A little Trek quiz: Match the actor with the alien!

[CorporalClegg]

Yep, Rachel Nichols was Gaila in ST09 - but she was Orion, not Andorian (green, not blue ).

Yup. I just realized that.

A temporary brain-wedgie on my part.

 

[FormerLurker]

#1 played B'etor.

 

[M'Sharak]

Dorn, then:

1. Susanna Thompson - Lenara Kahn, Borg Queen 2
2. Suzie Plakson - Suzy Q, Dr. Selar
3. Roxanne Dawson - Torres
4. Marc Alaimo - Dukat
5. Casey Biggs - Damar
6. Salome Jens - Female Shapeshifter
7. Alice Krige - Borg Queen
8. not sure
9. not sure
10. Linda Thorson - Ocett (and Tara King!)
11. not sure
12. not sure
13. Robin Curtis - Saavik, Tellara
14. Yvonne Craig - Marta
15. Aron Eisenberg - Nog
16. J.G. Hertzler - Martok, etc.
17. not sure
18. Tony Todd - Kurn, Alpha Hirogen, etc.

Edit:

19. Robert O'Reilly - Martok
20. Max Grodenchik - Rom
21. I'll probably kick myself on this one, but I'm drawing a blank.
22. not sure
23. not sure
24. not sure
25. not sure
26. not sure

Edit, again:

27. Clifton Collins, Jr. - Ayel
28. Andrew Robinson - Garak
29. Rachel Nichols - Gaila
30. Jeffrey Combs - Weyoun, Shran, etc.
31. Wally Shawn - Zek

Edit, some more:

32. not sure
33. not sure
34. not sure
35. not sure
36. not sure
37. Clarence Williams III - Omet'iklan

Edit...

38. not sure

 

[Yeoman Randi]

18 is Tony Todd? I should have known that one. He was in Candyman etc, but wow...i didnt recognize him in that pic. M.. you sure?

 

[DevilEyes]

18 is Tony Todd? I should have known that one. He was in Candyman etc, but wow...i didnt recognize him in that pic. M.. you sure?

No, that's not Tony Todd. Todd was in TNG and DS9 playing Worf's brother Kurn, on VOY as Alpha Hirogen and also without makeup as adult Jake Sisko in the DS9 episode "The Visitor".

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/5/5d/Middle_aged_Jake_Sisko.jpg[

#18 has been already guessed by ThorDamar - the actor's name is Mel Johnson Jr., he was in Total Recall among other things, and he played a Cardassian, Legate Broca, puppet leader under the Dominion.

http://img.listal.com/image/515882/300-mel-johnson-jr..jpg



^ Another actor who didn't look great with Cardie makeup on...

 

[DevilEyes]

#1 played B'etor.

Correct.

Dorn, then:

1. Susanna Thompson - Lenara Kahn, Borg Queen 2 wrong, see above
2. Suzie Plakson - Suzy Q, Dr. Selar
3. Roxanne Dawson - Torres
4. Marc Alaimo - Dukat
5. Casey Biggs - Damar
6. Salome Jens - Female Shapeshifter
7. Alice Krige - Borg Queen
8. not sure
9. not sure
10. Linda Thorson - Ocett (and Tara King!) for recognizing this one
11. not sure
12. not sure
13. Robin Curtis - Saavik, Tellara wrong
14. Yvonne Craig - Marta correct
15. Aron Eisenberg - Nog
16. J.G. Hertzler - Martok, etc.
17. not sure
18. Tony Todd - Kurn, Alpha Hirogen, etc. wrong

Edit:

19. Robert O'Reilly - Martok
20. Max Grodenchik - Rom
21. I'll probably kick myself on this one, but I'm drawing a blank.
22. not sure
23. not sure
24. not sure
25. not sure
26. not sure

Edit, again:

27. Clifton Collins, Jr. - Ayel yes
28. Andrew Robinson - Garak
29. Rachel Nichols - Gaila
30. Jeffrey Combs - Weyoun, Shran, etc.
31. Wally Shawn - Zek

Edit, some more:

32. not sure
33. not sure
34. not sure
35. not sure
36. not sure
37. Clarence Williams III - Omet'iklan

Edit...

