Star Trek Actors in other movies and is it worth it?

tj-music.com · 13-10-2004 5:57pm #1

Yes, I must say once you´re related to Star Trek it must be hard to make a career afterwards.

Sisko and Geordi played together in "Roots" and I liked that a lot but Alexander Siddig and the Borg Queen in "Reign of fire" was a waste. And everytime I see Shatner doing a comedy its only annoying.

Patrick Stewart is one of a kind: He seems to be brilliant whatever he does, be it in that movie with Mel Gibson or as Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" movies.

But then, he had a career way before Star Trek. I liked him in DUNE

The "Gueststars" don´t seem to be fe effected at all. The one who played in Star Trek II, whats her name again, made it. I thought she was funny in "Look who´s talking" and Kim Catrall is huge as well.

But perhaps with the exception of Colm Meaney no one really has major roles out of Star Trek.

Brent Spiner was cool in ID4 but I have never seen Sisko, Crusher, Spock or so in a bigger production outside of Star Trek.

What do u think? Did I just miss all their other movies or am I right ?? ...

BuffyBot · 13-10-2004 7:32pm

Avery Brooks (Sisko) was in American History X. Very good in it too, I thought. Jennifer Lien (Kes) also had a supporting role in the same movie.

Woden · 13-10-2004 7:39pm

brent spiner was also in phenomenon (sp?) and alexander siddig had a role in vertical limits

but yeah a lot of em are type cast i suppose.

shinzon · 13-10-2004 8:41pm

Leonard nimoy had a very good film career before star trek and then a directing career because of it

So you can break the typecast

Shin

aidan_walsh · 13-10-2004 8:42pm

shinzon wrote:

Leonard nimoy had a very good film career before star trek and then a directing career because of it

So you can break the typecast

Shin

And we can't forget "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"... No matter how hard we try...

seamus · 13-10-2004 8:47pm

Brent Spiner has always done well. He'll always be "the guy who played Data", but he's a great actor, and although you think "Oh look, it's Brent Spiner", you don't spend the rest of the movie thinking you're watching Brent Spiner playing Data playing someone else.

GoneShootin · 13-10-2004 8:59pm

Wasnt brent also in a bond film ?

INVINCIBLE - INVINCIBLE !!!

Ro: maaan! · 13-10-2004 10:30pm

Brent Spiner was in Independence day, I think? One of the scientists. He also guest stared in an episode of Friends. (Though that's not a a major carrer point)

Kate Mulgrew was in a few episodes of Cheers.

Jeri Ryan is in some other show, is she not?

And I saw Terry Farrell in some TV movie or other.

That's all I got, for the moment.

SprostonGreen · 13-10-2004 10:35pm

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Jeri Ryan is in some other show, is she not?

Boston Public I think.

Wasn't Jedzia Dax in Becker with Ted Danson?

ferdi · 13-10-2004 10:36pm

brent spiner was in indo day, not goldeneye but i know the guy your thinking of GoneShootin

Ro: maaan! · 13-10-2004 10:46pm

Oh yeah... Becker. Completly forgot about that.

Jim · 13-10-2004 10:56pm

shinzon wrote:

Leonard nimoy had a very good film career before star trek and then a directing career because of it

So you can break the typecast

Shin

Voice of Galvatron in Transformers: The Movie.

Brent Spiner has had a very interesting career actually. Voice of Conan O'Brien in the South Park movie. Also in Dude Wheres My Car?

Zaph · 13-10-2004 11:05pm

Jeri Ryan was in Dark Skies - great show, pity it got cancelled

billy the squid · 14-10-2004 2:02am

Michael Dorn did the voice of the beast in Beauty and the Beast.

William Shatner was TJ hooker, and also had an appearance in Airplant II.

Jeri Ryan was in Melrose Place before voyager if I am not mistaken.

Patrick Stewart was in X-men and was also in a film about terrorists called "death Train"

others that I can remember being in those Odesey true story films were Robert Picardo Will Wheaton and Gates MacFadden.

Ro: maaan! · 14-10-2004 11:59am

Actually I've seen Robert Picardo in a few things. None of which I can rememer. Expect one episode of the Outer Limits.

Woden · 14-10-2004 4:24pm

billy the squid wrote:

"death Train"

think i've seen that

ashley james patterson judd was in an episode of TNG possibly 5th season, possibly had wil wheaton in it and possibly was about the ship been taking over by a game people played actually its possible the episode was called the game

edit: i have verified the above info to be correct and she was also in an episode called darmok

Ro: maaan! · 14-10-2004 4:43pm

Robin Lefler perchance?

Mr E · 14-10-2004 4:50pm

Use http://www.imdb.com to look up your favourite actors and see what else they did (including bit parts in TV shows).

Woden · 14-10-2004 5:13pm

aye ro: maaan! and aye TmB thats where i turned up most of the info handy site that

Eldarin · 21-10-2004 6:49pm

Right this is the ones I know.

