(written from a Production point of view)
Rachen Assapiomonwait is an actor who was a regular background performer on Star Trek: The Next Generation portraying Crewman Nelson. He received no credit for his appearances and was named in the fourth season episode "Clues".
According to the call sheets, Assapiomonwait was scheduled to appear in the fourth season episode "First Contact" and in the fifth season episodes "Darmok", "Silicon Avatar", and "The Masterpiece Society" in scenes in engineering but was either not filmed or cut from the final episodes.
Other acting credits include the action film Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991, with Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Phil Chong, and Branscombe Richmond), the comedy Molly (1999, with Mark Phelan, Musetta Vander, Brian George, and Athena Massey), the fantasy comedy Monkeybone (2001, with Whoopi Goldberg, Ted Rooney, Mary Stein, Scott Workman, Randall Bosley, and Pam Blackwell), the drama New York Waiting (2006, with D.C. Douglas), and the video productions The Garbage (2007) and Inappropriate Workplace (2008).
Appearances
- TNG:
- "The Schizoid Man" (Season 2)
- "Time Squared"
- "Manhunt"
- "The Bonding" (Season 3)
- "Booby Trap"
- "The Vengeance Factor"
- "The Defector"
- "The Hunted"
- "The High Ground"
- "Deja Q"
- "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- "The Offspring"
- "Sins of the Father"
- "Tin Man"
- "Hollow Pursuits"
- "The Most Toys"
- "Sarek"
- "Ménage à Troi"
- "Transfigurations"
- "The Best of Both Worlds"
- "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (Season 4)
- "Suddenly Human"
- "Brothers"
- "Family"
- "Remember Me"
- "Legacy"
- "Reunion"
- "Future Imperfect"
- "Final Mission"
- "Clues"
- "Night Terrors"
- "Identity Crisis"
- "The Nth Degree"
- "Qpid"
- "The Drumhead"
- "Half a Life"
- "The Host"
- "The Mind's Eye"
- "In Theory"
- "Redemption"
- "Ensign Ro" (Season 5)
- "The Game"
- "Unification I"
- "A Matter of Time"
- "New Ground"
- "Hero Worship"
- "Violations"
- "Conundrum"
- "Ethics"
- "The Outcast"
- "Cause and Effect"
- "The First Duty"
- "Cost of Living"
- "The Perfect Mate"
- "Imaginary Friend"
- "I Borg"
- "The Next Phase"