Who Is Star Trek's Most Versatile Actor?

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▶Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
02:53 - Jeffrey Combs
09:06 - Vaughn Armstrong
11:16 - J.G. Hertzler
14:07 - James Cromwell
15:43 - David Warner
19:25 - Tony Todd
22:58 - And the Rest!
29:06 - Also, James Doohan
30:29 - Conclusion

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[AndreasEldhSweden]

If you ask me you missed Suzie Plakson, playing 4 different caracters: Doctor Selar, Tarah, Female Q and K'Ehleyr!

[goobtherd]

Did you forget Marc Alaimo? Playing a Romulan. multiple Cardassians and even a French card player in Time's Arrow.

[strataseeker]

Biggest one missing here is Brent Spiner. Both as unique distinct characters as well as one-liner other characters.
Androids: Data (including his one-off future self), Lore, B4
Soongs: Adam, Noonian (young/dream version as well as old man), Arik, Altan
Possessions: Ira Graves, Nanites, Ghost Criminal, Masaka and another half-dozen D'arsay ghosts,
Holograms: Musketeer Data, Fake Future Data, the entire population of the Deadwood program (at least 5 there alone)
I'm sure I missed a few too.

[MrGrantNewlands]

Jeffrey Combs. Hands down. Weyoun, Brunt, Shran and multiple single episode characters. Every character distinct. An acting pro who gets his teeth into every character no matter how much screen time it will have.

[DrknssRules]

I still think it's a damn shame Enterprise got canceled before a fifth season. Not only because I liked the show but also because Shran would have joined the Enterprise crew and we finally would have gotten Jeffrey Combs a main starring role which is what he God damn deserved.

[evandrofisico]

Speaking of Combs, he was also on lower decks as a homicidal sentient computer, as a voice actor

[troacctid]

Jeri Ryan is underrated in this category! She plays over half a dozen totally different characters in "Infinite Regress" and nails it every time.

[andrewmillerii]

I'm kinda surprised no one has mentioned Suzie Plakson, who played most famously K'Ehleyr in TNG, as well as the Vulcan doctor Lt. Selar also in TNG, the female "Q" in Voyager, and the Andorian Tarah (opposite Jeffrey Combs' Shran) in Enterprise.

[sarahscott]

I'll watch the video later (I promise!) but I would just like to pre-emtively congratulate Jeffrey Combs on being named number one ☺️

Shran in particular was absolutely superb and Weyoun and Brunt were brilliant characters on DS9, a show already overflowing with great characters.

[snakebitcat]

Tony Todd's performance as Jake in The Visitor isn't just one of the best performances Trek gave us, it's one of the best performances we've gotten on American TV, period.

[Its-Tonal-Whiplash]

Tony Todd is one of my favourites, the episode where he plays Jake absolutely broke my heart and I love all his roles. I saw recently that he was cast as Venom in the upcoming Spider-man 2 game and I am very excited to hear his performance.

[ShawnRavenfire]

How could you forget about Suzie Plakson? She played a Vulcan, a Kligon/Human, an Andorian, and a Q!

[georgemercer]

The way Tony got me in the heart was when he (as Kurn) lamented his single regret in "Sons of Mogh" to Worf:

"We were not raised together-- whether in the empire, or on Earth would not have mattered but the sons of Mogh should never have been separated"

That hit me right where I live

[itsOasus]

Honorable Mention I feel should go to Salome Jens who, in addition to playing the Female Changeling in DS9, also had a one-off role as the Humanoid Progenitor in The Chase from TNG.

Also Robin Curtis who, in addition to taking over the role of Lt. Saavik, also played Tallera in the Gambit 2 parter from TNG

[euansmith]

Good grief; I never realized that Brunt was Combes! That's versatility! I feel that Commander Shran is my favourite Star Trek character. Enterprise did a lot to flesh out the Andorians.
It is amazing how the series keeps returning to the same actors over and again. I guess that is an advantage of the heavy prosthetic make-up

[gronkgronkgronk]

What about Brent Spiner? He played 6 characters in addition to Data.

In TNG, he played Lore and Dr. Noonian Soong at various ages. Then he went on to play a whole bunch of other Soongs in the dynasty as well.

[commbruce]

You missed Combs as a Ferengi in the Acquisition episode as well. And an actor I’m surprised you missed was Clint Howard. He also appeared in Acquisition but is also Balok (Baby’s lover) from TOS, Grady in Past Tense Part 2 and the Orion guy who gives Tilly drugs in Discovery. The sheer fact he was in TOS and also Disco has to count for something.

[corrosion]

Brent Spiner actually gets my vote. His versatility wasn't used much, but if you watch fistful of data and think he isn't wildly versatile you aren't paying attention.

Edit: I can't believe he wasn't even mentioned in the main video but especially not even a nod in the end section?!

[MaceyMichael]

Talking about versatility, I also would include Jerry Ryan. Her acting in "infinite regress" (Season 5) where she played a variety of characters (involuntarily) was incredible, and also her take on the doctor in "Body & Soul" (Season 7) was very good.

[davidyoung]

One omission if I may note: in the Squire Of Gothos, James Doohan also provided the voice of the father of the Squire!