10 Actors You Didn't Know Were In Star Trek Twice
6. Tony Todd
Horror legend Tony Todd is clearly the go-to guy for playing relatives of Star Trek legends. He first played Worf's brother Kurn in several episodes of both TNG and DS9. However, he broke everyone's hearts when he played the older Jake Sisko in the devastating episode The Visitor, which presents an alternative future where Benjamin Sisko was seemingly killed in a transporter accident.
Interestingly, Todd had been on a shortlist for the role of Benjamin Sisko when DS9 was originally cast, but in a strange sci-fi twist played the character's son. It's not immediately obvious that Tony Todd is playing Kurn, so audiences could be forgiven for not realizing that he also played Worf's brother. Especially given how critically lauded The Visitor is.
A lesser known Tony Todd Star Trek role is when he also appeared in Star Trek: Voyager as the critically wounded Hirogen in the episode Prey. In that episode, the hunter species is relentlessly pursuing a lone member of Species 8472, the creatures who were introduced as a bigger bad than the Borg. Janeway's refusal to let the Hirogen kill the creature leads to one of many tense stand-offs between the Voyager crew and the Hirogen.