John Cothran, Jr. (born 31 October 1947; age 77) has played three roles in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise and two roles in the Simon and Schuster interactive games. Three of his characters were Klingons including his appearance in Star Trek: Klingon. He also played a Human character, Doctor Bennington Biraka, in the video game Star Trek: Borg.
Film work[]
Cothran made his acting debut in 1979's A Pleasure Doing Business (with Alan Oppenheimer). He then played a gypsy in the dystopian Escape From New York (1981, with Adrienne Barbeau, Billy Van Zandt, and Tony Papenfuss). However, nearly a decade passed before Cothran was seen on film again and that was 1989's The Kill Reflex (with James Otis and Fred Williamson). Cothran was cast in his first television film role in the holiday-themed The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990, with Ben Vereen and Vanessa Williams). The same year he was seen on the big screen in the comedy Opportunity Knocks (with Lorna Raver).
1990s[]
In 1991 Cothran appeared in Aftermath: A Test of Love (with Raye Birk, Scott Jaeck, Jeanne Mori, and Biff Yeager), Boyz n the Hood (1991, with Jessie Lawrence Ferguson) and Ricochet (1991, with Tim de Zarn, Victoria Dillard, Sherman Howard, Carlos LaCamara, and Albie Selznick).
In 1992, Cothran appeared in the television film Secrets (with Brenda Bakke, Stephanie Beacham, Paul Collins, and Christopher Plummer), Poetic Justice (1993, starring Clifton Collins, Jr.), Jimmy Hollywood (1994, with Christian Slater) and then the television film Where Are My Children? (with Corbin Bernsen, William Frankfather, Jerry Hardin, Angela Paton, David Sage, David Spielberg, and Harvey Vernon), Mr. Wrong (1996, with Brad William Henke, Camille Saviola, Dean Stockwell, and Peter White). He also appeared in the television film Her Last Chance (directed by Richard Colla and co-starring William Lucking). Cothran won a role in the 1997 short film Platform Six (with Michael Shamus Wiles). That same year he appeared in Spawn (with Laura Interval, Michael Papajohn, and Frank Welker), Kiss the Girls (1997, with Larry Cedar, Ashley Judd, Gina Ravarra, and Tracey Walter). He rounded out the decade first in Always Outnumbered (1998, with Bill Cobbs and Danny Goldring), and The Limey (1999, with William Lucking, Randy Lowell and Wayne Péré).
2000s[]
Cothran began the 21st century in The Cell (2000, with Vanessa Branch, Nicholas Cascone, and Musetta Vander),The Gene Pool (2001, with Tony Jay). Cothran won his first voice-acting job contributing to Madagascar (2005, with Michael Bell, John Kassir, and Keith Szarabajka). He later appeared in Yes Man (2008, with Fionnula Flanagan, Spencer Garrett, and Michael Papajohn). A year later in 2009, he rejoined Clifton Collins, Jr. and Tracey Walter in The Perfect Game (2009, co-starring Bruce McGill). Cothran later lent his voice to Rango (2011, with Ian Abercrombie and Stephen Root and co-written by John Logan).
Television work[]
- Wiseguy episode "Dead Right" (1990, starring Jonathan Banks with Stephen Root)
- Reasonable Doubts (1992, with Leslie Jordan)
- Black Tie Affair episode "One" (1993, with Bruce McGill)
- Viper episode "Safe as Houses" (1994, with Parley Baer, Jack Shearer, and Don Stark)
- Picket Fences (1994, starring Kelly Connell, Justin Shenkarow, and Ray Walston, with Roy Brocksmith, Paul Eiding, Gregory Itzin, and Paul Winfield)
- Seinfeld (1995, starring Jason Alexander, with Ian Abercrombie, Robert Hooks, and Tom Wright)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll" (1995, starring James Avery)
- Dave's World (1995, with William Utay)
- ER (1997, starring Eriq La Salle and Lily Mariye, with Jack Blessing, Paul Collins, Kirsten Dunst, and Deborah May)
- Martin (1997, with Shelly Desai and Judyann Elder)
- Sparks (1997, starring James Avery}}
- Suddenly Susan (1997, with Bill Erwin and Nan Martin)
- Almost Perfect (1997, starring David Clennon)
- Mercy Point (1998, starring Jordan Lund and Brian McNamara, with Melanie Shatner and Salli Elise Richardson)
- Felicity (1998, created by J.J. Abrams and starring Greg Grunberg, with Robert Clendenin)
- Becker (1999, starring Terry Farrell)
- The Pretender (1999, starring Harve Presnell, with Jason Brooks)
- The Practice (1999, with Joseph Campanella, Len Cariou, and Jeff Yagher)
- Norm episode "Laurie Runs for Office" (1999, starring Nikki Cox)
- The Last Ship (2017, with Mark Moses)
