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Star Trek: Discovery

2017

Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.

Tyler Evan Webb

Tyler Evan Webb is known for Star Trek: Discovery (2017), The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again (2016) and The Strain (2014). Tyler graduated with an Honour B.A. in Theatre from York University, and has danced in the Canadian Opera Company’s productions of Iphigenia in Tauris and Nixon in China. He’s a principal dancer with Desiraeda Dance Theatre (featured in WEIGHT). Television credits include Feist’s 1234 music video, a national commercial for ItalPasta, and international commercials for Nokia and Snickers. Tyler works on independent film projects in Toronto as an actor, choreographer, and assistant director. He has produced two short films and a Toronto Fringe play. A member of Carter Thor Studios East, he is equally at home on stage or film.

Sam Vartholomeos

Sam Vartholomeos is an actor and producer, known for Bridge and Tunnel (2021) and Star Trek: Discovery (2017).

Mary Chieffo

Mary Elizabeth Chieffo is an American actress known for portraying the Klingon L'Rell on the television series Star Trek: Discovery. Chieffo was born and grew up in the neighborhood of Valley Village, Los Angeles in California, only daughter of actors Michael Chieffo and Beth Grant. Her acting debut was at the age of three when she played a sleeping girl in Sandra Bullock's short film Making Sandwiches, in which her mother also had a role, and later acted in various TV shows and short and feature films. As a child, she attended Shakespeare theater camp at the Theatricum Botanicum, where she performed in a variety of shows including Antony and Cleopatra. She attended the Drama division of Juilliard School in New York City, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2015. One of her classmates was future Star Trek: Discovery castmate Mary Wiseman. Her first high profile acting position was on Star Trek: Discovery, where she played the recurring character of L'Rell, a Klingon warrior and spy who becomes leader of the Klingon Empire at the end of Season 1. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.

Wilson Cruz

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Discovery

Wilson Cruz is an American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery, and the recurring character Junito on Noah's Arc. As a gay man of Afro-Puerto Rican ancestry, he has served as an advocate for gay youth, especially gay minorities.

Ethan Peck

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Ethan Gregory Peck is an American actor. He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and Greta Kukkonen, the elder Peck's first wife. In 2019, he played a young Spock in Star Trek: Discovery, a role he has reprised for the television series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Peck was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 2, 1986. He is the son of Stephen Peck, a former actor, documentary filmmaker, and Vietnam veteran who is president and CEO of U.S. Veterans Initiative, and abstract artist Francine Matarazzo. He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and his first wife, Finnish-born Greta Kukkonen. Peck attended private schools Campbell Hall and Harvard-Westlake in Studio City. He excelled in athletics and learned to play classical cello. Peck began his acting career as a child, appearing in television shows such as That '70s Show and Gossip Girl. He made his film debut in 1999 with a small role in the movie Passport to Paris. In 2008, he starred in the independent film Tennessee, opposite Mariah Carey. He also appeared in the films Adopt a Sailor (2009) and The Midnight Sky (2020). In 2019, Peck was cast as a young Spock in the television series Star Trek: Discovery. He reprised the role in the spin-off series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered in 2022. Peck's performance as Spock has been praised by critics and fans alike. In addition to his work on Star Trek, Peck has also appeared in the films The Curse of La Llorona (2019) and The Good House (2021).

Kenneth Mitchell

Cast · Known for Ghost Whisperer, Captain Marvel

Kenneth Mitchell (November 25, 1974 – February 24, 2024) was a Canadian actor, best known for playing several Klingon characters in Star Trek: Discovery. He also had a role on the television series Jericho, starred in the 2004 sports biopic Miracle, and played Captain Marvel’s father in the 2019 film. Mitchell was married to actress Susan May Pratt and had two children. Mitchell died at the age of 49 from complications with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

David Ajala

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Discovery

David Ajala (born 21 May 1986) is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Manchester Black in Supergirl (2018–2019), Captain Roy Eris in Nightflyers (2018), and Cleveland "Book" Booker in Star Trek: Discovery (2020–present).

Sawandi Wilson

Sawandi Wilson is an Award Winning American actor/filmmaker born in New York to Caribbean parents. He is known for his work in television and film. Most recently, he was cast in the final season of Star Trek: Discovery as Captain Leto. He also played Marcus in Amazon's "Harlem" and had a recurring role in Netflix's International hit series "The House of Flowers/La Casa De Las Flores." Sawandi started his artistic pursuit as a breakdancer. He later attended Hofstra University where he received a BA in Sociology. He went on to study acting with Marishka Phillips, Susan Batson, and on-camera technique with Bob Krakower. In between projects he enjoys empowering the youth through dance and expressive arts.

