Brian Markinson (born 14 September 1961; age 63) is an actor who played Vorin in the Star Trek: The Next Generation seventh season episode "Homeward", Pete Durst in the Star Trek: Voyager first season episodes "Cathexis" and "Faces", and Sulan in the latter, and Elias Giger in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "In the Cards". He was cast as Sulan for "Faces" prior to portraying Pete Durst in "Cathexis". (Beyond the Final Frontier, p. 200) Markinson had previously auditioned for the roles of The Doctor [1] and Neelix. [2]
Markinson has also guest-starred in The X-Files (with Dey Young), The Dead Zone (with Nicole de Boer, David Ogden Stiers and Bill Mondy), and Stargate SG-1.
He had a recurring role on the Canadian television series Da Vinci's Inquest, as did Gwynyth Walsh. He also appeared in the 1994 HBO movie White Mile with Robert Picardo, Jacqueline Kim, Dakin Matthews, Ken Jenkins, Dan Kern, Fionnula Flanagan, Dan Gilvezan, Gina Ravarra, Brett Porter, Ken Thorley, Don McManus, and Tom Lupo. In 2002 he played a supporting part in the mini-series Taken with Matt Frewer, Anton Yelchin, Gwynyth Walsh, and Rob LaBelle. Markinson made two separate appearances in Ronald D. Moore's Battlestar Galactica, in a recurrent role on the 2010 spin-off prequel series Caprica, and in another part on the subsequent 2012 sequel television movie Blood & Chrome.
Markinson and Voyager co-star Robert Duncan McNeill became friends years later when they were reunited on the TV series Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, in which Markinson acted and McNeill directed.[3]
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