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Real Life (episode)

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• 1.2 Act One
• 1.3 Act Two
• 1.4 Act Three
• 1.5 Act Four
• 1.6 Act Five
• 2 Memorable quotes
• 3.1 Story and script
• 3.2 Cast and characters
• 3.3 Production
• 3.4 Visual effects
• 3.5 Continuity
• 3.6 Reception
• 3.7 Video and DVD releases
• 4.1 Starring
• 4.2 Also starring
• 4.3 Guest Stars
• 4.4 Co-Stars
• 4.5 Uncredited Co-Stars
• 4.6 Stand-ins
• 4.7 References
• 4.8 External links

Summary [ ]

The setting is a modern Human home where everything is spotlessly clean and neatly arranged. Charlene , Jeffrey , and Belle hurry downstairs in unison and line up next to the front door. Charlene checks that her children's fingernails are clean and their shoes polished. Belle asks to greet her father first because she thinks Jeffrey always gets the honor, but Jeffrey reminds Belle that she went first yesterday. Charlene cheerily tells the children to get along. Politely, Jeffrey apologizes to Belle, who concedes that it is Jeffrey's turn. Charlene seems excited and the three of them stand at attention as the man of the house approaches.

The Doctor turns a corner, a cup of coffee in one hand and a briefcase in the other, and compliments Charlene on the quality of the coffee. Charlene tells him she replicated a new blend from Paksor III and she seems pleased to hear he enjoyed it. The Doctor kisses her on the cheek and informs her he will be home at the usual time. Everything seems to be in order as Charlene reminds her husband not to overwork himself, Jeffrey promises to have his homework done by the time The Doctor returns from work, and Belle assures The Doctor she will receive an A on her history test. She adds that she'd like to do some algebra problems with him if he has the time. Finally, Charlene reminds The Doctor to invite some of his friends from work for dinner, as she wants to meet them before she and the children say goodbye to The Doctor.

In sickbay , Kes stands at a terminal as The Doctor materializes, a satisfied look upon his face. Kes asks what The Doctor's new holo-family is like, and he confidently informs her it is everything he could have hoped for.

Act One [ ]

When USS Voyager reaches the rendezvous where it was scheduled to meet with the Vostigye, the crew finds nothing but debris and all sixty Vostigye scientists appear to have died. There is evidence of energy discharges, although it is possible the assailants used non-traditional weapons . Ensign Kim notes a strange subspace signal leading away from the station, so Captain Janeway decides to follow it.

The Doctor sits in sickbay with Lieutenant Torres , who has just performed a diagnostic to ensure that his recent tinkering with his program doesn't interfere with his systems. The Doctor and Kes tell Torres of his new holographic family, which he found surprisingly easy to manage despite what he has heard about families being difficult. Both Torres and Kes express interest in meeting his new family, so he invites them over for dinner.

At dinner, Charlene informs Torres and Kes that she took a course in continental cuisine so she could replicate new and interesting foods for Kenneth (The Doctor's name in the program). Kes tries to be polite and goes along with the program, but Torres grows increasingly impatient as the conversation continues. When Charlene, Belle, and Jeffrey cheerily describe Kenneth as the best husband and father in the quadrant , Torres stops the program. The Doctor is confused, as he sees nothing wrong with the program, but Torres informs him that his family is nothing like a real family. Describing The Doctor's wife and children as "lollipops," she explains that he won't learn anything from spending time in a fantasy world with a perfect family. However, she offers to help him make them more realistic.

The astral eddy emerges from subspace

Meanwhile, Tom Paris announces that the signal Voyager has been following has thinned out. There are no signs of starships or life signs , but there is an increasingly large subspace disruption, so Janeway puts the ship on red alert . A massive energy wave anomaly emerges from subspace as Voyager attempts to back away.

Act Two [ ]

The anomaly emits some sort of shock wave and bears down on Voyager as Paris announces that the ship's engines have failed. Janeway and the rest of the crew brace for impact and arm the ship's phasers only to see the anomaly disappear seconds later. The crew is in shock until Commander Chakotay speaks up. " I'm not afraid to say it, I've never seen anything like that before. " Once the anomaly has dissipated, Janeway decides to investigate it further. Chakotay informs her that according to his readings it was an astral eddy that formed at the confluence of space and subspace. Ensign Kim finds that the eddy was highly charged with plasma, so as well as being a scientific curiosity if the energy could be harnessed it would also go quite a way to relieving their power shortages. They prepare to anticipate the next such occurrence.

Back in sickbay, Kes seems cautious about the randomized behavioral algorithms that Torres has added to The Doctor's family program. However, he doesn't anticipate any problems he can't handle, as he has been programmed with a full database of pediatric care and childhood development and has experience with "romantic relationships." He is due home for dinner shortly and transfers himself to the holodeck .

Jeffrey in Klingon attire

Upon entering his holographic home, The Doctor finds his home disorganized with things lying around everywhere, no one to greet him at the door, and a strange series of bangs and other sounds that distantly resemble music coming from elsewhere in the house. Charlene is in a hurry to go somewhere and seems less than interested in his usual stories about his day at work. She is set to speak at the Bolian embassy , and he learns that it is his turn to cook. Belle yells from her room that she can't find her mallet, and Charlene tells her she would have better luck if she cleaned her room. After Charlene leaves, The Doctor attempts to be reasonable with Belle, explaining she would know where it was if she put it in her closet. She whines as she searches the house frantically, late for practice, but they can agree that the music is too loud. The Doctor tells Jeffrey to turn it off, and he all but ignores his father. Two Klingon adolescents, Larg and K'Kath , knock on the door and rudely ask where Jeffrey is; when The Doctor tells them Jeffrey is doing homework and can't see friends, Jeffrey emerges and says something to Larg and K'Kath in Klingonese . They simply walk past The Doctor while he attempts to deal with the temperamental Belle.

Act Three [ ]

Paris is in the mess hall , looking for food. Neelix asks if Paris wants any food, but Paris complains about Neelix making the same casserole four days in a row. When Neelix suggests that Paris use the replicator , Paris admits that he's out of rations. Neelix dishes him a plate of the casserole.

Paris goes over to sit next to Torres, who is reading a book on a PADD , saying " a beautiful woman should never eat alone ." He asks what she is reading, and she tries to hide the PADD, saying it's "nothing", but Paris manages to grab it and begins reading aloud. The book is a Klingon romance novel called Women Warriors at the River of Blood . In the ensuing conversation, Paris and Torres speak about the Klingon romantic side. The conversation is filled with double entendres and innuendo. Tom borrows the book, saying " Maybe it'll give me some ideas of how to make your heart quicken. "

Another anomaly appears, and Captain Janeway calls senior officers to the bridge .

Paris and Torres exit the turbolift onto the bridge. Captain Janeway asks Paris if he can get the ship close enough to the anomaly to send a probe in. The ship gets a bit of a rough ride. Paris apologizes, saying he's trying to find a way to ride out the graviton waves.

Tuvok launches the probe. When the probe hits the anomaly, the ship is shaken worse than before. Paris says that it's kind of fun. Torres disagrees. They begin to receive telemetry from the probe. The anomaly has an interior temperature of nine million Kelvin , exchanges matter between subspace and normal space, and has a perfectly calm eye in the center. Janeway and Torres talk about trying to transport some of the anomaly onto the ship, but the anomaly disappears, taking the probe with it. The probe is still transmitting, and Torres detects some sort of energy, neither in space nor subspace. They then discuss not taking energy from the anomaly, but from its waste. It is decided that Voyager 's energy output is too great and would corrupt the plasma . Paris suggests taking a shuttle. Torres points out that Paris will be exposing himself to radiation . Captain Janeway orders Paris to report to sickbay before departing.

After injecting Paris with something to provide him with temporary protection from the astral eddy , the talk turns to The Doctor's family. He informs Paris that he has analyzed the situation and come up with a solution. Paris urges caution: a family is not something that can be "fixed" like a sick patient.

The Doctor's plan is to call a family meeting and to dictate new ground rules to each of its members, so that the family will function more harmoniously. The new rules include shifting the schedules of the activities of his wife and daughter, and forbidding his son to see his Klingon friends. Everyone objects to this plan. His wife objects that she was not consulted beforehand and seems to have no input over the family's direction. His daughter objects to a sports team demotion that will be necessitated by the new schedule. His son objects that it is not his father's place to dictate to him what friends he will and will not have – a point on which his mother agrees. It's also clear that The Doctor has designed the changes in such a way that he alone would be allowed to continue without making any new sacrifices. The meeting collapses, with everyone going their separate ways, and The Doctor has less respect from his family than before. His daughter, however, takes the time to tell him that she still loves him, even if he has made a mess of things.

Meanwhile, Paris, inside a shuttlecraft, begins exploring the eddy. He encounters turbulence, and is pulled inside. When the eddy disappears from normal space, so does Paris and the shuttle.

Act Four [ ]

Voyager manages to regain contact with the shuttle. Paris is unhurt, but he doesn't know where he and the shuttle have been sent.

In sickbay, Kes persuades The Doctor to take the rest of the day off and to 'go home early' to see to the needs of his family. He interrupts his son and his two Klingon friends in the living room. While they pretend otherwise, it is clear that the boys are planning to use a Klingon dagger called a kut'luch , to begin a ceremony involving violence and bloodletting, in preparation for becoming a warrior. Jeffrey's Klingon friends are ordered to leave the family's house, but The Doctor is unable to prevent the situation with his son from escalating. Jeffrey is disgusted with his father's value system and with that of Humanity in general; he intends to become a warrior, and adopt the Klingon way of life. When The Doctor states that Jeffrey needs to live by his father's rules as long as Jeffrey continues living in his father's house, Jeffrey replies, "Then I won't live here," and leaves.

Immediately after this incident, The Doctor is contacted by his wife. Their daughter has been injured during a parrises squares competition.

At the hospital, The Doctor explains the situation to his wife. Their daughter has suffered severe brain trauma. Despite operating on her for three hours, The Doctor and a colleague are unable to reverse the damage. Charlene won't accept that there is nothing more that can be done. Charlene leaves to get a second opinion. Unable to face the pain involved in Belle's impending death, The Doctor stops the program.

Act Five [ ]

Meanwhile, Paris and the Voyager crew determine that Paris' shuttle has been sent to an "interfold layer between space and subspace." Paris and the bridge crew are able to conceive and execute a plan in which Paris rides the eddy back into normal space, where he can be rescued. The shuttle's hull is ruptured and Voyager is damaged by debris along the plasma wave but they manage to rescue an injured Paris and beam him directly to sickbay.

As he is treating Paris in sickbay, The Doctor complains bitterly about people who love to take risks regardless of the danger. Paris can see he is upset and The Doctor tells him about his daughter's injury. The Doctor informs the rescued Paris that he, The Doctor, won't be returning to his holodeck family, stating that he couldn't face it. Paris replies that he and the other crewmembers would avoid that kind of pain (of a loved one dying) if they could, but that in real life, they do not have much choice or control over such things.

When The Doctor replies that fortunately, he does have the ability to make such choices, Paris asks him whether that really is such a fortunate thing; he goes on to say that The Doctor created the program so he could experience what it's like to have a family – to experience the good times and bad; however, one cannot have one without the other. Paris points out everyone on Voyager left people behind when they got stranded in the Delta Quadrant , and that everyone has suffered a loss. But, they have found support and friendship with each other, and have become a family, in part because of the pain they have shared.

