Thomas Kopache (born October 17, 1945) is an American actor.Kopache
was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Dorothy E. (née
Sterling). He is known for his roles as Assistant Secretary of State
Bob Slatterly in The West Wing and for various roles in the Star Trek
franchise. He has also appeared in the stage productions of As You
Like It as the banished Duke and in Antigone as Creon.He is one of few
people who have appeared in all of the Star Trek television series,
other than the original, and, along with Jeffrey Combs, Vaughn
Armstrong, J. G. Hertzler and Randy Oglesby, is one of only five
actors to portray as many as seven characters. Kopache played a
Romulan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Next
Phase", a hologram in "Emergence" and a Starfleet officer in Star Trek
Generations. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine he played Kira Taban, the
father of Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), in "Ties of Blood and Water" and
"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night". In 1994, he portrayed Tu'Pari in
the Babylon 5 episode "The Parliament of Dreams".Kopache made a brief
appearance in No Country For Old Men as a shoe salesman. Kopache guest
starred as Vic Feldspar, Craig Feldspar's lisping, Jack LaLanne-like
father in "Living Will", a sixth season episode of Malcolm in the
Middle. He briefly appeared as blackjack player Borsalino Cap in "The
Contingency", the second season premiere of the TV series Person of
Interest.
was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Dorothy E. (née
Sterling). He is known for his roles as Assistant Secretary of State
Bob Slatterly in The West Wing and for various roles in the Star Trek
franchise. He has also appeared in the stage productions of As You
Like It as the banished Duke and in Antigone as Creon.He is one of few
people who have appeared in all of the Star Trek television series,
other than the original, and, along with Jeffrey Combs, Vaughn
Armstrong, J. G. Hertzler and Randy Oglesby, is one of only five
actors to portray as many as seven characters. Kopache played a
Romulan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Next
Phase", a hologram in "Emergence" and a Starfleet officer in Star Trek
Generations. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine he played Kira Taban, the
father of Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), in "Ties of Blood and Water" and
"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night". In 1994, he portrayed Tu'Pari in
the Babylon 5 episode "The Parliament of Dreams".Kopache made a brief
appearance in No Country For Old Men as a shoe salesman. Kopache guest
starred as Vic Feldspar, Craig Feldspar's lisping, Jack LaLanne-like
father in "Living Will", a sixth season episode of Malcolm in the
Middle. He briefly appeared as blackjack player Borsalino Cap in "The
Contingency", the second season premiere of the TV series Person of
Interest.
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