Star Trek Deep Space Nine Cast: Where Are They Now?

Cirroc Lofton was the youngest lead actor in a Star Trek series when he was cast as Jake, all the way back in 1992. He was a few weeks after his 14th birthday at the time, having already appeared in several other productions.

Throughout the run of the show, Lofton grew very close to his on-screen father, Avery Brooks - a relationship that he has recently revealed has survived to this day. Both Brooks and Lofton cite this relationship as one of their favourite take-aways from their time on the show.

Lofton is currently the host of a podcast, The 7th Rule, which he co-hosted with the sadly departed Aron Eisenberg. Although Eisenberg was several years his senior on the show, they developed a firm friendship that lasted up until Eisenberg's death in September 2019.

Though his current acting credits are sparse, Lofton continues to attend Star Trek conventions and appeared in What We Left Behind, the documentary chronicling both the making of Deep Space Nine and celebrating the anniversary of the show. He remains involved in the Trek universe, appearing in both the web series Star Trek: Of Gods And Men, and both Star Trek: Renegades and its follow up, the almost identical Renegades, which had its Trek overtones dulled due to the lawsuit on fan productions.

Now 41 years old, Lofton has one daughter and lives in California.