Two Oscar winners, TV’s first two bionic people and one gold-plated protocol droid are among the familiar faces booked to appear at the 2024 edition of FanX Salt Lake Comic & Pop Culture Convention.
Organizers of the annual fan convention, set for Sept. 26-28 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City, announced on Wednesday the first 11 celebrities who are scheduled to visit.
The celebrities are “11 of our most-requested guests,” FanX founder and show producer Dan Farr said in a statement. “We’re committed to using last year’s record breaking 10-year celebration as a springboard to innovating and continuing to provide our fans with the ultimate fan experience.”
More celebrity announcements are expected in the next seven months.
For tickets and other information, go to the event’s website, FanXSaltLake.com.
The first 11 celebrities, in alphabetical order, are:
Charlet Chung • Chung is a voice actor known for work in the video games “Overwatch: Heroes of the Storm” and “Call of Duty: Black Ops III,” and Netflix’s “Carmen Sandiego” series.
Anthony Daniels • As the fastidious droid C-3PO, Daniels is the only actor to have appeared in or been involved with all nine movies in the “Star Wars” series.
Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Anthony Daniels, best known as portraying the droid C-3PO in the "Star Wars" movies, makes an appearance at FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City in 2015. Daniels is scheduled to return to FanX, Sept. 26-28, 2024, organizers announced on Feb. 28, 2024.
Lee Majors • Majors played astronaut Steve Austin in “The Six Million Dollar Man” and stuntman Cole Seavers in “The Fall Guy,” and was a voice actor in such video games as “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.”
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lee Majors, star of the TV series "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Fall Guy," makes an appearance at FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City in 2019. Majors is scheduled to return to FanX, Sept. 26-28, 2024, organizers announced on Feb. 28, 2024.
Lana Parrilla • Parrilla has amassed a long list of TV credits, most notably as Regina Mills, the Evil Queen, on ABC’s “Once Upon a Time.”
Randy Quaid • Famous for playing the boorish Cousin Eddie in the “National Lampoon’s Vacation” movie series, Quaid also has appeared in “Independence Day” and “LBJ: The Early Years” (as Lyndon Johnson).
Susan Sarandon • An Oscar winner for her performance in “Dead Man Walking,” Sarandon has also starred in “Atlantic City,” “Thelma & Louise,” “Lorenzo’s Oil,” “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Bull Durham” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
John Schneider • After becoming famous as Bo Duke, one of the lead cousins in “The Dukes of Hazzard,” Schneider appeared as Pa Kent in “Smallville” and had a career as a country singer in the ‘80s.
Lindsay Wagner • Wagner found fame, and an Emmy, as tennis star-turned-superhero in “The Bionic Woman.” More recently, Wagner appeared in the video game “Death Stranding.”
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lindsay Wagner, star of the TV series "The Bionic Woman," makes an appearance at FanX Salt Lake Comic Convention at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City in 2019. Wagner is scheduled to return to FanX, Sept. 26-28, 2024, organizers announced on Feb. 28, 2024.
Wil Wheaton • Wheaton played the wunderkind Wesley Crusher on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and played Gordie in “Stand By Me,” and has played himself on “The Big Bang Theory” and has a career as a voice actor in such cartoons as “Teen Titans” and “Ben 10.”
Paul Williams • As a composer, Williams won an Oscar for co-writing “Evergreen” for Barbra Streisand’s “The Star Is Born,” and also wrote music for “The Muppet Movie” and “Bugsy Malone.” Williams has appeared in such movies as “Phantom of the Paradise” and “Smokey and the Bandit.”
Bonnie Wright • Best known for playing Ginny Weasley in the “Harry Potter” franchise, Wright also directs films and owns a production company, BonBonLumiere.
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