Jonathan Del Arco - wikipedia Jonathan Del Arco Jonathan Del Arco ( 1966 - 03 - 07 ) March 7, 1966 ( age 52 ) Uruguay Occupation Stage, film, television actor Jonathan Del Arco ( born March 7, 1966 ) is a Uruguayan American actor and gay rights and political activist. He is best known for his role as Hugh the Borg on Star Trek : The Next Generation and for his starring role as medical examiner Dr. Morales on The Closer and Major Crimes. He was awarded the 2013 Visibility Award from Human Rights Campaign and is a guest speaker for the organization. Contents 1 Acting career 1.1 Theatre work 2 Activism 3 References 4 External links Acting career As a teenager, Del Arco became interested in acting and the theater. He often traveled by commuter train to New York City, where he attended plays. He eventually enrolled in acting classes there ; and, after graduating from high school, he moved to New York City permanently. Shortly after, Del Arco won a role in the road company of Torch Song Trilogy. Del Arco partnered with another gay man while living in New York City. This partner died of AIDS in the late 1980s while Del Arco resided in the city. In 1990, with a role on the Miami Vice television show and a role in the independent film Lost Angeles under his belt, Del Arco moved to Los Angeles, California. Guest starring roles on the television series True Colors, Sisters, The Wonder Years, and Blossom as well as a small role in the film The Mambo Kings followed. His most notable role during this period was as the Borg drone, Hugh, on Star Trek : The Next Generation in 1992, which he reprised in 1993. Del Arco turned to waiting tables in 1995 for an income. Instead, through a friend, he found paid work on an environmental campaign being led by actor / director Rob Reiner. Over the next decade, Del Arco worked on five political campaigns. Del Arco credits the political activism with allowing him to find a new passion and expansiveness as an actor, which led to new acting roles. Del Arco 's breakout role came in 2003 when he landed a recurring guest star role on FX Networks ' highly popular series Nip / Tuck, where he played a transgender woman named Sofia Lopez. Roles on other highly rated shows such as 24, The Sopranos, and Dollhouse followed. Beginning in 2007, Del Arco had a recurring role on TNT cable network 's The Closer as the openly gay medical examiner, Dr. Morales. He continued in the role in the series ' spin - off, Major Crimes. In 2014, he appeared in the episode `` Love Sucks '' of The Crazy Ones as Timothy, the previously unseen husband of Brad Garrett 's character. Theatre work Del Arco has appeared in a wide range of live theatrical plays. His Broadway theatre debut came in 1987 in Milcha Sanchez - Scott 's Roosters at the INTAR Theatre. Theater critic Mel Gussow called his a `` most sensitive performance '', and said his debut was `` auspicious ''. His second Broadway role followed in 1988, when he played Martin in Michael Weller 's play Spoils of War at the Music Box Theatre ( taking over from Christopher Collet ). This was followed in 1990 by a role in John Jesurun 's Everything That Rises Must Converge at the Kitchen Theatre Company. Del Arco 's numerous other stage performances include ( in alphabetical order ) : Amulets Against the Dragon Forces by Paul Zindel, in 1989 at Circle Repertory Company Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, a bilingual production in English and Spanish in 2006 at the La Jolla Playhouse Common Infractions / Gross Injustices in 1999 at the American Repertory Theater House Arrest by Anna Deavere Smith in 1989 at the Mark Taper Forum Virgin Molly, The by Quincy Long in 1991 ( a development production ) at Ensemble Studio Theatre In 1996, Del Arco began participating in the Hispanic Playwrights Project at the South Coast Repertory, and spent six seasons there. He also spent the summer of 1998 and 1999 at the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at Harvard University, working under Anna Deveare Smith. Del Arco is a member of Actors ' Equity Association. Activism In addition to acting, Del Arco is a political, environmental, and gay rights activist. Del Arco volunteered for Barack Obama. and has worked for three presidential campaigns and he served as an Obama Celebrity Surrogate for the 2012 Presidential Campaign. He works raising awareness for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ( GLSEN ), which works to improve the educational environment for LGBT elementary and secondary students in the United States. Del Arco says his work with GLSEN has been life - changing. `` Never did I imagine that working for a nonprofit organization would have such a great effect on me personally. It 's changed the structure of how I use my career as an actor because now I have a reason beyond entertainment to promote something other than me. '' In 2013, Del Arco was awarded the 2013 Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign and now work with the campaign as a guest speaker. References ^ Jump up to : `` Jonathan Del Arco. '' MajorCrimesTV.net. No date. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. ^ Jump up to : `` Sparking Creativity Through Activism : Actor Jonathan Del Arco. '' DiversityInc. April 14, 2011. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Whitney, Allison. `` Love at First Contact : Sex, Race, and Colonial Fantasy in Star Trek : First Contact. '' In The Sex Is Out of This World : Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction. Sherry Ginn and Michael G. Cornelius, eds. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2012, p. 84. ^ Jump up to : `` ' The Closers Coroner Comes Out. '' ET Online. June 29, 2009. Archived October 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Gussow, Mel. `` Stage : ' Roosters ' at INTAR. '' New York Times. March 24, 1987. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Rich, Frank. `` ' Spoils of War, ' in a Family, Life and the World. '' New York Times. May 18, 1988. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Grussow, Mel. `` A Kaleidoscope of Language Onstage and on Video. '' New York Times. March 16, 1990. ^ Jump up to : Charles Dickens ' ' A Christmas Carol '. South Coast Repertory Theater. 2002, p. 8. Archived 2012 - 09 - 22 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Rich, Frank. `` Overcoming a Loveless Childhood. '' New York Times. April 6, 1989. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Phillips, Michael. `` New La Jolla Era Begins, Written in ' Blood '. '' Los Angeles Times. June 6, 2000. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ Shapira, Ian. `` Institute Tackles Injustices. '' Boston Globe. July 30, 1999. Jump up ^ Del Arco, Jonathan. `` Pregnant... With Anticipation. '' Huffington Post. October 10, 2012. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. Jump up ^ https://m.huffpost.com/us/author/jonathan-del-arco Jump up ^ `` Jonathan Del Arco of ' The Closer ' Talks About His Work with GLSEN and His Character 's Coming Out. '' GLSEN.org. June 30, 2009. Archived October 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2013 - 03 - 09. 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Question: who played hugh on star trek the next generation
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