Favorite Non-Trek movies with Trek actors

[GulBahana]

I watched The Devil's Gate today where Jonathan Frakes has a small part. I wouldn't recommend it since I could not make it through. I've been thinking of checking out Out To Sea with Spiner but it's not available on Netflix at this time. Do you all have any favorites? Trek actors have made some interesting B-movies here and there.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Layer Cake features Colm Meaney in a terrific supporting role. However, Alexander Siddig's supporting roles in Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut only) and Syriana are probably my favorite non-Trek performances for Trek actors that aren't named Patrick Stewart (because, let's face it, he's an acting god in everything).

 

[Greg Cox]

Fun topic.

There's the 1978 version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS with Leonard Nimoy, which I remember really liking back in the day. On the campier end of things, you have DeForest Kelley fighting giant rabbits in NIGHT OF THE LEPUS, William Shatner fighting Satan in THE DEVIL'S RAIN, James Doohan investigating murdered schoolgirls in PRETTY MAIDS ALL IN A ROW, and Majel Barrett popping up as a robot madam in the original WESTWORLD.

Meanwhile, Patrick Stewart has a long and impressive resume: the X-Men movies, EXCALIBUR, LIFEFORCE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL, etc.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Oh, duh. How could I possibly forget Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)?! That's one of my all-time favorite horror films and it has such an amazing cast beyond Nimoy.

 

[Greg Cox]

And then, of course, there's INCUBUS, with Shatner speaking Esperanto for the entire movie!

And if you want to see Seven of Nine playing a vampire, there's always DRACULA 2000 with Jeri Ryan as one of Dracula's Brides. And Brent Spiner has a memorable part in Independence Day.

 

[GulBahana]

Impulse is one of my favorite Shatner films. I wonder how much the B movies pay former Trek stars. Just having a Trek person can attract a certain sci fi audience. I rented that one just because Frakes was in it.

 

[od0_ital]

William Shatner
- Miss Congeniality
Leonard Nimoy
- Atlantis: The Lost Empire
George Takei
- Batman: Beyond - The Movie

Patrick Stewart
- X2: X-Men United
Brent Spiner
- Independence Day
Gates McFadden
- The Hunter for Red October
Wil Wheaton
- Stand By Me
Michelle Forbes
- Battlestar Galactica: Razor
Colm Meaney
- Con Air
Whoopi Goldberg
- Ghost
James Cromwell
- The Green Mile
Tony Todd
- The Rock
Alfre Woodard
- Grand Canyon
Alice Krige
- Reign of Fire
F. Murray Abraham
- Amadeus
Donna Murphy
- Tangled
Anthony Zerbe
- Licence to Kill
Gregg Henry
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Daniel Hugh Kelly
- Cujo
Tom Hardy
- Mad Max: Fury Road
Ron Perlman
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Dina Meyer
- Starship Troopers

Avery Brooks
- American History X
Rene Auberjonois
- M*A*S*H
Alexander Siddig
- Syriana
Nana Visitor
- Friday the 13th
Andrew Robinson
- Dirty Harry
Max Grodenchik
- The Rocketeer
Marc Alaimo
- Tango & Cash
Jeffrey Combs
- The Frighteners
Louise Fletcher
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Wallace Shawn
- The Princess Bride
Brock Peters
- To Kill a Mockingbird
Paul Dooley
- Insomnia
Lawrence Pressman
- 9 to 5
William Sadler
- The Shawshank Redemption

Robert Picardo
- Total Recall
Tim Russ
- Spaceballs
Jeri Ryan
- Down with Love
Jennifer Lien
- American History X
Richard Herd
- Private Benjamin
Brad Dourif
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Scott Bakula
- Necessary Roughness
John Billingsley
- Out of Time
Linda Park
- Jurassic Park III
Daniel Dae Kim
- Hellboy (2019)

Chris Pine
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Eric Bana
- Hulk (2003)
Bruce Greenwood
- Batman: Under the Red Hood
Karl Urban
- Dredd
Zoe Saldana
- Guardians of the Galaxy
Simon Pegg
- Mission: Impossible III
Anton Yelchin
- Green Room
Winona Ryder
- Great Balls of Fire!
Chris Hemsworth
- Thor
Peter Weller
- Robocop
Alice Eve
- Before We Go
Deep Roy
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Idris Elba
- Pacific Rim
Sofia Boutella
- Kingsman: The Secret Service

Doug Jones
- The Shape of Water
Michelle Yeoh
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

 

[bigdaddy]

Not a movie, but I'm watching The Practice and there are a bunch of side Trek actors who have roles. One took me like 10 minutes to figure out who the woman was, it was Sisko's girlfriend.

 

[Greg Cox]

Alice Krige (the Borg Queen) began creeping people out as the seductive female specter in GHOST STORY. She can also be found in CHARIOTS OF FIRE, which is one of the few times she's played a conventional female lead instead of a ghost, vampire, were-cat, alien, etc.

 

[Kilana2]

Whoopi Goldberg in several other roles than just being Guinan in TNG:

- Sister Act
- The Color Purple

And Denise Crosby in Pet Semetary.

 

[Admiral2]

Independence Day - Brent Spiner
The Hunt For Red October - Gates McFadden
X-Men: Days of Future Past and Logan - Patrick Stewart
Under Siege - Colm Meaney
Transformers the Movie and Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Leonard Nimoy
Sister Act 1 and 2 - Whoopi Goldberg
Reign of Fire - Alexander Siddig and Alice Krige

 

[Owain Taggart]

One of my favourites is seeing Robert Picardo in Gremlins 2 as the main antagonist.

 

[Greg Cox]

One of my favourites is seeing Robert Picardo in Gremlins 2 as the main antagonist.

And how can we forget Picardo as Eddie Quist, the serial-killer werewolf in the original THE HOWLING.

 

[Kilana2]

And Picardo as The Cowboy in Innerspace

 

[Kai "the spy"]

And Picardo as Acme VP, Rhetorical Questions in "Looney Tunes: Back in Action".

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[Gaith]

The Hunt For Red October - Gates McFadden

For all of, what, ten seconds?!

My takeaway from this thread is the appearance rate of main Trek actors in other movies and shows is regrettably thin.

 

[od0_ital]

For all of, what, ten seconds?!

My takeaway from this thread is the appearance rate of main Trek actors in other movies and shows is regrettably thin.

I referred to IMDB to make my list. Most of the cast members stayed on television, or went on to be directors & producers for other shows, or occasional films. There has always been a stigma to being on Star Trek, occasionally casting directors get past it, for the most part, though...

And to be fair, Gates McFadden said she had a larger role, but it got edited down to the one scene of her taking Alec Baldwin to the airport.

 

[Admiral2]

For all of, what, ten seconds?!

Hey look at the thread title. Red October's my favorite movie, it's non-trek and it's got a trek actor in it. I fulfilled the requirements. It's not like I watched the movie for Gates McFadden.

 

[Turd Ferguson]

Obvious ones first:

Peter Weller - RoboCop
Christopher Lloyd - Back to the Future
Kurtwood Smith - RoboCop

Not so obvious ones:

Patrick Stewart - Green Room
Avery Brooks - American History X
Brent Spiner - Independence Day
Nana Visitor - Friday the 13th
Colm Meaney - Under Siege
Marc Alaimo - Total Recall
Simon Pegg - Shaun of the Dead
Zoe Saldana - Guardians of the Galaxy
John Cho - Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
Alice Krige - Sleepwalkers
F. Murray Abraham - National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1