I've read so many threads where mention is made of someone famous being a Trekkie/Trekker. I thought it was time we put together a list so we have "ammunition" to throw back at people who try to make fun of us. You know what I mean - if you think I'm dumb because I'm a Trekkie then you must think "insert name" is dumb too. Hopefully the name you insert will be someone the naysayer really likes or looks up to.

I'll start with a few off the top of my head but I want you guys to add names.

• Colin Powell
• Dahlai Lama
• Tom Hanks
• Dr. Mae Jamieson
• Neil Armstrong
• Jean Simmons (actress)
• Paul Sorvino
• Mira Sorvino (strongly suspect she is)
• Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
• Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
• Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
• Bill Gates
• Al Gore
• Eddie Murphy

I'm sure I missed quite a few as I was just going from memory so add away.

Jason Alexander

Mmm, these are some that I suspect are Trek[kies/kers].
• Stephen Hawking
• Scott Adams [Creator of Dilbert].
• Douglas Adams [Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy].
• Isaac Asimov.
• Marty McFly.
• Laurell K. Hamilton [Fantasy author].
That's 'bout all for right now...
I know that Bill Clinton likes Lost in Space though.

Carol Moseley Braun
Christan Slater
Whoopi Goldberg
Ashley Judd

Anyone that works at Microsoft or N.A.S.A.

Hmmm, here's a few more...
Matt Groening [Creator of The Simpsons and Futurama].
George Noory [Radio talk show host].
Art Bell [Radio talk show host].
Marc Scott Zicree [Researcher of The Twilight Zone].
Ben Browder [Actor in Farscape].
Rockne S. O'Bannon [Creator of Farscape].
Charles M. Schulz [Creator of Peanuts].

King Abdullah of Jordan who was featured on an episode of Voyager

Vin Diesel, John Glenn, Mel Gibson, Sally Ride, Mick Fleetwood
James Worthy
Bebe Neuworth
Kelsey Grammer
Tom Morello
Barbara Adams
Tom Hanks
Martin Luther King
Arthur C. Clarke
Rod Serling

A South Park fan could correct me on this...

But I think Trey Parker and Matt Stone are fans. (At least one Trek reference was in the series, plus Brent Spiner was in the South Park movie...so who knows?)

Mira Sorvino-- who in treklore is Worf's brother.

Howard Stern-- Admits he's a star trek fan on his show.

Heh, you're repeating some of Takara's.

Nope your right both matt and tray are big fans of ST

Will smith
Eddie murphy
Tom hanks
Iggy pop...i belive he did a guest spot on DS9

Paul Sorvino.... Mira is a woman.

woops...

Youre kidding me right? What character did he play and in wich episode?
I believe he played Yelgrun, one of the Dominion's Vorta in an episode were the Ferengi try rescue moogie and exchange Keevan for her. I think Yelgrun was the Vorta, overseeing the exchange but I am not sure.

Yep thats the episode with iggy pop that i was thinking about

another just came to me and he was in TNG...

Stephen Hawking

Anyone on the U.S.S. Enterprise CVN-65.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker (Creators of South Park)

OOps, somebody said that already. By the way, they have a whole episode which is a takeoff of "Dagger of the Mind". The South Park episode's name was something like Roger Ebert should Layoff Fatty Foods. Matt and Trey are Trekkies big time.

Ben Stiller
Conan O'Brien (from what he was saying to Shatner)
Kirstie Alley (has anyone said her?)
Tom Bergeron

An interesting aside about Matt Groening is that he has never seen a TOS episode all the way through.

King Abdullah of Jordan apparently appears in Investigations as a sciences crewman. He has no lines as he is not a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Why can't more of them appear on the show? The ratings would soar if someone like Tom Hanks was on.

