J.D. Cullum (born 1 March 1966; age 59) is the actor who played Toral in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth and fifth season episodes "Redemption" and "Redemption II". He filmed his scenes for "Redemption" on Monday 15 April 1991 and on Thursday 18 April 1991 on Paramount Stage 16. For "Redemption II", Cullum filmed his scenes on Monday 15 July 1991 and Tuesday 16 July 1991 on Paramount Stage 16.
Since his appearance on The Next Generation, Cullum went on to guest star on such popular series as Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994, starring Teri Hatcher, with John Fleck and Charles Emmett), Married... with Children, Sliders (1999, directed by Paul Lynch, with Maury Ginsberg and Richard Fancy), NYPD Blue (2001, starring Gordon Clapp, with Albie Selznick and Patrick Fischler), Frasier (starring Kelsey Grammer, with Dan Butler and Patrick Kerr), and 24 (with Penny Johnson). He also had a recurring role on Judging Amy and was one of the many Star Trek performers to appear in 61*. This movie also featured Seymour Cassel, Robert Costanzo, Charles Esten, Bob Gunton, Robert Joy, Christopher McDonald, Bruce McGill, Michael Nouri, Dell Yount, and Star Trek: Enterprise star Connor Trinneer.
Cullum has appeared in several feature films, including The Manhattan Project (1986, with Dan Butler, Timothy Carhart, Stephen Markle, and Robert Schenkkan), Willy/Milly (1986, starring Pamela Segall, with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest John Glover), and Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987, with Jude Ciccolella). He also appeared in Glory (1989, featuring Cliff DeYoung, Bob Gunton, Mark Margolis, Richard Riehle, and Star Trek: Voyager's Ethan Phillips), Reversal of Fortune (1990, with Jad Mager and Tom Wright (1990), Ambition (1991, with Clancy Brown and Celeste Yarnall), Roadside Prophets (1992, with Lee Arenberg, Bill Cobbs, Aaron Lustig, and Biff Yeager), and Forever Young (1992, written by J.J. Abrams and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, with Joe Morton, Nicolas Surovy, Paul Ganus and Eric Pierpoint).
The majority of his later credits have been TV appearances and voiceover roles on video games, like Kuja from Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008) However, he does make an occasional appearance in films, such as the comedy Shafted! (2000, with Walter Hamilton McCready and Eric Mansker) and Good Night, and Good Luck (2005, with Robert Knepper, Frank Langella, Glenn Morshower and Ray Wise). In 2017, Cullum appeared in a guest role on The Orville (with Penny Johnson, Scott Grimes, and Seth MacFarlane, in an episode with Ron Canada).