Kim Cattrall. Kim Cattrall (born 21 August 1956; age 57) is the English actress who played Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. She received a Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for her performance in the film. She was also one of the thirteen final actresses who auditioned for the part of Vixis in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, but the role went to Spice Williams. (Source: Spice Williams) Cattrall starred in several popular 1980s films, including Porky's, Police Academy, Big Trouble in Little China, and Mannequin.
She is perhaps best known, however, for her five-time Emmy Award-nominated role as Samantha Jones in the HBO series Sex and the City. Personal life Edit Cattrall was born in Liverpool, England. Cattrall has been married three times, with her most recent marriage to audio engineer Mark Levinson ending in 2004. Career Edit In the early 1970s, Cattrall signed a five-year movie contract with director-producer Otto Preminger. Kurtwood Smith. John Schuck. John Schuck (born 4 February 1940; age 74) is an actor who has appeared in two Star Trek films and three Star Trek spin-off series.
He played the Klingon ambassador in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and reprised this role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He went on to play another Klingon, the geneticist Doctor Antaak, in the two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise centering on the Klingon augment virus, "Affliction" and "Divergence". In between, he made appearances – as non-Klingons – on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Life and career Edit Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck (a name he still uses on stage) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Schuck was married to DS9 guest actress Susan Bay from 1976 through 1983. 1970s Edit Co-starring with Schuck in MASH were one-time TOS guest stars Sally Kellerman and Fred Williamson and future DS9 star Rene Auberjonois. From 1971 through 1977, Schuck played the long-suffering and loyal Sgt. 1980s 1990s and beyond Stage career. Iman. Iman (born 25 July 1955; age 58) is an actress who played the chameloid Martia in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. She was born in Somalia as Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, her first name meaning "faith" in Arabic. Outside of her acting career, she is a well-known model. Since 1992, she is married to musician / rock star David Bowie, with whom she has one daughter. She also has another daughter from a previous marriage to former basketball player Spencer Haywood. She is the last actress to kiss William Shatner in a Star Trek production. Filmography Edit L.A.
External links. Mark Lenard. Leon Russom. Russom's first television work was on the soap opera Guiding Light in 1969 and went on to become a regular on the soap opera Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1972–1973). Other early TV work included appearances on Mission: Impossible (in an episode with Lawrence Montaigne) and Get Christie Love! (with Marc Alaimo). In addition, he appeared in the 1972 film The Trial of the Catonsville Nine with William Schallert and the 1974 TV movie The Migrants co-starring David Clennon and Ed Lauter.
He became a regular on the soap opera Another World, playing Willis Frame, from 1976 through 1980. Leon starred in the 1990 TV movie Project: Tin Men with Beau Billingslea and Joseph Culp. In 1986, Russom appeared on Spenser: For Hire, starring a pre-DS9 Avery Brooks. During the 1988-89 season, Russom was a regular on the series TV 101. In addition, Russom currently had a recurring role as the evil General Jonathan Krantz ("Notepad Man"), head of "the Company" on the hit FOX show Prison Break. Michael Dorn. Personal life Edit Dorn was born in Luling, Texas, but he grew up in Pasadena, California. He studied radio and television production at the Pasadena City College, after which he pursued a career in music.
Dorn is an accomplished pilot and owns and operates an old Air Force T-33 trainer jet, one of the first jet aircraft in the US inventory; it is often referred to as his "starship. " He also owns an old F-86 Sabre jet that he acquired from the South African Air Force. Dorn's favorite episodes of TNG are "The Drumhead" and "The Offspring". [1] Star Trek and Worf Michael Dorn was aware of Star Trek: The Original Series during his childhood.
On his audition for Worf, Dorn commented, "I did not wear makeup, but I took on the psychological guise of a Klingon. During the run of TNG, Dorn was a member of The Sunspots, along with co-stars Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and LeVar Burton. Early acting career Post-TNG acting career In the 2006 science fiction/action movie A.I. Voice-over roles. Christopher Plummer. Real World article(written from a Production point of view) In a career spanning over fifty years, he has earned two Tony Awards (out of seven nominations), two Emmy Awards (out of six nominations), an Academy Award nomination, an Academy Award, and numerous other accolades. Michael Dorn, who acted alongside Plummer in Star Trek VI, once described him as "an incredible actor". (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 9, p. 19) Perhaps Plummer's most famous film role is that of Captain Georg von Trapp in the classic 1965 musical The Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise (who went on to direct the first Star Trek film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture).
Plummer received his Academy Award in 2012 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his work on the drama Beginners. Early life and stage work Edit Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Plummer initially studied to become a concert pianist, but turned to acting during his high school years. Film work Television work External links. Nichelle Nichols. Nichelle Nichols (born 28 December 1932; age 81) is an American actress from Robbins, Illinois. She is most famous for portraying communications officer Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first six Star Trek movies. She also provided the voices for a number of other characters on the animated series.
Early career and other roles Edit Hailing from Robbins, Illinois, Ms. Her first television role was on The Lieutenant (1964, which was written and produced by Gene Roddenberry and featured Gary Lockwood and Don Marshall). She appeared as Ruana in two Tarzan films: Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967, with fellow Star Trek actors Lloyd Haynes, William Marshall, and Jason Evers); and Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970, with Robert DoQui). Her other voice work includes the recurring role of Diane Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles, the African-American mother of Salli Richardson's character. Legacy Personal Background Appearances As Uhura Edit. James Doohan. James Montgomery Doohan (3 March 1920 – 20 July 2005; age 85) portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies.
He also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics" and in the archive footage used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". His work as Scotty ranged over a twenty-nine year period, with his first being in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and his last appearance being in Star Trek Generations. Early life & World War II Edit Doohan was born in March of 1920 in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, nineteen-year-old Doohan enlisted as a gunner in the Royal Canadian Artillery.