Here's the updated list:

• Colin Powell
• Dahlai Lama
• Tom Hanks
• Dr. Mae Jamieson
• Neil Armstrong
• Jean Simmons (actress)
• Paul Sorvino
• Mira Sorvino (strongly suspect she is)
• Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
• Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
• Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
• Bill Gates
• Al Gore
• Eddie Murphy
• Jason Alexander
• Dr. Stephen Hawking
• Scott Adams (cartoonist - Dilbert)
• Isaac Asimov
• Laurell K. Hamilton
• Douglas Adams
• Carol Moseley Braun
• Christan Slater
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Ashley Judd
• Most, if not all, of NASA
• Most, if not all, of Microsoft
• George Noory
• Art Bell
• Marc Scott Zicree
• Ben Browder
• Rockne S. O'Bannon
• Charles M. Schulz
• King Abdullah of Jordan
• Vin Diesel
• John Glenn
• Mel Gibson
• Sally Ride
• Mick Fleetwood
• James Worthy
• Bebe Neuworth
• Kelsey Grammer
• Tom Morello
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Rod Serling
• Trey Parker
• Matt Stone
• Howard Stern
• Will smith
• Iggy pop
• Ben Stiller
• Conan O'Brien
• Kirstie Alley
• Tom Bergeron

WEAREBORG (I think it was you), are you sure about Ashley Judd. I know she was on TNG a few times but they were one of her first acting jobs so she isn't like other "stars" who appeared in the series. Has she said she's a Trek fan or were you assuming it because she was on TNG.

No fictional characters though please. Dr. Who, I'm assuming when you named Marty McFly you meant the character from the Back to the Future movies and not a real person or did you mean his portrayer, Michael J. Fox?.

BTW, I didn't include Barbara Adams in the list as, IMO, she's more infamous than famous. For those who don't recognize her name, she was the Whitewater juror who was featured in Trekkies. IMO, she is the type who lead to the negative stereotype that this list is fighting.

I'm not sure about Ashley Judd, but this topic is about known or suspected famous Trekkies/Trekkers. Exclude it if you want. I don't mind.

::insert sound of evil laugh::

HA Ha, Trekkers and Trekkies have infiltrated important positions in human society, and no one even knows!!

I think that the Beastie Boys may be Trek fans as well, based on their imitation of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy in the Ch-Ch-Check It Out music video.

I was just wondering. I haven't read anything about her being a Trek fan so I was curious if you had.

We need to remember if someone who is now famous appeared in Trek before they were famous it that may have been just a job to them. Others you mentioned, such as Mick Fleetwood and Whoopi Goldberg, were already famous and asked to be guests on the show.

I'll keep Ashley Judd on unless someone has information that she says she isn't/wasn't a Trek fan.



Ain't that the truth!!!

I remember Kevin Newman who did a short stint as host of Good Morning America was a trekkie (I don't know what happened to him - I think he has gone back to Canada)

And, I don't see Richard Dean Anderson on the list, Anderson, star and executive producer of Stargate SG1, thinks it would be cool for the SG1 team to go to another world and find an "away team" on the planet.

You should add Christian Slayter. He played the extra who woke Sulu up in The Undiscovered Country.

I'm pretty sure Drew Carey is a trek fan.

I would suspect that Weird Al Yankovic and Eric McCormack (Will and Grace) are as well. McCormack starred in 'Free Enterprise' and Will and Grace makes occassional nods to Star Trek using McCormack's character.

Kevin Newman is the lead anchor for Global National (Global TV's national news cast) in Canada.

Good, I'm glad he's still around. Thanks for the info. I really enjoyed him on GMA.

Yep

I had thought they were. But then, I was not sure if the one or two times I heard Trek mentioned in SP was a coincidence or not (because I had not seen past the beginning of season 4 of South Park). I am glad to see that my guess was correct



Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer might be one. I know there were a few references to Trek in the series (ok, so there were also the slightly stereotypical characters that called themselves the Evil Trio or something like that. But as far as I remember there were more than just them)

Yep i know that episode...also the first episode of the 4th grade has 2 guys with borg tee-shirts on and they make a time machine for cartman and the gang so they can go back to 3rd grade but the 2 guys keep fighting over how many episodes where in TOS and also which time travel method was best spocks round the sun time warp or data's vortex

He is on the list already, Van Roy. He's listed after Carol Mosley Braun and Whoopi Goldberg.


I'm going to update again once a few more names are added. It sure is getting long. Keep them coming.

