Stephen McHattie Stephen McHattie is the Canadian actor best known to " Star Trek " fans for his role as Romulan Senator Vreenak in the episode . His memorable delivery of Vreenak ' s line , " " It ' s a faaaake ! " " , has become a popular " Star Trek " quotation . He later played the alien foreman in the episode . McHattie was born in Antigonish , Nova Scotia , Canada . Outside of " Star Trek " , he is perhaps best known for playing the title role in the 1976 made - for - television movie " James Dean " . Co - starring with him in this movie was fellow " DS9 " guest star Meg Foster , whom he ultimately married . However , they have since divorced . Another role he is well - known for is that of Gabriel during the final season of " Beauty and the Beast " , starring Ron Perlman , who went on to appear in . McHattie later guest - starred ( with Jimmie F . Skaggs ) on an episode of " The Magnificent Seven " , also starring Perlman ( as well as Rick Worthy ) . Other television appearances . McHattie was among the many " Star Trek " alumni to appear in the 1978 TV mini - series " Centennial " . Among his co - stars were Michael Ansara , Henry Darrow , Cliff DeYoung , Robert DoQui , Robert Easton , Brian Keith , Sally Kellerman , Nick Ramus , Clive Revill , James Sloyan , and Morgan Woodward . He also made several appearances as Dr . Reston on the hit series " Seinfeld " , starring Jason Alexander and also guest - starring Heidi Swedberg . McHattie made guest appearances on many other TV shows featuring fellow " Trek " performers as regular cast members , including " Hill Street Blues " ( starring Barbara Babcock and James B . Sikking ) , " Crime Story " ( starring Bill Smitrovich ) , ( starring Paul Sorvino ) , " L . A . Law " ( starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake ) , and " Birds of Prey " ( starring Dina Meyer and Ian Abercrombie ) . He also appeared on " Spencer : For Hire " opposite his " Deep Space Nine " co - star Avery Brooks ( as well as Michael Zaslow ) and in the final episode " Quantum Leap " opposite his " Enterprise " co - star Scott Bakula ( as well as Dean Stockwell , Susan Diol , Richard Herd , Bruce McGill , and W . Morgan Sheppard ) . McHattie has also proven his vocal talents , having given voice to the character of The Shade on the animated " Justice League " in 2002 and 2003 . Ron Perlman was also a voice on this series . McHattie currently plays Captain Healy in the " Jesse Stone " made - for - TV movies starring Tom Selleck . Other actors he has worked with on these movies include Saul Rubinek , William Sadler , and Mike Starr . In 2017 , he joined the fifth and final season of " Orphan Black " as P . T . Westmorland , a Space / BBC America co - production that also featured Matt Frewer , Michelle Forbes and James Frain . Film work . No stranger to films , McHattie made his motion picture debut in 1970 ' s " The People Next Door " , a drama co - starring Nehemiah Persoff . This was followed by supporting roles in a wide variety of films , including " Gray Lady Down " ( 1978 , with David Clennon , Ronny Cox , Rosemary Forsyth , and Robert Ito ) , " Death Valley " ( 1982 , with Catherine Hicks ) , " Bloodhounds of Broadway " ( 1989 , with Ethan Phillips , Googy Gress , and Alan Ruck ) , " Pterodactyl Woman from Beverly Hills " ( 1994 , with Aron Eisenberg and Ron Soble ) , and " Beverly Hills Cop III " ( 1994 , with Timothy Carhart and Jimmy Ortega ) , and the 1995 direct - to - video release " Theodore Rex " , starring Whoopi Goldberg . McHattie ' s recent films include the 2002 cult hit " Secretary " , the critically - acclaimed 2005 thriller " A History of Violence " , and the 2007 blockbuster " 300 " . In the latter , based on the acclaimed graphic novel by Frank Miller , McHattie played a loyal Spartan politician . His co - stars on this film included fellow " Enterprise " guest actor Peter Mensah . McHattie reunited with " 300 " director Zach Snyder for the 2009 film " Watchmen " , based on the acclaimed comic book ( and later graphic novel ) from DC Comics . In this film , McHattie played Hollis Mason , the original Nite Owl , while Matt Frewer and Jeffrey Dean Morgan played Moloch the Mystic and The Comedian , respectively . William Hoy was the film ' s editor , Ron Fassler played Ted Koppel . Broadway . McHattie has performed on the Broadway stage many times since 1968 . In 1970 , he worked alongside Rene Auberjonois in a production of William Shakespeare ' s " Twelfth Night " . From November 1973 through February 1974 , he co - starred with Stefan Gierasch in a revival of Eugene O ' Neill ' s " The Iceman Cometh " . McHattie again worked with Gierasch in 1986 when they worked together in a revival of George Bernard Shaw ' s " You Can Never Tell " . J . D . Cullum also starred in this production ; Susan Diol joined later in the run . In 1989 , McHattie was nominated for the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in a Play for his performance in " Ghetto " , in which he worked alongside George Hearn . McHattie ' s most recent Broadway production was " Search and Destroy " in 1992 with Keith Szarabajka . Other " Trek " connections . Additional projects in which McHattie has appeared with other " Trek " performers include :