'American Gods' star Bruce Langley: Tech is a force for good UPI News Service, 01/08/2021 British actor Bruce Langley said the modern deity Technical Boy, whom he plays on American Gods, personifies people's real-life, love-hate relationship with technology and those who advance it. ADVERTISEMENT "He is so conceited. He's such a wanker. I understand, yeah, sure, fine, but it would be difficult to name any other force on the planet that has positively affected the lives of more people in a more substantial way than technology," Langley told UPI in a recent phone interview. "He's helped the world more than anyone else and nobody likes him. It's weird."