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posted: 11:32 am ET
07 January 2000
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Dieter Laser plays "Mantrid," the main recurring villain and general nuisance for the hapless crew of the Lexx.
Mantrid was originally the grand bio-vizier of the galactic despot addressed as His Divine Shadow, but his insane tendencies soon proved counter-productive, forcing his master to seal him into a large glass jar.
Here Mantrid remained for a very long time, only to be freed when Kai smashed the jar, presumably killing him. Unfortunately, it proved harder to get rid of the mad bio-vizier than our heroes had hoped, and Mantrid's intelligence soon found a way to enter the Lexx itself and take partial possession of the gigantic spaceship-weapon's computer system.
Mantrid remains as an unwelcome presence in the Lexx throughout much of the series. Fortunately, he spends most of his influence over the ship to make himself annoying drone arms for himself.
Dieter Laser has enjoyed a long and fruitful acting career in Germany, but few of his roles are likely to be familiar to U.S. viewers. Early on, he was a featured performer in the films The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975) and Germany in Autumn (1978),
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