Paris continues by telling The Doctor that if he turns his back on this program, he'll always be stuck at this point; he'll never have the chance to say goodbye to his daughter, or be there for his wife and son when they need him... and he'll be cheating himself of the chance to have their love and support. In the long run, says Paris, The Doctor will miss the whole point of what it means to have a family.

With this new perspective, The Doctor re-enters the program as his daughter is dying, providing what comfort and calm that he can for her. His wife returns and joins them. Then his son comes in, without his Klingon jewelry, bringing his sister her security blanket from home. The four continue talking until Belle dies. The wife breaks down sobbing, and the son tries to comfort her. The Doctor stands back for a moment, then he and his remaining family members draw closer to one another in their grief.

Memorable quotes [ ]

" Well, we're proud of him too. In fact, we think we have just about the most wonderful husband and father in the quadrant. Don't we children? " " Yes, we d… " " Computer, freeze program. " " Lieutenant? What are you doing? " " I'm stopping this before my blood-sugar levels overload. "

" No one has a family like this – this is a fantasy! You're not going to learn anything from living with these… lollipops. "

" You're in fine physical shape, Mr. Paris. You may go ahead and engage in this reckless activity. "

" Captain, this is one weird disturbance! "

" What's this mean about no Klingon friends? " " Exactly that. They're a bad influence on you. They're prone to violence, they keep you out 'til all hours… Why don't you find some nice Vulcan friends? "

" You created that program so you could experience what it's like to have a family. The good times and the bad. You can't have one without the other. " " I fail to see why not. " " Think about what's happened to us here aboard Voyager . Everyone left people behind, and everyone suffered a loss. But look how it's brought us all closer together. We found support here, and friendship, and we've become a family, in part because of the pain we share. If you turn your back on this program, you'll always be stuck at this point. You'll never have the chance to say goodbye to your daughter. Or to be there for your wife and son when they need you. And you'll be cheating yourself out of their love and support. In the long run, you'll miss the whole point of what it means to have a family. "

" It's all right … Go to sleep. We're all here… "

Background information [ ]

Story and script [ ].

• Harry "Doc" Kloor was academically a very high achiever when he submitted the story for this episode, but did not meet requirements for a Writer's Guild of America internship with Star Trek . Executive Producer Jeri Taylor , aware of Kloor's situation, invited him to a pitch session at her office in the Hart Building at Paramount Studios , where he pitched and sold the story that provided the genesis of this installment. [1]
• Jeri Taylor said of the episode's premise: " It was, again, that quest for Humanity and so, to have a family… is a very Human thing [....] It was allowing, if you will, a soulless character to develop those elements that are near and dear to us, and let him explore both the joy and the anguish of what it means to have a family. " ( Braving the Unknown: Season Three , VOY Season 3 DVD special features)
• This episode's first-draft script was submitted on 7 January 1997 . The script's final draft was submitted on 15 January 1997. [2]
• The name that The Doctor takes in his holographic family program, Kenneth, is an in-joke reference to Voyager co-producer Kenneth Biller . ( Delta Quadrant , p. 180)
• Stage directions in the shooting script of this episode describe the holographic appearances and disappearances of The Doctor by saying that he "Zimmers in" and "Zimmers out," adding a new term to the Star Trek lexicon. This is a reference to long-time Star Trek production designer Herman Zimmerman , who worked on other Star Trek productions but not on Star Trek: Voyager . Similar in-jokes include the name of The Doctor's creator, Lewis Zimmerman , and the unnamed Doctor himself being referred to as "Zimmerman" in all the scripts for Voyager 's first season . ( Star Trek: Voyager Companion  (p. 176))
• Actor Robert Picardo recognized that a variety of styles are explored in The Doctor's plot thread of this episode. " The first act of that script is like a '70s sitcom. It's like The Partridge Family or The Brady Bunch [...] Everything about it is like an old sitcom, " Picardo observed. " Then the second act – after The Doctor's family program has been randomized, so that everybody's not so perfect in their behavior – became like a '90s sitcom, where everybody's dissing dad. Then, suddenly, it took this odd turn and became very dramatic. And the last part of the show is like an ER episode, where a child is going to die [...] It starts out so silly and so ridiculous, then becomes quite touching by the end. " ( Braving the Unknown: Season Three , VOY Season 3 DVD special features) Picardo also stated, " The show begins very much like a Fifties' situation comedy, with this perfect, unbelievable wife and two children, who are clearly projections of The Doctor's own ego – they're mindless sycophants who worship everything he does. Then the show sort of progresses into a Nineties' sitcom where all the kids and mom are very disrespectful of Dad. Then finally the episode takes quite a dramatic turn. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 30 , p. 18)

Cast and characters [ ]

• This episode was a particular highlight for Robert Picardo. He commented, " I always think very fondly of [the episode 'Real Life'], for a couple reasons. " One of those reasons was that it allowed Picardo the opportunity to work with Wendy Schaal . " My wife is played by Wendy Schaal, who's been my friend for… twenty-five years, " Picardo explained. " She's played my wife in two or three different things. And we're just good pals, so it was great to work with her. " ( Braving the Unknown: Season Three , VOY Season 3 DVD special features)
• It was Robert Picardo's opinion that this episode is one of The Doctor's most emotional experiences of the first three seasons. At the end of the third season, the actor said, " 'Real Life' shows The Doctor at the most emotional we've seen him become. It is certainly the most emotional situation he has ever been placed into. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 30 , p. 18)
• Robert Picardo also felt that the episode's changes in dramatic style were an acting challenge for himself. " It was an amazing exercise in managing different tones of material, " he related, " from quite comic to quite dramatic, in a very brief period of time. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 30 , p. 18)
• In contrast, Neelix actor Ethan Phillips felt there was not much room for emotional depth in his character's one-page scene of this episode, wherein Neelix serves food to Paris. " What can you do there? " he wondered aloud. " You say the lines and try to make them real. The challenge really does come when I get a big [scene]. " ( The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine  issue 14 , p. 44)
• Paris actor Robert Duncan McNeill thought highly of this episode's conclusion. " When Star Trek doesn't emotionally back-off from a story, and doesn't necessarily have a clean, happy ending, I think it's so strong, " McNeill remarked. " That's what they did with the doctor story [in this episode]. It ultimately ended on a really sad and tragic note, and didn't give you any simple answers. " ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 111)

Production [ ]

• This episode was in production from 17 January 1997 until the 28th of that month .
• One of the reasons Robert Picardo enjoyed appearing in this episode was that it was directed by Anson Williams . The actor noted that the stylistic changes in this episode's plot were reflected in "the way it's shot, the way it's lit" and was impressed by how Williams dealt with the tonal differences. Picardo enthused of the director, " Because of his particular background, he handled the [changes] in tone in that show so adroitly [...] I think it's a real tribute to Anson's direction that all of those tones flow, from one to another, so gracefully, and that the show is quite touching. " ( Braving the Unknown: Season Three , VOY Season 3 DVD special features)

Visual effects [ ]

• The CGI effects of this episode, such as were utilized to depict the astral eddies, were created by regular CGI supplier Foundation Imaging . ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 110) Producer Peter Lauritson , who thought of the astral eddy as a "space tornado", was amazed that effects had advanced to the point where the visual effects sequences of this episode could be produced. Shortly after the making of this installment, Lauritson related, " We just did a show on Star Trek: Voyager where we portrayed a huge twister in space. If you had asked me to do that on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1986 , I would have fallen off my chair and said, 'What are you talking about? How much money do you have and do you have two years to do it?' Now, 10 years later, we are able to do it on the same schedule that we were on for ST:TNG. We're able to do a very convincing job of a tornado that's churning, tossing things around, tossing a ship around, and a lot of shots of it, not just a couple. We'd do maybe 20-odd shots of this entity in space, like a double tornado [...] It's amazing to me that we are able to portray these kinds of things now. " ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 29)

Continuity [ ]

• This is the first episode of Star Trek: Voyager to depict Klingons, albeit holographic Klingons, since the episode " Faces " in which the Klingon half of B'Elanna Torres is extracted to create a full Klingon. By this episode, biological born-Klingons had yet to make an appearance in the series.
• Torres' desire to check The Doctor's systems after "all the tinkering he's been doing lately" is likely a reference to the earlier third season episode " Darkling ", in which The Doctor's efforts to better his personality gives him a psychopathic alter ego.
• The Doctor's quest to adopt a name, which started in the first-season episode " Eye of the Needle " and is revisited in several episodes since, appears to end in this episode with him taking the name Kenneth. However, it appears he uses this name exclusively for his holoprogram and does not adopt it outside of the program.
• The Doctor states in this episode that he has had some experience with romantic relationships, possibly referring to the events of " Heroes and Demons " or " Lifesigns ".
• The Class 2 shuttlecraft the Cochrane appears in this episode, having last appeared in its introductory episode " Threshold ". Class 2 shuttlecraft have appeared in episodes since, albeit unnamed.
• While giving Tom Paris a medical exam in advance of his mission, The Doctor says " if I know you, you'll push it to the limit ". This could be a reference to the events of " Threshold ", in which Paris does indeed quite literally push it to the limit to break the warp 10 barrier.
• This episode marks the only appearance of Torres' asymmetrical-braided hairstyle.
• When Chakotay says " I'm not afraid to say it, I've never seen anything like that before ", it seems to reference " The Cloud ", in which Tuvok criticizes Kim for saying the same thing.
• The kut'luch is described in this episode as being intended for a Klingon rite of passage ceremony, despite the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Sins of The Father " stating that it was the 'ceremonial weapon of an assassin.'

Reception [ ]

• This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.4 million homes, and a 7% share. [3] (X)
• Cinefantastique rated this episode 3 out of 4 stars. ( Cinefantastique , Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 110)
• Star Trek Magazine scored this episode 2 out of 5 stars, defined as "Impulse Power only". ( Star Trek Monthly  issue 31 , p. 60)
• The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 181) gives this installment a rating of 0 out of 10.

Video and DVD releases [ ]

• UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video ): Volume 3.11, 1 September 1997
• As part of the VOY Season 3 DVD collection

Links and references [ ]

Starring [ ].

• Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Also starring [ ]

• Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
• Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
• Jennifer Lien as Kes
• Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris
• Ethan Phillips as Neelix
• Robert Picardo as The Doctor
• Tim Russ as Lieutenant Tuvok
• Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Guest Stars [ ]

• Wendy Schaal as Charlene
• Glenn Harris as Jeffrey
• Lindsey Haun as Belle

Co-Stars [ ]

• Stephen Ralston as Larg
• Chad Haywood as K'Kath

Uncredited Co-Stars [ ]

• Tarik Ergin as Ayala
• Sue Henley as Brooks
• Richard Sarstedt as William McKenzie
• Kerry Hoyt as Fitzpatrick

Stand-ins [ ]

• June Jordan as stand-in for Lindsey Haun

References [ ]

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External links [ ]

• "Real Life" at StarTrek.com
• " Real Life " at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• " Real Life " at Wikipedia
• " Real Life " at MissionLogPodcast.com , a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
• " Real Life " at the Internet Movie Database
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The 'Star Trek Voyager' Cast Then and Now, Sharing What They Thought of Their Characters (EXCLUSIVE)

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One of the revolutionary aspects of the Star Trek Voyager cast was the fact that sitting in the captain's seat was a woman, which was a much bigger deal when the show premiered than people today might realize. "I'm not even remotely surprised at how much attention the fact that the show had a female captain attracted," says Kate Mulgrew , who portrays Captain Kathryn Janeway. "This is the human condition. It's a novelty. I think that it piqued a mass kind of curiosity and it's very typical of our nature as human beings. I do suppose that one has to always refer to the gender in this regard. I am a woman, and that lends itself to maternity, to compassion, to warmth — to a lot of qualities which our culture has encouraged in women."

