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32 Surprising Celebrities Who Are Huge Trekkies

By:: Brian C. Miller; Cracked Writers

October 15, 2023

32 Surprising Celebrities Who Are Huge Trekkies

Star Trek, a television series for the nerdiest nerds imaginable, actually has a pretty big club of well-respected famous fans, too. To that end, here are some of the most notable of those famous fans — from vocal enjoyers of the Enterprise’s adventures, to those who have worked their way onto regular roles on the final frontier themselves…

32 Karl Urban

TREKKER CELEBRITIES KARL URBAN KNOWN FOR The Lord of the Rings, The Boys, Thor: Ragnarok TREK CLAIM TO FAME Не came up with the explanation for Bones McCoy's nickname. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

31 Mila Kunis

TREKKER CELEBRITIES MILA KUNIS KNOWN FOR That '70s Show, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, marrying Ashton Kutcher. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Has a signed Leonard Nimoy photo and vintage Star Trek toys. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

30 Roy Orbinson

TREKKER CELEBRITIES ROY ORBISON KNOWN FOR Making Roy Orbinson's music. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Played Star Trek's title theme as an opener all the time. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

29 Robin Williams

TREKKER CELEBRITIES ROBIN WILLIAMS KNOWN FOR Being the only Robin Williams. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Talked about Star Trek all the time. Almost was in a TNG episode, but couldn't fit it into his schedule. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

28 Freema Agyeman

TREKKER CELEBRITIES FREEMA AGYEMAN KNOWN FOR Doctor Who. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Goes to cons, prefers Star Trek to her own nerd show. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

27 Barack Obama

TREKKER CELEBRITIES BARACK OBAMA KNOWN FOR Hosting Our Great National Parks, some other minor thing. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Greeted Leonard Nimoy with the Vulcan salute CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

26 Ronald D. Moore

TREKKER CELEBRITIES YAH THE MEDIA PALEY apr 43786 THE CENTER RONALD D. MOORE KNOWN FOR Created the Battlestar Galactica reboot. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Wrote a fan script -and got it produced. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

25 Kurtwood Smith

CRACKED.COM KURTWOOD SMITH PLAYED FOUR DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. Smith was the Federation's president in The Undiscovered Country, Odo's Cardassian predecessor in Deep Space Nine, brilliant scientist Annorax in Voyager, and Magistrate Clar in Lower Decks. And none of those ever says dumbass. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

24 Adam Scott

CRACKED.COM STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT ADAM SCOTT GOT TO DRIVE THE DEFIANT. No wonder Parks and Recreation's Ben Wyatt is such a Trek-loving nerd-he was a helmsman under Worf. He's barely on screen, but has the awesome job of announcing the Enterprise has arrived. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

23 Christian Slater

CRACKED.COM STAR TREK: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY MR. ROBOT الجامع CHRISTIAN SLATER WOKE UP SULU. No, Mr. Robot didn't play a robot-he was a very human communications officer aboard the Excelsior, whose only role in the movie is to wake up Captain Sulu about a Starfleet comuniqué. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

22 Mick Fleetwood

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION MANHUNT MICK FLEETWOOD WAS A FISH. Anyone could have been under the mask of this Antedian dignitary - but it was the drummer of Fleetwood Mac (who shaved off his trademark beard to be fitted with the prostheses). — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

21 Michael McKean

VOYAGER / THE THAW MICHAEL MCKEAN WAS A VIRTUAL CREEPY CLOWN. In this episode, five people are connected to a kind of Local Area Matrix, where they are haunted by a manifestation of their fears in the form of a clown (played by the Spinal Tap member). CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

20 Sarah Silverman

VOYAGER / FUTURE'S END SARAH SILVERMAN FOUND A STARSHIP FROM THE FUTURE. When the U.S.S. Voyager traveled back in time to 1996, SETI astronomer Rain Robinson (played by Silverman) picked the ship with her instruments-and then met the crew members. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

19 Paul Sorvino

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION HOMEWARD PAUL SORVINO WAS WORF'S BROTHER. The GoodFellas actor didn't play an Italian mobster, but a Russian anthropologist. Не was Nikolai Rozhenko, Worf's human foster brother. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

18 Jason Alexander

CRACKED.COM VOYAGER / THINK TANK JASON ALEXANDER WAS A GALAXY-BRAIN ALIEN. Alexander spent years turning down parts in Star Trek, because he wanted to play an alien, not a human-until he got his wish with the part of Kurros, a shady genius. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

