10 Actors Who Were In The Orville AND Star Trek

4. Tim Russ

Tim Russ, who of course is best known for appearing as Tuvok for all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager made a guest spot in Lasting Impressions, a second-season episode. He played a historian, Doctor Sherman, who examines a time capsule recently dug up. 

Russ credited MacFarlane's enormous love of Trek with getting the role and was glad to work on an elaborate starship set again. In an interview with TrekMovie, he spoke about his enjoyment in being with people who genuinely cared about what they were doing, and that he felt his character - in being a historian - suited his personality perfectly.

Though the role was relatively minor, Lasting Impressions is one of creator Seth MacFarlane's favourite episodes of the first two seasons of the show. It was a little shorter than normal, but this helped the writers in constructing a tight, emotional script - one that Russ was particularly proud to be a part of.