Airing from 1995 to 2001 for a total of 172 episodes, Voyager was actually the fourth live action Star Trek series, following on the heels of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk on the original series (1966 to 1969), Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 to 1994) and Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 to 1999). All in all, an impressive history, yet, again, Voyager had that one element that none of the others did.

In the series, the starship Voyager has mysteriously found itself transported to the distant fringes of the galaxy and has begun the 75-year trek back home. Complicating matters is that the Voyager had been pursuing a vessel, commanded by a crew of Maquis rebels (Federation-born colonists and disaffected Starfleet officers organized against the Cardassian occupation of their homes in a Demilitarized Zone), and has been stranded with them, resulting in the crews having to be integrated, offering the potential of inherent conflict between these characters.

What follows is a look at how the Star Trek Voyager cast came together and where they've been since the series ended.

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

The casting of Captain Janeway was an arduous process, with a wide variety of possible names being bandied about, including Lindsay Wagner ( The Bionic Woman ), Linda Hamilton ( Beauty and the Beast, The Terminator ), Erin Gray ( Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ), Susan Gibney (who had appeared on a pair of Next Generation episodes), Joanna Cassidy ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ) and Kate Mulgrew.

The first person hired for the part was French actress Genevieve Bujold, but shortly after shooting of the pilot began, it was obvious that she was not the right person for the job. She herself was terribly unhappy, used to the schedule of shooting films and not the rapid-fire nature of television production. So Mulgrew auditioned.

"I came in," the actress explains, "and they gave me two very big scenes. One was the monologue, 'We're lost in an uncharted part of the galaxy....,' and the other was with Tuvok, establishing the depth and breadth of our friendship. I loved them both. And I made two very bold decisions in the room... not bold, but I played the scene with Tuvok with high humor, as Janeway did throughout her entire relationship with Tuvok, because he's so Vulcan. I was always trying to ruffle his feathers.

"So," she continues, "that was full of laughs, and a certain underlying vulnerability, which I thought was very important to show; that her capacity for friendship was great indeed. And necessary to her, as a person. And with the monologue, I did it to them. I gave it to the producers. I turned to them as if they were my crew, looked right at them and I said that I would get us through this. And I remember thinking, 'Well, now it's up to you.'"

Needless to say, she was brought aboard to command the starship. Prior to doing so, Mulgrew, born April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa, appeared in eight movies, including Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) and Throw Momma from the Train (1987), but had really made her mark earlier as Mary Ryan Fenelli on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1975 to 1978). Additionally, she played the title role in the ill-fated Mrs. Columbo (1979 to 1980, which went through a title change to Kate Loves a Mystery ); made many episodic guest appearances, including three episodes of Cheers in 1986; and starred in HeartBeat (1988 to 1989) and Man of the People (1991 to 1992).

It should be noted that Mulgrew had pressures added to part of Janeway that her preceding captains decidedly did not . "For months," she says, "they came to the set. — the brass, not just my producers. The Paramount guys came and stood at the lip of the bridge and scrutinized me, my hair, my bosom, my heels ... All of which was meant to inform me of the importance of this part, and that I was being watched. It was very simple. Nothing was stated. I'm sure they did it with Patrick Stewart... for two seconds. And Shatner for even less. But millions, if not billions, of dollars were at stake with this franchise, so they had to make sure. I think in the end they were pleased. It did work, but I would really say that it wasn't easy.

"Comparisons," she adds, "as Oscar Wilde would say, are odious, but the men never had to deal with the physical component, the sexual component, the way that I did. I was scrutinized because of my gender, by all of these guys. 'She's got a big bosom, she's got beautiful hair, she's still of childbearing years, how are we going to make this thing work?'"

She found herself in makeup and having her hair worked on constantly, and all of the arguments and conversations were about her physicality, not about her characterization of Janeway.

"I really grew to envy, especially, Patrick Stewart," Mulgrew laughs, "who probably had nothing to do except walk from his trailer to the set. He had a great ease. I had to add an additional three hours to my day, with two young sons at home, and all this technobabble, and wanting to be able to ace that, wanting to be able to understand it, and get underneath it, was quite challenging for the first year. I'm sure there was some resentment there on my part. I'm sure there was some frustration and anger. Of course, I'm human and, my God, I was tired. But I'm Irish, so the 'I'll show them!' part of me surpasses every other thing. Which is why she not only succeeded, she thrived, Janeway, because I was determined."

Following Voyager , Mulgrew starred in the comedy NTSF:SD:SUV (2011 to 2013), the critically acclaimed Orange is the New Black as Galina "Red" Reznikov (2013 to 2019), Mr. Mercedes (2019), The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022) and has even reprised Janeway, vocally, on the animated Star Trek Prodigy , which launched in 2021. Married twice, she's the mother of three and is 68.

Robert Beltran as First Officer Chakotay in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

Chakotay is the Native American captain of the Maquis vessel, who ends up serving as first officer aboard the Voyager under Janeway’s command. The actor cast in the role was Robert Adams Beltran, born on November 19, 1953 in Bakersfield, California. Graduating with a Theater Arts degree from California State University, Fresno, he scored his first film role in 1981's Zoot Suit , which was followed by a part in the television series Models, Inc. , and, in 1982, by Paul Bartel’s cult classic Eating Raoul, 1983's Lone Wolf McQuade, 1984's Night of the Comet, 1990's El Diablo .

He also achieved extensive stage experience, appearing in 22 shows between 1979's California Shakespeare Festival and 2011's Devil's Advocate . On television, there have been a dozen TV movies and guest appearances.

As to Star Trek: Voyager , says Beltran, "At that point in my career, I was thinking it would be good to do a television series, and so I began to concentrate on finding one. Then, when my agent called me to tell me about the Voyager pilot, I thought, ‘Great, I’ll be happy to audition for it.' It could be an important gig in that it could be a substantial amount of years with steady employment that would make my old age much more comfortable."

“I wouldn’t have auditioned,” he adds, “if I didn’t find something valuable in the character. I liked the script very much, and I auditioned wholeheartedly to get the role. It was one of the easiest processes I’ve ever gone through in getting a job, ironically. I like the role of Chakotay. I thought that he was open-ended and could really go somewhere with the right kind of writing. I was very much interested in playing the role and seeing what I could do with it.”

Since being a member of the Star Trek Voyager cast, Beltran has appeared in seven films. He most recently provided the voice of Chakotay in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy . Now 70, the actor is the father of one child.

Tim Russ as Second Officer/Security Officer/Tactical Officer Tuvok

Serving as Science Officer amongst the Star Trek Voyager cast is Tuvok, a full-blooded Vulcan (unlike Leonard Nimoy 's Spock on the original Star Trek ), who is played by Mr. Saturday Night 's Tim Russ . Born January 22, 1956 in Washington, D.C., prior to becoming part of the show, he guest starred on a number of different series, and starred in nine episodes of The Highwayman (1987 to 1988).

Says Russ, "There was a very big victory for me in getting this. I had been interested in working on Star Trek ever since the original Next Generation was created, and I read for a role back then. I did not know at the time that LeVar Burton was also ging to be considered for the role of Geordi La Forge. So it was in retrospect that I realized that producer Rick Berman had been in my corner ever since. Tuvok was similar to his predecessor, Mr. Spock, in that he has to maintain a certain consistency with the Vulcan principles and philosophy that we upheld. But there was also an exploration of my character as an individual in terms of the intricacies of his personality and what his intentions may be."

He believes he had the edge over most people reading for the part, because of how well he intrinsically knew who this character was. "Tuvok is definitely based on Spock," Russ explains. "Why does everybody like Spock? Why was he genuinely — over Captain Kirk, even — the most popular character on that show? It's because he was what we all want to be. We want to be perfect, we want to be able to overcome all the trials we have to deal with. The character is so interesting to watch, because every situation that came up, you'd want to see what Spock would do, you wanted to see how he reacted — and you enjoyed watching him just completely confused and baffled by human beings. You could forget that he was part human.

"So, coming into the reading, I was armed to the teeth with this character. And casting is generally 80 percent personality and 20 percent talent. I'm not saying I'm able to do the things the way Tuvok does, it's just that I do like to approach things from an analytical or logical standpoint. If you are 100 percent Vulcan, obviously there's no choice between being human or Vulcan. Spock had to maker a choice. Tuvok never had to make that choice. It's like an athlete who trains to do the decathlon and an athlete who's born to do the decathlon. The person who comes into this world destined by nature to do it, has the edge."

Since being a part of the Star Trek Voyager cast, Russ has worked steadily in television, including 11 episodes of iCarly (2007 to 2012), 35 episodes of Samantha Who? (2007 to 2009), reprising the role of Tuvok, promoted to captain, in a pair of episodes of Star Trek: Picard (2003) and as an E.R. doctor in Seth Macfarlane's TV version of Ted (2024). Now 67, Russ has one child.

Garrett Wang as Operations Officer Harry Kim

Harry Kim, played by Angry Cafe 's Garrett Wang, is fresh out of Starfleet Academy in the premiere, and serves as the starship's ops and communications officer. For his part, Wang was born December 15, 1966 in Riverside, California. Prior to joining the Star Trek Voyager cast he appeared in a few commercials and made a guest appearance in a 1994 episode of All-American Girl . Playing Harry Kim was his big break.

"I remember thing at the time," he reflects, "that this must have been a dream that I was going to wake up from soon. It is kind of amazing when you think about the legacy we were following, because there really isn't any other TV series I can think of that originally aired in the Sixties and kept on going and going and going. it's kind of like an intergalactic Energizer Bunny."

Since the end of the series, he's been in about half a dozen films and made a couple of TV guest appearances. He's currently 55.

Roxann Dawson as Chief Engineer B’Elanna Torres

Voyager 's seemingly requisite alien-human hybrid was B'Elanna Torres ( with Roxann Dawson joining the Star Trek Voyager cast), the half-Klingon chief engineer who, like Spock on the original series, wages an inner war with the intertwining blood of two species. The actress was born on September 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, and she made her acting debut in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line . A few film roles would follow as would TV guest appearances and regular roles in Nightingales (1989) and The Round Table (1992).

"I'm of Latino descent, but that something that wasn't brought up in any way, because it really doesn't make a difference," points out Dawson about being made part of the Star Trek Voyager cast. "I love that the attention was brought to the fact that she's half-human and half-Klingon. I love that the conversation regarding Tuvok centered around the fact that he is Vulcan and that we don't discuss that he's a black Vulcan. And I love the fact that nobody on the crew, except for one little moment, discusses that it's a big deal that we have a female captain. What matters is character, how we're coming across and who we are as people."

