Cast members who directed

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

List of cast members who have directed Star Trek episodes.

• Rene Auberjonois (DS9)
  • "Prophet Motive"
  • "Family Business"
  • "Hippocratic Oath"
  • "Indiscretion"
  • "The Quickening"
  • "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
  • "Ferengi Love Songs"
  • "Waltz"
  • "Strange Bedfellows"
• Avery Brooks (DS9)
  • "Tribunal"
  • "The Abandoned"
  • "Fascination"
  • "Improbable Cause"
  • "Rejoined"
  • "Body Parts"
  • "Ties of Blood and Water"
  • "Far Beyond the Stars"
  • "The Dogs of War"
• LeVar Burton (TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT)
  • "Second Chances"
  • "The Pegasus"
  • "The Sword of Kahless"
  • "Bar Association"
  • "Rules of Engagement"
  • "To the Death"
  • "Things Past"
  • "Soldiers of the Empire"
  • "Behind the Lines"
  • "Resurrection"
  • "The Emperor's New Cloak"
  • "Ex Post Facto"
  • "Dreadnought"
  • "The Raven"
  • "Timeless"
  • "Live Fast and Prosper"
  • "Nightingale"
  • "Q2"
  • "Homestead"
  • "Terra Nova"
  • "Fortunate Son"
  • "Cogenitor"
  • "First Flight"
  • "Extinction"
  • "Similitude"
  • "The Forgotten"
  • "The Augments"
  • "Demons"
• Roxann Dawson (VOY, ENT)
  • "Riddles"
  • "Workforce, Part II"
  • "The Andorian Incident"
  • "Vox Sola"
  • "Dead Stop"
  • "Dawn"
  • "Bounty"
  • "Exile"
  • "Chosen Realm"
  • "Doctor's Orders"
  • "E²"
  • "Awakening"
• Michael Dorn (DS9, ENT)
  • "In the Cards"
  • "Inquisition"
  • "When It Rains..."
  • "Two Days and Two Nights"
• Siddig El Fadil (DS9)
  • "Business as Usual"
  • "Profit and Lace"
• Jonathan Frakes (TNG, Films, DS9, VOY, DIS, PIC)
  • "The Offspring"
  • "Reunion"
  • "The Drumhead"
  • "Cause and Effect"
  • "The Quality of Life"
  • "The Chase"
  • "Attached"
  • "Sub Rosa"
  • Star Trek: First Contact
  • Star Trek: Insurrection
  • "The Search, Part II"
  • "Meridian"
  • "Past Tense, Part II"
  • "Projections"
  • "Parturition"
  • "Prototype"
  • "Despite Yourself"
  • "New Eden"
  • "Project Daedalus"
  • "Absolute Candor"
  • "Stardust City Rag"
  • "People of Earth"
• Gates McFadden (TNG)
  • "Genesis"
• Robert Duncan McNeill (VOY, ENT)
  • "Sacred Ground"
  • "Unity"
  • "Someone to Watch Over Me"
  • "Body and Soul"
  • "Cold Front"
  • "The Breach"
  • "Twilight"
  • "Countdown"
• Leonard Nimoy (Films)
  • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Robert Picardo (VOY)
  • "Alter Ego"
  • "One Small Step"
• Andrew Robinson (DS9, VOY)
  • "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
  • "Blood Fever"
  • "Unforgettable"
• Tim Russ (VOY)
  • "Living Witness"
• William Shatner (Films)
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Patrick Stewart (TNG)
  • "In Theory"
  • "Hero Worship"
  • "A Fistful of Datas"
  • "Phantasms"
  • "Preemptive Strike"

Notes

• Andrew Robinson and Rainn Wilson are the only two recurring actors to direct episodes.
• Guest actors who directed episodes were Richard Compton (TNG: "Haven") and Larry Dobkin (TOS: "Charlie X"). Dobkin is the only regular or guest performer to direct an episode first before being cast as an actor.
• Director Marc Daniels appeared in a cameo as Jackson Roykirk's file photo, in TOS: "The Changeling".
• Director Rob Bowman provided some Borg vocals in TNG: "Q Who".
• Director J.J. Abrams provided the voice for the Iowa Cop in Star Trek.
• Akiva Goldsman, who appeared in cameo roles as a Vulcan Science Council member in Star Trek, and as a Starfleet Admiral in Star Trek Into Darkness, later directed two episodes of Star Trek: Discovery and two episodes of Star Trek: Picard.
• None of the cast of Star Trek: Enterprise ever directed an episode or movie.
• Peter Weller took the role of John Frederick Paxton based on Manny Coto's promise that Weller would be permitted to direct episodes in Enterprise's fifth seeason. The show's cancellation after the fourth season made it impossible for Coto to keep his promise. [1]^(X) [2]
• Crew members who directed include David Livingston and Dan Curry. Livingston has directed more episodes than any other director.
• Garrett Wang's repeated requests to be allowed to direct were turned down by Rick Berman. [3]
• Aron Eisenberg's request to go through director training was also declined. [4]
• William Shatner was signed to direct the 25th episode of Star Trek: The Original Series's third season, however the series was cancelled before the episode went into production. (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season Three, p. 637)