Paul Giamatti Boards ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
deadline.comPaul Giamatti has joined the cast of the upcoming Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy in a recurring role.
He will play the Season 1 villain, a man with an ominous past connected to one of our cadets. “Sometimes you’re lucky enough to discover that one of the greatest actors alive is also a huge Star Trek fan, and meeting Paul was one of those miraculous moments for us.
The sheer delight with which he dove in on Starfleet Academy is only surpassed by the gratitude we feel about him joining our incredible cast, shared co-showrunners and executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau in a joint statement.
He joins previously announced Holly Hunter, who will star in the series as the captain and chancellor of Starfleet Academy. The series will begin production later this summer.
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