Randy Oglesby

{{Short description|American actor (born 1949)}}

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Thomas Randell Oglesby (born 1949) is an American actor, best known for his recurring role as Degra on Star Trek: Enterprise. He is also known for his other Star Trek roles, including captain Trena'L in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Unexpected", the Miradorn twins, Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Vortex", Silaran Prin in "The Darkness and the Light" and as the telepathic alien Kir in "Counterpoint", a season 5 episode of Star Trek: Voyager.

Career

Oglesby played Professor Seidel in the Angel episode "Supersymmetry".

On Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 2 Episode 5, "Loud as a Whisper", aired January 9, 1989, he played one of three Interpreters known as Riva's Chorus.

Oglesby appeared in Independence Day (1996) as Mike Dodge. His most memorable moment is asking Randy Quaid if the aliens, who he claimed abducted him, did any "sexual things".

In 2000, he made a guest appearance as Reverend Mackee in the seventh season episode "Signs and Wonders" of The X-Files, and as Joshua Vinten (the manager of formalwear rental shop) on the second last episode of TV series Columbo (Murder With Too Many Notes).

Oglesby made a guest appearance on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital in the role of Huell on July 17, 2007. In the same year he played Bethlehem Steel executive Walter Veith in the Mad Men episode "New Amsterdam".

He played Tom Jeter's father in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

In 2011, Oglesby played the role of Capt. Lachlan McKelty in the video game L.A. Noire, that was developed by Team Bondi and Rockstar Games.

In 2017, Oglesby played the role of Asa Leopold in the Netflix limited series Godless.{{cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/godless-sam-waterston-kim-coates-cast-jeff-daniels-scoot-mcnairy-1201813565/|title='Godless' Adds Sam Waterston, Kim Coates, More; Scoot McNairy Confirmed|publisher=Deadline|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 6, 2016}}

In 2021, he appeared as Dr. Stan Nielson in episode 3 of the Marvel Studios television miniseries WandaVision.{{cite web |last=Hood |first=Cooper |url=https://screenrant.com/wandavision-episode-3-cast-marvel-character-guide/|title=WandaVision Episode 3 Cast Guide |publisher=ScreenRant |date=January 22, 2021 |accessdate=January 22, 2021}}

Filmography

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Year

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1985Pale RiderElam
1988Bad DreamsCynthia's Policeman1988 Loud as a Whisper Star Trek, The Next Generation ''. Membee of The Chorus.

|1993

The Hit ListDet. Wilcher
1995Candyman: Farewell to the FleshHeyward Sullivan
1996Independence DayMechanic
1997Liar LiarDetective Bryson
1997Nothing to LoseSheriff Earl
1998Patch AdamsPinstriped Man
1999Idle HandsSheriff Buchanan
2000A Question of FaithEustace
2001Pearl HarborStrategic Analyst
2002We Were SoldiersLt. Col. ListUncredited
2003Bringing Down the HouseFBI Agent
2005The IslandHarvest Surgeon
2005ShopgirlTom
2008The Onion MovieSurgeon General
2010UnthinkableMr. Bradley
2012ArgoPat HoranUncredited
2013The Lone RangerShareholder
2016Game of AcesGeneral Rupert Graves III
2021WandaVisionDr. Stan Nielson
2022For All MankindJim Bragg

References

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