John De Lancie

The first prevision of his role as Q was when he appeared in "Little Women: Pilot (#1.0)" (1978) with William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the original Star Trek series and subsequent movies.

Is good friends with "MacGyver" (1985) and "Stargate SG-1" (1997) star Richard Dean Anderson. They have appeared in episodes of both those series and as well as "Legend" (1995) together.

In seven seasons, made eight appearances on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, he is one of seven actors to play the same character on three different 'Star Trek' series. He played Q in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995).

Was the first actor to ever use the word "trek" on "Star Trek" (in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) series finale "All Good Things..."). However, James Cromwell is the only actor to utter the words "star trek" in the franchise (in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)).

Was both the first and last guest star seen on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987).

Along with Marc Alaimo, Rosalind Chao, Jeffrey Combs, Jonathan Frakes and Tim Russ, he is one of only six actors to appear in ten different seasons of "Star Trek": "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) Seasons One through Four, Six and Seven, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Season One and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) Seasons Two, Three and Seven.

One of his first Star Trek conventions after playing the role of "Q" was with George Takei at "Starbase 21" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA in 1987.

Grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the same city as "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) star Robert Picardo.

Formed "Alien Voices" in 1996 with Leonard Nimoy and writer-producer Nat Segaloff. "Alien Voices" does audio remakes of classic science fiction and fantasy stories including The Time Machine, The Lost World, etc.

In addition to his acting career, he hosts the children's series of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. [2005]