Star Trek actors' roles after Star Trek?

[jonds91]

I started googling to see where DS9 actors were up to these days and was surprised to find that aside from Farrel and de Boer none of the regular cast got any steady work. Even Farrel and de Boer only had the one series each.

Further googling reveals that aside from Shatner, Stewart and Jeri Ryan other ST actors didn't have much constant work. I see Kate Mulgrew has landed some regular work in OITNB which is good to see.

 

[The Old Mixer]

I started googling to see where DS9 actors were up to these days and was surprised to find that aside from Farrel and de Boer none of the regular cast got any steady work. Even Farrel and de Boer only had the one series each.

That ain't so. Colm Meaney just came off of five years as the second-billed lead of AMC's Hell on Wheels last summer. That's a lot more recent than Becker.

 

[Tenacity]

As I understand the acting profession, to work steadily year after year is rare. True a few actors accomplish this, but for most between jobs it common for months or years to past.

 

[jonds91]

That ain't so. Colm Meaney just came off of five years as the second-billed lead of AMC's Hell on Wheels last summer. That's a lot more recent than Becker.

Indeed! Missed that one.

 

[jonds91]

Looks like only Patrick Stewart went on to become an A List actor with starring roles the xmen series.

 

[DamarsKanar]

A starring role in Trek never been the greatest ticket to non-Trek stardom, even for very talented actors.
Colm Meaney has had some pretty good gigs over the years on TV and film, though (including a long-term role in Hell on Wheels).
Edit: Oops! Cross-posting (but glad we're all in agreement on Colm's fine career!).

 

[MacLeod]

Looking at IMDB looks like

Rene Auberjonois has had steady work

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

as has Sidding

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796502/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4

not to mention Shimmerman

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001734/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7

and Dorn

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000373/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9

Sure most of them are guest roles, voice work but work is work.

 

[DamarsKanar]

I feel like Siddig in particular has had a pretty solid career in TV guest roles (usually in more than one episode). It's a tragedy they underwrote and wasted his character on Game of Thrones.

 

[Kinggodzillak]

Sure most of them are guest roles, voice work but work is work.

Chase Masterson is one who does a lot of voice work; aside from Star Trek Online she's also been involved with several series for Big Finish Productions in the UK over the past five years. These include their audio continuation of the 1970s series Survivors and guest roles in two different Doctor Who stories, one of which earned her her own spinoff series which is shortly going to be entering its fourth season!

https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/vienna

 

[Nakita Akita]

I started googling to see where DS9 actors were up to these days and was surprised to find that aside from Farrel and de Boer none of the regular cast got any steady work. Even Farrel and de Boer only had the one series each.

Further googling reveals that aside from Shatner, Stewart and Jeri Ryan other ST actors didn't have much constant work. I see Kate Mulgrew has landed some regular work in OITNB which is good to see.

Maybe they made enough money where they don't really have to work any longer.
That's what I always assumed.

 

[Sophie74656]

I know that Robert Duncan McNeil and Roxann Dawson from Voyager have both become very successful and in demand tv directors

Robert Picardo pops up in random things here and there

 

[Sophie74656]

Maybe they made enough money where they don't really have to work any longer.
That's what I always assumed.

If it was me...I would just do conventions and never actually work again

 

[Sophie74656]

Looking at IMDB looks like

Rene Auberjonois has had steady work

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041281/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm

as has Sidding

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796502/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t4

not to mention Shimmerman

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001734/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t7

and Dorn

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000373/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t9

Sure most of them are guest roles, voice work but work is work.

in regards to guest roles....At one convention Rene Auberjonois told about a guest role he had, he was talking to his agent about how it was a small guest part and his agent answered him with something like "yeah but for this one guest role you're making more money than a teacher earns in a year"...so a few guest roles a year would likely be a very good income.

 

[MacLeod]

Chase Masterson is one who does a lot of voice work; aside from Star Trek Online she's also been involved with several series for Big Finish Productions in the UK over the past five years. These include their audio continuation of the 1970s series Survivors and guest roles in two different Doctor Who stories, one of which earned her her own spinoff series which is shortly going to be entering its fourth season!

https://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/vienna

Funny you should mention that audiobook, as I was browsing through Amazon the other day and came across it. Tthe first one was only £2.30 (~US3) so I decided to order it and give it a try.

 

[Kinggodzillak]

Vienna's a lot of fun. Chase is also terrific in Survivors, the first episode of which is available as a free download here.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Nimoy jumped straight into Mission: Impossible after Star Trek.

Bakula is the star of NCIS: New Orleans right now.

 

[Greg Cox]

I feel like Siddig in particular has had a pretty solid career in TV guest roles (usually in more than one episode). It's a tragedy they underwrote and wasted his character on Game of Thrones.

And now he's Ra's al Ghul on GOTHAM.

 

[Prax]

They've almost all been very successful and very busy. Many returned to the theatre, which you won't see on IMDB filmographies. Most do regular guest roles and recurring roles on TV shows, and supporting roles in movies.

-Jonathan Frakes is a successful director in the TV circuit.

-Levar Burton recently Co-produced the "Roots" reboot, and I heard he's working on a new reading rainbow show.

-Sirtis has done a lot of films

-Stewart became an A-list actor

-Spiner is still acting in both film and TV guest roles, and currently has a recurring role on a show.

Most of the Ds9 crew have followed a similar path. An exception is maybe Avery Brooks. Im not sure what he has done.

A lot of these guys are past retirement age now. Andrew Robinson and René Auberjonois were already nearing that age twenty years ago when Ds9 was still on air.

I'm more familiar with the Voyager cast.

-Mulgrew is one of the starring leads on "Orange is the New Black." She also does a lot of voice acting and theatre performance.

-Bob Picardo and Ethan Phillips do a lot of theatre work(they earned their fame on Broadway originally) they also do a lot of TV guest roles and films.

-Robert Beltran has also returned to the stage, doing plays and musicals in the LA area.

-Roxanne Dawson has become a famous TV director, working on many hit shows.

-Robbie Duncan Mcneill was EP(and directed like half the episodes of "Chuck." One of the greatest shows ever! He's also directed and produced many other shows.

-Jeri Ryan is still a successful actress

Enterprise-
As noted above, The Bakula is still an "A-List" TV actor and has the lead on the latest NCIS iteration, which has been pretty successful. He also has the reputation as the "nicest man in Hollywood."

-Jolene Blalock has done TV and film(and is still gorgeous.)

-Conner Trinneer same(and this is hilarious. He recently played "George W. Bush" in the Tom Cruise movie "American Made."

Likewise the rest of the Enterprise cast.

I heard Hoshi Sato got into political activism and is an outspoken member of "California should secede from the union movement." I'm sorry. I'm sure they have a name.

 

[Farscape One]

I believe Avery Brooks went back to being a full time Professor at Rutgers. I know he was doing that during his time on DS9.

 

[Shalashaska]

Jolene Blalock married the CEO of Live Nation and is now almost unrecognisable with all the plastic surgery she's done to her face.

Other than that, not much acting.