38. not sure

You did great, since you didn't seem to read the rest of the thread. Quite a few people have already been recognized. You're the first to guess #10, 14 and 27.

 

[DevilEyes]

A roundup of all the aliens that have already been recognized (with info from Memory Alpha on all the roles they played, in some cases I didn't know or forgot some of their multiple roles!):

0 - Michael Dorn (Worf), obviously
1 - Gwynyth Walsh - B'etor (TNG/DS9/Generations) (+ human-looking Nimira, from a race called Mari on VOY)
2 - Suzie Plakson - K'Ehleyr (TNG), Dr Solar (TNG), Q (VOY), Tarah (an Andorian on ENT)
3 - Roxann Dawson - B'Elanna Torres (VOY)
4 - Marc Alaimo - Dukat (DS9), Macet (TNG), Romulan Commander Tebok (TNG), a couple of humans on TNG/DS9, and even an Antican (also on TNG)
5 - Casey Biggs - Damar (DS9)
6 - Salome Jens - Female Founder (DS9)
7 - Alice Krige - Borg Queen (FC)
8 - ? nobody has guessed her yet, but it is one of the more difficult ones.

9 - also not an easy one. She was in just one episode.

10 - Linda Thorson - Gul Ocett (TNG episode "The Chase")
11 - Dina Meyer - Romulan Commander Donatra (Nemesis)
12 - Tracy Scoggins (Lockley from B5) - Gilora Rejal (the Cardassian scientist who had a crush on O'Brien in DS9 episode "Destiny")
13 - Jennifer Gatti - Ba'el (TNG "Birthright")
14 - Yvonne Craig - Marta (crazy Orion girl in TOS "Whom Gods Destroy")
15 - Aron Eisenberg - Nog (DS9), also appeared as a human (newspaper boy) in "Far Beyond the Stars" and was in VOY as a Kazon-Ogla youth called kar (I actually had no idea about the VOY role until I just looked it up to see if he's played any other roles )
16 - J. G. Hertzler - Martok (DS9), Laas (DS9 "Chimera"), a human on "Far Beyond the Stars" and a few other roles as Klingons, a Vulcan and even a Hirogen fighter, on DS9, VOY and ENT. http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/J.G._Hertzler
17 - John Vickery (also known from B5) - Rusot (Damar's bigoted Resistance buddy on DS9) + Betazoid survivor on TNG "Night Terrors", Klingon advocate Orak on ENT "Judgment"
18 - Mel Johnson Jr. - Legate Broca (S7 of DS9)
19 - Robert O'Reilly - Gowron (TNG/DS9)
20 - Max Grodenchik - Rom (DS9)
21 - also a difficult one, also in one episode

22- even more difficult

23 - Mark Allen Shepherd - Morn (DS9 + cameos on TNG and VOY) - he actually was briefly seen without makeup in "Who Mourns for Morn" as the guy Quark makes sit in Morn's chair
24 - Barbara March - Lursa (TNG/DS9/Generations)
25 - Kevin Conway - Kahless (TNG "Rightful Heir")
26 - another difficult one, also a one-episode role

27 - Cliffton Collins Jr. - Ayel (ST09)
28 - Andrew Robinson - Garak (DS9)
29 - Rachel Nichols - Gaila (ST09)
30 - Jeffrey Combs - all sorts of roles: Weyoun (DS9), Brunt (DS9), Shran (ENT), plus several others aliens I can't even bother to remember, and a human on "Far Beyond the Stars" http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Jeffrey_Combs
31 - Wallace Shawn - Grand Nagus Zek (DS9)
32 - not an easy one; hint: one of the posters thought that Mel Johnson Jr. played the character he played