17 Vanessa Williams

CRACKED.COM DEEP SPACE NINE / HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN... VANESSA WILLIAMS CHOSE A BAD DAY TO BE IN STAR TREK. When Williams expressed an interest in the show, she was given the one-off role of Chief Facilitator Arandis-in what is widely considered one of the worst episodes in the entire franchise. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

16 Ashley Judd

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION DARMOK - THE GAME ASHLEY JUDD HAD A BRIEF FLING WITH WESLEY CRUSHER. Judd's Ensign Robin Lefler was supposed to be in more episodes, but ended up showing up in just two-including one where she teams up with Wesley to foil a nefarious plot against Starfleet. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

15 Teri Hatcher

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION THE OUTRAGEOUS OKONA TERI HATCHER WAS SEDUCED BY A HAN SOLO WANNABE. Before Lois & Clark made her a household name, Hatcher played a bit part as Lieutenant В. G. Robison-whose only purpose in the episode is to show us that a visiting rogue is a ladies' man. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

14 Angelina Jolie

TREKKER CELEBRITIES ANGELINA JOLIE KNOWN FOR Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Girl, Interrupted, Tomb Raider TREK CLAIM TO FAME Spock was her childhood crush. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

13 Frank Sinatra Jr

TREKKER CELEBRITIES FRANK SINATRA JR. KNOWN FOR Singing almost as well as his dad. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Turned down playing a holographic version of himself because he wanted to be an alien. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

12 Simon Pegg

TREKKER CELEBRITIES SIMON PEGG KNOWN FOR Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Hot Fuzz. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Wrote Star Trek: Beyond with the help of fan wikis. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

11 Tom Hanks

TREKKER CELEBRITIES TOM HANKS KNOWN FOR Being your mom's favorite actor. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Big fan, rumored to know the title of every TNG episode. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

10 Whoopi Goldberg

TREKKER CELEBRITIES WHOOPI GOLDBERG KNOWN FOR The View, getting kicked off The View, Sister Act. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Fought to be on TNG because Uhura inspired her to become an actress. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

9 Summer Glau

TREKKER CELEBRITIES SUMMER GLAU KNOWN FOR Kicking Reaver ass on Firefly. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Stayed up late to watch TNG. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

8 Molly Quinn

TREKKER CELEBRITIES MOLLY QUINN KNOWN FOR Playing Nathan Fillion's daughter on Castle. TREK CLAIM TO FAME She's a huge fan. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

7 James Marsters

TREKKER CELEBRITIES JAMES MARSTERS KNOWN FOR Being Spike on Buffy/Angel. TREK CLAIM TO FAME Failed an audition for Star Trek because he was fanboying over Patrick Stewart CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Celebrities Who Are Big 'Star Trek' Fans

6 Seth MacFarlane

CRACKED.COM ENTERPRISE / THE FORGOTTEN - AFFLICTION SETH MacFARLANE WAS A STARFLEET ENGINEER. Years before being Captain Ed Mercer in his own Star Trek spoof The Orville, MacFarlane cameoed as Ensign Rivers in a couple episodes of the real thing. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

5 Kelsey Grammer

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION CAUSE AND EFFECT KELSEY GRAMMER WAS A STARSHIP CAPTAIN. It's not clear if Captain Bateson had a radio show- but we do know his ship got trapped in a time loop, which ended up stranding him in another century. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

4 Iggy Pop

DEEP SPACE NINE / THE MAGNIFICENT FERENGI IGGY POP KIDNAPPED QUARK'S MOM. The rock star played a Vorta named Yelgrun who is holding Ishka captive, while Quark, Rom, and Nog team up to rescue their Moogie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

3 Jeffrey Dean Morgan

CRACKED.COM ENTERPRISE CARPENTER STREET JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN WAS A TIME-TRAVELING REPTILIAN. Unrecognizable under his scaly prosthetics (which made him want to quit acting), Morgan played Damron, a Xindi-Reptilian who goes back in time to the 21st century to destroy humanity. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

2 The Rock

CRACKED.COM VOYAGER / TSUKATSE THE ROCK FOUGHT SEVEN OF NINE. In a tie-in between Star Trek and the WWF, Dwayne Johnson plays an alien wrestler who fights against the Voyager's resident Borg (while performing some of The Rock's trademark moves). — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

1 Famke Janssen

CRACKED.COM THE NEXT GENERATION THE PERFECT MATE FAMKE JANSSEN BONDED WITH CAPTAIN PICARD. Kamala (played by Janssen in one of her first roles ever) is an empathic metamorph- an overpoweringly alluring alien sex object. — Source: 17 Stars We Forgot Were on 'Star Trek'

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