That same year, Tim Russ made a visit to Deep Space Nine, as T’Kar, a Klingon helping the unjoined Trill Verad to steal the Dax symbiont from inside Jadzia’s belly in the episode “Invasive Procedures.” After this guest appearance, Russ took some time away from Trek to appear in the TV film Journey to the Center of the Earth and guest on shows like Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Melrose Place, and SeaQuest DSV. He was fated to return to the franchise, however, when he was cast as Lieutenant Tuvok on VOY.
Tuvok was introduced to the world as a Vulcan Maquis agent under the command of Chakotay. It was only later in the episode that the audience would discover that he was actually undercover and was, in fact, a Starfleet security chief acting on Captain Janeway’s orders. He spent the next seven years wandering around the Delta Quadrant with the USS Voyager, trying to find a way back home. He had a wife and kids and a penchant for solving more than his share of shipboard mysteries. Russ also played Tuvok’s Mirror Universe counterpart in the DS9 episode “Through the Looking Glass,” the only VOY character to appear in that parallel universe onscreen.
Post-VOY, Russ continued to appear in TV and film, including Star Trek: Renegades, a fan film which he also directed and featuring actors from across the Trek franchise, including Walter Koenig, Manu Intiraymi, Gary Graham, Robert Picardo, and Cirroc Lofton, as well as Madison Russ, Tim’s daughter.
Russ is also an accomplished musician and singer, with four album releases under his belt. A full list of his credits would fill more than a single history article, so you can read up on him at Wikipedia. In the meantime, grab yourself a snifter of Vulcan brandy and take a swig in honor of Tim Russ, who was born on this day in 1956.
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