Summary

Brian Thompson has seem in three differentStar Trekseries and one lineament film as five dissimilar character . Due to the episodic nature ofStar Trek , intimately every episode have at least one guest function , which think of the dealership has cycled through a lot of actor . ThroughoutStar Trek’slong history , many worker have kept coming back to play multiple roles , often rendered unrecognisable under layer of make - up and prosthetics . With his distinct feature article , Brian Thompson often brings a threatening element to the character reference , and in the font ofStar Trek , the unknown , he plays .

Thompson may be well know for his role as the Alien Bounty Hunter in nine installment ofThe X - Files , but he has had small roles in many popular idiot box appearance and moving picture . HisStar Trekdebut came in theStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 2 episode , " A Matter of Honor , " in which he take on the Klingon Klag . Brian Thompson play another Klingon inStar Trek Generations , in a brief appearance as an unidentified helm police officer . He appears in two episode ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , as a Dosi and a Jem’Hadar soldier . Brian Thompson ’s concluding and most substantial function comes inStar Trek : Enterprise , where he plays Romulan Admiral Valdore in three episodes .

From exploring foreign new Earth to fighting to expose the truth , many actor have appeared on both Star Trek and The X - Files .

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5Klingon Lt. Klag

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 2, Episode 8 (“Matter of Honor”)

Brian Thompson imbues Klag with more personality than the other Klingons .

InStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s " Matter of Honor,“Commander William Riker ( Jonathan Frakes)takes part in an Officer Exchange Program that sees him take on the character of First Officer aboard the Klingon ship , IKS Pagh . The Second Officer on the Pagh , Klag , confronts Riker , not believing that the Federation military officer will be fast to his fresh Klingon police captain . Riker subdues Klag , earning the respect of the crew , and Klag afterward stands up for Riker when Captain Kargan ( Christopher Collins ) oppugn his allegiance . Brian Thompson imbues Klag with more personality than the other Klingons , pee him the most memorable young graphic symbol of the instalment .

4Klingon Helm Officer

Star Trek Generations

Brian Thompson only appears shortly inStar Trek Generations , asthe sailing master and helm military officer serve on the D12 - class Klingon Bird - of - Prey dominate by the Duras sisters , Lursa ( Barbara March ) and B’Etor ( Gwynyth Walsh ) . Although Lursa and B’Etor are working with theEl - Aurian scientist Dr. Tolian Soran(Malcolm McDowell ) , most of the Klingons among their crew do not care for Soran , refer to him as a"petaQ.“The Duras baby learn the shield frequencies of the USS Enterprise - D and attack the ship above Veridian III , dish out massive amounts of damage . The Enterprise eventually handle to put down the Bird - of - Prey with all hands , but it suffers ruinous legal injury that result in a breach of the warp core .

As the Head Curator of the Starfleet Museum , Commodore Geordi La Forge ( LeVar Burton ) would later retrieve the saucer section of the Enterprise - D from Veridian III and whole rebuild his former ship inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .

3Inglatu

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 2, Episode 7 (“Rules of Acquisition”)

In his first appearance onStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , Brian Thompson plays a Dosi negotiator discover Inglatu . Inglatu serves as a representative for his people alongside another Dosi named Zyree ( Emilia Crow ) during negotiations with the Ferengi . Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) serve as the lead negotiator for the Ferengi , as he attempt to acquire 100,000 vats of tulaberry vino . Zyree finally let on to Quark that the Dosi do not have access to that much wine , and she points him in the direction of the Karemma , who are member of the Dominion .

Despite being a mostly comedic instalment , " Rules of Acquisition " moderate the first mention of the Dominion . Even the writers did not yet have a go at it how substantial and influentialDS9’sDominion War plot line would become .

The Dominion War was the bloodiest fight in Star Trek chronicle , and its complicated timeline was filled with shocking twists and turns .

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2Toman’torax

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 4, Episode 23 (“To The Death”)

Thompson ’s nextStar Trekappearance comes inDS9season 4 , where he portrays a Jem’Hadar soldier named Toman’torax . Toman’torax serve as the irregular in command to Omet’iklan ( Clarence Williams III ) in a Jem’Hadar unit under the command of the Vorta Weyoun ( Jeffrey Combs ) . When their attack ship is heavily damaged , Toman’torax and his social unit are rescued by the USS Defiant . Toman’torax had always need to fight a Klingon , so he fire Lt . Commander Worf(Michael Dorn ) , finally inciting a bacchanalia in the plenty hall of the Defiant . For his insubordination , Toman’torax ​​​​​​​is then accomplish by Omet’iklan .

1Romulan Admiral Valdore

Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4, Episode 12 (“Babel One”), Episode 13 (“United”), & Episode 14 (“The Aenar”)

In his lastStar Trekappearance , Brian Thompson appears in three episodes ofStar Trek : Enterpriseas the Romulan Admiral Valdore , a richly - ranking policeman in the Romulan military . In the twenty-second century , Valdore oversees a program meant to destabilize the diplomatical relationships between the Andorians , the Tellarites , and several other species . From Romulus , Valdore and his squad command a drone ship by forcing the telepathic Aenar Gareb ( Scott Allen Rinker ) to help them . When the Enterprise NX-01 discovers the poke ship , Commander Charles Tucker ( Connor Trinneer ) and Lt . Malcolm Reed ( Dominic Keating ) are able-bodied to lame it . These conflicts between Starfleet and the Romulans eventually leave tothe Earth - Romulan War .

Brian Thompson made certain each of his memorable characters leave behind their mark .

Gareb afterward rebels against his Romulan capturer , destroy another lagger ship before he is killed by Admiral Valdore . Despite the Romulan ’s intentions , Valdore ’s project terminate up bring the Tellarites , Andorians , Humans , and Vulcans together , rather than deplume them apart . police captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) helps work the dissimilar specie together to stop the drone ship , forging an alliance that hints at the more permanent partnership to hail . Ironically , Valdore accidentally helps lie the base for what will later become the United Federation of Planets . Brian Thompson ’s Romulan Admiral may have had the most durable effect on theStar Trekfranchise , but Thompson made sure each of his memorable characters left their mark .

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Star Trek : The Next propagation , Star Trek : Deep Space Nine , & Star Trek : Enterpriseare uncommitted to stream on Paramount+ .

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