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Template:Realworld Thomas Kopache (born 17 October 1945; age 78) is one of a handful of actors to appear on all four of the Star Trek TV spin-off series. His largest role was as Kira Nerys's father Kira Taban, appearing in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's fifth and sixth seasons. He is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the Star Trek franchise, the others being Jeffrey Combs, Randy Oglesby, J. G. Hertzler, and Vaughn Armstrong.

Beyond the realm of Star Trek, Kopache has had recurring roles on The West Wing and Boston Legal. On the latter, he plays a judge opposite William Shatner and Rene Auberjonois. Kopache also appeared as a judge in the CBS drama Close To Home. The episode that he guest starred in also had Connor Trinneer guest starring and Star Trek: Voyager star Roxann Dawson directing. He had a guest part in an episode of Babylon 5 with Andreas Katsulas, Caitlin Brown, and Bill Mumy.

Star Trek appearances

Filmography

Strange Invaders (1983 film, with Louise Fletcher, Jack Kehler, Wallace Shawn, Dan Shor, Kenneth Tobey, and Dey Young)
Agent of Ice (1986 film, with Becky Ann Baker and Andreas Katsulas)
People Like Us (1990 TV-movie, with Susan French, Jean Simmons, and George D. Wallace)
Liebestraum (1991 film, with Zach Grenier and Catherine Hicks)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992 TV-movie, with Jeff Allin, Stephen Collins, Brian Markinson, Randal Patrick, Stephen Root, and Susanna Thompson)
Miss Rose White (1992 TV-movie, Joseph Sargent)
And the Band Played On (1993 TV-movie, with Christopher Carroll, Reg E. Cathey, David Clennon, Richard Fancy, Clyde Kusatsu, Dakin Matthews, Lawrence Monoson, Jeffrey Nordling, Angela Paton, Sierra Pecheur, and Saul Rubinek)
A Case for Murder (1993 TV-movie, with Robert DoQui, Samantha Eggar, Rosemary Forsyth, Bruce French, and Eugene Roche)
For Their Own Good (1993 TV-movie, with David Graf, Glenn Morshower, and Richard Riehle)
Mr. Jones (1993 film, with John Durbin, Albert Henderson, and Scott Thompson.)
Children of the Dark (1994 TV-movie, with Jim Beaver, David Graf, Lenore Kasdorf, Glenn Morshower, Natalia Nogulich, and Bill Smitrovich)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995 film, with Ed Lauter and Steven Weber)
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996 film, with Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen, Susanna Thompson, Bill Cobbs, Spencer Garrett, Jerry Hardin, Terry O'Quinn, Brock Peters, Richard Riehle, and Bill Smitrovich)
One Night Stand (1997 film, with Trula M. Marcus)
Stigmata (1999 film, with Jack Donner, Tom Hodges, and Duke Moosekian)
Catch Me If You Can (2002 film, with Lilyan Chauvin, Mark Correy, Robert Curtis-Brown, Matthew Kimbrough, J. Patrick McCormack, Jimmie F. Skaggs and Malachi Throne)
A Man Apart (2003 film, with Jeff Kober)

External links

Thomas Kopache at Wikipedia
Template:IMDb-link
Thomas Kopache at The Geddes Talent Agency
Template:NowCasting

