Summary

The creation ofStar TrekandThe Walking Deadmay be opposites in terms of tone , but the franchises share many of the same actor . WhileStar Treklooks at the future with optimism and celebrates everything good about humanity , The Walking Deadoften does the exact opposite . As various subsister fight to stay alive in a domain overtaken by the drained , they often strike back on their worst momentum . Still , the earth ofThe Walking Deadis not entirely without Leslie Townes Hope , and Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln ) and his fellow survivors must rely on one another to persist a world occupied by zombies .

BothStar TrekandThe Walking Deadcelebrate ascertain families and the resiliency of humankind , albeit in vastly different preferences . SinceStar Trek : The Original Seriesbegan in 1966 , the franchise has depicted a hereafter where humanity not only last but thrived . And while not everyTrekseries has been quite as optimistic asTOS , they all boast characters who continually fight for what ’s right . No matter the mise en scene or the tone , it is often the characters who make a storey succeed , and this is true of bothStar TrekandThe Walking Dead . These franchise have introduce some of pop cultivation ’s most beloved persona , and those graphic symbol would be nothing without the histrion who play them . Here are 12Star Trekactors who have also star inThe Walking Deadfranchise .

Star Trek ’s timeline spans a thousand years of Starfleet and the United Federation of Planets , with alternating realities and clip travelling galore .

Robin Curtis and Kirstie Alley as Lt. Saavik in Star Trek.

12Sonequa Martin-Green

Star Trek: Discovery & The Walking Dead

Sonequa Martin - Green leads the cast ofStar Trek : Discoverywith her unbelievable performance asCaptain Michael Burnham . Although Burnham start the series by leading a mutiny that started the Federation / Klingon war , Michael has since keep the USS Discovery and the galaxy legion time . Captain Burnham has fare a farsighted way since her launching and Martin - Green can be rivet in the role . Before being tramp inDiscovery , Martin - Green appeared in 45 episodes ofThe walk Deadas Sasha Williams , a hardheaded , no - nonsense survivor who knows her path around a sniper rifle .

Sonequa Martin - Green originally auditioned for the role of Michonne ( which went to Danai Gurira ) . Then - showrunner Glen Mazzara loved her tryout so much that he create the character of Sasha specifically for her .

11Denise Crosby

Star Trek: The Next Generation & The Walking Dead

Denise Crosby portray theill - fated Lt . Tasha YaronStar Trek : The Next genesis , before leaving the show late in time of year 1 . Despite her departure , Crosby would fall to play other rendering of Yar , as well as Yar ’s half - Romulan daughter , Sela . As the Chief Security Officer on the USS Enterprise - D , Yar often acted as the first strain of defense against alien threats . regrettably , Yar was often influence to the background as a part , which led Crosby to move on to other roles . Crosby seem in three instalment ofThe walk Deadas Mary , a prominent figure in the cannibalistic Terminus biotic community who briefly terrorizes Rick and the other survivors .

10Michelle Hurd

Star Trek: Picard & The Walking Dead: Dead City

In all three seasons ofStar Trek : Picard , Michelle Hurd plays Commander Raffi Musiker , a close friend of Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) . Raffi accompanies the age full admiral on his adventure inPicardseasons 1 and 2 before she lands a position on the USS Enterprise - G alongside her former lover , Captain Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) . Hurd ’s execution as Raffi became one of the honorable elements ofPicardand her character is a wonderful increase to theStar Trekfamily . Hurd appears in the premiere episode ofThe Walking Dead : Dead City , as a streak proprietor named Jones who has a outpouring - in with Maggie Greene ( Lauren Cohan ) before being devour by walkers .

Michelle Hurd is married to Garret Dillahunt , who stars as John Dorie in three seasons of anotherWalking Deadspin - off , revere the Walking Dead .

9Brenda Strong

Star Trek: The Next Generation & Fear The Walking Dead

Although Brenda Strong may be well do it for narratingDesperate Housewivesas Mary Alice Young , she appeared in an former installment ofStar Trek : The Next multiplication . InTNGseason 1 , installment 17,“When the Bough Breaks , " Strong flirt Rashella , an inhabitant of the planet Aldea . When the Aldeans , who can not have children , abduct several kids from the USS Enterprise - D , Rashella forms a especial bond with a new female child before the girl must be returned to her parents . In four episode ofFear the Walking Dead , Strong encounter a char named Ilene Stowewho grew precarious after the deaths of her husband and daughter .

