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Wayne A. King, Jr. (born 1 February 1965; age 59) is a retired stuntman and stunt actor who performed stunts in episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise and portrayed the Klingon Borg in Star Trek: First Contact. His father Wayne King, Sr. was also a stuntman. His costume from the episode "Imperfection" was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]

His very first job in the film industry was as background extra in Zapped! (1982, with Robert Mandan, Merritt Butrick, Ed Bakey, Randal Patrick, Carlos LaCamara, Tory Christopher, Mike Cassidy, Vince Deadrick, Jr., Hubie Kerns, Jr., Lincoln Simonds, Peter Stader, and stunt coordination by John Moio).

King, Jr. performed stunts in feature films such as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985, with Kate Mulgrew, Joel Grey, George Coe, Patrick Kilpatrick and Joel Kramer), Child's Play 2 (1990, with Brad Dourif, Matt Roe, and Don Pugsley), The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994, with Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Rosalind Ingledew, Marc Alaimo, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, Joycelyn Robinson, and Patricia Tallman), Soul of the Game (1996, with Salli Elise Richardson, Gina Ravarra, Jerry Hardin, Richard Riehle,Bob Minor, Holiday Freeman, and Mimi Cozzens), Jurassic Park III (2001, with Mark Harelik, Linda Park, and Bruce French), and Minority Report (2002, with Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick, Caroline Lagerfelt, Katy Boyer, and Baron Jay).

He portrayed supporting characters and did stuntwork on television series such as Chicago Hope (1998, with Tom Wright), The X-Files (2000, with Keith Szarabajka), Medium (2005, along Joni Avery), and Drake & Josh (2006, with Shawn Crowder and Vince Deadrick, Jr.).

King, Jr. performed stunts in Street Kings (2008, with Kevin Derr and Scott Workman) and the drama The Third Nail (2008, with stunts by Bobby C. King and Jace Jeanes) and worked as stunt coordinator for the television comedy Never Better (2008, with Matt Winston).

Since 12 December 2012 he has been married to his wife, Cynthia. In 2013, King, Jr. retired from the stunt business.

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