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Michael Rider (born 5 April 1952; age 71) is an actor who appeared in four episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, three as a transporter chief and one as a security guard. His scene from the episode "The Naked Now" was cut from the aired episode.

Rider's acting debut was a guest shot in 1983 on The A-Team starring Melinda Culea and Dwight Schultz with William Frankfather. In 1984 Rider appeared on Simon & Simon with Tony Epper and Louis Giambalvo. In 1985 he appeared on T. J. Hooker starring James Darren and William Shatner with Caroline Lagerfelt. In 1986, Rider guested on Remington Steele with Michael Durrell and Noble Willingham. That same year, Rider reteamed with Tony Epper on MacGyver. 1987 saw Rider on Matlock with Eric Menyuk. Rider's only other recurring work was on Otherworld starring Jonathan Banks. Both of Rider's episodes aired in 1986. First was "Rules of Attraction" with Ray Walston and "Village of the Motorpigs" with Estee Chandler and Vincent Schiavelli.

Rider's film debut was 18 Again! (1988, with Earl Boen, Miriam Flynn and Kenneth Tigar). In 1989, Rider appeared in Road House with Anthony De Longis, Chris Latta, Tiny Ron, Patricia Tallman and Marshall R. Teague. He was seen in the 1991 telefilm Seeds of Tragedy with Conor O'Farrell and Tom Virtue.

Over a decade later, Rider worked again with O'Farrell in the 2009 western The Hunter's Moon with Stefan Gierasch joining them. He also appeared in the 2013 How I Met Your Mother episode "Knight Vision".

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