also, as you mentioned, the appearance is definitely there. Based on everything I've seen so far, it's him.
 
Yeah, likely just one of his early gigs, which he probably just vaguely remembers. It was over 30 years ago, after all (damn...we're getting old):oops:
 
Fun fact, the actors for Ely, Brooks, Vargas, Tax Man and Shepherd also had guest roles in Walker, Texas Ranger as well. Origin was based in Austin, Texas, I assume Walker was filmed in the area as well. Weasel even had a recurring role.
 
I can't let this rest! I've been feeding ChatGPT more and more often. Based on sources it thinks it's unlikely that Gibbler was a typo and that it is Sheridan based on the fact that Sheridan's 90s are well documented. However I uploaded two screenshots from Wizard and a screenshot from Sheridan from Walker Texas Ranger 1995 episode and it starts to doubt. FMVs aren't great sources so there is still doubt but ChatGPT no longer says definitely no and thinks there is a possibility. I'll go try to find some voice clips from both Wizard and Sheridan from a 1995 Walker episode and feed it to ChatGPT. I must know now, LOL.

However Keenan, if you have sources to reach out to, that might be easier.
 
Else if someone can get me a voice clip (preferably 15 to 20 seconds long) of Sheridan speaking on Walker Texas Ranger, that would help also as I can't find any. I did extra a voice clip from Wizard
 
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