The interesting thing for her to explore was the turmoil and continuing attempt to reconcile the two sides of her, which formed the conflict she wanted to explore. "One of the reasons fans identified with B'Elanna is that we all, to a certain degree, have two or more sides to us that are at war. It's a universal idea and I loved that the character could explore that so tangibly."

"She’s so afraid of being abandoned that she will leave every situation first. That’s why she left Starfleet Academy before she could be expelled, even though she was never going to be expelled. She operates very much on fear. This is not uncommon; we all do that to some degree. A lot of people will often want to have the control in their hands and move away from any situation that would put them at risk or make them vulnerable."

During the run of Voyager , she began directing episodes and since the show concluded, that's been the focus of her career, having amassed 61 behind-the-camera credits. Most recently she's directed episodes of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, The Horror of Dolores Roach and Apple TV Plus' Foundation . Married twice, she's the mother of two. Roxann Dawson is 65.

Robert Picardo as Chief Medical Officer The Doctor

One of the show’s most offbeat characters is the Doctor ( Robert Picardo , then known for The Wonder Years ), an Experimental Medical Program (EMP). The holographic Doctor is a virtual medical officer taking care of the crew’s needs and serving as ship doctor when the vessel is stranded in the Delta Quadrant.

Offers producer Rick Berman, "Robert Picardo was just wonderful in the same way that we always have characters that served as a mirror to human culture. Spock did that in the original series, Data did it The Next Generation and here our decision was to create a doctor who was, in fact, a hologram. Like Data, someone who was not human but wanted to be human. We also wanted this character to be poignant at times, but to be quite funny, because he was nothing but a program — but one who would have a sense of ascension to him. That's a very important word in Star Trek , ascension. It ends up not meaning what anybody thinks it means, but Picardo was one of the truly natural and talented actors that we have worked with and he provided us with some of the funniest stuff we've ever done."

Picardo was born on October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since the end of the series, he's appeared in 17 films and dozens of television episodes, including as Richard Woolsey on both Stargate SG-1 (seven episodes between 2004 and 2007) and Stargate: Atlantis (26 episodes between 2006 and 2009). He portrayed Ithamar Conkey in the 2019 to 2021 Apple TV+ series Dickinson . Now 70, he's been married once and has two children.

Robert Duncan McNeill as Helmsman Tom Paris in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

One of the early characters to be part of the Star Trek Voyager cast was Lieutenant Tom Paris, a member of the Maquis who comes to serve as the helmsman of Voyager . The role would go to actor Robert Duncan McNeill . Born November 9, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina, although he enjoyed some early TV guest appearance and stage work, he played Charlie Brent on the daytime soap opera All My Children from 1985 to 1988. He was in four episodes of Homefront (1992) and 17 episodes of Going to Extremes (1992 to 1993).

Says producer Rick Berman of McNeill joining the Star Trek franchise, "It had been a while since we had a young, attractive white guy on the show. It just turned out that most of the characters were either alien or black in the previous shows and here we had a woman in a major role. With Robbie, there was something very charming and delightful about him. He was a very good choice."

For his part, McNeill notes, "One thing that I think was interesting about Voyager is that every character had a great backstory. That's what made it interesting. Everybody's got sort of a dark side – an edge – which is different than the other Star Trek shows. A great thing about the show is that as an actor, sometimes you do work and then it's forgotten or you do a play and 50 people see it. One thing that's great about this is that for the rest of our lives, people will know this part of our work and it's great to have that sort of longevity."

Like Roxann Dawson, following Voyager he made the shift to directing and hasn't looked back, helming dozens of episodes, most recently True Lies in 2023. From 2007 to 2012, he was a director and producer on the spy series Chuck. Married twice, the 59-year-old is the father of three.

Ethan Phillips as Cook and Morales Officer Neelix

Winrich Kolbe, who directed the pilot episode "Caretaker" and was very involved with the casting, states, "Neelix was rather easy to cast. We narrowed it down to three actors, and Ethan Phillips was the one who pulled out. He was an inspired choice, and he was the life of the party on the set."

Ethan Phillips was born on February 8, 1955 in Garden City, New York, and came to be part of the Star Trek Voyager cast after an extensive career in theater, with dozens of shows to his credit. He's also been in 40 films between 1981's Ragtime and 2018's Most Likely to Murder . There are dozens of TV appearances, though viewers probably recognize him best from playing Pete Downey on the 1980 to 1985 sitcom Benson .

"I think Neelix is a pretty lovable guy," opines Phillips of his Star Trek character. "It's an amazing role, because there are so many colors to the man and it may be one of the best roles I've ever had an opportunity to play. There's something deep and heightened about him, and playing him is an incredible challenge."

Now 69, he was married to Patricia Cresswell from 1990 until her death in 2022. They have three children.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

In season four, with the intent of improving ratings, the decision was made to add a sexier character to the Star Trek Voyager cast in the form of actress Jeri Ryan as a Borg — member of the cybernetic race — who has been separated from the hive collective and is gradually reclaiming her humanity. While dressing the character in a skintight outfit had the desired impact on ratings, she also introduced a dynamic character ripe with the possibility of evolution and created a strong connection between Seven and Captain Janeway.

Jery Lynn Ryan was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich, West Germany. Her father, a master sergeant in the U.S. Army, retired when she was 11, and the family moved to Paducah, Kentucky. Her earliest TV roles were as a gust star in Who's the Boss?, Melrose Place, Matlock and The Sentinel , before she was cast as a series regular in the sci-fi drama Dark Skies (1996 to 1997). Star Trek Voyager was next in 1997.

Comments series writer Bryan Fuller, "Seven of Nine was raised in the wild by wolves, if you will, and now has to be trained to be human again. It was such a beautiful story and I love the dynamic between Seven of Nine, Janeway and the Doctor. That's the triumvirate from Voyager that I thought was so effective emotionally and that kind of harkened back in a different way to the triumvirate of Kirk, Spock and McCoy on the original series."

Adds executive producer Brannon Braga, "Each character on the show was affected by this new infusion of energy and it reinvigorated the show. What was genius about the character is that she was utterly oblivious to her own sexuality and found it irrevelevant."

Concurs Ryan herself, "I had no problem with an overtly sexual physical appearance, because it was the complete opposite — such a polar opposite — to the character herself. I'm not saying that's why the character works, but it's a huge part of why she worked as well. Look, I'm a mom, so my number one priority when I pick a role is to pick something I'd be proud for my daughter to watch, or my son at the time because I didn't have a daughter then. I'm proud of this character for any young girl growing up to look at as a kind of role model. It's part of life. You have incredibly intelligent people in all types of appearances."

"You can be a bombshell and be really intelligent - you're not a ditz because you're blond and have a figure," she elaborates. "And people stereotype someone dressed in tight or sexy clothing and assume you're stupid. That's one of my biggest pet peeves with Hollywood and that's why the role of Seven of Nine was so refreshing. When I read the scene they'd written for her and talked to the producers and listened to what they were going to go with her, it was just the opposite of that. I'm a National Merit Scholar. I was not a dumb kid growing up, but to be assumed to be stupid is something that drives me crazier than anything."

Following Voyager, she appeared in 59 episodes of legal drama Boston Public (2001 to 2004), and had recurring roles in Two and a Half Men (2004 to 2011), The O.C. (2005), Shark (2006 to 2008), Leverage (2009 to 2011), Body of Proof (2011 to 2013), Bosch (2016 to 2019) and, reprised the role of Seven of Nine in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard (2020 to 2023). Most recently she appeared in four episodes of Dark Winds (2023). Ryan, 55, has been married twice and is the mother of two.

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For seven seasons, the crew of Star Trek: Voyager sought a way home from the Delta Quadrant.

Star Trek: Voyager premiered in January 1995 as the flagship for the nascent United Paramount Network. The network didn't survive, but the show completed seven lively seasons and 172 episodes, joining the ranks of other classic Star Trek series of the era. The show trapped its crew in the Delta Quadrant: decades from the nearest Starfleet outpost, they were left to find a way home. It was intended to return to The Original Series' loose idea of a starship left to its own devices deep in unexplored space.

Today, Voyager is noted for taking big creative risks, resulting in both classic and risible episodes. But through it all, the sterling cast and unique characters always provided a strong reason to tune in. Below is a breakdown of the ten main members of the Voyager's crew.

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Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Janeway is notable for being Star Trek's first female lead: a no-nonsense leader willing to make hard choices to keep her people safe. With her ship stranded far from home, she places the crew above all other considerations, often finding bold, unorthodox methods to get them out of trouble. After successfully returning to Earth in the series finale, she's promoted to the rank of admiral, which she holds when she returns to the franchise in Star Trek: Prodigy .

Kate Mulgrew cut her teeth on the soap opera Ryan's Hope, the short-lived Mrs. Columbo series, and a bevy of made-for-TV movies. She stole the show in Danny De Vito's Throw Momma from the Train as Billy Crystal's scheming ex-wife and made a prominent appearance in the cult classic Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins . She has continued to work steadily in television since her stint on Voyager , most notably as one of the leads in Orange Is The New Black, for which she received an Emmy nomination in 2014.

Robert Beltran as Lieutenant Commander Chakotay

Chakotay begins Voyager as a member of the Maquis, a terrorist organization in conflict with Starfleet, shortly before the Dominion War. His ship is thrown to the far side of the galaxy along with Voyager's, forcing his crew to integrate with Starfleet to survive. He becomes Janeway's second in command: quick to support her actions and ultimately evolving into a stalwart officer. He's notable for his Native American ancestry – a first for a Star Trek lead character – and returns to the franchise as a captain in his own right in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy .

Besides Voyager , actor Robert Beltran is best known for the 80s cult movies Eating Raoul and Night of the Comet . He also appeared in Barry Levinson's Bugsy , Oliver Stone's Nixon , and many guest roles on television series throughout the 80s and 90s. Like many Star Trek actors, he has a prominent history in the theater as well, with an emphasis on Shakespearean productions.

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Robert Picardo as The Doctor

The Doctor is a singular character in the Star Trek franchise: a living hologram created out of necessity after Voyager's chief medical officer is killed in the series premiere. Originally intended as a short-term stop-gap, the "Emergency Medical Hologram" soon grows beyond his programming into a full-fledged crew member. He's often played for comic relief, with a snippy bedside manner and difficulty understanding the nuance of human emotions. Despite that, his unique capabilities and stalwart loyalty make him one of Voyager's most popular characters.

Picardo has enjoyed a long and successful career both before and after Star Trek: Voyager . His IMDB page lists a staggering 250 credits as an actor – including multiple upcoming projects – that speaks to his versatility and range. Outside Star Trek, he's probably best known for his long association with celebrated director Joe Dante , with prominent roles in The Howling, Small Soldiers , and Matinee.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Star Trek: Voyager explores the Borg in more detail than any other series, as Janeway's crew must pass through the heart of their territory. That leads to the arrival of Seven of Nine onboard: a former Borg drone disconnected from the collective and returning with the crew to the Alpha Quadrant. She initially struggles to shed her cybernetic chilliness and adapt to life onboard. She eventually finds acceptance, thanks partly to her friendship with The Doctor and Janeway's dogged efforts to connect with her human side.

