Mark Moses
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| Birth name: | Mark W. Moses |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | 24 February 1958 |
| Place of birth: | New York, New York, US |
| Character(s): | Naroq (pictured above); Henry Archer (pictured below) |
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Mark Moses (born 24 February 1958; age 51) is the American actor who played Naroq in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Riddles". He later played Dr. Henry Archer, Captain Jonathan Archer's father, in the series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise, "Broken Bow". Outside of Star Trek, he is perhaps best known for his role as Paul Young on the drama series Desperate Housewives.
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[edit] Early life and career
Moses was born in New York City and holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his acting career performing on daytime soap operas and off-Broadway plays. He made his Broadway debut in the play Slab Boys in 1983, and three years later, he was cast in his first film role as the incompetent Lieutenant Wolfe in the Academy Award-winning war drama, Platoon. One of Moses' co-stars in this film was veteran Star Trek guest actor Tony Todd.
[edit] Later films
Platoon director Oliver Stone cast Moses in two more of his films, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July (co-starring Reg E. Cathey, Bob Gunton, Caroline Kava, Ed Lauter, Richard Poe, Mike Starr, and Joy Zapata) and 1991's The Doors (with Frank Military, Titus Welliver, and Paul Williams). Moses also appeared in two of director Brett Ratner's films, 2002's Red Dragon and 2004's After the Sunset. Both of these films featured Robert Curtis Brown; in the latter, Moses and Brown played a pair of FBI agents. Red Dragon also featured Elizabeth Dennehy, David Doty, William Lucking, and John Rubinstein; Alan Dale can be seen in After the Sunset.
Moses' additional film credits include Someone to Watch Over Me (1987, co-starring Andreas Katsulas, Daniel Hugh Kelly, and John Rubinstein), Gettysburg (1993, with William O. Campbell, Kevin Conway, Andrew Prine, and William Morgan Sheppard), Deep Impact (1998, with James Cromwell Denise Crosby, Christopher Darga, Tucker Smallwood, Kurtwood Smith, and Concetta Tomei), Race to Space (2001, in which he played Alan Shepard), and Monster-in-Law (2005, with Bruce Gray). He also had a major role in the 2006 comedy Big Momma's House 2 (featuring Michelle Parylak) and had a brief role in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima later that year.
[edit] Television
In 1985, Moses portrayed General Ulysses S. Grant in the acclaimed mini-series North and South. His co-stars in this production included Kirstie Alley, John Anderson, Lee Bergere, Jim Metzler, Jean Simmons, David Ogden Stiers, and Star Trek: The Next Generation regular Jonathan Frakes. In 1988, Moses appeared opposite David Huddleston in the western made-for-TV movie, The Tracker, and co-starred with Richard Fancy and Dakin Matthews in the TV movie, The Silence at Bethany.
In 1990, Moses, fellow Voyager guest star Michael McKean, and TNG guest star John Neville were regulars on the short-lived NBC comedy series Grand. Moses later became a regular on NBC's The Single Guy during the program's first season (1995-96). In between, Moses appeared in such made-for-TV movies as Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1993, with Jane Carr, John Rhys-Davies, and David Soul) and A Kiss Goodnight (1994, with Shelly Desai, Barbara Tarbuck, and Lawrence Tierney) and made guest appearances on series such as Silk Stalkings (with Leslie Bevis and Charlie Brill) and Party of Five (starring Scott Grimes).
Moses has also guest-starred on such television series as Chicago Hope (with Chris Sarandon), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (hosted by Jonathan Frakes), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (with Glenn Morshower), Ally McBeal (with Albert Hall), Presidio Med (with Chase Masterson and Andrew Robinson), The Practice (with Bill Smitrovich), ER (with Michelle Bonilla and Patti Yasutake), 7th Heaven (starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks), The West Wing (with Ron Canada), Las Vegas (starring Nikki Cox, in an episode with Harry Groener), NYPD Blue (with Tim Kelleher, Norman Large, Geoff Meed, and Michael Buchman Silver), Without a Trace (starring Enrique Murciano), and Law & Order: Spacial Victims Unit (with John Schuck). In October 2007, he was seen in the Boston Legal episode "Hope and Gory". In addition to series regulars William Shatner and John Larroquette, the other Trek alumni who appeared in the episode were Paul Dooley, Tom Virtue, and Michael Wiseman.
From 2004 through 2007, Moses portrayed the mysterious Paul Young on ABC's hit television drama series Desperate Housewives. His character was the husband of suicide victim and series narrator Mary Alice Young, played by TNG guest star Brenda Strong. (Strong also appeared in the aforementioned Red Dragon.) Moses' other castmates on this series have included Steven Culp, Teri Hatcher, and Alfre Woodard.
[edit] Other Trek connections
Additional projects in which Moses worked with other Star Trek alumni include:
- Family Ties episode "Teacher's Pet" (1986) with Brian Bonsall
- Matlock episode "The Cookie Monster" (1990) with Raymond Cruz and John Hancock
- Father Dowling Mysteries episode "The Movie Mystery" (1990) with Michele Scarabelli
- Diagnosis Murder episode "The Restless Remains" (1994) with Brett Cullen and Steven Culp
- The 5 Mrs. Buchanans (two episodes, 1995) with Tommy Hinkley and Richard Poe
- Diagnosis Murder episode "How to Murder Your Lawyer" (1995) with Cliff de Young, Kenneth Mars, and Michael Shamus Wiles; directed by Leo Penn
- Rough Riders (1997 TV movie) with Brian Keith, Dakin Matthews, Marshall Teague, and Titus Welliver
- LastLine episode "Al Anonymous" (1998) with Miguel Ferrer and Robert Foxworth
- Family Law episode "Damages" (1999) with James Avery, Gregg Henry, Christopher McDonald, Stephanie Niznik, and Julie Warner)
- It's Like, You Know episode "Hollywood Shuffle" (1999) with Joel Brooks
- JAG episode "Real Deal SEAL" (2000) with Dennis Cockrum, Mike Genovese, and Jennifer Savidge
- James Dean (2001 TV movie) with Joanne Linville and Andrew Prine
- Providence episode "It's Raining Men" (2002) with Susan Gibney and Jeffrey Nordling
- Boomtown episode "Coyote" (2002) with Deborah May and Neal McDonough
- Malcolm in the Middle episode "The Block Party" (2004) with Kenneth Mars and Paul Willson
- The District episode "Party Favor" (2004) with Roger Aaron Brown and Adam Paul
- A One Time Thing (2004 film) with Anne Ramsay
