I would love to see David Boreanaz as Alpha , I think bones is so dull now, and he might need a change.

It is getting too easy for me to predict these things, these days. I wanna be WOWed and go, “Man, I never saw that coming!!!”

Nice article, as you dug up everything I had researched to try to make this guess, too … nicely done. I REALLY wanted it to be one of Joss Whedon’s alumni, and considered Alan Tudyk (Firefly). But, neither the build or his demeaner quite work for the character. He would be my next best guess (and would make sense as far as why keep the identity secret), but he has another tv project being released.

David Boreanaz (Buffy and Angel) would have made the best choice for fans, but he is too old for this character. Same with Nathan Fillion (also, Firefly). However, both have thier own series now: FOX’s Bones and ABC’s Castle, respectively.

Beyond that, I looked over the other actor’s who tried out for various roles for Dollhouse … and the rest, as you can see outlined above by A.D., is how I came to conclude Michael Muhney was the best candidate for the role of Alpha.

I still may be wrong, as Michael Muhney tends to get type cast as a cop. Though, that might explain keeping this all secret, as Mr. Whedon has obeyed my 5-year rule for a successful tv series mapping the whole series out. And I would hazard the guess that Michael Muhney’s character will be introduced as a Fed or other enforcement officer for a bit before the revelation that he is, in fact, the rogue Active … Alpha.