Like many Star Trek actors, Jeri Ryan found steady work guest starring on television series in the 1980s and 1990s before becoming famous as Seven. After Star Trek: Voyager , she starred in the final three seasons of Boston Public and appeared in the James Woods legal drama Shark . Her return to the franchise in Star Trek: Picard has been cause for celebration among fans, many of whom are actively lobbying for further Seven of Nine stories.

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Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok

Tuvok opens Voyager as a Federation mole inside Chakotay's Maquis crew. Once the ruse drops, he becomes the Voyager's chief of security and top tactical officer, serving as Janeway's trusted advisor during their long journey home. Tuvok is notable for being the first Vulcan to appear as a series regular since Leonard Nimoy's legendary run as Mr. Spock. He's different from his predecessor in many ways – moodier and more introspective – while never being less than logical.

Tim Russ guested on several TV series before playing Tuvok, including several appearances as different characters on Star Trek: The Next Generation . He continues to work on television to this day. Notable roles include Principal Ted Franklin in i Carly and Frank the Doorman in Samantha Who? and one-off appearances in American Horror Story and Poker Face . He returns as Tuvok – now promoted to captain – in the third season of Star Trek: Picard .

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres

B'Elanna is a Maquis engineer who takes over the spot on Voyager when her crew transfers to the Federation ship. She's half-Klingon, with an ambivalent attitude about her heritage and trouble controlling her temper. She runs the engineering department with little concern for protocol or even safety at times, pushing Voyager's capabilities further in the process. She and Tom Paris fall in love, and she eventually becomes the mother of his child.

Roxann Dawson had minor appearances on various television shows before landing the role of Torres. Like many other franchise alum, she parlayed her experiences on Voyager into a career behind the camera: directing numerous episodes of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , Under the Dome and Bates Motel , among others. She remains active in that capacity as of this writing.

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Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris

Paris is the Voyager's helmsman, the first franchise character to hold the position permanently since Mr. Sulu in The Original Series . The son of a prominent Admiral was drummed out of Starfleet and later joined the Maquis, only to be caught and sentenced to prison, where Janeway finds him in the series premiere. He's released to help her hunt down his former compatriots, then becomes Voyager's pilot throughout its journey through the Delta Quadrant. His is a redemption story, as he goes from bitter washout to valued and respected crew member. He and Torres fall in love during the events of Voyager , and the series ends with the birth of their child.

Robert Duncan McNeill is known among Star Trek fans for playing Cadet Nicholas Locarno in The Next Generation : a one-shot character almost identical to Tom Paris, who never appears again. That came atop a number of TV and movie appearances before Voyager , most notably the cult classic Masters of the Universe starring Dolph Lundgren. He used his experience on Star Trek to springboard into a director's career, and has amassed a prolific resume behind the camera since. He remains active as of this writing, and returned to the role of Paris in the animated Star Trek: Lower Decks .

Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Harry Kim is Starfleet's perennial ensign: a top-flight Starfleet cadet assigned to Voyager just before it was lost in the Delta quadrant. He serves as the ship's chief of operations during its journey home, remaining a stalwart member of the bridge despite his low rank. He's dependable and intelligent, with a love for the clarinet and a firm grounding in several scientific fields. He's also a little unsure of himself, at least in the beginning. He and Tom Paris quickly become friends on their long trip home.

Garrett Wang had only been acting a short time when he was cast as Kim, previously appearing in just a single episode of All American Girl . He has worked sporadically since then, and appears regularly at Star Trek conventions and expos. He co-hosts a podcast with fellow Voyager alum Robert Duncan McNeill called The Delta Flyers.

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Ethan Philips as Neelix

Neelix is a Talaxian trader, native to the Delta Quadrant , who finds himself onboard Voyager and opts to stay. He serves as a guide to the region for the Voyager crew and the ship's cook, morale officer, and general jack of all trades. He's gregarious and friendly, with an eccentric sense of humor and an eagerness to please. He stays behind in the Delta Quadrant when the Voyager completes its mission to return home.

Neelix was played by veteran actor Ethan Phillips, who boasts many supporting roles in film and television. Prominent appearances include Glory, Critters , and Lean on Me on the big screen, though TV fans know him best as sensitive press secretary Pete Downey on Benson . He's still active as of this writing, with regular guest appearances on numerous TV shows.

Jennifer Lien as Kes

When the series begins, Kas is Neelix's lover and a native of the Delta Quadrant. Her species, the Ocampans, age much more quickly than most humanoids, growing old and dying after just a handful of years. She serves as the ship's botanist and medical assistant to The Doctor and displays mild telepathic abilities. She departs the series midway through Season 4 – effectively giving way to Seven of Nine – though she returns in Season 6 to give her character closure.

Jennifer Lien's career began promisingly, with a recurring role in the TV series Phenom and a part in the animated Men in Black series after departing Voyager . She also had a prominent role in American History X alongside fellow Star Trek alum Avery Brooks. She was let go from Star Trek after mental health issues began to affect her performance. She has since retired from acting and remained largely out of the public eye.

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The 'Star Trek Voyager' Cast Then and Now, Sharing What They Thought of Their Characters (EXCLUSIVE)

O ne of the revolutionary aspects of the Star Trek Voyager cast was the fact that sitting in the captain's seat was a woman, which was a much bigger deal when the show premiered than people today might realize. "I'm not even remotely surprised at how much attention the fact that the show had a female captain attracted," says Kate Mulgrew , who portrays Captain Kathryn Janeway. "This is the human condition. It's a novelty. I think that it piqued a mass kind of curiosity and it's very typical of our nature as human beings. I do suppose that one has to always refer to the gender in this regard. I am a woman, and that lends itself to maternity, to compassion, to warmth - to a lot of qualities which our culture has encouraged in women."

Airing from 1995 to 2001 for a total of 172 episodes, Voyager was actually the fourth live action Star Trek series, following on the heels of William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk on the original series (1966 to 1969), Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 to 1994) and Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993 to 1999). All in all, an impressive history, yet, again, Voyager had that one element that none of the others did.

In the series, the starship Voyager has mysteriously found itself transported to the distant fringes of the galaxy and has begun the 75-year trek back home. Complicating matters is that the Voyager had been pursuing a vessel, commanded by a crew of Maquis rebels (Federation-born colonists and disaffected Starfleet officers organized against the Cardassian occupation of their homes in a Demilitarized Zone), and has been stranded with them, resulting in the crews having to be integrated, offering the potential of inherent conflict between these characters. 

What follows is a look at how the Star Trek Voyager cast came together and where they've been since the series ended.

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway and attending the 2023 Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Gala

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The casting of Captain Janeway was an arduous process, with a wide variety of possible names being bandied about, including Lindsay Wagner ( The Bionic Woman ), Linda Hamilton ( Beauty and the Beast, The Terminator ), Erin Gray ( Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ), Susan Gibney (who had appeared on a pair of Next Generation episodes), Joanna Cassidy ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit? ) and Kate Mulgrew.

The first person hired for the part was French actress Genevieve Bujold, but shortly after shooting of the pilot began, it was obvious that she was not the right person for the job. She herself was terribly unhappy, used to the schedule of shooting films and not the rapid-fire nature of television production. So Mulgrew auditioned.

Genevieve Bujold as Captain Janeway

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"I came in," the actress explains, "and they gave me two very big scenes. One was the monologue, ‘We're lost in an uncharted part of the galaxy….,' and the other was with Tuvok, establishing the depth and breadth of our friendship. I loved them both. And I made two very bold decisions in the room… not bold, but I played the scene with Tuvok with high humor, as Janeway did throughout her entire relationship with Tuvok, because he's so Vulcan. I was always trying to ruffle his feathers.

The challenges Kate Mulgrew faced early on had nothing to do with cosmic threats

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"So," she continues, "that was full of laughs, and a certain underlying vulnerability, which I thought was very important to show; that her capacity for friendship was great indeed. And necessary to her, as a person. And with the monologue, I did it to them. I gave it to the producers. I turned to them as if they were my crew, looked right at them and I said that I would get us through this. And I remember thinking, ‘Well, now it's up to you.'"

Needless to say, she was brought aboard to command the starship. Prior to doing so, Mulgrew, born April 29, 1955 in Dubuque, Iowa, appeared in eight movies, including Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985) and Throw Momma from the Train (1987), but had really made her mark earlier as Mary Ryan Fenelli on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1975 to 1978). Additionally, she played the title role in the ill-fated Mrs. Columbo (1979 to 1980, which went through a title change to Kate Loves a Mystery ); made many episodic guest appearances, including three episodes of Cheers in 1986; and starred in HeartBeat (1988 to 1989) and Man of the People (1991 to 1992).

Kate Mulgrew guest starred on three episodes of Cheers in 1986

It should be noted that Mulgrew had pressures added to part of Janeway that her preceding captains decidedly did not . "For months," she says, "they came to the set. - the brass, not just my producers. The Paramount guys came and stood at the lip of the bridge and scrutinized me, my hair, my bosom, my heels … All of which was meant to inform me of the importance of this part, and that I was being watched. It was very simple. Nothing was stated. I'm sure they did it with Patrick Stewart… for two seconds. And Shatner for even less. But millions, if not billions, of dollars were at stake with this franchise, so they had to make sure. I think in the end they were pleased. It did work, but I would really say that it wasn't easy.

Actors William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), Sir Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean Luc Picard), Avery Brooks (Captain Benjamin Sisko), Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway) and Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer) during Star Trek Captains Reunion at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con 2012

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"Comparisons," she adds, "as Oscar Wilde would say, are odious, but the men never had to deal with the physical component, the sexual component, the way that I did. I was scrutinized because of my gender, by all of these guys. ‘She's got a big bosom, she's got beautiful hair, she's still of childbearing years, how are we going to make this thing work?'"

She found herself in makeup and having her hair worked on constantly, and all of the arguments and conversations were about her physicality, not about her characterization of Janeway.

Kate Mulgrew speaks during "Creation Entertainment's Salute to Star Trek: Voyager's 20th Anniversary" panel at the 14th annual official Star Trek convention at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 8, 2015 in Las Vegas

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"I really grew to envy, especially, Patrick Stewart," Mulgrew laughs, "who probably had nothing to do except walk from his trailer to the set. He had a great ease. I had to add an additional three hours to my day, with two young sons at home, and all this technobabble, and wanting to be able to ace that, wanting to be able to understand it, and get underneath it, was quite challenging for the first year. I'm sure there was some resentment there on my part. I'm sure there was some frustration and anger. Of course, I'm human and, my God, I was tired. But I'm Irish, so the ‘I'll show them!' part of me surpasses every other thing. Which is why she not only succeeded, she thrived, Janeway, because I was determined."

Kate Mulgrew in Orange is the New Black, 2013

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Following Voyager , Mulgrew starred in the comedy NTSF:SD:SUV (2011 to 2013), the critically acclaimed Orange is the New Black as Galina "Red" Reznikov (2013 to 2019), Mr. Mercedes (2019), The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022) and has even reprised Janeway, vocally, on the animated Star Trek Prodigy , which launched in 2021. Married twice, she's the mother of three and is 68.

