It is easy to forget that the Star Trek franchise has been cranking out films and shows for a LONG time. So far there have been six series, "Star Trek", "Star Trek: The Animated Series", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", "Star Trek:Voyager" and "Star Trek: Enterprise" as well as eleven feature films. Due to the large, ensemble cast and multiple plot lines per episode, this means that at one time or another an absurd number of actors have appeared in minor roles.
Check out twenty-five of our favorite "Star Trek" cameos and let us know in the comments if we missed anyone.
Wallace Shawn, best known for playing Vizzini in "A Princess Bride", was Zek the Grand Nagus of the Ferengi Alliance in "Star Trek: Deep Space 9".
James Worthy, the three time NBA Champion, played Koral, a Klingon mercenary and smuggler, in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in the episode "Gambit: Part II".
Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac fame played a duplicitous, fish loving Antedean Dignitary in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Manhunt".
Andrea Martin, the actress and comedienne, plays Moogie, Quark and Rom's Ferengi society defying mother, in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "Family Business".
Stephen Hawking plays himself in a game of poker with Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Data in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" Episode "All Good Things...". Hawking currently holds the position of Lucasian chair of Mathematics at Cambridge University, a position formerly held by Sir Isaac Newton and held by Data in future scenes of "All Good Things...".
Seth MacFarlane of "Family Guy" and "American Dad" twice cameoed on "Star Trek: Enterprise" as a Starfleet officer.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson played a Pendari champion (a kind of gladiator) in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Tsunkatse".
Punk rocker Iggy Pop played Yelgrun, the Vorta overseer working for the Dominion, in the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode "The Magnificent Ferengi".
Bryan Singer, director of "X-Men" and "X2", appeared as a tactical officer in "Star Trek: Nemesis".
Christian Slater plays a night duty officer in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country".
Kelsey Grammer of "Cheers" and "Frasier" played Captain Morgan Bateson, a captain of the Enterprise whose ship was stuck in a time loop, in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Cause and Effect".
Ken Jenkins, most known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso on "Scrubs", played Dr. Paul Stubbs in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Evolution"
King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan played a non-speaking role when he was still just a prince in "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Investigations".
Kirsten Dunst, best known for playing Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man films, played in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Dark Page" when she was just eleven-years-old.
Kirstie Alley, the "Cheers" actress and noted Scientologist, had her feature film debut as Saavik in "Star Trek II: The Wraith of Khan".
Jason Alexander, who played George on "Seinfeld", played "Kurros" in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Think Tank".
Christopher Lloyd, best known for his role as "Doc" Brown in the "Back to the Future" trilogy, played Klingon Commander Kruge in the film "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock".
A young Ashley Judd played ensign Ensign Robin Lefler, a love interest and friend of Wesley Crusher, in two episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" "Darmok" and "The Game."
Terri Hatcher played Lieutenant B.G. Robinson, a transporter officer who is seduced by a rogue, in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Outrageous Okona".
Sarah Silverman is a stand up comedienne who played Rain Robinson in two episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager" "Future's End" and "Future's End: Part 2".
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave played uncredited officer in "Star Trek: Insurrection" and a crewman in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Good Shepard".
Kim Catrall, made famous by "Porky's" and "Sex and the City", played Valeris in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country".
Kurtwood Smith, best known for "That '70s Show" and "Dead Poets Society" has played several roles in "Star Trek". He played the Federation president in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", Thrax, Odo's predecessor in the "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" episode "Things Past" and Annorax in the "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Year of Hell" and "Year of Hell: Part 2".
James Cromwell played multiple roles in the Star Trek franchise. Most notable was his performance as Zefram Cochrane in "Star Trek: First Contact" as the first human to create a warp drive.
Nikki Cox who is best known for her role on the sitcom "Unhappily Ever After" played Sarjenka, a little girl on a doomed planet communicating with Data, in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Pen Pals".
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The Grand Nagus met his unfortunate end when he tried to match wits with a certain infamous space pirate.
Holy Shit Steve Jobs died.
Why does George have a puss on his head?
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue in LotR, Doc Cochran on Deadwood, Chucky, and a zillion other characters) was on a three-episode arc of Voyager a sociopathic Betazoid.
Also you spelled Seth MacFarlane wrong.
Kelsey Grammer played the captain of the USS BOZEMAN not the Enterprise.
You missed John Larroquette as Maltz in Search for Spock, his famous line: You promised to kill me–Kirk: I lied! He is pretty famous–Five emmy wins in a row for playing Dan on Nightcourt. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Maltz
Don’t forget Jeffrey Combs played several roles on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Brunt and Weyoun.
Vaughn Armstrong is a veteran Star Trek actor who is noted for portraying thirteen separate characters in twenty-eight episodes over four separate series. Armstrong is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the Star Trek franchise.His characters include a Human, a mirror universe Human, a Romulan, a Borg, a Vidiian, a Kreetassan, a Hirogen, two Cardassians, and three Klingons. However, he is probably best known for his recurring role as Admiral Maxwell Forrest in the Star Trek: Enterprise series. He appeared in both the second, and penultimate episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has the distinction of playing the first male Klingon on Star Trek: The Next Generation, apart from Worf.
John Tesh played an unnamed Klingon warrior in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Icarus Factor.”
Dude, Kurtwood Smith was also Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop!
You didn’t mention Famke Janssen, who appeared in “The Perfect Mate” from TNg.
@Kilnik my thoughts exactly
Everyone always forgets about Miguel Ferrer, who plays Bob Morton, the slimy executive in RoboCop. He was the helmsman on the USS Excelsior. [i.imgur.com]
A more accurate title for this article would be 25 ACTORS AND CELEBRITIES YOU DIDN’T KNOW APPEARED IN ‘STAR TREK’ (IF YOU DON’T WATCH STAR TREK’)
I’ve been revisiting DS9 on Neflix this week, completely forgot that Frank Langella had a recurring role early on.
Lets not forget. Michelle Forbes as Ensign/Lt. Ro Laren in TNG. She also played Dara from Kaelon ll the daughter of Timicin (David Ogden Stiers), also a pretty well known actor; they both were on the series “Half a Life”. Of course that was one of the episode which Majel Barrett-Roddenberry played Lwaxana Troi, and any good Star Trek fan knows who Majel is.
Let’s not forget the late, great and lovely Jill Ireland … who played one of the several beautiful women in Spocks past … on the episode “This Side of Paradise” and a young Clint Howard on the episode “The Corbomite Maneuver”!
Also, Terry O’Quinn (Locke from Lost) played Admiral Eric Pressman. Riker’s old captain.
And how could anyone forget the memorable Ray Walston as Boothby in TNG episode “First Duty”
The guy who played Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore was on the . . . alternate timeline Enterprise B, I think? Or was it C? He hooked up with alternate timeline Tasha Yar.
I do remember that the episode was “Yesterday’s Enterprise.” I could just look up the rest on Memory Alpha, but where’s the fun in that?
How could you guys forget JOAN COLLINS in the original series episode “The City on the Edge of Forever?”
Star Trek: The Motion Picture had the dad from “7th Heaven,” and then Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home had the mom from “7th Heaven.” They were both terribly annoying.
NASA astronaut Dr. Mae C. Jemison (jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/jemison-mc.html) was a transporter operator in The Next Generation episode “Second Chances” (OK, she’s not an actor).
Jeff Combs was also Shran in a few episodes of ST: Enterprise. John Loprieno (Cord Roberts of One Life to Live) was in both episodes of the Year of Hell in ST: Voyager as the character Obrist; Michelle Phillips (The Mamas and The Papas) was on ST: Next Generation in “We’ll Always Have Paris” as Picard’s former flame.
Ray Walston was also a member of Species 8472 impersonating Boothby in ST: Voyager in the episode titled “In the Flesh.”
Daniel Dae Kim of Lost and Hawaii 5-O was on Star Trek: Voyager as Gotana-Retz in “Blink of an Eye”