DIS regular cast non-appearances

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(written from a Production point of view)

Instances on Star Trek: Discovery of the regular cast listed in the opening credits not appearing in the episode.

Do not list episodes where the cast member was not part of the regular cast.

Sonequa Martin-Green

• Michael Burnham
  • None

Doug Jones

• Saru
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 1" (Season 3)
  • "There Is A Tide..."

Shazad Latif

• Ash Tyler
  • "The Vulcan Hello" (appears only as Voq) (Season 1)
  • "Battle at the Binary Stars" (appears only as Voq)
  • "Context Is for Kings"
  • "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" (appears only as Voq)
  • "What's Past Is Prologue"
  • "Brother" (Season 2)
  • "New Eden"
  • "An Obol for Charon"
  • "Project Daedalus"

Shazad Latif was only a main cast member for seasons 1-2. In addition to being listed in the opening credits, Latif receives a second credit as Voq under the alias "Javid Iqbal" in "The Vulcan Hello", "Battle at the Binary Stars", and "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" in order to conceal a plot twist.

Anthony Rapp

• Paul Stamets
  • "The Vulcan Hello" (Season 1)
  • "Battle at the Binary Stars"
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 1" (Season 3)

Mary Wiseman

• Sylvia Tilly
  • "The Vulcan Hello" (Season 1)
  • "Battle at the Binary Stars"
  • "Through the Valley of Shadows" (Season 2)
  • "That Hope Is You, Part 1" (Season 3)
  • "The Examples" (Season 4)
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "...But to Connect"
  • "All In"
  • "Rubicon"
  • "The Galactic Barrier"
  • "Rosetta"
  • "Species Ten-C"

Jason Isaacs

• Gabriel Lorca
  • "The Vulcan Hello"
  • "Battle at the Binary Stars"
  • "The War Without, The War Within"
  • "Will You Take My Hand?"

Jason Isaacs was only a main cast member for season 1.

Wilson Cruz

• Hugh Culber
  • "Brother" (only in holographic recording)
  • "New Eden"
  • "Point of Light"
  • "An Obol for Charon"
  • "Light and Shadows"
  • "Project Daedalus"
  • "People of Earth"
  • "Unification III"
  • "There Is A Tide..."

Wilson Cruz was not a main cast member for season 1.

Anson Mount

• Christopher Pike
  • None

Anson Mount was only a main cast member for season 2.

Rachael Ancheril

• D. Nhan
  • "People of Earth"
  • "Scavengers"
  • "Unification III"
  • "The Sanctuary"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 1"
  • "Terra Firma, Part 2"
  • "Su'Kal"
  • "There Is A Tide..."

Rachael Ancheril was only a main cast member for season 3.

David Ajala

• Cleveland Booker
  • "Far From Home"
  • "Forget Me Not"
  • "Die Trying"

David Ajala was not a main cast member for seasons 1-2.

Blu del Barrio

• Adira Tal
  • "The Examples"
  • "All In"
  • "Rubicon"

Blu del Barrio was only a main cast member for season 4.

Tig Notaro

• Jett Reno
  • "Kobayashi Maru"
  • "Anomaly (DIS)"
  • "Choose to Live"
  • "All Is Possible"
  • "Stormy Weather"
  • "...But to Connect"
  • "All In"
  • "Rubicon"
  • "The Galactic Barrier"

Tig Notaro was only a main cast member for season 4.

Background information

Despite being credited as a "Special Guest Star", Michelle Yeoh received credit in the main titles for most of her appearances as either Captain Georgiou or Emperor Georgiou. The only exception was in "The Wolf Inside", in which she was credited in the end credits in order to conceal a plot twist.

Beginning with season 2, only main cast members who appear in an episode are credited in the main titles with few exceptions. Mary Wiseman is credited in "Through the Valley of Shadows" despite not appearing in that episode. "That Hope Is You, Part 1" only featured Sonequa Martin-Green and David Ajala out of the main cast. Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, and Mary Wiseman were credited for that episode despite not appearing; however, Wilson Cruz and Rachael Ancheril were not.