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Mike Henry portrays the character Dann the Alien. Lieutenant Dann is an Engineer stationed aboard the USS Orville and has been a crew member on the ship since before Captain Ed Mercer was promoted to Captain. While common in the Planetary Union, Dann’s alien species is unknown.
Mike Henry portrays the friendly, music-loving alien, Dann, a Lieutenant and Engineer stationed aboard the ship. Dann’s species, while common in the Planetary Union, is unknown. His favorite job is curating the elevator's playlist. Season three of The Orville streams this summer on Hulu.
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Mike Henry is an American actor, writer, producer and comedian who portrays Lieutenant Dann on The Orville.
When The Orville's production halted in March 2020 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, Henry started The Mike Henry Show on Instagram where he interviewed actors and writers, including many from The Orville.
Mike Henry was born in Pontiac, Michigan and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He studied history at Washington and Lee University. He spent a year in advertising after matriculation, then moved to California to pursue a career in acting and stand-up comedy.
Henry's younger brother, Patrick, was roommates with Seth MacFarlane in college. Mike began appearing in MacFarlane's short films, and was later cast in the first season of MacFarlane's Family Guy as a voice actor. He later produced and starred in the titular role of Cleveland Brown on The Cleveland Show, which aired from 2009 to 2013.
Mike Henry was the second actor cast in role of Lieutenant Dann, replacing make-up artist Dirk Rogers who was originally set for the role. (Howard Berger, then head of the department, wanted Rogers available to work on later creature designs.) Berger and MacFarlane quickly reached an agreement to use Henry instead.
Henry returned as Dann for Season 2. On January 29, 2018, Henry posted to his Instagram and Twitter several photos of his body being molded for a costume, and on February 27, actor J. Lee (John LaMarr) published a video of Henry on set as Dann.
•Mike Henry Official Website - Actor's personal webpage
1."PLANETARY UNION NETWORK: EPISODE 20". Planetary Union Network. June 17, 2018.
2.Henry, Mike. "Got busted today for @TheOrville season 2 on @FOXTV". Twitter. Jan. 28, 2018.
3.Image taken by @S_MacFarlaneFan on Twitter of jleefilms. Snapchat. Feb. 27, 2018. Online.
4.EPISODE 20 Adrienne Palicki & Scott Grimes. The Mike Henry Show. May 15, 2020.
Initially, MacFarlane wanted Rogers to play Dann but Berger wanted keep to his co-worker free to work on new design prototypes. Actor Mike Henry was cast in his place, although Rogers does appear as an alien scientist named Samm of the same species in the pilot episode.
Does anyone know about the lore / background of the Planetary Union? Is there an official history or timeline published out there that I can check out? Is there a detailed outline of the political constitution of the Planetary Union?
The Planetary Union was a federation of space flight-capable species based at Planetary Union Central on Earth. Captain Ed Mercer defined the Union as "a growing alliance of space-faring societies dedicated to exploration." The Union was established during or before the 23rd century.
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Feb 12, 2022 · Dann is played by the talented Mike Henry who is most known for his role as the hilarious Cleveland Brown on Family Guy. This alien, who is out-of-this-world funny, surprisingly did not make its first on-screen appearance until the ninth episode, "Cupid's Dagger."
