Line #4 Creator/WalterKoenig


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2	[[caption-width-right:280:He just found a [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome nuclear]] ''[[FunetikAksent wessel]]''.]]
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4	->'''Fry:''' Now say "nuclear wessels"!\
5	'''[[AsHimself Koenig]]:''' ''No.''
6	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', [[Recap/FuturamaS4E11WhereNoFanHasGoneBefore "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"]]
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8	Walter Marvin Koenig (born September 14, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor of Russian-Jewish descent who originated the roles of Pavel Chekov on ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'' and Alfred Bester on ''Series/BabylonFive''.
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10	He's also done some screenwriting, including one episode each of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' and ''Series/LandOfTheLost1974''.
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12	His late wife Judy Levitt and their late son Andrew were actors in her own right, as is their daughter Danielle.
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15	!!TV Tropes filmography:
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18	[[folder:Film roles]]
19	* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
20	** ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' (1979) as Lt. Pavel Chekov
21	** ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (1982) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
22	** ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'' (1984) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
23	** ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' (1986) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
24	** ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' (1989) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
25	** ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' (1991) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
26	** ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' (1994) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
27	* ''Film/{{Moontrap}}'' (1988) as Col. Jason Grant
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30	[[folder:Television roles]]
31	* ''[[Series/Combat1962 Combat!]]'' (1 episode, 1962) as Sentry ({{uncredited\|role}})
32	* ''Series/TheUntouchables'' (1 episode, 1963) as Student (uncredited)
33	* ''Series/GeneralHospital'' (2 episodes, 1963) as Charlie Turner
34	* ''Series/TheAlfredHitchcockHour'' (1 episode, 1964) as Tiger
35	* ''Series/ISpy'' (1 episode, 1966) as Bobby Seville
36	* ''Series/{{Jericho\|1966}}'' (1 episode, 1966) as Paul
37	* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
38	** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' (36 episodes, 1967–69) as Ens. Pavel Chekov
39	** ''WebVideo/StarTrekNewVoyages'' (1 episode, 2006) as Lt. Pavel Chekov
40	** ''WebVideo/StarTrekRenegades'' (pilot, 2015) as Adm. Pavel Chekov
41	** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' (1 episode, 2023) as President Anton Chekov (voice)
42	* ''Series/{{Mannix}}'' (1 episode, 1968) as Harry
43	* ''Series/TheVirginian'' (1 episode, 1970) as Paul Erlich
44	* ''Series/{{Ironside\|1967}}'' (1 episode, 1971) as Leo
45	* ''Series/TheStarlost'' (2 episodes, 1973) as Oro
46	* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' (1 episode, 1976) as Sgt. Johnson
47	* ''Series/BringEmBackAlive'' (1 episode, 1982) as Toder
48	* ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'' (TV movie, 1984) as Pompey
49	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (1 episode, 1990) as Vladimir Maximov (voice)
50	* ''Series/BabylonFive'' (12 episodes, 1994–98) as Alfred Bester
51	* ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' (1 episode, 1998) as Quinn Trask
52	* ''Series/SonOfTheBeach'' (1 episode, 2001) as Gen. Dimitri Sukitov
53	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' (1 episode, 2002) {{as Himself}} (voice)
54	* ''Film/BoneEater'' (TV movie, 2008) as Coogan
55	* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' (11 episodes, 2017–18) as Mr. Savic[=/=]Old Man[=/=]Biomass (voice)
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58	[[folder:Audio play roles]]
59	* ''AudioPlay/StarTrekExcelsior'' (1 episode, 2016) as Capt. Pavel Chekhov
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62	[[folder:Video game roles]]
63	* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
64	** ''VideoGame/StarTrek25thAnniversary'' (1992) as Ens. Pavel Chekov (voice)
65	** ''VideoGame/StarTrekJudgmentRites'' (1993) as Ens. Pavel Chekov (voice)
66	** ''VideoGame/StarTrekGenerations'' (1997) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov (voice)
67	** ''VideoGame/StarTrekStarfleetAcademy'' (1997) as Cmdr. Pavel Chekov (voice)
68	** ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' (2010) as Capt. Pavel Chekov (voice)
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71	[[folder:Writer]]
72	* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' (1 episode, 1973)
73	* ''Series/{{Land of the Lost\|1974}}'' (1 episode, 1974)
74	* ''Series/{{Family}}'' (1 episode, 1978)
75	* ''Series/ThePowersOfMatthewStar'' (1 episode, 1982)
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79	!!This actor's roles provide examples of:
80	* DeadpanSnarker: This was put to maximum effect on ''Futurama'' and ''Babylon Five''.
81	* OlderThanHeLooks: He was 30 when he joined the cast of ''Star Trek'', playing 22 year old Chekov. Throughout the movies he still maintained much of his youthful looks, even as Chekov himself approached middle age.
82	* PlayingAgainstType: One will frequently need to remind himself that this is the same actor who played Chekov when watching him as Bester. Koenig eventually invoked this and stated that, partly for this reason, Bester is the role that he's most fond of.

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