Robert Beltran as First Officer Chakotay in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

Robert Beltran as Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager in 1995, and at an event in 2015

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Chakotay is the Native American captain of the Maquis vessel, who ends up serving as first officer aboard the Voyager under Janeway's command. The actor cast in the role was Robert Adams Beltran, born on November 19, 1953 in Bakersfield, California. Graduating with a Theater Arts degree from California State University, Fresno, he scored his first film role in 1981's Zoot Suit , which was followed by a part in the television series Models, Inc. , and, in 1982, by Paul Bartel's cult classic Eating Raoul, 1983's Lone Wolf McQuade, 1984's Night of the Comet, 1990's El Diablo .

Robert Beltran and Chuck Norris in 1983's Lone Wolf McQuade

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He also achieved extensive stage experience, appearing in 22 shows between 1979's California Shakespeare Festival and 2011's Devil's Advocate . On television, there have been a dozen TV movies and guest appearances.

As to Star Trek: Voyager , says Beltran, "At that point in my career, I was thinking it would be good to do a television series, and so I began to concentrate on finding one. Then, when my agent called me to tell me about the Voyager pilot, I thought, ‘Great, I'll be happy to audition for it.' It could be an important gig in that it could be a substantial amount of years with steady employment that would make my old age much more comfortable."

Robert Beltran and Tim Russ as Chakotay and Tuvok in 1999

"I wouldn't have auditioned," he adds, "if I didn't find something valuable in the character. I liked the script very much, and I auditioned wholeheartedly to get the role. It was one of the easiest processes I've ever gone through in getting a job, ironically. I like the role of Chakotay. I thought that he was open-ended and could really go somewhere with the right kind of writing. I was very much interested in playing the role and seeing what I could do with it."

A reunited Janeway and Chakotay (voiced by Kate Mulgrew and Robert Beltran) on Star Trek: Prodigy

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Since being a member of the Star Trek Voyager cast, Beltran has appeared in seven films. He most recently provided the voice of Chakotay in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy . Now 70, the actor is the father of one child.

Tim Russ as Second Officer/Security Officer/Tactical Officer Tuvok

Tim Russ as Tuvok in 1995 and at a 2019 event

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Serving as Science Officer amongst the Star Trek Voyager cast is Tuvok, a full-blooded Vulcan (unlike Leonard Nimoy ‘s Spock on the original Star Trek ), who is played by Mr. Saturday Night ‘s Tim Russ . Born January 22, 1956 in Washington, D.C., prior to becoming part of the show, he guest starred on a number of different series, and starred in nine episodes of The Highwayman (1987 to 1988).

Tim Russ guest stars on a 1989 episode of Family Matters

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Says Russ, "There was a very big victory for me in getting this. I had been interested in working on Star Trek ever since the original Next Generation was created, and I read for a role back then. I did not know at the time that LeVar Burton was also ging to be considered for the role of Geordi La Forge. So it was in retrospect that I realized that producer Rick Berman had been in my corner ever since. Tuvok was similar to his predecessor, Mr. Spock, in that he has to maintain a certain consistency with the Vulcan principles and philosophy that we upheld. But there was also an exploration of my character as an individual in terms of the intricacies of his personality and what his intentions may be."

He believes he had the edge over most people reading for the part, because of how well he intrinsically knew who this character was. "Tuvok is definitely based on Spock," Russ explains. "Why does everybody like Spock? Why was he genuinely - over Captain Kirk, even - the most popular character on that show? It's because he was what we all want to be. We want to be perfect, we want to be able to overcome all the trials we have to deal with. The character is so interesting to watch, because every situation that came up, you'd want to see what Spock would do, you wanted to see how he reacted - and you enjoyed watching him just completely confused and baffled by human beings. You could forget that he was part human.

Tim Russ as Tuvok in 1995

"So, coming into the reading, I was armed to the teeth with this character. And casting is generally 80 percent personality and 20 percent talent. I'm not saying I'm able to do the things the way Tuvok does, it's just that I do like to approach things from an analytical or logical standpoint. If you are 100 percent Vulcan, obviously there's no choice between being human or Vulcan. Spock had to maker a choice. Tuvok never had to make that choice. It's like an athlete who trains to do the decathlon and an athlete who's born to do the decathlon. The person who comes into this world destined by nature to do it, has the edge."

Since being a part of the Star Trek Voyager cast, Russ has worked steadily in television, including 11 episodes of iCarly (2007 to 2012), 35 episodes of Samantha Who? (2007 to 2009), reprising the role of Tuvok, promoted to captain, in a pair of episodes of Star Trek: Picard (2003) and as an E.R. doctor in Seth Macfarlane's TV version of Ted (2024). Now 67, Russ has one child.

Garrett Wang as Operations Officer Harry Kim

Garrett Wang back in 1995 and at a convention in 2019

Harry Kim, played by Angry Cafe ‘s Garrett Wang, is fresh out of Starfleet Academy in the premiere, and serves as the starship's ops and communications officer. For his part, Wang was born December 15, 1966 in Riverside, California. Prior to joining the Star Trek Voyager cast he appeared in a few commercials and made a guest appearance in a 1994 episode of All-American Girl . Playing Harry Kim was his big break.

Actress Catherine Annette, actor Garret Wang and actress Madison Dylan participate in the 11th Annual Official Star Trek Convention – day 4 held at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 12, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada

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"I remember thing at the time," he reflects, "that this must have been a dream that I was going to wake up from soon. It is kind of amazing when you think about the legacy we were following, because there really isn't any other TV series I can think of that originally aired in the Sixties and kept on going and going and going. it's kind of like an intergalactic Energizer Bunny."

Since the end of the series, he's been in about half a dozen films and made a couple of TV guest appearances. He's currently 55.

Roxann Dawson as Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres in 1995 and at a 2019 event

Voyager ‘s seemingly requisite alien-human hybrid was B'Elanna Torres ( with Roxann Dawson joining the Star Trek Voyager cast), the half-Klingon chief engineer who, like Spock on the original series, wages an inner war with the intertwining blood of two species. The actress was born on September 11, 1958 in Los Angeles, and she made her acting debut in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line . A few film roles would follow as would TV guest appearances and regular roles in Nightingales (1989) and The Round Table (1992).

"I'm of Latino descent, but that something that wasn't brought up in any way, because it really doesn't make a difference," points out Dawson about being made part of the Star Trek Voyager cast. "I love that the attention was brought to the fact that she's half-human and half-Klingon. I love that the conversation regarding Tuvok centered around the fact that he is Vulcan and that we don't discuss that he's a black Vulcan. And I love the fact that nobody on the crew, except for one little moment, discusses that it's a big deal that we have a female captain. What matters is character, how we're coming across and who we are as people."

Actresses Jeri Ryan, Kate Mulgrew and Roxann Dawson speak during "Creation Entertainment's Salute to Star Trek: Voyager ‘s 20th Anniversary" at the Rio Hotel & Casino on August 8, 2015

The interesting thing for her to explore was the turmoil and continuing attempt to reconcile the two sides of her, which formed the conflict she wanted to explore. "One of the reasons fans identified with B'Elanna is that we all, to a certain degree, have two or more sides to us that are at war. It's a universal idea and I loved that the character could explore that so tangibly."

"She's so afraid of being abandoned that she will leave every situation first. That's why she left Starfleet Academy before she could be expelled, even though she was never going to be expelled. She operates very much on fear. This is not uncommon; we all do that to some degree. A lot of people will often want to have the control in their hands and move away from any situation that would put them at risk or make them vulnerable."

The cast of Star Trek: Voyager in Season 1, 1995

During the run of Voyager , she began directing episodes and since the show concluded, that's been the focus of her career, having amassed 61 behind-the-camera credits. Most recently she's directed episodes of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, The Horror of Dolores Roach and Apple TV Plus' Foundation . Married twice, she's the mother of two. Roxann Dawson is 65.

Robert Picardo as Chief Medical Officer The Doctor

Robert Picardo made his debut as The Doctor in 1995, plus a shot of him at 2020's opening for Incantata

One of the show's most offbeat characters is the Doctor ( Robert Picardo , then known for The Wonder Years ), an Experimental Medical Program (EMP). The holographic Doctor is a virtual medical officer taking care of the crew's needs and serving as ship doctor when the vessel is stranded in the Delta Quadrant.

Offers producer Rick Berman, "Robert Picardo was just wonderful in the same way that we always have characters that served as a mirror to human culture. Spock did that in the original series, Data did it The Next Generation and here our decision was to create a doctor who was, in fact, a hologram. Like Data, someone who was not human but wanted to be human. We also wanted this character to be poignant at times, but to be quite funny, because he was nothing but a program - but one who would have a sense of ascension to him. That's a very important word in Star Trek , ascension. It ends up not meaning what anybody thinks it means, but Picardo was one of the truly natural and talented actors that we have worked with and he provided us with some of the funniest stuff we've ever done."

Actor Robert Picardo arrives for the Premiere of CBS' Star Trek: Discovery held at The Cinerama Dome on September 19, 2017

Picardo was born on October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Since the end of the series, he's appeared in 17 films and dozens of television episodes, including as Richard Woolsey on both Stargate SG-1 (seven episodes between 2004 and 2007) and Stargate: Atlantis (26 episodes between 2006 and 2009). He portrayed Ithamar Conkey in the 2019 to 2021 Apple TV+ series Dickinson . Now 70, he's been married once and has two children.

Robert Duncan McNeill as Helmsman Tom Paris in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris in Star Trek Voyager (1995) and in 2015

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One of the early characters to be part of the Star Trek Voyager cast was Lieutenant Tom Paris, a member of the Maquis who comes to serve as the helmsman of Voyager . The role would go to actor Robert Duncan McNeill . Born November 9, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina, although he enjoyed some early TV guest appearance and stage work, he played Charlie Brent on the daytime soap opera All My Children from 1985 to 1988. He was in four episodes of Homefront (1992) and 17 episodes of Going to Extremes (1992 to 1993).

Says producer Rick Berman of McNeill joining the Star Trek franchise, "It had been a while since we had a young, attractive white guy on the show. It just turned out that most of the characters were either alien or black in the previous shows and here we had a woman in a major role. With Robbie, there was something very charming and delightful about him. He was a very good choice."

Robert Duncan McNeill, Roxann Dawson, her daughter Emma, and Robert Picardo arrive at the Hollywood Christmas Parade, November 26, 2000

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For his part, McNeill notes, "One thing that I think was interesting about Voyager is that every character had a great backstory. That's what made it interesting. Everybody's got sort of a dark side – an edge – which is different than the other Star Trek shows. A great thing about the show is that as an actor, sometimes you do work and then it's forgotten or you do a play and 50 people see it. One thing that's great about this is that for the rest of our lives, people will know this part of our work and it's great to have that sort of longevity."

Like Roxann Dawson, following Voyager he made the shift to directing and hasn't looked back, helming dozens of episodes, most recently True Lies in 2023. From 2007 to 2012, he was a director and producer on the spy series Chuck. Married twice, the 59-year-old is the father of three.

Ethan Phillips as Cook and Morales Officer Neelix

Ethan Phillips as Neelix in 1995 and at the 2020 TCA Winter event

Winrich Kolbe, who directed the pilot episode "Caretaker" and was very involved with the casting, states, "Neelix was rather easy to cast. We narrowed it down to three actors, and Ethan Phillips was the one who pulled out. He was an inspired choice, and he was the life of the party on the set."

