Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964) is an American director,
producer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as
Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He
was also an executive producer and frequent director of the television
series Chuck.McNeill has three children, Taylor McNeill (b. June 11,
1990), Kyle McNeill (b. April 12, 1994), and Carter Jay McNeill (b.
January 21, 1998). His eldest daughter Taylor played the role of
Hannah in an episode of the television show Summerland.McNeill grew up
in Atlanta, and began his career acting in local and regional
productions before becoming a student at Juilliard School in New York
City. He enjoyed early success as a professional actor, winning the
role of Charlie Brent on All My Children and starring in the feature
film Masters of the Universe. He also starred in an episode of the
1980s version of The Twilight Zone, "A Message From Charity". He then
appeared with Stockard Channing in the Broadway production of Six
Degrees of Separation before returning to Los Angeles to pursue roles
on television. He appeared in featured guest roles on numerous TV
series, including L.A. Law; Quantum Leap; and Murder, She Wrote. He
was a featured cast member on the short-lived 1992 series Going to
Extremes, Another guest role that same year was in "The First Duty",
an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which he played Nick
Locarno, a Starfleet Academy cadet and squad leader who pressures
fellow cadet Wesley Crusher into covering up their wrongdoings. He
would later become a Trek regular in 1995 on Star Trek: Voyager, on
which he played Tom Paris, a Starfleet officer with a backstory
similar to Locarno's. Other credits include Zebulon in "Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Judas
in "Godspell" at the Lamb's Theatre.McNeill began his directing career
with several episodes of Voyager. He then wrote, produced, and
directed two award-winning short films, The Battery and 9mm of Love,
and began to direct other episodic television shows. While he has
since performed as a guest star on television shows such as The Outer
Limits and Crossing Jordan, McNeill is now focusing on his directing
career, helming episodes of Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Star Trek:
Enterprise, Dead Like Me, The O.C., One Tree Hill, Las Vegas,
Summerland, and Supernatural. His directing credits for 2006â€"2007
include episodes of Desperate Housewives, Medium, Standoff, The Nine,
The Knights of Prosperity, In Case of Emergency, What About Brian, and
My Boys. In 2007, he directed the season 5 premiere of Las Vegas, the
pilot of Samantha Who? (which features his Star Trek: Voyager costar
Tim Russ) and then signed on as a producer-director of the NBC show
Chuck, helming numerous episodes, including the first episode of a
television show to be broadcast entirely in 3D. In 2010, McNeill
directed an episode of V, an ABC science fiction television series
produced by Scott Rosenbaum, a former writer and executive producer on
Chuck. As of 2019 he has directed two episodes of the Fox series The
Orville and The Gifted.
producer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as
Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series Star Trek: Voyager. He
was also an executive producer and frequent director of the television
series Chuck.McNeill has three children, Taylor McNeill (b. June 11,
1990), Kyle McNeill (b. April 12, 1994), and Carter Jay McNeill (b.
January 21, 1998). His eldest daughter Taylor played the role of
Hannah in an episode of the television show Summerland.McNeill grew up
in Atlanta, and began his career acting in local and regional
productions before becoming a student at Juilliard School in New York
City. He enjoyed early success as a professional actor, winning the
role of Charlie Brent on All My Children and starring in the feature
film Masters of the Universe. He also starred in an episode of the
1980s version of The Twilight Zone, "A Message From Charity". He then
appeared with Stockard Channing in the Broadway production of Six
Degrees of Separation before returning to Los Angeles to pursue roles
on television. He appeared in featured guest roles on numerous TV
series, including L.A. Law; Quantum Leap; and Murder, She Wrote. He
was a featured cast member on the short-lived 1992 series Going to
Extremes, Another guest role that same year was in "The First Duty",
an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which he played Nick
Locarno, a Starfleet Academy cadet and squad leader who pressures
fellow cadet Wesley Crusher into covering up their wrongdoings. He
would later become a Trek regular in 1995 on Star Trek: Voyager, on
which he played Tom Paris, a Starfleet officer with a backstory
similar to Locarno's. Other credits include Zebulon in "Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Judas
in "Godspell" at the Lamb's Theatre.McNeill began his directing career
with several episodes of Voyager. He then wrote, produced, and
directed two award-winning short films, The Battery and 9mm of Love,
and began to direct other episodic television shows. While he has
since performed as a guest star on television shows such as The Outer
Limits and Crossing Jordan, McNeill is now focusing on his directing
career, helming episodes of Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Star Trek:
Enterprise, Dead Like Me, The O.C., One Tree Hill, Las Vegas,
Summerland, and Supernatural. His directing credits for 2006â€"2007
include episodes of Desperate Housewives, Medium, Standoff, The Nine,
The Knights of Prosperity, In Case of Emergency, What About Brian, and
My Boys. In 2007, he directed the season 5 premiere of Las Vegas, the
pilot of Samantha Who? (which features his Star Trek: Voyager costar
Tim Russ) and then signed on as a producer-director of the NBC show
Chuck, helming numerous episodes, including the first episode of a
television show to be broadcast entirely in 3D. In 2010, McNeill
directed an episode of V, an ABC science fiction television series
produced by Scott Rosenbaum, a former writer and executive producer on
Chuck. As of 2019 he has directed two episodes of the Fox series The
Orville and The Gifted.
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