8Matt Frewer

Max Headroomstar Matt Frewer pops up inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , sequence 9 , " A Matter of Time , " as Berlinghoff Rasmussen , who claims to be a historian from the future . Over the course of the sequence , it ’s revealed that Rasmussen in reality hails from the past and has traveled to the future with a slip clip machine . Rasmussen design to slip yet more technology from the twenty-fourth century and then riposte to his sentence of the twenty-second century to betray it . Matt Frewer has a shortsighted five - instalment arc inFear the Walking Deadas a misanthropic survivor named Logan , who pretend as an opposer for Morgan Jones ( Lennie James ) and his fellow survivors .

The function of Berlinghoff Rasmussen was in the beginning written for the iconic Robin Williams , but he was fussy star in Steven Spielberg’sHook .

7Raphael Sbarge

Star Trek: Voyager & Fear The Walking Dead

InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 , Raphael Sbarge appears in five episodes as Crewman Michael Jonas , a former member of the Maquis who provisionally join theUSS Voyager ’s crew . Jones eventually betrayed Voyager to the Kazon , although his perfidiousness was discover before he could undermine the ship ’s weapons . Sbarge has a memorable one - off function inFear the Walking Deadseason 6 , sequence 7,“Damage From the Inside " as an unstable survivor named Ed . When some of the show ’s heroes bumble upon Ed ’s home , they discover he habituate his attainment as a taxidermist to make Zimmer even scarier by add things like deer antlers to their bodies .

6Jack Donner

Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Enterprise, & Fear the Walking Dead

Jack Donner has the distinction of being the only actor on this list to have appeared inStar Trek : The Original Series . InTOSseason 3 , episode 2 , " The Enterprise Incident , " Donner plays Romulan Subcommander Tal , who command his ship in pursuit of the Enterprise after Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) steals a Romulan cloaking equipment . Donner also appears as a Vulcan non-Christian priest in two episodes ofStar Trek : go-ahead . In one of his final roles before his death in 2019 at the age of 90,Donner appears concisely as an unknown old humankind in the pilot ofFear the Walking Dead .

5Michael Greyeyes

Star Trek: Discovery & Fear the Walking Dead

Indigenous Canadian actor Michael Greyeyes portray a memorable prisoner named Felix inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , installment 5 , " The Examples . " When Captain Burnham arrives withCleveland Booker ( David Ajala)to rescue a group of prisoner before their planet is destroyed , Felix speaks out for his fellow prisoners . Despite batten offering of Federation mental institution , Felix prefer to remain on the planet to atone for his retiring criminal offence . Greyeyes look as go back persona Qaletaqa Walker inFear the Walking Deadseason 3.Walker serves as the foreman of the Black Hat Reservation , who has a battle with a nearby spread where some ofFear’sheroes take refuge .

4Aaron Stanford

Star Trek: Picard & Fear the Walking Dead

Even eagle - eyed fans may have missed Aaron Stanford ’s theatrical role inStar Trek : Picardseason 3,as he was unrecognizable as theFerengi criminal offence lord Sneed . InPicardseason 3 , episode 2 , " Disengage , " Raffi arranges a meeting with Sneed , searching for response about an attack on Starfleet . Sneed unfortunately loses his head when Raffi ’s handler Worf ( Michael Dorn ) go far to save her after her cover is blown . Stanford appears in six episodes ofFear the Walking Deadas a beer beer maker named Jim , who carry on to keep his award - winning beer recipe a secret even after the zombi apocalypse .

3Kirk Acevedo

Star Trek: Picard & The Walking Dead

InStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , episode 5 , " Imposters,“Kirk Acevedo play Vulcan crime swivel pin , Krinn , who reckon of Sneed like a brother . After Sneed ’s destruction , Krinn appropriate Worf and Raffi , pull them to fight back to the death . Worf manages to flim-flam Krinn into think he ’s dead before he kill Krinn ’s bodyguards . Krinn then surrenders , giving Worf and Raffi what they came for . Acevedo appears in season 4 ofThe walk Deadas Mitch Dolgen , who serve as one of the collaborator of the nefarious Governor ( David Morrissey ) .

Aaron Standford and Kirk Acevedo also starred inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 showrunner Terry Matalas ' other sci - fi show,12 Monkeys . The backstory of theirPicardcharacters even mirror that of their12 Monkeyscharacters .

Picard and Riker in season 1

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Walking Dead Mary Denise Crosby

Walking Dead Dead City Michelle Hurd

Fear the Walking Dead Brenda Strong Strand

Logan from Fear the Walking Dead looking down with a baseball hat.

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Michael Greyeyes as Qaletaqa Walker in Fear the Walking Dead

Sarah drives a truck with a a man sitting behind her in Fear The Walking Dead.

Walking Dead Mitch Dolgen Kirk Acevedo

Star Trek: Picard