Article: Four companions on a TV road trip.(Mary Louise Parker, Alfre Woodard, Greg Grunberg and Ian Mcshane's achievements and awards)

Shows come and go but when fall arrives, the working actor is back looking for the next big thing. Here are four thesps who we'll always check out--no matter the project--because, like a great athlete, they're not only terrific on their own but make everyone around them that much better.

GREG GRUNBERG

It's fun to play a bad guy. But it's really hard to play a good guy. So here's to Greg Grunberg, the best good guy on TV. Grunberg is the consummate supporting nice guy, largely because of his roles in every J.J. Abrams series from "Felicity" to "Lost." (He had a lead in Abrams' ABC pilot "The Catch," but the network passed.) Grunberg understands the ...

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