# Most Successful Star Trek Alumnus/ae? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503 "2014-08-14T10:43:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/41 "2014-08-14T21:15:24Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You missed Sister Act 2. (1993) šŸ˜ƒ Are you trying to imply that I watched Sister Act 2? :dubious: (Not that it makse me much better if I even watched the first one. But, to be fair, I was 13 and you had fewer options on TV back in the day.) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/42 "2014-08-14T21:17:18Z")
Whoopi was also in: How Stella Got her Groove Back Rat Race Toy Story 3 The new TMNT. I havenā€™t seen TMNT yet so I donā€™t know how big her part is but itā€™s not a cameo. Also according to IMDB she done a lot of TV work. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/43 "2014-08-14T21:22:39Z")
Wil Wheaton has narrated a number of audiobooks, mostly SF and notably Scalziā€™s. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/44 "2014-08-14T22:20:08Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Brent Spiner had some memorable appearances on Night Court, as well. He was in an arc on \*Warehouse 13. \* ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/45 "2014-08-14T22:45:48Z")
Jill Ireland had an appearance on a TOS episode ā€œThis Side of Paradiseā€ and a successful film career with her husband Charles Bronson. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/46 "2014-08-14T23:43:20Z")
Kirsten Dunst was 11 when she appeared in a STNG episode. Since then, a Golden Globe nod, a Best Actress prize at Cannes, and 3 blockbusters films as Mary Jane Watson, among other projects. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/47 "2014-08-15T00:06:03Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > Jill Ireland had an appearance on a TOS episode ā€œThis Side of Paradiseā€ and a successful film career with her husband Charles Bronson. She was[married](http://www.davidmccallumfansonline.com/Why%20a%20marriage%20failed.htm) to Iilya! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/48 "2014-08-15T00:15:11Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Whoopi was also in: > > How Stella Got her Groove Back > Rat Race > Toy Story 3 > The new TMNT. I havenā€™t seen TMNT yet so I donā€™t know how big her part is but itā€™s not a cameo. Post-_Sister Act_, she was top-billed over old Ted Danson and young Will Smith in _Made In America_, which grossed well over $100 million on a $22 million budget. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/49 "2014-08-15T00:46:44Z")
Leonard Nimoy directed ST3:the search for Spock, ST4: the voyage Home, and Three Men and a Baby ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/50 "2014-08-15T01:04:58Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > Leonard Nimoy directed ST3:the search for Spock, ST4: the voyage Home, and Three Men and a Baby Jonathan Frakes has a healthy number of big-screen directing credits to go with his long list of small-screen ones. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/51 "2014-08-15T01:06:25Z")
> [@Enola\_Straight](#): > > Leonard Nimoy directed ST3:the search for Spock, ST4: the voyage Home, and Three Men and a Baby [The Good Mother.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095238/) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/52 "2014-08-15T13:57:19Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Post-_Sister Act_, she was top-billed over old Ted Danson and young Will Smith in _Made In America_, which grossed well over $100 million on a $22 million budget. Sheā€™s also been a regular on the View. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/53 "2014-08-15T17:58:04Z")
Leonard Nimoy did several Broadway & off-Broadway one man shows, that did well financially & critically very well. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/54 "2014-08-15T18:08:12Z")
Weā€™re watching Deep Space Nine on Netflix and Frank Langella appeared on our screen last night. Heā€™s Oscar Nominated (Best Actor for Frost/Nixon). Thatā€™s not too shabby. Jeffrey from _Jeffrey_ (better known as the guy from _Wings_) was there too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/55 "2014-08-15T19:41:36Z")
> [@sachertorte](#): > > Weā€™re watching Deep Space Nine on Netflix and Frank Langella appeared on our screen last night. > > Heā€™s Oscar Nominated (Best Actor for Frost/Nixon). Thatā€™s not too shabby. By that logic, Iā€™ll add that Abdullah bin Hussein bin Talal bin Abdullah bin Hussein bin Ali played a Science Division officer on STAR TREK: VOYAGER before going on to become the King of Jordan, but I donā€™t think His Majesty counts for purposes of this thread. ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/56 "2014-08-15T20:07:30Z")
Iā€™ll just come in and speak to the quality of Colm Meaneyā€™s work. Heā€™s had an outstanding track record for doing large roles in great little movies such as ā€˜The Snapperā€™ and ā€˜Damned Unitedā€™. I love his work. Iā€™d put him in the top five. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-successful-star-trek-alumnus-ae/695503/57 "2014-08-15T21:26:12Z")
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