‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Adds Legacy Actors Tig Notaro, Robert Ricardo, Oded Fehr & Mary Wiseman
deadline.comA quartet of Star Trek legacy actors are joining the cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy for Paramount+. At the Star Trek Universe panel at Comic-Con Saturday, it was revealed that Star Trek: Discovery‘s Tig Notaro, Oded Fehr and Mary Wiseman, along with Star Trek: Voyager‘s Robert PIcardo, will join the already starry ensemble of the latest iteration.
They join the previously announced cast Holly Hunter, Kerrice Brooks, Bella Shepard, George Hawkins, Karim Diané, Zoë Steiner and Paul Giamatti.
Gina Yashere will also recur. Notaro and Ricardo join as series regulars and will reprise their roles as Jett Reno and The Doctor.
Fehr and Wiseman join as guest stars and will reprise their roles as Admiral Vance and Sylvia Tilly. During Saturday’s Star Trek Universe panel, EP Alex Kurtzman explained that the new show will answer “who are the captains before they become captains, and what happens when they don’t become captains.” Production is set to begin next month on the series, which introduces viewers to a young group of cadets who come together to pursue a common dream of hope and optimism.
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