While his time on-screen might have been brief, Vadia Potenza is one of the few actors to play Spock in Star Trek history. Today, his journey through Hollywood brought him to a different profession that can make or break a film or TV show.

Potenza is best known to Trekkies as one of the young Spocks in "Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock," and has fond memories of meeting and being directed by Leonard Nimoy, working with Robin Curtis and Lee Remmick, and what it was like to become a Vulcan. We also learn about some of his childhood gigs, including "Father Dowling Mysteries," why he moved away from performing, where life took him as an adult in directing and editing, and a second chance at playing Spock in an unexpected film.

Plus, being a production assistant with Jim Henson's studio for the Muppets, stories from BET's "The Iron Ring" MMA reality tv show, editing A&E biography documentaries, and his job today working with Karamu Brown.

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Deborah Strang's life journey took her from rural Virginia near the Appalachian Mountains to the stages of New York, regional theater across the United States, and finally arriving in Hollywood.

Trekkies remember Strang from her role as Admiral T'Lara in the fourth season "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" episode, "Rules of Engagement," but her career has some other Trek connections, too. We learn about her origins in the performing arts and the tools she picked up along the way; one of the most valuable lessons on acting she learned from her first TV gig, working with Scott Bacula on "Quantum Leap," and Pedro Pascal on "Touched by An Angel" in one of his earliest roles (ages before becoming Din Djarin in "The Mandalorian") and being part of the DC and Marvel Comics animated universes.

Today, Deborah is a resident artist at "A Noise Within," a theater company in California that she's been involved with for decades and continues to perform with today. Over the years, Strang has learned tons of things about her craft, and she shares many of those important ones with us on this episode of Trek Untold.

Watch Deborah Strang perform in George Bernard Shaw's "Misalliance" at A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena, CA, from May 12 through June 9. Tickets are available now at www.anoisewithin.org

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Natalija Nogulich may have played a stern character in Star Trek TNG and DS9 as Admiral Nechayev, but she's nothing like that in real life! Nogulich drops rank and tells us about the person beyond the command uniform, giving us an amazing life journey that brought this performer to all parts of stage and screen.

We learn about her time on the set of her Trek appearances, the real-life inspiration her character was based on, her relationship with Picard and if romance was in the cards, and long-term plans for the Admiral that never materialized. From a dancer to an actor, we also hear memories of her first film in "Stony Island," lessons from one of her acting teachers, William H. Macy, stories with Angela Lansbury from "Murder, She Wrote," her time as Berta in Netflix's "Fuller House," how she perfected the art of speaking in accents and more!

Meet Natalija and many other guests at Trek Long Island 2024 this summer in Hauppauge, NY, from May 31 to June 2, featuring celebrity guests from multiple eras of Star Trek shows, authors, artists, podcasters, and more in this epic event. Details on www.treklongisland.com

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For three seasons, David Ajala played Cleveland Booker on "Star Trek: Discovery," a charming scoundrel who stole Michael Burnham's heart. Trek Untold chats with the equally charismatic actor to learn the inside scoop on Booker and what's been happening to him in Season 5, working with Sonequa Martin-Green and Doug Jones, his thoughts on his powerful monologue from the end of Season 4, BIPOC representation in Star Trek, what happened when he found out this season of Discovery would be their last, and if he would ever want to be part of a Discovery movie.

NOTE: This interview was done in conjunction with Episode 6 of Season 7 of Season 5, and doesn't discuss plot elements beyond this point in the season

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At nearly 80 years old, Castulo Guerra is more energized than ever about acting. Originally born in Argentina, his life changed when a classic movie was filmed in his small town, setting him on a journey that brought him onto stages across the United States. Today, he tells us his motivating and inspirational life story and perspective on acting!

Trekkies know Guerra as Seth Mendoza in the 3rd season "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "The Price," but he's a veteran of stage and screen with endless stories to tell about his decades-spanning career that includes James Cameron's "Terminator 2," "The A-Team," and working with young up-and-comers like Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washinton, and Raul Julia before they made it big. Guerra is an actor who began his career when Hollywood had no idea what to do with a Latino performer, and today, he continues to perform in a world that is at last ready to hear stories from this segment of underrepresented artists.

Guerra is starring in "Ghost Waltz" with the Latino Theatre Company this summer. Tickets are available at https://www.latinotheaterco.org/ghostwaltz

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Callum Keith Rennie plays Commander Rayner on the fifth season of "Star Trek: Discovery," a complex character with deep motivations shaped by the dark events that happened before the Discovery crew jumped into the future.

Rennie speaks with Trek Untold in this exclusive interview about who the character is, how the actor joined the show, learning that this season would be the end of the series, and the difficulties he had while performing the role.

NOTE: This interview was done in conjunction with Episode 4 of Season 5 and doesn't discuss plot elements beyond this point in the season

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Margaret Reed played Dr. Serova in the seventh season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "Force of Nature," playing an alien scientist who believes warp travel is doing more harm than good. Today, this veteran performer and advocate takes a look at her career from where it began to the place it is now.

Margaret tells us about working on TNG, the makeup, a day where things went awry, and her take on this character whose outcome didn't need to be as tragic as it was. Plus, going from "the salad bowl of the world," Salinas, CA, to upstate NY for Cornell University, then back to California for Hollywood, tales of working with Jason Alexander in a short-lived sitcom and later on "Seinfeld," her time as Shannon O’Hara for eight years on the soap opera “As The World Turns,” Blossom’s mom in “Blossom,” and her most recent role in “The Equalizer” with Queen Latifah that Margaret says is what she’s proudest of in her entire career.

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The Klingon Pop Warrior brings modern pop music across the galaxy, singing familiar favorites in the Klingon language! Jen Usellis, who also goes by her Klingon name of Jen-bohm, explains how her time doing improv led her to discover her enjoyment of singing in Klingon, how she found her Trek fandom, her work on "Star Trek: Prodigy" as a Klingon language consultant, performing with Mary Chieffo at Star Trek conventions, translating pop songs into Klingon, and finding the words to fit this unique language when they often don't exist.

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