Star Trek/Characters/Film Series

This page is for characters appearing in the Star Trek films.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Commander Willard Decker (Stephen Collins)

• The Artifact: Originally created for the aborted Star Trek: Phase II TV series, to be a replacement Kirk should William Shatner decide to leave the series at some point.
• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
• Commander Contrarian

Ilia (Persis Khambatta)

• The Artifact: Ilia was also intended to be a new character on Phase II, and screen tests of Persis Khambatta in a '60's-era miniskirt uniform are extant.
• Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
• Informed Attractiveness
• Machine Monotone

V'Ger

• Big Dumb Object
• Earth All Along
• Thank the Maker

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban)

• Alas, Poor Villain
• The Chessmaster
• Classic Villain
• Last Breath Bullet
• Magnificent Bastard
• Pride: Oodles of it.
• Revenge Before Reason
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge
• Sealed Evil in a Can
• Taking You with Me
• Ubermensch
• Worthy Opponent

Lieutenant Saavik (Kirstie Alley, Robin Curtis)

• Bothering by the Book
• Green-Skinned Space Babe
• Naive Newcomer
• The Other Darrin

Dr. David Marcus (Merrit Butrick)

• Heroic Sacrifice
• Hollywood Nerd
• Sacrificial Lion
• Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
• Took a Level in Badass

Joachim (Judson Scott)

• Battle Butler
• Only Sane Man
• Mook Lieutenant: Not really physically intimidating to be The Dragon, as Kahn does all his own interrogations. He just exists to allow Kahn to awesomely monologue to someone.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Commander Kruge (Christopher Lloyd)

• Bad Boss
• Disney Villain Death
• Taking You with Me

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Dr. Gillian Taylor (Catherine Hicks)

• Fish Out of Temporal Water
• Temporary Love Interest: To Kirk.
• Your Universe or Mine?

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill)

• Have You Seen My God?
• Long-Lost Relative: Spock's
• Single-Issue Psychology
• Xanatos Gambit

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Lieutenant Valeris (Kim Cattrall)

• Bothering by the Book
• Green-Skinned Space Babe
• Jedi Truth
• The Mole
• Suck Sessor
• Suspiciously Similar Substitute

General Chang (Christopher Plummer)

• Badass
• Big Bad
• Cultured Warrior
• Eyepatch of Power
• Invisibility Flicker

Chancellor Gorkon (David Warner)

• Honor Before Reason

Star Trek Generations

Dr. Tolian Soran (Malcolm McDowell)

• Mad Scientist
• Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Captain John Harriman (Alan Ruck)

• Ain't Too Proud to Beg
• Ascended Fanboy
• The Scrappy

Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg Queen (Alice Krige)

• Bald of Evil
• Bald Woman
• Cute Monster Girl
• Disney Villain Death
• Evil Is Sexy
• Fetish Fuel
• Galactic Conqueror
• Hive Queen
• Nightmare Fuel
• We Can Rule Together
• The Woman Behind The Monsters

Dr. Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell)

• The Alcoholic
• Alternative Character Interpretation / Retcon: The creators of First Contact freely admit they took liberties with the character as he was originally depicted back in TOS' "Metamorphosis," their justification being that we're seeing him at a different point in his life.
• Broken Pedestal
• Bunny Ears Lawyer: Cochrane is one of the brightest minds of his time. He's also a heavy drinker who thinks first contact is best celebrated with whiskey and dancing.
• Cassandra Truth
• Fridge Brilliance: "Metamorphosis" features some '60s Values Dissonance with him hitting on Nancy Hedford in a rather sexist way, but First Contact's portrayal of him as a womanizer makes this in-character. He also originally only mentions his last name, giving his first name when Kirk asks for it in a later scene. Considering how he feels about being a hero in First Contact, he would put off mentioning that he is the great Zefram Cochrane for as long as possible. You could also read his reaction to meeting Spock ("You're a Vulcan, aren't you?", "Correct.") as a deliberately low-key one designed to downplay him being the guy who made first contact with the Vulcans.
• Historical Hero Upgrade: A Deconstructed Trope which occurs In-Universe.
• I Choose to Stay: At the end of "Metamorphosis". Given his negative feelings about being admired in First Contact, Kirk's line that "there's a whole galaxy out there waiting to honor you" is now Hilarious in Hindsight.
• Ladykiller in Love: If you regard the ending of "Metamorphosis" through the filter of his characterization in First Contact, he's a womanizer finally settling down.
• The Other Darrin: Glenn Corbett played him in "Metamorphosis."
• Screw Destiny: Tries to do so after Geordi describes how famous he is in the future. ("You told him about the statue?")
• Who Wants to Live Forever?: In "Metamorphosis," he's discovered as a 237-year-old man trapped on a planet where he's become a de-aged immortal. He says that "immortality consists largely of boredom."

Lily Sloane (Alfre Woodard)

• Action Survivor
• Black Best Friend: To Zefram Cochrane.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: Talking Picard down. Alfre Woodard demonstrates why she's one of her generation's most underrated actresses.
• Sassy Black Woman
• Unfazed Everyman
• You Keep Telling Yourself That: See CMoA above.

Lieutenant Hawk (Neal McDonough)

• Sacrificial Lion

Star Trek: Insurrection

Anji (Donna Murphy)

• Really Seven Hundred Years Old
• Temporary Love Interest: For Picard.

Ru'afo (F. Murray Abraham)

• Jerkass Woobie

Star Trek: Nemesis

Shinzon (Tom Hardy)

• Bald of Evil
• Cloning Blues
• Diabolus Ex Nihilo
• Evil Counterpart: Of Picard.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
• Motive Decay
• Shadow Archetype: To Picard.
• Taking You with Me

B-4 (Brent Spiner)

• Backup Twin
• Beta Test Baddie
• Blank Slate
• Evil Twin
• Expendable Clones
• Meaningful Name
• The Mole
• Replacement Goldfish
• You Are Number Six

Donatra (Dina Meyer)

• Big Damn Heroes

Star Trek XI

Nero (Eric Bana)

• Ax Crazy
• Bald of Evil
• Diabolus Ex Nihilo
• Evilly Affable
• Genre Savvy
• It's Personal
• Omnicidal Maniac
• Revenge Before Reason
• Revenge by Proxy: "I did not forget the pain. It's a pain that every surviving Vulcan now shares."
• Villainous Breakdown: "SPPPPOOOOCCKKK!!! SPPPPOOOOCCCCKKKK!!!"
  • Not to mention "FIRE EVERYTHING!!!"
• Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Spock Prime (Leonard Nimoy)

• Badass
  • Badass Grandpa
  • Dare to Be Badass
• Big Damn Heroes
• Cool Old Guy
• Jedi Truth
• The Obi-Wan
• Older and Wiser

Captain Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood)

• Badass
  • Dare to Be Badass
  • Four-Star Badass
• Benevolent Boss
• The Obi-Wan
• Team Dad

Ayel (Clifton Collins, Jr.)

• Bald of Evil
• Disney Villain Death
• The Dragon

Lieutenant George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth)

• Disappeared Dad
• Heroic Sacrifice
• Killed Mid-Sentence
• Sacrificial Lamb
• You Shall Not Pass

Captain Richard Robau (Faran Tahir)

• Alliterative Name
• Bald of Awesome
• Benevolent Boss
• Fan Service: Tahir was sewn into his uniform. Just sayin'.
• One of Us: In a rather hilarious contrast to Robau's stern nature, Faran Tahir has been known to openly nerd out in interviews about how cool it is to play a Star Trek captain.
• One-Scene Wonder
• Sacrificial Lamb