Ethan Phillips was born on February 8, 1955 in Garden City, New York, and came to be part of the Star Trek Voyager cast after an extensive career in theater, with dozens of shows to his credit. He's also been in 40 films between 1981's Ragtime and 2018's Most Likely to Murder . There are dozens of TV appearances, though viewers probably recognize him best from playing Pete Downey on the 1980 to 1985 sitcom Benson .

Ethan Phillips and the cast of Benson (which ran from 1979 to 1986)

"I think Neelix is a pretty lovable guy," opines Phillips of his Star Trek character. "It's an amazing role, because there are so many colors to the man and it may be one of the best roles I've ever had an opportunity to play. There's something deep and heightened about him, and playing him is an incredible challenge."

Now 69, he was married to Patricia Cresswell from 1990 until her death in 2022. They have three children.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine in the Star Trek Voyager Cast

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and in 2024 at the Astra TV Awards

In season four, with the intent of improving ratings, the decision was made to add a sexier character to the Star Trek Voyager cast in the form of actress Jeri Ryan as a Borg - member of the cybernetic race - who has been separated from the hive collective and is gradually reclaiming her humanity. While dressing the character in a skintight outfit had the desired impact on ratings, she also introduced a dynamic character ripe with the possibility of evolution and created a strong connection between Seven and Captain Janeway.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine towards the end of Star Trek: Voyager' s run in 2001

Jery Lynn Ryan was born on February 22, 1968 in Munich, West Germany. Her father, a master sergeant in the U.S. Army, retired when she was 11, and the family moved to Paducah, Kentucky. Her earliest TV roles were as a gust star in Who's the Boss?, Melrose Place, Matlock and The Sentinel , before she was cast as a series regular in the sci-fi drama Dark Skies (1996 to 1997). Star Trek Voyager was next in 1997.

Comments series writer Bryan Fuller, "Seven of Nine was raised in the wild by wolves, if you will, and now has to be trained to be human again. It was such a beautiful story and I love the dynamic between Seven of Nine, Janeway and the Doctor. That's the triumvirate from Voyager that I thought was so effective emotionally and that kind of harkened back in a different way to the triumvirate of Kirk, Spock and McCoy on the original series."

Kate Mulgrew and Jeri Ryan as Janeway and Seven

Adds executive producer Brannon Braga, "Each character on the show was affected by this new infusion of energy and it reinvigorated the show. What was genius about the character is that she was utterly oblivious to her own sexuality and found it irrevelevant."

Concurs Ryan herself, "I had no problem with an overtly sexual physical appearance, because it was the complete opposite - such a polar opposite - to the character herself. I'm not saying that's why the character works, but it's a huge part of why she worked as well. Look, I'm a mom, so my number one priority when I pick a role is to pick something I'd be proud for my daughter to watch, or my son at the time because I didn't have a daughter then. I'm proud of this character for any young girl growing up to look at as a kind of role model. It's part of life. You have incredibly intelligent people in all types of appearances."

Jeri Ryan in 2001

"You can be a bombshell and be really intelligent – you're not a ditz because you're blond and have a figure," she elaborates. "And people stereotype someone dressed in tight or sexy clothing and assume you're stupid. That's one of my biggest pet peeves with Hollywood and that's why the role of Seven of Nine was so refreshing. When I read the scene they'd written for her and talked to the producers and listened to what they were going to go with her, it was just the opposite of that. I'm a National Merit Scholar. I was not a dumb kid growing up, but to be assumed to be stupid is something that drives me crazier than anything."

Gates McFadden, Patrick Stewart, Michelle Hurd, Terry Matalas, Jonathan Frakes and Jeri Ryan during the Star Trek: Picard SAG event in Los Angeles on December 14, 2023 Gonzalo Marroquin/Getty Images for Paramount+)

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Following Voyager, she appeared in 59 episodes of legal drama Boston Public (2001 to 2004), and had recurring roles in Two and a Half Men (2004 to 2011), The O.C. (2005), Shark (2006 to 2008), Leverage (2009 to 2011), Body of Proof (2011 to 2013), Bosch (2016 to 2019) and, reprised the role of Seven of Nine in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard (2020 to 2023). Most recently she appeared in four episodes of Dark Winds (2023). Ryan, 55, has been married twice and is the mother of two.

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Whatever Happened To The Cast Of Star Trek: Voyager?

The third "Star Trek" series to air in the 1990s, "Star Trek: Voyager" was also the flagship series for the all-new Paramount television network UPN. Making its debut in January of 1995, the series saw Captain Kathryn Janeway command the state-of-the-art starship Voyager on a mission to pursue a group of Maquis rebels. However, when a phenomenon envelops them both and hurls them to the distant Delta Quadrant, Starfleet officers and Maquis terrorists become one crew on a perilous journey home.

Despite a few cast shake-ups, "Voyager" ran for seven seasons and featured a consistently stellar ensemble. The series helped launch the careers of several of its lesser-known actors, while others can count the series as the highest point in their filmography. Some walked away from Hollywood after it concluded, while a few have since made big comebacks, returning to the roles that made them famous.

Since it ended in 2001, "Voyager" has aged like fine wine, earning new fans thanks to the magic of streaming where new generations can discover it anew. Whether seeing it for the first time — or even if you're watching it for the umpteenth — you may be wondering where the cast is now. Well, recalibrate the bio-neural gel packs and prep the Delta Flyer for launch because we're here to fill you in on what's happened to the cast of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway

It's no secret that Kate Mulgrew wasn't the first choice to play Captain Janeway in "Star Trek: Voyager." Academy Award-nominee Geneviève Bujold was famously cast first  but filmed only a few scenes before quitting the show during the production of the series pilot, leading to Mulgrew being brought in. Today it is difficult to imagine anyone else in the role, though it's hardly Mulgrew's only iconic TV series.

Following the show's conclusion in 2001, Mulgrew took a few years off from acting, returning with a small role in the 2005 film "Perception" with Piper Perabo. After a guest appearance on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," Mulgrew snagged a recurring role on "The Black Donnellys" in 2007 alongside Jonathan Tucker and Olivia Wilde and another in the short-lived NBC medical drama "Mercy" in 2009. Her return to a main cast, however, came in the Adult Swim series "NTSF:SD:SUV::," where she played an eye patch-wearing leader of an anti-terrorism task force alongside future "Star Trek" star Rebecca Romijn .

Of course, Mulgrew found a major career resurgence in 2013, starring in one of Netflix's earliest forays into original programming, "Orange is the New Black." In the series she stars as Red, an inmate at a women's prison, a role that would earn her an Emmy nomination. Mulgrew returned to "Star Trek" in 2021, voicing both Kathryn Janeway and a holographic version of the character in the Nickelodeon-produced CGI-animated series  "Star Trek: Prodigy."

Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay

Sitting in the chair next to Captain Janeway for seven seasons was Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay, a former Maquis first officer. Though Beltran counts his heritage as Latino, Chakotay was actually the first Native American series regular in the franchise but was sadly under-used, a fact that the actor has  commented on . Following "Star Trek: Voyager," Beltran's work on the small screen was mostly limited to guest appearances, popping up in episodes of "CSI: Miami" and "Medium" in the 2000s while filling roles in movies like "Taking Chances," "Fire Serpent," and "Manticore." 

Beltran's first recurring part on TV after "Voyager" was in the series "Big Love," starring Bill Paxton and Jeanne Tripplehorn. In the series, he played Jerry Flute — another Native American — who has plans to construct a casino on a reservation. However, over the next decade, Beltran seemed to move away from acting, with a sparse handful of minor roles. He revealed on Twitter that he turned down a chance to play Chakotay one more time in the revival series "Star Trek: Picard," as he was unhappy with the part they'd written for him. 

Nevertheless, Beltran did come back to join Kate Mulgrew for the animated children's series "Star Trek: Prodigy." Voicing Chakotay in his triumphant return to the franchise, the series sees the character lost in space and his former captain on a mission to find him.

Tim Russ as Lt. Tuvok

Actor Tim Russ had already made a few guest appearances in "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and even the film "Star Trek Generations" before joining the main cast of "Star Trek: Voyager" in 1995. Russ became a fan-favorite as Vulcan Lt. Tuvok, who was later promoted to Lt. Commander. However, after seven seasons playing the stoic, emotionless Tuvok, Russ kept busy with a variety of different roles, mostly guest-starring in popular TV hits.

This includes guest spots in everything from "ER" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" to episodes of "Hannah Montana" and "Without a Trace." He even appeared on the big screen with a small role in "Live Free or Die Hard" in 2007, but it didn't keep him away from TV, as he also had a multi-episode appearance on the hit soap "General Hospital." That same year, Russ joined the main cast of the Christina Applegate comedy "Samantha Who?" and later began working in video games, providing voice work for "Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus" and "The Last of Us Part 2." 

Since then, the actor has kept busy with countless roles in such as "Criminal Minds," "NCIS: New Orleans," "Supergirl," and "The Good Doctor." More recently, Russ turned up in an episode of Seth MacFarlane's "Star Trek" homage "The Orville,"  and in 2023 voiced Lucius Fox in the animated film "Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham."

Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres

On "Star Trek: Voyager," the role of chief engineer was filled by Roxann Dawson who played half-Klingon/half-human B'Elanna Torres. Starting out as a Maquis rebel, she eventually becomes one of the most important members of the crew, as well as a wife and mother. Following her run on the series, Dawson had just a handful of on-screen roles, which included single episodes of "The Closer" and "Without a Trace." That's because, like her franchise cohort  Jonathan Frakes , Dawson moved behind the camera to become a director full-time.

Getting her start overseeing episodes of "Voyager" first, Dawson moved on to helm entries of "Star Trek" spin-off "Enterprise" before broadening to other shows across television. Since 2005, Dawson has directed episodes of some of the biggest hits on TV including "Lost" and "The O.C." in 2006, eight episodes of "Cold Case," a trio of "Heroes" episodes, and more. 

We could go on and on rattling off the hit shows she's sat behind the camera for but among her most notable might be the David Simon HBO series "Treme" in 2011, "Hell on Wheels" with future starship captain Anson Mount, and modern masterpieces like "Bates Motel," "The Americans," and "This is Us." Her most recent work saw her return to sci-fi, helming two episodes of the Apple TV+ series "Foundation."

Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim

Despite never seeing a rise in rank and perpetually remaining a low-level ensign, Harry Kim — played by Garrett Wang – often played a crucial role in defeating many of the enemies the crew would face in the Delta Quadrant. When "Star Trek: Voyager" left the airwaves, though, Wang bounced around, with his biggest role arguably coming in the 2005 Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries "Into the West." He has continued embracing his role as Ensign Kim by appearing at many fan conventions, where he found an entirely new calling. 

Beginning in 2010, Kim embarked on a career as an event moderator, serving as the Master of Ceremonies at that year's FedCon (a science fiction convention held in Germany). Later, he was the Trek Track Director at the celebrated Dragon Con event, held annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the course of his new career, Wang has held moderating duties and hosted panels and events at major pop culture conventions in Montreal, Edmonton, Phoenix, and Denver. According to Wang, his biggest role as a moderator came at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in 2012, where he interviewed the legendary Stan Lee .

