Jonathan Banks
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Actor Jonathan Banks (born 31 January 1947; age 61) played Golin Shel-la in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Battle Lines".
He is best known for his Emmy-nominated role in the TV series Wiseguy from 1987 through 1990. He also appeared in the films Airplane! (1980), 48 Hrs (1982) with Denise Crosby (TNG's Natasha Yar), Gremlins (1984) with Zach Galligan, Dick Miller and Keye Luke, Beverly Hills Cop (also 1984) with Steven Berkoff and Michael Champion, Freejack (1992, with Mike Starr) and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001) with John Billingsley (ENT's Doctor Phlox).
Banks had a starring role in the short-lived 1985 science fiction series Otherworld. This show had guest contributions from many Star Trek performers (Michael Rider, Ray Walston, Kevin Scott Allen, Mark Lenard, Michael McGrady, Robert O'Reilly, Brian Thompson, Ian Abercrombie, John D. Gowans, Michael Ensign, Warren Munson, Estee Chandler, Vincent Schiavelli, Ivy Bethune, Earl Boen, Dennis Howard, Susan Powell, Barbara Townsend, Merritt Yohnka, Larry Cedar, Alex Daniels, Byron Morrow, Carolyn Seymour, and Douglas Alan Shanklin) and included direction by Corey Allen and Richard Compton despite only lasting eight episodes. He also was a regular on the sitcom Fired Up with Sharon Lawrence for two seasons.
Banks more recently appeared in two episodes of J.J. Abrams' hit series Alias (working with Terry O'Quinn and Jimmie F. Skaggs) and had recurring roles on the shows E-Ring (co-starring with Alan Dale, James MacDonald and Robert Picardo) and Day Break (with Michael McGrady, Clayton Rohner, Jim Beaver, John Rubinstein and Michael Buchman Silver and directed by Rob Bowman). He will next be seen in the Columbia Pictures drama Reign Over Me, along with John de Lancie.
