# Uncredited performances(Enemy of the State and Star Trek: Generations) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199 "2004-09-05T10:26:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Arch\_Trout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@Arch\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arch_Trout)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199/21 "2004-09-07T02:19:51Z")
I saw Hellboy last week and was sure the voice of the fish-guy was David Hyde Pierce. Credits rolled and no mention of his name šŸ˜• Checked the IMDB and it was his voice but heā€™s uncredited. He voices one of the four main characters and is still uncredited. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Revedge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@Revedge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revedge)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199/22 "2004-09-07T05:04:58Z")
Sometimes an actor will be unbilled because of pending contracts with studios. If an actor has a three picture pay or play deal for say 20 mil a picture, the studio has agreed to make three pictures with this person. However if a friend of the actor has a project that they want to do a favor for (and they are willing to work for peanuts), they will do the film uncredited because if they appeared in the credits as an ā€œofficialā€ cast member, the studio would have to pay them 20 mil for a bit part. (Because of the contract) Or an actor will believe in a project, or a franchise so much that they just want to be a part of it. I understand that is what Whoopi did with Star Trek. SHe just wanted to be a part of the expierience. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199/23 "2004-09-07T14:44:20Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Say what now? Whoopi ā€œCenter Squareā€ Goldberg is an A-list actor? Star of such A-list movies as _Burglar_, _Theodore Rex_, and _Jumpinā€™ Jack Flash_? I think thereā€™s a better chance that Star Trek is ashamed of being associated with her rather than the other way 'round. At the time the movie was made, due to several succesful movies, a TV show of her own, several books, and her recurring role as Guinan, Whoopi Goldberg had the highest recognition value, or whatever they call it, for actresses. In other words, show a random sampling of people a bunch of pictures, one of them hers, and more people would recognize her than any of the others. This was also around the same time that Patrick Stewart was voted one of the sexiest men aliveā€¦ STNG was big, people. That cast has gone on to do some amazing stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199/24 "2004-09-07T14:55:50Z")
I believe that Emilio Estevez was uncredited for his bit part in the beginning of _Mission: Impossible_. ---
**Author:** ![Waenara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@Waenara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waenara)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199/25 "2004-09-07T18:59:45Z")
Iā€™m pretty sure David Hyde Pierce played (or at least did the voice of) Abe Sapien in _Hellboy_, but he wasnā€™t in the credits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncredited-performances-enemy-of-the-state-and-star-trek-generations/263199.md?page=1)