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Timothy Carhart (born 24 December 1953; age 70) is the actor who played Christopher Hobson in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "Redemption II". He filmed his scenes on Friday 12 July 1991 on Paramount Stage 9. Carhart was born in Washington, DC, and has been acting since at least the late 1970s.

Television work[]

He made his television acting debut in NBC's The Awakening Land (1978, co-starring Bert Remsen). Throughout the 1980s, he made guest appearances on several television series, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents (with Clyde Kusatsu), Miami Vice (with Ed Lauter), and Crime Story (starring Bill Smitrovich).

He also appeared in two episodes of Spenser: For Hire, starring Avery Brooks. Carhart's first episode, "Brother to Dragons," co-starred Stephen McHattie and Michael Zaslow, while his second episode, "Homecoming," was directed by Winrich Kolbe.

In 1989, Carhart had a recurring role on the drama series thirtysomething, which included an episode with David Clennon and Lorinne Vozoff. That same year, Carhart was a regular on the CBS medical drama series Island Son, again working with fellow Next Generation guest star Clyde Kusatsu, who was also a regular on the show.

In 1991, Carhart made a guest appearance on Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. The following year, he appeared on L.A. Law, on which fellow Next Generation guest star Corbin Bernsen and actor Larry Drake were regulars. In 1995, Carhart was a guest star on The X-Files.

Other television shows on which Carhart has guest-starred during the 1990s include Empty Nest (with Aaron Lustig), Roseanne, The Young Riders (starring Anthony Zerbe), Law & Order (with Gerrit Graham), Strange World (with Leon Russom), and Profiler (with Michelle C. Bonilla, Dennis Christopher, and Mark Rolston).

Carhart appeared in several made-for-TV movies during the 1990s, including Call Me Anna (1990, with Richard Fancy and Deborah May), Quicksand: No Escape (1992, with Marc Alaimo, Steven Culp, Jack Shearer and Howard Shangraw), Smoke Jumpers (1996, with Bill Bolender and Spencer Garrett), America's Dream (1996, in a segment with Susanna Thompson), and Before He Wakes (1998, co-starring Ron Canada and Barbara J. Tarbuck). He also starred in In a Child's Name (1991, co-starring Jeff Allin, Dennis Cockrum, James Cromwell, David Huddleston, Louise Fletcher, and Caroline Kava) and Gone in the Night (1996, with Billy Burke and Holmes R. Osborne).

Between 2000 and 2003, Carhart played the recurring role of Eddie Willows on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Mostly in the series first season-"Who Are You? with Leonard Kelly-Young and "Blood Drops"(both 2000) with Glenn Morshower in his debut as Clark County sheriff Brian Mobley, "Too Tough To Die"(2001) joining Katy Boyer and Geoff Meed, and finally Carhart was killed in the third season "Lady Heather's Box"(2003) alongside fellow recurring performer Melinda Clarke in the title role, as well as fellow Next Generation guest Amy Pietz, in addition to new cast member Wallace Langham.

In 2002, Carhart had a recurring role on 24, playing Assistant NSA head Eric Rayburn in four episodes. Among his co-stars on this series were fellow Star Trek alumni Billy Burke, Michelle Forbes, Billy Mayo, Tracy Middendorf, and Freda Foh Shen. Carhart's last two appearances on this show were directed by James Whitmore, Jr.

Carhart has also made recent guest appearances on shows such as The Practice (with René Auberjonois and Bruce Davison), UPN's The Twilight Zone (again working with Susanna Thompson, in an episode written by Robert Hewitt Wolfe), Frasier (with Kelsey Grammer, Jordan Lund and Holmes R, Osborne), Judging Amy (with Bob Gunton and Jack Gwaltney, in an episode directed by Andrew Robinson), and Standoff (with Raphael Sbarge and directed by Terrence O'Hara). He was most recently seen in a 2007 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Film work[]

One of Carhart's earliest film credits was Ghostbusters (1984), which also featured an appearance by Michael Ensign while Paddi Edwards supplied the voice of Gozer. That same year, Carhart acted alongside veteran Star Trek film foley artist Robin Harlan in the independent comedy film The Party Animal.

In 1985, Carhart had a supporting role in the Academy Award-winning drama Witness and Desperately Seeking Susan. His co-stars in the latter film included John Hoyt, Robert Joy, and Tim Ransom. Also in this year, Carhart appeared in the drama film Marie along with Leon Rippy and Keith Szarabajka.

In 1986, Carhart worked on two films with fellow Next Generation guest star Robert Schenkkan: Sweet Liberty, co-starring Saul Rubinek and Linda Thorson; and The Manhattan Project, with with Dan Butler, J.D. Cullum, and Stephen Markle. Also in 1986, Carhart appeared in the comedy film Playing for Keeps, with Charles Picerni, Jr. and Douglas Warhit.

Carhart played the second male lead in The Rescue (1988, starring Edward Laurence Albert and featuring James Cromwell, Leon Russom and Ned Vaughn) and Pink Cadilla (1988, starring James Cromwell and featuring Michael Champion and Jimmie F. Skaggs). In addition, Carhart was in Working Girl (1988, with Zach Grenier and Jeffrey Nordling.

Carhart's feature film credits expanded in the 1990s, with appearances in The Hunt for Red October (1990, with Daniel Davis, Ronald Guttman, Boris Krutonog, Ned Vaughn, and Next Generation regular Gates McFadden), Thelma & Louise (1991) with Shelly Desai and Christopher McDonald), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994, with Stephen McHattie and Albie Selznick), Black Sheep (1996, co-starring Bruce McGill and Tucker Smallwood), and Force One (1997, with Spencer Garrett, Boris Krutonog, Pavel Lychnikoff, Don McManus, Glenn Morshower, Dan Shor, Bill Smitrovich, and Dean Stockwell).

In addition, Carheart and the aforementioned Dan Shor played a pair of deputies in ARed Rock West (1993). Carheart also co-starred in Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995, with Randy Oglesby and Tony Todd.

Carhart's most recent film was the 2005 direct-to-DVD Steven Seagal vehicle Black Dawn, co-starring John Pyper-Ferguson.

Stage work[]

In 1987, Carhart starred in a stage production of Don DeLillo's play The Day Room at the New York City Center. For his performance in this production, Carhart was nominated for the 1988 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Acting. [1]

On Broadway, Carhart played Harold "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1992 revival of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, acting alongside such noted actors as Alec Baldwin, James Gandolfini, and Jessica Lange.

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