Yadira Guevara-Prip

Yadira Helena Guevara-Prip is an American stage and television actor, best known for her work on Star Trek: Discovery, Supernatural, 13 Reasons Why, and See.

Douglas Aarniokoski

Director · Known for Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T., Sleepy Hollow

Douglas Aarniokoski (born August 25, 1965) is an American television director and producer. He is well known for his work on the CBS series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Picard, Criminal Minds, S.W.A.T., and the CW superhero drama Arrow. He has also worked on FOX's supernatural series Sleepy Hollow. Aarniokoski got his start as a production assistant on Turner & Hooch and as a personal assistant to Tom Cruise on his 1990 film Days of Thunder. He then worked on the 1992 horror feature Doctor Mordrid as the first assistant director. He went on to serve as assistant director on several other films such as From Dusk till Dawn, Living Out Loud, The Faculty, and Spy Kids. Later he began serving as a second unit director for features such as The Medallion, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, and Resident Evil: Extinction. His directorial debut was with the 2000 action film Highlander: Endgame. His other credits include Animals and The Day. He co-wrote and directed the 2013 horror Nurse 3D. Aarniokoski has directed 8 installments of the CBS series Criminal Minds since 2011, while directing two episodes of The CW's Green Arrow origin series Arrow and one of its sister series, The Flash. During the first season of the FOX series Sleepy Hollow, Aarniokoski directed the 7th episode, "The Midnight Ride." In winter 2014, he joined as supervising producer and main director on the show. He has since directed the second-season episodes "Go Where I Send Thee...", "And the Abyss Gazes Back," "Kali Yuga," and "Awakening.". In 2015, he joined the new CBS series Limitless as supervising producer and director. The show will be run by former Sleepy Hollow co-worker Mark Goffman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Douglas Aarniokoski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sonequa Martin-Green

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Discovery, The Walking Dead

Sonequa Martin-Green is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham, the main character in the streaming television series Star Trek: Discovery and as Sasha Williams on The Walking Dead. She graduated from the University of Alabama in 2007 with a degree in Theatre.

Julianne Grossman

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Discovery

Julianne Grossman was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Star Trek: Discovery (2017), Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010) and Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008).

Rachael Ancheril

Rachael Ancheril is a versatile Canadian screen actress best known for her prominent television roles, most notably as Commander D. Nhan in Star Trek: Discovery and Marlo Cruz in the police drama Rookie Blue. She has built a dynamic career moving seamlessly between science fiction, crime procedurals, and independent cinema.

Oyin Oladejo

Cast · Known for Star Trek: Discovery

Oyin Oladejo is a Nigerian-born Canadian actress, known for portraying Joann Owosekun on the television series Star Trek: Discovery.

Nck Name

Nicolas Londoño (AKA Nck Name) is an actor, musician, and producer based in Toronto, Canada. His onscreen work includes shows such as "Star Trek: Discovery", Netflix's "The Madness", Showtime's "Fellow Travellers", and NBC's "Brilliant Minds", as well as films such as "Adulthood", "A Mother's Lie", "I Won't Let You Go", and "Love & The Radio Star". He's been the face of over 40 national marketing campaigns for brands such as Coca-Cola, Toyota, McDonald's, Wal-Mart, Budweiser, Rice Krispies, Intel, Rogers, Fido, BMO, Virgin, TD Bank, and more. As a composer/audio producer, Nick has worked with several music houses, labels, and production companies; his work has been featured in over 50 international film festivals, earning him an "Emerging New Media Artist of the Year" MARTY Award.

Alex Kurtzman

Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Fringe, Hawaii Five-0, Now You See Me

Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci, and directing and co-writing The Mummy (2017). He made his directorial debut with People Like Us (2012), co-written alongside Orci and Jody Lambert.  Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams and co-creating the TV series Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Kurtzman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Oded Fehr

Cast · Known for The Mummy, Star Trek: Discovery

Oded Fehr is an Israeli-born American film, television, and stage actor who has built a prolific career playing commanding, sophisticated characters across blockbuster franchises and prestige television. He first achieved global fame in 1999 as the heroic desert warrior Ardeth Bay in the blockbuster hit The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns, later cementing his action credentials as Carlos Oliveira in three installments of the Resident Evil film franchise. His extensive television resume includes memorable turns as Mossad Director Eli David in NCIS, Admiral Vance in Star Trek: Discovery, and key figures in hits like Covert Affairs and The Blacklist. In recent years, Fehr has continued to maintain a high-profile presence across major television series, voice acting, and stage work. He notably starred as the criminal mastermind and patriarch Viktor in the Paramount+ crime drama series Mayor of Kingstown (appearing across multiple seasons into the mid-2020s), and lent his distinctive voice to high-profile animated projects and video games. Additionally, he continues to balance screen work with classical stage performances, keeping up a busy schedule of international film and television productions.

