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Patrick Massett (born 6 March 1962; age 62) is the actor, director, writer, and producer who portrayed Duras in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third and fourth season episodes "Sins of The Father" and "Reunion". Massett is married to Marybeth Massett, who had a guest role as Parell on the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Children of Time".
He also guest-starred in two episodes of Quantum Leap (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, with K Callan in the former and Anne Haney and Hal Landon, Jr. in the latter), and was creator and executive producer of Veritas: The Quest (2003-2004).