# who is this guy in the background (star trek cast photo) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 27, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617 "2014-08-27T07:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/21 "2014-08-27T20:58:41Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Also the guy in the back is Shatners’ ego. I would expect a much larger person then. And kind of frilly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/22 "2014-08-28T08:56:28Z")
Shatner looks constipated. And isn’t 2 feet about right for a woman’s arm? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/23 "2014-08-28T09:15:10Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > It might be a bad picture of Producer Rick Berman. [I don’t see much of a resemblance](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130617160544/memoryalpha/en/images/c/c2/William_Shatner,_Rick_Berman_and_Patrick_Stewart.jpg). But damn, Frakes sure has some road miles on him! He looks older than Shatner. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/24 "2014-08-28T13:00:45Z")
Marina Sirtis looks sozzled. ---
**Author:** ![Suil\_Dubh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Suil\_Dubh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suil_Dubh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/25 "2014-08-28T13:29:37Z")
It’s **Etihw Trihs** ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/26 "2014-08-28T13:35:18Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > It’s Al Traina. I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/27 "2014-08-28T14:05:17Z")
That’s Kate Mulgrew. She hasn’t aged well. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/28 "2014-08-28T14:33:03Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > I laughed. Thanks. I was afraid it was too subtle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/29 "2014-08-28T16:58:39Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I think the guy in the background is the guy that Photoshopped everyone else into the picture. There’s artifacts all over that thing - hell, take a look at Marina Sirtis’ two feet long arm. OK, so I keep reading it is legit. What are the artifacts that establish it is fake? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/30 "2014-08-28T18:50:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > OK, so I keep reading it is legit. What are the artifacts that establish it is fake? I guess I can’t get past Marina’s right arm and left hand, also how sharp the edges are around Patrick Stewart’s head. I could be wrong of course. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/31 "2014-08-28T18:59:39Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > I guess I can’t get past Marina’s right arm and left hand, also how sharp the edges are around Patrick Stewart’s head. I could be wrong of course. Hey, the guy’s bald. Cut him some slack. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/32 "2014-08-28T19:05:30Z")
Could be a dodge/burn artifact, if it’s really an artifact. Large areas of head are often over exposed when everything else looks good. So maybe they tweaked that. The hand/arm looks normal enough. Sharp edge on Dorn’s face, too. Again, probably exposure related, if an artifact at all. Spiner’s hair is completely blown out, as is most of the background. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/33 "2014-08-28T19:06:16Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Thanks. I was afraid it was too subtle. 🙂 Not at all; it’s the _Official_ Café-Society In-Joke! (If you hadn’t used it, I was agonna.:p) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/34 "2014-08-28T19:13:07Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Could be a dodge/burn artifact, if it’s really an artifact. Large areas of head are often over exposed when everything else looks good. So maybe they tweaked that. > The hand/arm looks normal enough. > Sharp edge on Dorn’s face, too. Again, probably exposure related, if an artifact at all. > Spiner’s hair is completely blown out, as is most of the background. The most suspicious feature: that the guy above Frakes’ head is so indifferent to the momentous nature of the gathering. THESE ARE STARS, DAMMIT!!! Seriously, though, Burton’s eyes probably contain the key to authenticating the photo (a reflection of his own arm and his phone, presumably). ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/35 "2014-08-28T19:16:59Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > The most suspicious feature: that the guy above Frakes’ head is so indifferent to the momentous nature of the gathering. THESE ARE STARS, DAMMIT!!! > > Seriously, though, Burton’s eyes probably contain the key to authenticating the photo (a reflection of his own arm and his phone, presumably). Okay. Abby, expand and enhance the relection in the eyes. We need to find the brand of phone he used. [/gibbs] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/36 "2014-08-28T19:24:36Z")
[Abby] It’s an iPhone 5S, but … HIS MEMORY CARD IS FULL! How did he take this pic? [/A] ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/37 "2014-08-28T20:50:45Z")
I see a Tribble behind Spiner and McFadden. Presume this was taken this past weekend at the Chicago Wizard’s World Comic Con. AV Club has [a report](http://www.avclub.com/article/star-trek-fandom-thrives-chicago-comic-con-208491). That guy and possibly his twin/clone in the background are just civilians, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/38 "2014-08-28T21:38:24Z")
That is the guy that Shatner hired to always stand behind him and guard his butt from sneak attacks by George Takei. Is it that Shatner is that paranoid or have there been real threats made? Who’s to say? It’s been a stormy relationship. > [@Bakhesh](#): > > He played crewman number 6 is episode 81. He was killed by a lava monster before the first commercial > > 😉 No. His shirt is either white or light blue. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617/39 "2014-08-28T22:51:35Z")
Well, something is behind Gates. Look at her expression. Surprise Trill Sex! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-guy-in-the-background-star-trek-cast-photo/696617.md?page=1)