D'forrest Kelly was in some western film.
William Shatner was in American Psycho 2 and Miss Congeniality
Brent Spinner was in ID4 and Phenomenan
Will Wheaton was in Stand by Me.
Marina Sirtis was in Terminal Error
Walter Keonig, James Doohan and George Takei were in Bug Buster.
Patrick Steward was the voice of the Pharoh Seti first in The Prince of Egypt, he also had a small appearance in the end of Robin Hood Men in Tights as King Richard.

Thats Me for the Minute. Anymore come to mind and i'll let you know

Done without the help of IMDB by the way

Ro: maaan! · 21-10-2004 7:48pm

Brent Spiner in Phenomenan? Who'd he play?

Capt'n Midnight · 21-10-2004 8:25pm

Walter Koenig in B5 movies.

Joeface · 21-10-2004 8:42pm

im surprised no one has mentioned Lt. Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby)

and her short lived career change to soft porn aka the red shoe diaires

tj-music.com · 24-10-2004 11:12am

Isnt Quark on Buffy now? Or is that a re-run?

Stewart is ahead in any way. He is in plenty of movies and always great. But I would love to see him play a complete weirdo, with a pumpgun or something totally unexpected.

And in the end the policeman says: "**** the law, I am going to kill you now" and Stewart says: "Make it so".

Or perhaps not

Pigman II · 24-10-2004 11:36am

tj-music.com wrote:

whats her name again, made it. I thought she was funny in "Look who´s talking"

Kirsty Alley is her name and I'd imagine she'll be remembered more for her role in 'Cheers' rather than StarTrek2 or the LookWho'sNotLaughing series.

But to answer your question: No I don't think you missed all their other movies.

I reckon the only Trek actor today who could pulldown a $5m+ per movie deal is our old friend Mr.Stewart.

And that's not to say that Trek 'ruined' the chances of all the other actors who have starred in it down thru the years. It's just to say that they were never very good actors to begin with (Avery Brooks being an exception).

Ro: maaan! · 24-10-2004 11:39am

Jesus, forgot about Quark, yea. He was the Principal in Buffy for the first few series (until he got eaten or whatever...)

BuffyBot · 24-10-2004 2:08pm

Isnt Quark on Buffy now? Or is that a re-run?

It's a re-run. Armin Shimmerman was playing Snyder on Buffy at the same time as he was playing Quark on DS9.

Vokes · 26-10-2004 10:47am

Robert Picardo(with a full head of hair!) was in Gremlins 2 i think

...and saw Ezri Dax in Cube the other day.

begbie · 26-10-2004 10:52am

William Shatner was also in:

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)

Fidelis · 05-11-2004 2:09pm

I'm almost certain I saw Robert Picardo in an episode of M*A*S*H but it doesn't list it on IMDB. He seems to have had a fairly successful career from the mid 70's onwards. He's making regular appearances on a show called the Lyon's Den, it's on NET2 @ 12:25am on Thursday nights if anyone's interested.

Haha, the site also says that he voiced the JohnnyCab in Total Recall!

simu · 05-11-2004 3:05pm

Jennifer Lien was very good in American History X - twas strange seeing her play a character so different from Kes!

gamma · 09-11-2004 6:06pm

watching vhi classic on sunday. a song by cameo called word up was on.a very young levar burton was in the vid. wasnt sure if it was even him at first.

drrnwbb · 09-11-2004 8:31pm

Fidelis wrote:

I'm almost certain I saw Robert Picardo in an episode of M*A*S*H but it doesn't list it on IMDB.

i think you're thinking of "china beach" (from the late 80's), he was in that for a while, it was also set in vietnam and was based on the lives of doctors.

dw

BuffyBot · 10-11-2004 12:00am

Think Alexander Siddig (Dr Bashir) guest starred in an episode of Spooks a while back

ixoy · 10-11-2004 12:06am

Don't forget the Hellraiser movies.

Hellraiser - Has Andrew "Garak" Robin in a leading role.

Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth - Has Terry "Dax" Farrell in a leading role.

Eldarin · 11-11-2004 3:30pm

Ro: maaan! wrote:

Brent Spiner in Phenomenan? Who'd he play?

He was the investigator who was questioning John Travolta when he started pushing the pencil up and down the table without touching it.

Which I can do by the way. My signature should shed some light on that.

Cactus Col · 11-11-2004 3:36pm

and of course. .. Wil Wheaton is in GTA San Andreas ... I know it's not a movie .. but it's the coolest thing any Star Trek actor has ever being connected with.

EVER.

Fuhrio · 11-11-2004 9:09pm

Wil Wheaton = legend

he was also in an x-box game called crimson skies apparantly.

Doper Than U · 12-11-2004 6:15pm

Robert Beltran (Chakotay) was in CSI Miami (Tinderbox) as Judge Onieda.
I saw Nana Visitor (Kira Nerys) in Knightrider

Star Trek Actors in other movies and is it worth it?

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