10 Actors Who Were In The Orville AND Star Trek

8. F. Murray Abraham

The second season episode of The Orville, Sanctuary, was directed by Jonathan Frakes. Several of the guest actors from this show appear on this list, but we will begin with F. Murray Abraham.

Abraham is an Academy Award-winning actor who was previously directed by Frakes in Star Trek: Insurrection. Here, he plays a Xelayan officer in the Planetary Union. His credit specifies him as 'Chairman', though in an interview before the episode aired, Frakes referred to him as an Admiral.

In an episode as stacked with guest stars as this one, it would have been easy for any one of them to be short-changed by their roles. Abraham, like the others, is living proof that the size of the script doesn't determine the impact of the role. It is the performer who can bring it to life. It is, to date, Abraham's only appearance on The Orville, but as this time he wasn't incinerated in an explosion, there is always hope.