Jason Isaacs

Cast · Known for Peter Pan, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), James Wolfe in Battle of the Brave (2004), Antonio Pérez in The Escorial Conspiracy (2007), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021). His television roles include Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–2019) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018). His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor/Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016). Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End. He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008). He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, won the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–2013), and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Isaacs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Mia Kirshner

Cast · Known for Dracula: The Series

Mia Kirshner (born January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001–2005), as Jenny Schecter in The L Word (2004–2009), as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2019), and as Isobel Flemming in The Vampire Diaries (2010-2011). Her film credits include Love and Human Remains (1993), Exotica (1994), The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Mad City (1997), Not Another Teen Movie (2001) and The Black Dahlia (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mia Kirshner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Bryan Fuller

Writer · Creator · Known for Hannibal, Heroes, Star Trek: Discovery

Bryan Fuller (born July 27, 1969) is an American television writer and producer who has created a number of television series, including Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, Hannibal, American Gods, and Crystal Lake. Fuller worked as writer and executive producer on the Star Trek television series Voyager and Deep Space Nine; he is also the co-creator of Star Trek: Discovery. Fuller was born in Lewiston, Idaho, and raised in Clarkston, Washington. He was brought up Roman Catholic. After graduating from Clarkston High School, Fuller attended Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston. He later transferred to the USC School of Cinematic Arts, but dropped out and began working as an office temp.

Jayne Brook

Cast · Known for Chicago Hope

Jayne Brook (born September 16, 1960) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Dr. Diane Grad on the medical drama Chicago Hope, as a series regular for five of the show's six seasons, and Mary Ann Mitchell on The District from 2000 to 2002. Between 2017 and 2019, Brook had a recurring role as Starfleet Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell in the series Star Trek: Discovery.

Grace Lynn Kung

Grace Lynn Kung (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for the spy series InSecurity as Jojo Kwan. Kung holds two certificates of distinction from Trinity College London in the United Kingdom, where she also studied naturopathic medicine. She has appeared in Fahrenheit 451, Star Trek: Discovery, Miss Sloane, and Designated Survivor. Screen credits include The Expanse, The Strain, Being Erica, Away From Her, Slings & Arrows, Odd Squad, House Party, and Cube 2: Hypercube. On stage, she has performed The Vagina Monologues in Oranjestad, Aruba, as Janet in the award-winning play Kim's Convenience, Izzy in Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, Zoe/The Girl in La Ronde, Yuko in Yukonstyle at Canadian Stage Company, collaborating with Judith Thompson on her new works and playing writer-historian Iris Chang in the international debut of A Nanking Winter by Marjorie Chan at Nightwood Theatre, a theatre specialising in forging creative alliances among female artists.

Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress. She is known for her regular roles in the television series Hell on Wheels, When Calls the Heart, and The Man in the High Castle, recurring roles on Stargate SG-1, Level Up, Arrow, and Star Trek: Discovery, and for her roles in the films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Horsdal was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She says she "was born to hippie parents while surrounded by friends and family on the 'farm' Headacres." She is the daughter of mother Lindsay and folksinger father Valdy. She grew up with her mother in Kitsilano and attended Bayview Elementary followed by Lord Byng Secondary. She began modelling in locally shot TV shows and commercials at 18, and then lived in the Caribbean for a year. Horsdal began her acting career in 2002. She has since appeared in more than 75 commercials as well as in films and on television. She has played lead and supporting roles on Hell on Wheels, The Man In the High Castle, When Calls the Heart, Candiland, Patterson's Wager, Three Weeks, Three Kids, On Strike For Christmas, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, and Lifetime's The Client List. She had lead roles in Lying To Be Perfect and Mrs. Miracle. Additional credits include leads on the feature Burning Mussolini, Nickelodeon's Gym Teacher: The Movie, co-starring Christopher Meloni and Amy Sedaris, Flirting with Forty with Heather Locklear and the FOX TV pilot The Virgin of Akron, Ohio. Supporting leads include Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem for 20th Century Fox and Possession alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, as well as Elegy with Ben Kingsley and Penélope Cruz and Rise of the Planet of the Apes with John Lithgow and James Franco. Her performances in the short films Dark Room (2006) and The Hostage (2010) both earned Leo nominations for Best Performance. Recurring roles include Battlestar Galactica, Exes & Ohs, The L Word, Stargate: SG1, Saved, DaVinci's Inquest, Whistler, Blackstone, Clue and Cartoon Network's Level Up. The Hostage, for which Horsdal was nominated for Best Actress at the 2011 Leos, co-starred and was produced by Tahmoh Penikett and Aleks Paunovic. Horsdal was nominated for four more Leo Awards for her guest starring turn on Arctic Air (2013), for Hell on Wheels and When Calls the Heart, and for Patterson's Wager.