33 - Brian Thompson - Romulan Admiral Valdore (ENT), Toman'Torax (the trouble-making Jem'Hadar killed by his First) in DS9 "To the Death" + a couple of Klingons on TNG and GEN and a member of a race called Dosi in DS9 "Rules of Acquisition"
34 - this is very difficult, but a hint: this guy also played a Jem'Hadar, in addition to a couple of other smaller roles

35 - Phil Morris - Third Remata'Klan on DS9 "Rocks and Shoals" + Klingon Commander/Grilka's guard on DS9, and a few humans including Lt. John Kelly on VOY, a cadet on ST III:TSFS, and even a kid on TOS "Miri"
36 - I had to put this guy because I really liked his Jem'Hadar character

37 - Clarence Williams III - Omet'iklan (Jem'Hadar First) on DS9 "To the Death"
38 - nobody has guessed it yet

I feel so geeky after compiling all this info. Then again, there's no way I would've known half of it without checking MemoryAlpha, so maybe I'm that much of a geek after all.

 

[M'Sharak]

18 is Tony Todd? I should have known that one. He was in Candyman etc, but wow...i didnt recognize him in that pic. M.. you sure?

No, I wasn't sure -- he looks too young, for one thing -- but I thought there were some similarities in facial features, so I guessed. I sure wouldn't have been able to recognize him through the makeup, though.

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You did great, since you didn't seem to read the rest of the thread. Quite a few people have already been recognized. You're the first to guess #10, 14 and 27.

I tried to do it cold, just to see how many I could get.

If I'd missed Tara-ra-boom-de-ay, I'd have to turn in my Avengers card (which wouldn't do at all) though she's also pretty much unrecognizable under the makeup. #14 was also a must-catch; besides playing Marta, she appeared on The Wild Wild West and she was Batgirl (all important parts of my TV viewing, growing up. ) I saw several pictures of #27 attached to interviews before the movie came out, so he was easy for me to spot.

 

[startrekwatcher]

21 - also a difficult one, also in one episode

Was she the Cardassian in DS9's "Tribunal" that oversaw the trial.

He played the Jem'Hadar in "The Jem'Hadar".36 -

He played Tosk on DS9 and Dolum in the Xindi arc on Enterprise. Scott MacDonaled. He also was a Starfleet officer in Caretaker.

That's Quark's cousin Gaila I think that we saw in "Business as Usual" and "The Magnificent Ferengi". I don't know his name though. The eyes give it away.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

No, but both Lursa and B'etor are in the pics on this page and haven't been recognized yet. This actress was in just one episode of DS9, but I was curious what females of that race looked like in real life. Hint: which race is uglier than the Klingons?

Hmmmm.... uglier than Klingons? Tellarites immediately come to mind...Anticans are another...

I didn't mean either of them, but oh god, you are right, Tellarites are even uglier! TOS sure knew how to make an ugly alien race. But then they weren't that much on screen, were they? As for Anticans, well, strangely enough, one of the actors from the list actually played an Antican in one of his many Trek appearances (the only named Antican, I think), but it sure wasn't one of his better known Trek roles. And he was certainly totally unrecognizable as far as looks go! http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/thumb/5/51/BadarNDD.jpg/600px-BadarNDD.jpg

18 is Tony Todd? I should have known that one. He was in Candyman etc, but wow...i didnt recognize him in that pic. M.. you sure?

No, that's not Tony Todd. Todd was in TNG and DS9 playing Worf's brother Kurn, on VOY as Alpha Hirogen and also without makeup as adult Jake Sisko in the DS9 episode "The Visitor".

