10 Star Trek Actors Who Have Appeared In The Most Shows

10. Tim Russ - 3

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager

Many actors have appeared in at least three incarnations of Trek, but none have the honour of sharing the screen with four separate series Captains. For that honour, we must go to Tim Russ.

Audiences' first encounter with Russ would be in The Next Generation episode 'Starship Mine', as a member of a group of mercenaries attempting to steal trilithium resin from the Enterprise-D during a baryon sweep. Succumbing to a well placed Vulcan nerve pinch by Picard, this would be a one and done deal for the character.

In a weird display of typecasting, Russ would pop up again in DS9 under heavy Klingon makeup as somewhat of a wrong-un. Employed by the Trill Verad, Klingon mercenary T'Kar arrives on the station to help his employer forcibly extract the Dax symbiont from Jadzia as part of a tense hostage situation with Captain Sisko.

Russ would share the screen with Captain Kirk in the movie 'Generations', but his most iconic role would be that of Voyager's resident Vulcan and hirsute security officer Tuvok. A loyal confidante of Captain Janeway, Tuvok's would be the first Vulcan presence onboard a ship since Spock, and his frequent frustrations with the emotion of his more illogical crewmates (looking at you Neelix) would give the writers plenty to play with.