I saw the illustration below shortly after the Black History Month memes and celebrations began spreading on social media this past Saturday… and this captures a lot of awesome actors in line with the month. (Somebody get me the artist/their website so I can properly credit them!). It did occur to me that some folks might be wondering, “Say, who is…?” so as a value-add, see the links below for a who’s who:
Top row:
- Worf (played by Michael Dorn) TNG/DS9/PIC
- Guinan (played by Whoopi Goldberg) TNG/Generations/PIC
- Lily Sloane (played by Alfre Woodard) First Contact/LD
- Joseph M’Benga (played by Booker Bradshaw) TOS
- Nyota Uhura (played by Celia Rose Gooding) SNW
- Robert April (played by Adrian Holmes) SNW
Second row:
- Ronald Bryce (played by Ronnie Rowe) DSC
- Kurn (played by Tony Todd) TNG/DS9
- Cleveland Booker (played by David Ajala) DSC
- Tracy Pollard (played by Raven Dauda) DSC
- Hugh Culber (played by Wilson Cruz) DSC
- Joseph M’Benga (played by Babs Olusanmokun) SNW
Third row:
- Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green) DSC
- Nyota Uhura (played by Nichelle Nichols) TOS/TAS/TOS Films
- Benjamin Sisko (played by Avery Brooks) DS9
Fourth row:
- Joann Owosekun (played by Oyin Oladejo) DSC
- Gabrielle Burnham (played by Sonja Sohn) DSC
- Kasidy Yates (played by Penny Johnson) DS9
- Joseph Sisko (played by Brock Peters) DS9
- Jake Sisko (played by Cirroc Lofton) DS9
- Geordi La Forge (played by LeVar Burton) TNG/TNG Films/VOY/PIC
Fifth row:
- Tuvok (played by Tim Russ) VOY/PIC
- Nyota Uhura (played by Zoe Saldana) Kelvin timeline films
- Travis Mayweather (played by Anthony Montgomery) ENT
- Alandra La Forge (played by Mica Burton) PIC
- Sidney La Forge (played by Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut) PIC
- Raffaela Musiker (played by Michelle Hurd) PIC (yeah Raffi’s kinda between rows. She likes to keep people on their toes).
Completionists, which often include Trekkers (go figure), will note that this illustration is missing Beckett Mariner, Carol Freeman and others from Lower Decks, and I’m guessing this was created before Section 31, so no Quasi or Alok Sahar… and since Commander Tysess is Andorian, viewers may not have realized he was voiced by Daveed Diggs.
All in all, it reminds me to revisit a Trek episode or three. LLAP and happy Monday!