Stand-in

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The stand-ins for The Next Generation 's main actors on Season 4

A stand-in is a person who substitutes for an actor on set while the lighting is adjusted, the action is blocked, and other production details are taken care of prior to actual filming. Generally, stand-ins look (or are made to look) similar to the performer for whom they are standing in, to avoid making it obvious to the viewing audience that it is not the same person. Stand-ins were also used for various computer-generated characters, such as Slar or the Xindi-Insectoids. Stand-ins work mostly as background performers, too, because they are always on set and are called the second team.

Like stand-ins body doubles and photo doubles were also used on-screen. They stand-in for an actor and replace the person in wide shots and also in partial shots. When a scene shows a hand that pushes a button it is mostly a hand double. They were also used in scenes which show the same person twice, one as a mirror person and the other one as the "real" person or an older version of the character.

[edit] For the main cast

[edit] Star Trek: The Original Series

William Shatner
- Eddie Paskey (Season 1-3)
- Roger Holloway (Season 3)
Leonard Nimoy
- Frank da Vinci
DeForest Kelley
- William Blackburn
James Doohan
- Roger Holloway
Grace Lee Whitney
- Jeannie Malone

[edit] Star Trek: The Next Generation

Brent Spiner and his photo double Ken Gilden

Cameron, ready to stand-in for Gates McFadden

Guy Vardaman doubling Brent Spiner's hands

Patrick Stewart
- Jeffrey Deacon (Season 1-3, also photo double)
- Dennis Tracy (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double in "Booby Trap")
- ? (photo double in "Allegiance")
Jonathan Frakes
- James G. Becker (Season 1-3)
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 4-7)
- Doug Biery (photo double, episode "Hollow Pursuits")
- Geoffrey Mutch (photo double, episode "Second Chances")
LeVar Burton
- ? (Season 1-3)
- David Keith Anderson (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Denise Crosby
- Susan Duchow (Season 1)
Michael Dorn
- Dexter Clay (Season 1-3)
- Michael Echols (Season 4-7)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Gates McFadden
- Lorine Mendell (Season 1-7)
- Cameron (Season 4-7, occasionally)
- Guy Vardaman (body double)
Marina Sirtis
- Nora Leonhardt (Season 1-7)
- Margaret Flores (Season 7)
- Arlene Fukai (episode "Eye of the Beholder")
Brent Spiner
- Ken Gilden (Season 1, also photo double)
- Tim McCormack (Season 1-4)
- Carl David Burks (Season 5-7)
- Keith Rayve (Season 4-7, occasionally)
- Guy Vardaman (body double & photo double Season 1-7)
- Dana Vitatoe (photo double, episode "Brothers")
- Kenneth David Ebling (photo double, episode "Inheritance")
Wil Wheaton
- Guy Vardaman (Season 1-3 and episodes "The Game" "The First Duty" "Parallels" "Journey's End")
- Randy James (episode "Final Mission")

[edit] Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Terry Farrell's photo double in "If Wishes Were Horses"

James Minor as photo double for Michael Dorn

An unknown actor as photo double for Rene Auberjonois

Avery Brooks
- James Minor (Season 1-3)
- Clynell Jackson III (Season 4-7)
- John Lendale Bennett (Season 1-7, also photo double in "Shadows and Symbols")
Rene Auberjonois
- Mark Lentry (Season 1-6)
- ? (Season 7)
Nicole de Boer
- Jennifer Berlant (photo double in "Shadows and Symbols")
Michael Dorn
- James Minor (Season 4-7, also photo double)
Terry Farrell
- ? (Season 1-4)
- ? (photo double in "If Wishes Were Horses")
- Cathy DeBuono (Season 5-6, also photo double)
Cirroc Lofton
- Ivor Bartels (?, also photo double)
- Todd Slayton (?, also photo double in "Shadows and Symbols")
- Darius Toussant (photo double, episode "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")
Colm Meaney
- Randy James (Season 1-7, also photo double)
Armin Shimerman
- David B. Levinson (Season 1-7)
- Marshal Silverman (2 episodes)
Alexander Siddig
- Uriah Carr (Season 5-7, also body and photo double)
- Ivor Bartels (occasionally, also photo double)
Nana Visitor
- Brenda-Jean Shephard (Season 5-6)
- Leah Burrough (body double, episode "Meridian")
- Nancy Paradis (photo double, episode "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")
- Robin Morselli (?)
- Amy Kate Connolly (?)