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-'''Thomas Kopache''' {{born|17|October|1945}} is one of a handful of actors to appear on all four of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV spin-offs. His largest role was as [[Kira Nerys]]'s father [[Kira Taban|Taban]], appearing in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[DS9 Season 5|fifth]] and [[DS9 Season 6|sixth]] seasons. He is also one of four actors to play seven different characters in the ''Star'' Trek franchise ([[Jeffrey Combs]], [[J.G. Hertzler]] and [[Randy Oglesby]] are the others).
+'''Thomas Kopache''' {{born|17|October|1945}} is one of a handful of actors to appear on all four of the ''[[Star Trek]]'' TV spin-off series. His largest role was as [[Kira Nerys]]'s father [[Kira Taban]], appearing in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''{{'}}s [[DS9 Season 5|fifth]] and [[DS9 Season 6|sixth]] seasons. He is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the Star Trek franchise, the others being [[Jeffrey Combs]], [[Randy Oglesby]], [[J. G. Hertzler]], and [[Vaughn Armstrong]].
-Beyond the realm of ''Star Trek'', Kopache has had recurring roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''Boston Legal''. On the latter, he plays a judge opposite [[William Shatner]] and [[Rene Auberjonois]].
+Beyond the realm of ''Star Trek'', Kopache has had recurring roles on ''The West Wing'' and ''Boston Legal''. On the latter, he plays a judge opposite [[William Shatner]] and [[Rene Auberjonois]]. Kopache also appeared as a judge in the CBS drama ''Close To Home.'' The episode that he guest starred in also had [[Connor Trinneer]] guest starring and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' star [[Roxann Dawson]] directing. He had a guest part in an episode of ''[[Babylon 5]]'' with [[Andreas Katsulas]], [[Caitlin Brown]], and [[Bill Mumy]].
+== ''Star Trek'' appearances ==
-{| class="mainpage" "width: 100%"
+<gallery>
-|-
+File:Mirok.jpg|[[Mirok]]<br>{{TNG|The Next Phase}}
-! colspan="3"| Characters performed by Thomas Kopache
+File:Train engineer.jpg|[[Orient Express holograms#The Engineer|Train engineer]]<br>{{TNG|Emergence}}
-|-
+File:Enterprise-B communications officer.jpg|[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) personnel#Communications officer|''Enterprise''-B communications officer]]<br>{{film|7}}
-| align="center"| [[Image:Mirok.jpg|110px|center|Mirok, a Romulan]]
+File:Viorsa.jpg|[[Viorsa]]<br>{{VOY|The Thaw}}
-| align="center"| [[Image:Train_engineer.jpg|120px|center|Train Engineer, a holographic character from "The Orient Express" program]]
+File:KiraTabandeathbed.jpg|[[Kira Taban]]<br>{{DS9|Ties of Blood and Water|Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night}}
-| align="center"| [[Image:Enterprise-b_communications.jpg|140px|center|''Enterprise''-B communications officer]]
+File:Tos.jpg|[[Tos]]<br>{{ENT|Broken Bow}}
-|-
+File:Sphere Builder Test Subject.jpg|[[Unnamed Sphere Builders#Sphere Builder Test Subject|Sphere Builder test subject]]<br>{{ENT|Harbinger}}
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Mirok]]'''
+</gallery>
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Unnamed holodeck characters#The Engineer|Train Engineer]]'''
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)|USS ''Enterprise''-B]] [[Communications Officer]]'''
-|-
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[TNG]]: "[[The Next Phase]]"
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[TNG]]: "[[Emergence]]"
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''
-|}
-{| class="mainpage" "width: 100%"
-|-
-| align="center"| [[Image:Viorsa.jpg|107px|center|Viorsa, the planner of a Kohl settlement]]
-| align="center"| [[Image:KiraTabandeathbed.jpg|165px|center|Kira Taban, a Bajoran]]
-|-
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Viorsa]]'''
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Kira Taban]]'''
-|-
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[VOY]]: "[[The Thaw]]"
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[DS9]]: "[[Ties of Blood and Water]]", "[[Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night]]"
-|}
-{| class="mainpage" "width: 100%"
-|-
-| align="center"| [[Image:Tos.jpg|160px|center|Tos, a Vulcan of the Vulcan High Command]]
-| align="center"| [[Image:Sphere Builder Test Subject.jpg|205px|center|The Sphere Builder Test Subject]]
-|-
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Tos]]'''
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Sphere Builder]] Test Subject'''
-|-
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[ENT]]: "[[Broken Bow (episode)|Broken Bow]]"
-| class="even" style="text-align: center" | [[ENT]]: "[[Harbinger]]"
-|}
+== Filmography ==
-==External Links==
+* ''Strange Invaders'' (1983 film, with [[Louise Fletcher]], [[Jack Kehler]], [[Wallace Shawn]], [[Dan Shor]], [[Kenneth Tobey]], and [[Dey Young]])
+* ''Agent of Ice'' (1986 film, with [[Becky Ann Baker]] and [[Andreas Katsulas]])
+* ''People Like Us'' (1990 TV-movie, with [[Susan French]], [[Jean Simmons]], and [[George D. Wallace]])
+* ''Liebestraum'' (1991 film, with [[Zach Grenier]] and [[Catherine Hicks]])
+* ''A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story'' (1992 TV-movie, with [[Jeff Allin]], [[Stephen Collins]], [[Brian Markinson]], [[Randal Patrick]], [[Stephen Root]], and [[Susanna Thompson]])
+* ''Miss Rose White'' (1992 TV-movie, [[Joseph Sargent]])
+* ''And the Band Played On'' (1993 TV-movie, with [[Christopher Carroll]], [[Reg E. Cathey]], [[David Clennon]], [[Richard Fancy]], [[Clyde Kusatsu]], [[Dakin Matthews]], [[Lawrence Monoson]], [[Jeffrey Nordling]], [[Angela Paton]], [[Sierra Pecheur]], and [[Saul Rubinek]])
+* ''A Case for Murder'' (1993 TV-movie, with [[Robert DoQui]], [[Samantha Eggar]], [[Rosemary Forsyth]], [[Bruce French]], and [[Eugene Roche]])
+* ''For Their Own Good'' (1993 TV-movie, with [[David Graf]], [[Glenn Morshower]], and [[Richard Riehle]])
+* ''Mr. Jones'' (1993 film, with [[John Durbin]], [[Albert Henderson]], and [[Scott Thompson]].)
+* ''Children of the Dark'' (1994 TV-movie, with [[Jim Beaver]], David Graf, [[Lenore Kasdorf]], Glenn Morshower, [[Natalia Nogulich]], and [[Bill Smitrovich]])
+* ''Leaving Las Vegas'' (1995 film, with [[Ed Lauter]] and [[Steven Weber]])
+* ''Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996 film, with [[Whoopi Goldberg]], [[Virginia Madsen]], Susanna Thompson, [[Bill Cobbs]], [[Spencer Garrett]], [[Jerry Hardin]], [[Terry O'Quinn]], [[Brock Peters]], Richard Riehle, and Bill Smitrovich)
+* ''One Night Stand'' (1997 film, with [[Trula M. Marcus]])
+* ''Stigmata'' (1999 film, with [[Jack Donner]], [[Tom Hodges]], and [[Duke Moosekian]])
+* ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002 film, with [[Lilyan Chauvin]], [[Mark Correy]], [[Robert Curtis-Brown]], [[Matthew Kimbrough]], [[J. Patrick McCormack]], [[Jimmie F. Skaggs]] and [[Malachi Throne]])
+* ''A Man Apart'' (2003 film, with [[Jeff Kober]])
+== External links ==
+* {{Wikipedia}}
 * {{IMDb-link|page=nm0465664}}
+* [http://geddes.net/thomas-kopache Thomas Kopache] at [http://geddes.net The Geddes Talent Agency]
+* {{NowCasting|thomaskopache}}
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