In 2020, Wang joined forces with co-star Robert Duncan McNeill to launch "The Delta Flyers," a podcast that discusses classic episodes of "Star Trek: Voyager."

Robert Duncan McNeill as Lt. Tom Paris

Robert Duncan McNeill guest-starred in an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as a hotshot pilot who broke the rules and wound up booted from Starfleet. So when producers developed a similar character, they brought in McNeill to play him, resulting in brash, cavalier helm officer Tom Paris. In 2002, after "Star Trek: Voyager" ended, McNeill starred in an episode of  "The Outer Limits" revival  and a few more small roles. However, like Dawson, McNeill left acting not long after the series ended to become a director and producer, starting with four episodes of "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Into the 2000s, McNiell helmed episodes of "Dawson's Creek" and "One Tree Hill" before becoming an executive producer on the action-comedy series "Chuck" starring Zachary Levi. Ultimately he'd direct 21 episodes of that series across its five seasons. From there, McNeill went on to sit behind the camera for installments of "The Mentalist," "Blue Bloods," and "Suits." 

Since the 2010s, McNeill has served as an executive producer on further shows that included "The Gifted," the Disney+ reboot of "Turner & Hooch," and the SyFy series "Resident Alien." In addition to hosting "The Delta Flyers" podcast with co-star Garrett Wang, McNeill came back to "Star Trek" in 2022 when he voiced the character of Tom Paris in a cameo on the animated comedy "Star Trek: Lower Decks."

Ethan Phillips as Neelix

Another actor to appear on "Star Trek" before taking a leading role on "Voyager," Ethan Phillips played the quirky alien chef Neelix for all seven seasons of the show's run. A well-established veteran, his TV roles prior had included dramas like "NYPD Blue" and family hits like "Doogie Howser, M.D." Unfortunately, his role on "Voyager" never translated to big-time success after, though he hardly struggled for work. That's because he went back to his former career as a character actor.

In the ensuing years, Phillips could be seen all over the dial and beyond, with parts in "Touched by an Angel" and "8 Simple Rules" among many others, even popping up in a guest-starring role in an episode of "Star Trek: Enterprise" in 2002. Later he did a three-episode run on "Boston Legal," another Beantown-based legal drama from David E. Kelley, this one starring "Star Trek" legend William Shatner and "Deep Space Nine" alum René Auberjonois. Some of the biggest shows he's found work on during the 2010s meanwhile include "Better Call Saul" and a recurring role in the Lena Dunham comedy "Girls." He's also had roles in major movies, showing up in "Inside Llewyn Davis," "The Purge: Election Year," and "The Island."

Though he hasn't come back to "Star Trek," Phillips did return to sci-fi in 2020, joining the main cast of the HBO space comedy "Avenue 5" alongside Hugh Laurie and Josh Gad.

Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine

Though she didn't arrive on "Star Trek: Voyager" until Season 4, Jeri Ryan arguably became the series' biggest star. She came in to help liven up a series that was struggling and joined the cast as a former Borg drone named Seven of Nine . It proved to be just what the series needed and a career-defining role for Ryan. One of the few cast members of "Voyager" to parlay her role into bigger success, Ryan immediately joined the David E. Kelley legal drama "Boston Public" after the series ended.

There she had a three-season run and in 2006 she secured another starring role on another legal drama, this time in the James Woods series "Shark," with Danielle Panabaker and Henry Simmons. Smaller recurring roles came after, including multi-episode stints on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Two and a Half Men," and "Leverage," before Ryan returned to a main cast with her co-starring role in "Body of Proof" in 2011 alongside Dana Delany. Parts in "Helix" and "Bosch" came after, as well as brief recurring roles in "MacGyver" and "Major Crimes," leading right up to her return to "Star Trek" in 2020.

That year, Ryan joined the cast of the revival series "Star Trek: Picard." Returning to the role of Seven of Nine, she supported series lead Patrick Stewart by appearing in all three seasons, and rumor has it she may even star in a spin-off. 

Jennifer Lien as Kes

Joining the Starfleet and Maquis crew aboard Voyager was Kes, a young alien woman with mild telepathic powers and just a nine-year lifespan, and played by Jennifer Lien. Unfortunately, her character never quite gelled, and in Season 4 Lien was written out to make way for Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine.

Leaving the series in 1997, Lien's career stalled in front of the camera, though she did manage a role in "American History X" alongside "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" star Avery Brooks. However, most of her subsequent work came in animation, with voice work in "Superman: The Animated Series" — where she played Inza, the wife of Doctor Fate — and a starring role as Agent L in "Men in Black: The Series." 

Unfortunately, Lien pretty much left acting shortly after that. She married filmmaker Phil Hwang and started a family but has faced personal problems along the way. While struggling to deal with her mental health, Lien was arrested in 2015 for indecent exposure and again in 2018 for driving without a license. 

If you or someone you know needs help with mental health, please contact the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741, call the National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline at 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), or visit the National Institute of Mental Health website .

Manu Intiraymi as Icheb

Late in Season 6 of "Star Trek: Voyager," a storyline saw the ship rescue a stranded vessel commanded by a group of wayward Borg children. At the conclusion of the story, four young drones join the crew, becoming a surrogate family of sorts to Seven of Nine after jettisoning their Borg identities. The eldest of them is Icheb, a teenager who becomes like a brother to Seven, played by actor Manu Intiraymi. The young actor went on to make 11 appearances across the final two seasons of the show. 

When "Voyager" ended in 2001, Intiraymi continued acting, with his largest role coming in "One Tree Hill." There he played Billy — a local drug dealer — in a recurring role in 2012. Further projects were mostly independent films like "5th Passenger" in 2017 and "Hell on the Border," a 2019 Western starring David Gyasi, Ron Perlman, and Frank Grillo. 

In 2017, Intiraymi came under fire for criticizing fellow "Star Trek" actor Anthony Rapp, who'd made accusations of sexual assault against Kevin Spacey . A few years later, fans speculated those comments may have been why he wasn't asked to return to the role of Icheb in "Star Trek: Picard," with a new actor playing the part in a scene that killed off the character.

Scarlett Pomers as Naomi Wildman

Plenty of TV shows have added a kid to shake up the status quo late into their run, and "Star Trek: Voyager" was not immune to this trope. In addition to Borg kids like Icheb, Samantha Wildman — the newborn daughter of a crewperson — became a recurring character beginning in Season 5, played by Scarlett Pomers. She'd wind up in 16 episodes, including a few where she played a leading role. In the aftermath of the end of the series, Pomers appeared in the Julia Roberts film "Erin Brockovich," and in 2001 joined the cast of the sitcom "Reba."

For six seasons Pomers starred as Kyra Hart, daughter of the show's star played by Reba McEntire. Appearing in a whopping 103 episodes, it was only Pomers' second regular role but also her last on-screen performance. When that series concluded, Pomers essentially retired from acting. Unfortunately, her exit from the stage was at least partly due to her ongoing battle with an eating disorder, and Pomers has since become an outspoken advocate for those struggling with anorexia and mental illness. In a 2019 interview with StarTrek.com , Pomers also talked about her subsequent career as a photographer, musician, and jewelry designer.

If you are struggling with an eating disorder, or know someone who is, help is available. Visit the National Eating Disorders Association website or contact NEDA's Live Helpline at 1-800-931-2237. You can also receive 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741).

Martha Hackett as Seska

In the early seasons of "Star Trek: Voyager," one of the most compelling ongoing storylines was that of Seska, a Bajoran and former Maquis rebel and on-again-off-again lover of Chakotay. Played by recurring guest star Martha Hackett, it was later revealed that Seska was actually an enemy agent in disguise. Hackett would appear in a total of 13 episodes of the series, making it by far the largest role in her career. Still, she has appeared in some big hits over the last two decades.

Those included a small role in "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in 2005 and an appearance in the cult horror movie "The Bye Bye Man" in 2017. It also includes one-off appearances in episodes of popular projects on the small screen, like "The Mindy Project" in 2014, "Masters of Sex" a year earlier, and a recurring role in the daytime soap "Days of Our Lives" between 2016 and 2018. Thanks to her iconic role as Seska, though, Hackett continues to be a regular on the "Star Trek" convention circuit and was interviewed for the upcoming "Star Trek: Voyager" documentary "To the Journey."

Robert Picardo as the Doctor

For 30 years, the world of science fiction meant one thing when the moniker of "The Doctor" was uttered, but that all changed in 1995 with the launch of "Star Trek: Voyager." There, actor Robert Picardo — already known for antagonistic roles in "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" and "InnerSpace" — starred as the Doctor, the nameless holographic chief medical officer aboard the Voyager. Known for his offbeat humor and cantankerous attitude, he was played to perfection by Picardo, and it would become the actor's signature role. 

Still, even after leaving sickbay as the Doctor, Picardo had a healthy career, moving quickly into a role in "The Lyon's Den" starring Rob Lowe and Kyle Chandler in 2003. A year later he joined another iconic sci-fi franchise when he secured a recurring part in "Stargate SG-1"  as Richard Woolsey, a grumpy U.S. official who opposed the Stargate program. Following a string of appearances on the flagship series, Picardo joined the main cast of "Stargate: Atlantis" in 2006. A few years later, Picardo had another repeat role, this time as Jason Cooper on "The Mentalist," and he later enjoyed a stint on the Apple TV+ drama "Dickinson."

In 2023, the actor made a guest appearance on the "Quantum Leap" revival playing Doctor Woolsey, whose name is a clear tribute to his two biggest TV roles.

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Reacher has cast a major new character who is even bigger than the title character. Six foot three inch tall actor Alan Ritchson plays Jack Reacher in the Prime Video show, which is based on the Lee Child book series and follows Jack, an ex-military police major who wanders the U.S. and helps various people he encounters. Reacher season 3 is set to adapt the 2003 novel Persuader , which sees the character undercover in the circle of the rich and paranoid Zachary Beck (Anthony Michael Hall) around the time of the attempted kidnapping of his son.

Per CinemaBlend , Reacher season 3 has cast Olivier Richters as the character Paulie . On the page, Paulie is a bodybuilder who serves as one of Beck's bodyguards. Richters is a bodybuilder in real life in addition to being an actor and is known as "The Dutch Giant" because of his immense height, which reaches a total of seven feet and two inches, cutting an impressive figure even to someone like Ritchson's famously towering Jack Reacher.

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Before joining the Reacher cast , Richters has already put his impressive height and muscle mass to use onscreen. Following a few roles in European projects early in his career, in the English language he has largely held minor roles as secondary or tertiary antagonists in genre movies that use his bulk as a major obstacle to the protagonists. This includes playing a berserk warehouse employee in the 2018 horror movie Ravers and one of the fighters in the 2020 actioner Knuckledust .

However, before bringing this character from the Jack Reacher books to life, he has already appeared in several other prominent titles. This includes starring in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Black Widow as Ursa Major , a character who is briefly seen in the arm wrestling sequence at the Seventh Circle Prison. He also played Huge Machine Shack Guard in Matthew Vaughn's 2021 action prequel The King's Man and Jürgen Voller's henchman Hauke in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny .

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