Most reused Trek actor

[JD]

Over the past year or so I've noticed on Memory Alpha, that the Trek reused guest actors alot more than I thought, so that's gotten me to wondering who is the most reused Trek acotr? As in which one played the most different characters throught all of the series (not including different versions of the same character)?

 

[JiNX-01]

Haven't done a role count, but Jeffrey Combs comes to mind.
And maybe JG Hertzler?

 

[Chris3123]

Actually, it's Vaughn Armstrong, who has played 13 different characters. Jeffery Combs is second with 9.

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

If I remember, there are around 30 - 40 actors having several appearences in the same series or in multiple series. Combs has the most. James Cromwell has several.

Armstrong has 13?! Whoa. That's a lot.

 

[The Wormhole]

For live action roles, Vaughn Armstrong does hold the record. Although, if you want to include TAS, James Doohan easily claims the title.

 

[Bill Morris]

Vaughn Armstrong, of course. And Majel Barrett as the computer voice in TNG, VOY, ENT (one episode) sometimes on DS9, and at least once in TOS (Assignment Earth), as well as Nurse Chapel and Number One in TOS, and Lwaxana Troi in TNG and DS9, and the voices of Nurse Chapel and Lt. M'Ress in TAS.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Vaughn Armstrong should get some role - *any* role - in ST XI, because TOS is the only form of Trek he has never done.

Of course, I'm biased, 'cos he is my favorite actor of all time. Armstrong rocks!

 

[sbk1234]

I know it's not the most, but how many has Marc Alaimo done? It's at least a few if my memory serves.
I remember Gul Dukat, Gul Macet, and some gambler in Time's Arrow.

 

[Anwar]

He was also the first Romulan ever seen in TNG.

 

[AdmiralGarak]

Armin Shimmerman and Max Grodenchik racked up quite a few roles in addition to Quark and Rom. Tim Russ has several, too.

 

[Sir Rhosis]

sbk1234 said:
I know it's not the most, but how many has Marc Alaimo done? It's at least a few if my memory serves.
I remember Gul Dukat, Gul Macet, and some gambler in Time's Arrow.

He was a cop in that "Sisko dreams of the 50s" episode (sorry, no good on titles after TNG).

Amnd, though it is nowhere near the record, I always like to point out the venerable Joseph Ruskin, the only actor to appear in all five incarnations of Trek (well, his TNG appearance was in "Insurrection," but it was an incarnation of TNG, at least).

Sir Rhosis

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Sir Rhosis said:

sbk1234 said:
I know it's not the most, but how many has Marc Alaimo done? It's at least a few if my memory serves.
I remember Gul Dukat, Gul Macet, and some gambler in Time's Arrow.

He was a cop in that "Sisko dreams of the 50s" episode (sorry, no good on titles after TNG).

Far Beyond the Stars.

Also, Marc was one of the Lizard people in that early TNG episode (Lonely Among Us).

 

[Apogeal Alpha01]

7 different characters according to Memory Alpha.

 

[captcalhoun]

somebody had a list of all the multi-role actors and their roles...

Suzie Plakson is the highest for a woman IIRC. Tarah on ENT, Female Q on VGR and both Selar and K'Eylher(sp) on TNG.

 

[JD]

Wow, I had no idea Vaughn Armstrong had played so many different characters. IMO it's pretty impressive that he played 2 other characters, while he was Forrest.

 

[CMO_Bev_Crusher]

I agree with LCARS 24 about Majel Barrett. I mean she may not have had a crazy amount of different Characters, but she was in all the series or at least close to them all. She was also in a bunch of the movies. If not as a character than as the voice of the Computer. Also I just went to vegas and went to star trek the Experience and on the Klingon Encounter ride she was the Vocie of the comoputer again. So if you talking about the most recurring person She in my opnion would be it.

 

[captcalhoun]

majel: computer voice, chapel, number one, lwaxana.

tied with Suzie Plakson.

 

[JD]

I just looked on Memory Alpha, and Majel actually did 11 different characters in TAS, and she was the voice of Suspiria in VOY: Cold Fire. I also just checked James Doohan, and (if I counted correctly) he did approximately 49 different voices. So if we include all of those, I think we can safely say that he played the most different characters.

 

[captcalhoun]

TAS is NOT CANON

 

[mythme]

Mark Alaimo
1. Badar N'D'D
2. Tebok
3. Gul Macet
4. Fredrick LaRouque
5. Burt Ryan
6. Gul Dukat (aka Anjol Tennan)

Thomas Kopache
1. Mirok
2. Train Engineer ("Emergence")
3. Enterprise-B comm. officer
4. Viorsa
5. Kira Taban
6. Tos
7. Sphere Builder ("Harbinger")

Randy Oglesby
1. Riva's scholar/artist
2. Ah-Kel
3. Ro-Kel
4. Salarin Prin
5. Kir
6. Trana'L
7. Degra

Jeffery Combs
1. Brunt
2. Weyoun
3. Tiron
4. Shran
5. Penk
6. Krem
7. Keven Mulkahey
honorable mentions - holosuite guest ("What you Leave Behind) / Mirror Brunt

J.G. Hertzler
1. Saratoga captain
2. Martok
3. Laas
4. Roy Rittenhouse
5. Kolos
6. Hirogen fighter
7. Klingon captain ("Borderland")
honorable mentions - holosuite guest, Changling Martok

AND THE WINNER IS.....


Vaughn Armstrong
1. Korris
2. Danar
3. Telek R'Mor
4. Seskal
5. Two of Nine/Lansor
6. Vidiian captain ("Fury")
7. Alpha Hirogen ("Flesh and Blood")
8. Korath
9. Klingon Captain ("Sleeping Dogs")
10. Kreetassan ("Night in Sickbay")
11. Admiral Forrest
Honorable mention - Mirror Forrest