[edit] Star Trek: Voyager

Jennifer Lien and her photo double Amy Kate Connolly

Kate Mulgrew
- Sue Henley (Season 1-7, also body and photo double)
- Trisha Burton (hand double)
- Julie David (body double)
- Erin Price (photo double, episode "Endgame")
- Amy Kate Connolly ("Endgame")
- ? (three more hand doubles, Season 1-7)
Robert Beltran
- Cy Kennedy (Season 1)
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 2-7)
Roxann Dawson
- Susan Lewis (Season 1-6)
- Stacey Elder (Season 7)
- Joy Kilpatrick (photo double, episode "Faces")
Jennifer Lien
- Jennifer Somers (Season 1-3)
- Amy Kate Connolly (episode "Fury", also photo double)
Robert Duncan McNeill
- Jerry Quinn (Season 1)
- Carl David Burks (Season 2)
- Keith Rayve (Season 3-7)
- Jack Nolan (photo double, Season 3-7)
Ethan Phillips
- Simon Stotler (Season 1-7)
Robert Picardo
- J.R. Quinonez (Season 1-7)
- Keith Rayve ("Endgame")
Jeri Ryan
- Cameron (Season 4)
- Britta Novak (Season 4-7, also photo double)
Tim Russ
- Lemuel Perry (Season 1-7, main stand-in)
- David Keith Anderson (Season 1-7, additional stand-in)
Garrett Wang
- John Tampoya (Season 1-4)
- Stuart Wong (Season 5-7)
- Gelbert Coloma (photo double)

[edit] Star Trek: Enterprise

David Keith Anderson, stand-in for Anthony Montgomery

Scott Bakula
- Richard Sarstedt (Season 1-4)
- Wade Kelley (photo double episode "In a Mirror, Darkly")
Jolene Blalock
- Simone Montanti (Season 1)
- Jessica Vash (Season 2)
- Monika Spruch (Season 2-4)
- Ator Tamras (Season 4)
- Geneviere Anderson (Season 4)
- Melissa Vinicor (Season 4, last episodes)
- Tiffany Turner (body double, episode "E²")
John Billingsley
- J.R. Quinonez
Dominic Keating
- Evan English (Season 1-4)
Anthony Montgomery
- David Keith Anderson (Season 1-4)
Linda Park
- Gina Chai (Season 1)
- Cricket Yee
- Lidia Sabljic (additional)
Connor Trinneer
- Jef Ayres (Season 1-4)
- Mark Watson (Season 1-2)

[edit] Star Trek films

Guy Vardaman as double for Brent Spiner

The main stand-ins on Star Trek: Insurrection

William Shatner
- Philip Weyland (Film 1-7)
Leonard Nimoy
- Steve Blalock (Film 2-3)
DeForest Kelley
- Philip Weyland (Film 1-2)
Walter Koenig
- Kevin Reed O'Hara (Film 7, photo double)
Patrick Stewart
- Dennis Tracy (Film 7-9)
- Patrick Barnitt (Film 9, photo double)
- Paul Sklar (Film 9+10, photo double)
Jonathan Frakes
- Richard Sarstedt (Film 7-9)
- Mark Rogerson (Film 10)
LeVar Burton
- David Keith Anderson (Film 7-8)
- Scott Somers (Film 9-10, also photo double)
Michael Dorn
- James Minor (Film 7-9)
Gates McFadden
- Lorine Mendell (Film 7)
- Sue Henley (Film 9)
Marina Sirtis
- Nora Leonhardt (Film 7+ 8)
- Margaret Flores (Film 7-9)
- Vanessa Grayson (Film 9+ 10)
Brent Spiner
- Keith Rayve (Film 7-9)
- Peter Iacangelo (Film 10)
- Guy Vardaman (body double, Film 7)
Chris Pine
- Jon Donahue (Film 11)
Simon Pegg
- Garrik Palumbo (Film 11, additional)
- Bryant Powell (Film 11)
Zachary Quinto
- Brandon Stacy (Film 11)
Karl Urban
- Derek Johnson (Film 11)
Eric Bana
- Rob McCabe (Film 11)