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Bobby Moynihan (born 31 January 1977; age 47) is an actor, comedian, and writer who voiced Chief Carlton Dennis and Gavin in the Star Trek: Lower Decks third season episode "Grounded".
He is best known for his 2008-2017 run as a cast member on Saturday Night Live (with Bill Hader, Noël Wells and Melissa Villasenor), during which Dwayne Johnson, Seth MacFarlane, Sarah Silverman, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Chris Pine hosted; in his time on the show, he had multiple other Trek-related run-ins:
- On the 9 May 2009 episode, during the "Weekend Update" sketch, he portrayed one of two TOS-costumed Trekkies who initially furiously rejected Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto's attempts to sway traditional Trek fans to accept Star Trek, but instantly changed his tune when Leonard Nimoy blessed the film.
- On the 21 November 2015 episode, in a pre-recorded sketch of auditions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens which included a cameo by J.J. Abrams, he appeared as Star Wars creator George Lucas.
- On the 6 May 2017 episode hosted by Chris Pine, he appears in the "Star Trek: The Lost Episode" sketch (with Pine playing James T. Kirk in an overt William Shatner impersonation) as "Spocko", Spock's half-brother born by Sarek's affair with an Italian-American woman.