Star Trek: Enterprise
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The late Gary Graham is best known for his function as Ambassador Soval inStar Trek : Enterprise , but the doer ’s franchise connections go much further than the stoic Vulcan . Gary Graham ’s breakthrough role was Detective Matthew Sikes in the sci - fi crime seriesAlien Nation , and its subsequent TV film . LikeStar Trek , Alien Nationviewed contemporary issues like social injustice and racialism through a science fiction genus Lens . long time afterAlien Nationcame to an end , Gary Graham link thecast ofStar Trek : Enterprisein the recurring role of Soval , who appear across all four seasons of the prequel show .
Enterprisewasn’t Gary Graham ’s first flirtation with Gene Roddenberry’sStar Trek , however . During the early development stages of bothStar Trek : Deep Space NineandStar Trek : Voyager , Gary Graham was consider for both Janeway and Sisko . When it was decide thatDS9should have an African - American lead andVoyagershould have a distaff captain , Graham was no longer under thoughtfulness . Despite this letdown , Gary Graham blend in on to star in several officialStar TrekTV showsand unofficial fan motion picture , and even formed a band , The Sons of Kirk , who performed the stem strain for theShuttlepod Showpodcast , hosted by his formerEnterpriseco - stars Dominic Keating and Connor Trinneer .
Star Trek : enterprisingness ’s 20 serious episode use darker root word and moral ambiguity as Captain Jonathan Archer and crew research the star .
Gary Graham Played An Ocampa On Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Voyager, Season 2, Episode 10, “Cold Fire”
After missing out on the part of Captain Janeway inStar Trek : Voyager , Gary Graham was cast as Tanis in the time of year 2 instalment " Cold Fire " . Tanis was an Ocampa likeVoyager ’s Kes ( Jennifer Lien ) , but he had been raised not by the Caretaker ( Basil Langton ) but by their fellow , Suspiria ( Lindsay Ridgeway).Tanis was therefore cold than the Ocampans that the USS Voyager crew first meet in " Caretaker . “Tanis was trace as " dark , intense , attractive – but with a severe edge”,which Gary Graham played brilliantly , charming Kes while at the same time sell out the crew of the Voyager to Suspiria .
Tanis was the oldest Ocampa that had been encountered by the USS Voyager , go to the long time of 14 . This was five years longer than Kes and her chap Ocampans , and it was tell that Tanis ' Father-God had lived to the good old age of 20 . This was due to the influence of Suspiria , who transmit Tanis to ensnare the USS Voyager as revenge for the death of her cooperator inStar Trek : Voyager ’s pilot episode . When Kes defeated Tanis and Suspiria ’s retaliation plot , they returned to the planet Exosia and were never see again .
Gary Graham Played Vulcan Soval On Star Trek: Enterprise
Soval appeared in 11 episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise
Gary Graham ’s best knownStar Trekrole was Soval inEnterprise , a Vulcan ambassador whose personality collide with that of Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) . Soval believed that Archer was impulsive , while the captain of the Enterprise NX-01 blame the Vulcan embassador for hold back the warp five computer program . Soval would afterward soften toward the Enterprise NX-01 ’s police captain , once noting that Archer ’s presence at diplomatic talks had " not been to a fault busybodied " which is high praise from a Vulcan . Soval even shook Archer ’s helping hand after he had prevent the Sphere Builders from invading the Milky Way coltsfoot .
Soval ’s attitude toward humans softened even further when his life was save by Admiral Maxwell Forrest ( one of12Star Trekcharacters play by Vaughn Armstrong ) . Soval was part of the Vulcan delegation at the establishment of the pre - Federation Coalition of Planets , reflecting his changed attitudes toward humans . When creatingStar Trek : Enterprise ’s Vulcan ambassador for the pilot episode , Rick Berman and Brannon Braga never designate Soval to be a recurring reference . It ’s a testament to Gary Graham ’s skills as an doer that the character went on to have a life history beyondEnterprise ’s pilot instalment .
Gary Graham’s Star Trek Fan Film Roles
Soval returned for a Star Trek fan film in 2014
Gary Graham toy Ragnar in the 2008 fan flick , Star Trek : Of Gods and Men , which was directed by Tuvok role player Tim Russ . The cinema reunited Walter Koenig and Nichele Nichols as Captains Chekov and Uhura in a narration pose twelve geezerhood after Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) was swing out intoStar Trek ’s Nexus . Graham played the mercenary Ragnar inOf Gods and Men , and uprise the part for 2015’sStar Trek : Renegades , which was effectivelyStar Trek’sSuicide Squad , with Gary Graham ’s rascally fictitious character being hired by Tuvok to team up with other misfits and criminals to stop the destruction of life in the Galax urceolata .
Gary Graham also resurrected the character of Soval inPrelude to Axanar , a mockumentary about the Federation - Klingon War .
The 21 - minute devotee motion picture also star Tony Todd , who had previously played Kurn inStar Trek : The Next propagation , and J.G. Hertzler , who wreak General Martok inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . Interestingly , neither actor played a Klingon in theStar Trekfan film . Set decades afterStar Trek : Enterprise , Soval is superintend negotiations with the Klingon Empire on Arcanis IV , but the Vulcan obtain himself with little diplomatic wiggle way . Gary Graham ’s performance in the short film was heartily received by fans , a fitting tribute to both the thespian and his belovedStar Trek : Enterprisecharacter .
Gary Graham ’s episode ofStar Trek : EnterpriseandStar Trek : Voyagerare available to teem on Paramount+ .
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Star Trek : Enterprise acts as a prequel to Star Trek : The Original Series , detailing the voyage of the original work party of the Starship Enterprise in the 22nd C , a hundred years before Captain Kirk commanded the ship . Enterprise was the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise overall , and the last series before a twelve - year hiatus until the premiere of Star Trek : Discovery in 2017 . The series stars Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer , with an ensemble mould that includes John Billingsley , Jolene Blalock , Dominic Keating , Anthony Montgomery , Linda Park , and Connor Trinneer .
The fifth debut in the Star Trek enfranchisement , Star Trek : Voyager , is a sci - fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far end of the Milky Way Galaxy . Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway , the series follows the crowd as they ship through truly uncharted area of space , with new species , friends , foe , and mysteries to solve as they twist with the politics of a gang in a billet they ’ve never face before .
Star Trek: Enterprise acts as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, detailing the voyages of the original crew of the Starship Enterprise in the 22nd century, a hundred years before Captain Kirk commanded the ship. Enterprise was the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise overall, and the final series before a twelve-year hiatus until the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery in 2017. The series stars Scott Bakula as Captain Jonathan Archer, with an ensemble cast that includes John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, and Connor Trinneer.
The fifth entry in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: Voyager, is a sci-fi series that sees the crew of the USS Voyager on a long journey back to their home after finding themselves stranded at the far ends of the Milky Way Galaxy. Led by Captain Kathryn Janeway, the series follows the crew as they embark through truly uncharted areas of space, with new species, friends, foes, and mysteries to solve as they wrestle with the politics of a crew in a situation they’ve never faced before.