I guess you could add Mel Brooks. He did spoof Trek in Spaceballs, is currently working on Spaceballs II which will probably also include somt Trek references, and he also put Patrick Stewart in Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Hey, whoh! I just made Commordore with that last post.

Ok, now I gotta catch that one.. If it comes back on on a rerun, I have to see that

A sequel?!?! Awesome!

Robert Atkins, the developer of the Atkins diet apparently is a Star Trek fan.

Also, I believe Kathie Lee Gifford (shudder) may be one as well because one year for Halloween, she dressed up as Jadzia Dax.

I can't believe I never realised that was Iggy Pop as the Vorta.

He had an awesome line too:

Quark: "Family--you understand."
Yelgrun: "Not really. I was cloned."

His delivery of that line was just so good.

Plus he is the first to foreshadow the coming of the Breen into the war when he says:

Yelgrun: "And I thought the Breen were annoying...."

The Big Show. He did do a guest spot on Enterprise. I don't know his real name, so if he's already in there, oops.

Paul Wight...Or White...Not Sure Which, lol


George Lucas Is A Trek Fan

Ok I didn't see Tim Allen on here. Also Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson appered on one of the Voyager eps I think, I can't remember the name tho.

I just read that Neal McDonough - who plays Dr. Connor on Medical Investigations was an avid trek fan since his childhood. According to the article landing the role of Lt. Hawke in First Contact was a dream come true.

I was trying to remember where I saw him before.

I think the episode was called tsunkatse. I think I have mis-spelled

I can catergorically say as a wheedon fan that yes Joss wheedon is a fan, and that also he, when he was making firefly, got to see the set for Enterprise, before it was airing!!!

Nope, that's the correct spelling.

Here's the list updated once again:

• Colin Powell
• Dahlai Lama
• Tom Hanks
• Dr. Mae Jamieson
• Neil Armstrong
• Jean Simmons (actress)
• Paul Sorvino
• Mira Sorvino (strongly suspect she is)
• Berkeley Breathed (cartoonist - Opus, Bloom County)
• Bill Amend (cartoonist - Fox Trot)
• Seth McFarlane (creator of Family Guy)
• Bill Gates
• Al Gore
• Eddie Murphy
• Jason Alexander
• Dr. Stephen Hawking
• Scott Adams (cartoonist - Dilbert)
• Isaac Asimov
• Laurell K. Hamilton
• Douglas Adams
• Carol Moseley Braun
• Christan Slater
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Ashley Judd
• Most, if not all, of NASA
• Most, if not all, of Microsoft
• George Noory
• Art Bell
• Marc Scott Zicree
• Ben Browder
• Rockne S. O'Bannon
• Charles M. Schulz
• King Abdullah of Jordan
• Vin Diesel
• John Glenn
• Mel Gibson
• Sally Ride
• Mick Fleetwood
• James Worthy
• Bebe Neuworth
• Kelsey Grammer
• Tom Morello
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• Arthur C. Clarke
• Rod Serling
• Trey Parker
• Matt Stone
• Howard Stern
• Will smith
• Iggy pop
• Ben Stiller
• Conan O'Brien
• Kirstie Alley
• Tom Bergeron
• Beastie Boys
• Kevin Newman
• Richard Dean Anderson
• Drew Carey
• Eric McCormack
• Weird Al Yankovic
• Joss Whedon
• Mel Brooks
• Robert Atkins
• Kathy Lee Gifford
• Paul "Big Show" Wight
• George Lucas
• Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson
• Tim Allen
• Neal McDonough

He did a series called Boomtown a couple of seasons ago. If that's not where you remember him from here's a link to his page at IMDB

You can add Barry Manilow.
I know he's a huge fan; he stated so in the 80s.

"Tsunkatse" for Voyager

Don't know why I didn't add him sooner, but I'm now adding Robin Williams to the list. He almost guested on TNG. The part of Berlingoff Rasmussen (A Matter of Time) was actually written for him but scheduling difficulties made it impossible for him to film the episode. Matt Frewer played the role instead.

I thought of that after reading this at st.com: