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Dan Sachoff (born 26 November 1966; age 58) is the actor who portrayed Williams in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "A Matter of Perspective".

He earned his BFA in drama from Emerson College and studied scene study under John de Lancie. Also in 1990, Sachoff was featured in Sibling Rivalry, with Kirstie Alley and Scott Bakula. The following years he had guest parts in episodes of All-American Girl (1994, with Clyde Kusatsu and Amy Hill), Murphy Brown (1995, with Nathan Anderson, Maury Ginsberg and John Hostetter), Ellen (1996, with Brian McNamara, Earl Boen and Elinor Donahue), Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998, with Phil Morris, Thelma Lee and Cari Shayne), Babylon 5 (1998, written, directed and created by J. Michael Straczynski), Will & Grace (1999, with Robert Clendenin and Aaron Lustig), Malibu, CA (1999), Bette (2000, with Sharon Lawrence), The Amanda Show (2000 & 2001, with Michelle Horn, Andrew Hill Newman, Gregg Daniel, David Graf and Lisa Hoyle), Power Rangers Time Force (2001, with Edward Laurence Albert), Grounded for Life (2001, with Richard Riehle), The Tick (2002, with Liz Vassey and Robert Clendenin), The West Wing (2002, starring Martin Sheen, with James Hong, Thomas Kopache, Dennis Cockrum and Timothy Davis-Reed), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (2002), The District (2003, with Roger Aaron Brown, Vaughn Armstrong, Todd Jeffries and Justin Rodgers Hall), Judging Amy (2005, with Kevin Rahm, Scott Klace and Faran Tahir), and Sleeper Cell (2005, starring Oded Fehr and Henri Lubatti).

Sachoff worked as host, writer and producer on the television show Ready for the Weekend Movie (2004-06) and had recurring roles in Jericho (2007, with Christopher Darga, Tim Sitarz, Daniel Benzali, Alicia Coppola and Andrew Borba), Prison Break (2008-09, with Wade Andrew Williams, Robert Knepper, Cress Williams, Leon Russom, Robert Mammana, Stacy Haiduk, Jude Ciccolella, Charles Emmett, Michael Wiseman, Lin Oeding, David Clennon and Daniel Zacapa), and as Gene Balboa in Yacht Rock (2005-10).

Further guest roles include The War at Home (2006, with Todd Stashwick and Keone Young), Shark (2006, starring Jeri Ryan, with Patrick Fabian, Ron Glass and Lisa Kaminir), Standoff (2006), Sales Guys (2007), Bones (2008, with Scott Barry), Trust Me (2009), Party Down (2009, with Adam Scott), The Closer (2009, with Raymond Cruz, Jonathan del Arco and Ed O'Ross), Scrubs (2002 & 2010, with Ken Jenkins), Big Love (2010, with Robert Beltran, Jason Brooks and Peggy Miley), Desperate Housewives (2010, with Teri Hatcher, Brenda Strong, Rick Pasqualone and Christopher Darga), and Parenthood (2010, with Amanda Foreman and Tina Lifford).

Sachoff also appeared in episodes of Law & Order: LA (2010, with Conor O'Farrell, Clyde Kusatsu and Wendy Schenker), The Fives (2011), True Blood (2011), Make It or Break It (2011), Entourage (2011, with Chase Kim), and Suburgatory (2011) and had a supporting role in J. Edgar (2011, with Stephen Root, Zach Grenier and Devin Williamson).

Sachoff later created Code: 9 (2012) on which he also worked as consulting producer and appeared in one episode. In addition, he appeared in an episode of Save Me (2013, with Diedrich Bader) and was featured in the pilot episode of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013, with Ron Glass).

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