On 6 June 1944, Doohan, by then promoted to Command Post Officer (Captain), was among the Canadian forces sent to take Juno Beach in Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion. Radio and early television Star Trek After Star Trek Star Trek films Later life. William Shatner. In addition, Shatner appeared indirectly (through archive footage) in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" and his archive voice-over was used in the final Star Trek: Enterprise episode, "These Are the Voyages... ". He has also voiced the role of Kirk in a number of video games and he is the credited author for a series of Star Trek novels involving Kirk, the first of which was The Ashes of Eden. (His primary "ghost" writers are Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.)
Outside of the Star Trek franchise, Shatner is well-known for his roles on several other television shows, including Bob Wilson in the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of The Twilight Zone, the title character on the 1980s police drama series T.J. Hooker, and his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of famed attorney Denny Crane on the ABC drama The Practice and its spin-off, Boston Legal. Biography Edit Shatner was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry. 1970s Edit. DeForest Kelley. "He's really not dead... as long as we remember him. " – DeForest Kelley as Dr. "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) Jackson DeForest Kelley (20 January 1920 – 11 June 1999; age 79) was famous for his role as Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD, on Star Trek: The Original Series. He went on to voice the character on The Animated Series and to play the character in the first six Star Trek movies. Biography Edit Kelley was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1937 Kelley went to Long Beach, California, to stay with his uncle for two weeks. Kelley went on to co-star with fellow TOS performers Jeff Corey and Whit Bissell as prison escapees in the 1948 thriller Canon City. Throughout the late 1950s and the 1960s, he starred or appeared primarily in Westerns. Kelley then appeared in such classic Westerns as Sturges' The Law and Jake Wade (1958), Warlock (1959, with Whit Bissell, Paul Comi, Frank Gorshin, Roy Jenson, and Gary Lockwood) and Town Tamer (1965, with Richard Webb).
Additional appearances Edit. Walter Koenig. Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy returned to the role of Spock in Star Trek; it was the first time he played the character since 1991 and was his first live-action film role since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He made a further cameo appearance as Spock in the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, making him the only principal cast member of any Star Trek series to appear in eight of the films and (technically) the longest-serving of all Star Trek cast members, having played the role on and off over a period of 49 years from 1964 to 2013. Biography Edit Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts just four days after his Star Trek co-star, William Shatner.
Like Shatner, he is of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry (his family name means "person who cannot speak" in Russian) and, like his character of Spock, Nimoy is a vegetarian. He entered Boston College on a dramatic scholarship, but dropped out and headed for the West Coast knowing there he would find more lucrative opportunities in the acting business. Early career. Paul Rossilli. Paul Rossilli (born 15 October 1948; age 65) is the actor who played Brigadier Kerla in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Rossilli made his film debut in the 1980 comedy Serial, which also featured his Star Trek VI co-star Rosana DeSoto as well as Sally Kellerman and Mark L. Taylor. His only other known feature film credit is 1982's Bayou Romance, starring Michael Ansara and Michael Durrell.
Rossilli also had a role on the soap opera General Hospital and made guest appearances on such television series as Kojak, Street Hawk (in an episode also guest-starring Marc Alaimo), Hotel (starring Michael Spound), Doctor Doctor (starring Matt Frewer), and The Young Riders (starring Anthony Zerbe). Paul Rossilli at the Internet Movie Database. Rosana DeSoto. Rosana DeSoto (born 2 September 1950; age 63), is an actress from San Jose, California who played Azetbur in the 1991 film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. She is best known for her role as Connie Valenzuela in the 1987 hit biographical movie La Bamba, which also featured TNG guest actors Sam Anderson and Noble Willingham. The following year, she and her La Bamba co-star Lou Diamond Phillips had roles in the popular drama Stand and Deliver.
She made her film debut in the 1979 comedy The In-Laws, co-starring Richard Libertini and Ed Begley, Jr. The following year, she appeared with her future Undiscovered Country co-star Paul Rossilli in the comedy Serial (also featuring Sally Kellerman). DeSoto also made guest appearances on such TV shows as Barney Miller (with Ron Glass, Gregory Sierra, and James Gregory), Murder, She Wrote (with William Windom), and Quantum Leap (with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell). David Warner. David Warner (born 29 July 1941; age 72) is an English actor who has appeared in two Star Trek movies and a two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He first played the part of Ambassador St. John Talbot in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier in 1989. In 1991, he returned to the Star Trek franchise to play Klingon chancellor Gorkon in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The following year, he portrayed the Cardassian Gul Madred in the TNG sixth season episodes "Chain of Command, Part I" and "Chain of Command, Part II".
He reprised the role of Chancellor Gorkon for the video game Star Trek: Klingon Academy. Warner took over the role of Madred on three days notice and, though he had previously appeared in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, he knew nothing about the Cardassians from The Next Generation. Warner was also approached by the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine production staff for the role of Akorem Laan in "Accession". Life and career. George Takei. George Hosato Takei (pronounced "Ta-Kay") (born 20 April 1937; age 76) is a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise.
He debuted as Sulu in the second pilot of the original series, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", with his character making the transition from the physics department to the helm by the next episode, "The Corbomite Maneuver". In total, he appeared in 51 of the 79 original series episodes. He later voiced Sulu in the animated series and displayed his vocal talents playing other guest characters.
He then reprised the role in the first six Star Trek motion pictures, and "Flashback", an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. He has both narrated and recorded dialog as Sulu in numerous audio novels and interactive games. Issue 356 of Starburst Magazine stated that Takei would be appearing in 2009's Star Trek, directed and produced by J.J. Personal Edit Takei was born in Los Angeles, California, on 20 April 1937. Early career After Star Trek.