...as Q2 (1990).
Corbin Bernsen (born September 7, 1954 in North Hollywood, California) is the actor who appeared as Q2 in the "Deja Q" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also made an appearance at Star Trek: The Experience during the convention there, eating lunch with the winners of a contest. His "Deja Q" co-star John de Lancie (who played Q) was originally scheduled to do this, but was unable to attend.
Bernsen is best known for his Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated role as "Arnie Becker" on the television series L.A. Law, on which he co-starred with Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Larry Drake. Prior to this, he was a regular on the soap opera Ryan's Hope, as was Voyager Kate Mulgrew.
He made his feature film debut with a small role in 1974's Three the Hard Way, co-starring fellow Trek alumnus Jay Robinson and Irene Tsu. He went on to make a brief, uncredited appearance in the 1976 remake of King Kong, also featuring Rene Auberjonois, Ed Lauter, Garry Walberg, Ray Buktenica, and Joe Piscopo. Since aquiring fame on L.A. Law, however, he has had starring or major supporting role in an extensive number of films. Most notable among these are Major League (1989) and its sequels, Major League II (1994) and Major League: Back to the Minors (1998). In the latter, he co-starred with Star Trek: Enterprise actor Scott Bakula.
He was among many Star Trek alumnus to apear in the 1996 film The Great White Hype. Also included in the cast were John Rhys-Davies, Salli Elise Richardson, Susan Gibney, Albert Hall, and Brad Blaisdell. That same year, he also co-starred with fellow TNG guest actor William O. Campbell and Trek regulars Robert Picardo and Michael Dorn in the 1996 science fiction film Menno's Mind. (Bill Erwin also had a role in this film.)
In 2002, he reprised his role of Arnie Becker in TV's L.A. Law: The Movie. Lary Drake also returned for this movie, while Bruce Davison co-starred.
Other Trek connections
Additional film and television projects in which Bernsen appeared with other Star Trek performers include:
- Blind Sunday (1976 TV movie, with Leigh J. McCloskey)
- S.O.B. (1981 film, with Hamilton Camp)
- Doubletake (1985 TV movie, with Concetta Tomei, Michael Bofshever, Mark Margolis, and Jude Ciccolella)
- Dead Aim (1987 film, with William Windom)
- Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1987 film, with George D. Wallace)
- Breaking Point (1989 TV movie, with John Glover and Lawrence Pressman)
- Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991 TV movie, with Casey Biggs)
- Dead on the Money (1991 TV movie, with John Glover)
- Grass Roots (1992 TV movie, with Joanna Cassidy and John Glover)
- Shattered (1991 film, with Theodore Bikel)
- Frozen Assets (1992 film, with Gerrit Graham)
- Love Can Be Murder (1992 TV movie, with Cliff deYoung)
- The New Age (1994 film, starring Peter Weller)
- Radioland Murders (1994 film, with Christopher Lloyd and Michael McKean)
- Tales from the Hood (1995 film, starring Clarence Williams III)
- Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997 TV movie, with Gregg Henry)
- The Dentist 2 (1998 film, with Clint Howard)
- The Tomorrow Man (2001 film, with Zach Galligan)
- Raptor (2001 direct-to-video movie, with James Cromwell)
- Atomic Twister (2002 TV movie, starring Sharon Lawrence)
- The Commission (2003 film, with Stephen Collins, Henry Gibson, Glenn Morshower, and Jim Beaver)
- Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (1994, with Saul Rubinek)