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Star Trek: First Contact (1996) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cast. First Contact is the first film in the Star Trek film series in which none of the main characters from The Original Series appear. Rather, the main cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation play the following characters: Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard, the captain of the USS Enterprise-E who is haunted by his time as a member of the Borg.
- $45 million
- November 22, 1996
- Rick Berman
- Jerry Goldsmith
Rick Berman. Gene Roddenberry. Actor. 53 Credits. Patrick Stewart. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard. Jonathan Frakes. Commandant William Riker. Brent Spiner. Lieutenant Commandant Data. LeVar Burton. Lt. Cdr....
- Jonathan Frakes, Peter Lauritson
Ronald D. Moore. The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
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Adam Paul Scott (born 3 April 1973; age 50) is the American actor who portrayed the USS Defiant's conn officer in Star Trek: First Contact. He had previously auditioned for the role of Lieutenant Hawk in the same film. [1] He was born in Santa Cruz, California.
Films
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Scott made his film debut with a principal role in the 1994 independent drama Cityscrapes: Los Angeles. This film also featured Willie Garson and Leslie Hope in supporting roles. His next film role was in the 1996 horror movie Hellraiser: Bloodline, a sequel to Terry Farrell's Hellraiser 3: Hell On Earth, which had Wren T. Brown in a small role. Scott continued acting in independent films throughout the 1990s. He and Star Trek: The Next Generation guest star Susan Gibney appeared in the 1997 independent romantic comedy Dinner and Driving. The following year, Scott was seen in the drama Girl, as was Rosemary Forsyth. This was followed with a role in The Lesser Evil, a thriller which also featured Anne Haney, Jack Kehler, Richard Riehle, and Marc Worden. After spending the next few years focusing on television roles, Scott played the title role in the independent thriller Ronnie. He was then cast in a supporting role in High Crimes, his first mainstream studio film since Star Trek: First Contact. This film, which starred Ashley Judd and co-starred Bruce Davison, Jude Ciccolella, and John Billingsley, was also produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Scott co-starred with Charles Rocket in the 2002 short film Bleach and with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kellie Waymire in the musical short Something More. His next major feature film was Torque (2004). He then appeared in The Aviator (2004, written by John Logan and featuring Brent Spiner. Scott was next seen in 'The Matador (2005), followed by a supporting role in Monster-in-Law, the latter of which featured appearances by Bruce French and Mark Moses. He had a part in Art School Confidential (2006), The Return (2006) and brief role in Knocked Up (2007). His 2008 film credits include the drama August and Step Brothers. In addition, he can be seen in The Great Buck Howard, which also featured Wallace Langham and George Takei. In 2012, Scott recalled working on First Contact while being interviewed for his film Friends with Kids saying; "For me it was rent at the time but it was fun. Jonathan Frakes was directing, he was a really nice guy, but I was never much of a Trekkie. But I like "Star Trek". I really loved the J.J. Abrams movie… I was just never super into it but it's cool that I got to be in one of those movies." [2] Scott was also cast as Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Robert Fitzpatrick in the James "Whitey" Bulger biopic Black Mass, which also stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Whitey's Massachusetts State Senator brother Billy.
Television
In 1995, Scott played the recurring role of Sydney Schneider on Murder One. During his time on this series, Scott worked with such performers as James Avery, Daniel Benzali, Barbara Bosson, Roy Brocksmith, Shelly Desai, Maury Ginsberg, John Fleck, Robin Gammell, Gregory Itzin, Stanley Kamel, Thomas Kopache, Paul Lambert, Deborah May, Richard McGonagle, Donna Murphy, Randy Oglesby, Tony Plana, Kevin Tighe, and Ned Vaughn. That same year, Scott appeared as Griffin 'Griff' Hawkins in three episodes of Boy Meets World and guest-starred on ER (in an episode with Don Keefer) and NYPD Blue (starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence, in an episode with Bill Cobbs). During the 1998-99 television season, Scott portrayed Josh Macon on the drama series Party of Five. Among the performers he worked with on this series were Olivia d'Abo, Scott Grimes, Julie Warner, and the aforementioned Willie Garson. Scott then appeared as Philip the Coffee Boy in the short-lived drama series Wasteland, including one episode directed by Lou Antonio. In 2002, Scott appeared in an episode of Glory Days with Abby Brammell. He then guest-starred in two episodes of Six Feet Under: one with Brad Greenquist and Kellie Waymire, and the other with Graham Jarvis, Leonard Kelly-Young, and Ed O'Ross. This was followed with guest spots on CBS' CSI: Miami, UPN's Veronica Mars, and NBC's Law & Order. In 2007, Scott was a series regular on the short-lived HBO drama Tell Me You Love Me, in which he played Palek. Scott was seen in all ten episodes of this series, three of which guest-starred Rosalind Chao. Two of the episodes guest-starred Ronny Cox, while two others featured Anne Elizabeth Ramsay. From 2009 to 2010, Scott starred in the Starz comedy series Party Down. The first season finale featured George Takei as himself. Following this, he joined Jim O'Heir on the cast of NBC's Parks and Recreation, which has featured guest appearances by Eric Pierpoint, Andy Milder, and James W. Jansen. Scott's character, Ben Wyatt, is a professed fan of the Star Trek franchise.
•Adam Scott at Wikipedia
•Adam Scott at the Internet Movie Database
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