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/memoryalpha/en/images/5/5d/Middle_aged_Jake_Sisko.jpg[

#18 has been already guessed by ThorDamar - the actor's name is Mel Johnson Jr., he was in Total Recall among other things, and he played a Cardassian, Legate Broca, puppet leader under the Dominion.

http://img.listal.com/image/515882/300-mel-johnson-jr..jpg



^ Another actor who didn't look great with Cardie makeup on...

You make it through an entire thread hosting images and then you don't bother with these? What's up with that? Seriously, though, I changed them to links, but please don't do this again.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Deborah May. She played Haneek on the DS9 episode "Sanctuary".

34 - this is very difficult, but a hint: this guy also played a Jem'Hadar, in addition to a couple of other smaller roles

Scott Thompson Baker. He played the Jem Hadar First on "One Little Ship".

 

[Gary Mitchell]

9 - also not an easy one. She was in just one episode.

Mary Crosby. She played Quark's Cardassian ex-girlfriend in "Profit and Loss".

 

[CorporalClegg]

^
THAT'S who that is?

 

[DevilEyes]

You make it through an entire thread hosting images and then you don't bother with these? What's up with that? Seriously, though, I changed them to links, but please don't do this again.

Could be because I renamed and uploaded those pics specifically for this purpose so I can post a quiz? Why should I bother with every single picture? They're from Memory Alpha for god's sake. You could do a bloody Internet search, unless you're that lazy, but that doesn't stop you from expecting me to host every single picture.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

^
THAT'S who that is?

Yes. She was also in the movie Ice Pirates.

 

[M'Sharak]

You make it through an entire thread hosting images and then you don't bother with these? What's up with that? Seriously, though, I changed them to links, but please don't do this again.

Could be because I renamed and uploaded those pics specifically for this purpose so I can post a quiz? Why should I bother with every single picture? They're from Memory Alpha for god's sake. You could do a bloody Internet search, unless you're that lazy, but that doesn't stop you from expecting me to host every single picture.

Actually, yeah, they should all be hosted. Alidar's just doing his job.

You can also use something like TinyURL.

 

[Alidar Jarok]

There's also a stickied thread in this very forum reminding you of that fact. And I told you this previously

So please keep it in mind in the future.

If you don't want to host them, leave them as links

 

[DevilEyes]

startrekwatcher and GaryMitchell!

21 - also a difficult one, also in one episode

Was she the Cardassian in DS9's "Tribunal" that oversaw the trial.

Great catch! She looked so different with Cardie makeup. http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Caroline_Lagerfelt
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Makbar
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Makbar.jpg

He played the Jem'Hadar in "The Jem'Hadar".

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Cress_Williams
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Talak'talan
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Talak_talan.jpg

He played Tosk on DS9 and Dolum in the Xindi arc on Enterprise. Scott MacDonaled. He also was a Starfleet officer in Caretaker.

He also played my favorite Jem'Hadar character in DS9 "Hipocratic Oath". And he was apparently also a Romulan on TNG.
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Scott_MacDonald
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Tosk.jpg
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Goranagar.jpg
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:NVek_(Subcommander).jpg

That's Quark's cousin Gaila I think that we saw in "Business as Usual" and "The Magnificent Ferengi". I don't know his name though. The eyes give it away.

It seems you're wrong about this one - Gaila was played by some other guy. http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Josh_Pais
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm917934336/nm0656929

But the guy on pic 38 also played a few Ferengis (but not just them)... and really, it's easy to mix Ferengis up. (Oops, did this sound racist? )

 

[DevilEyes]

34 - this is very difficult, but a hint: this guy also played a Jem'Hadar, in addition to a couple of other smaller roles

Scott Thompson Baker. He played the Jem Hadar First on "One Little Ship".

Yep.

Good catch about Natima Lang.

Looking at this thread. I've just realized that Quark has been involved with a surprising number of hot women, or at least, women played by good-looking actresses.

Deborah May. She played Haneek on the DS9 episode "Sanctuary".

You're wrong about this one though. Although they do look alike a bit, without makeup.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

^ back to the drawing board.