J . Patrick McCormack J . Patrick McCormack is an actor who has made three appearances in three " Star Trek " productions . McCormack has been acting since the early 1990s . His first film role was in the 1992 comedy " Folks ! " . However it was not until 1994 that McCormack appeared in a production with " Trek " actors , the biopic " Roseanne : An Unauthorized Biography " . Joining McCormack were fellow " " guest star David Graf and TNG guest performers Joycelyn O ' Brien and Jandi Swanson . That same year , McCormack starred in " The Puppet Masters " alongside Sam Anderson , Todd Bryant , Nicholas Cascone , Andrew Robinson and Michael Shamus Wiles . McCormack concluded the year in the horror film " Witch Hunt " with Clifton Collins , Jr . , Christopher Darga and John Durbin . In 1996 , McCormack transitioned from witches to sexual intrigue in " Female Persuasions " , with Clancy Brown and Abdul Salaam El Razzac . 1997 saw McCormack in the " Unsolved Mysteries " based film " The Sleepwalker Killing " . Collaborating with McCormack were Sam Anderson , Charles Esten , Julianna McCarthy , Natalia Nogulich , Jeffrey Nordling and Joel Polis . Also that year was another telefilm , " Knots Landing : Back to the Cul - de - Sac " , with Michelle Phillips and Jeremy Roberts . Next up was " The Lost World : Jurassic Park " , with Ian Abercrombie and Robin Sachs ; McCormack was then cast in the thriller " Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil " along with Bob Gunton , Anne Haney , " Voyager " star Richard Herd and Leon Rippy . The year ended with McCormack in the political comedy " Wag The Dog " , with John Cho , Kirsten Dunst , Anthony Holiday , Suzie Plakson and Rick Scarry . In 1998 , McCormack went from political comedy to political drama in the telefilm " Thanks of a Grateful Nation " with Robin Gammell , Bruce Gray and Steven Weber . In 1997 , McCormack appeared in an episode of " Babylon 5 " portraying Earthforce General Robert Lefcourt , a loyalist to the main antagonist and friend of lead protagonist Captain John Sheridan , played by Bruce Boxleitner . In this appearance he worked alongside with " Star Trek " alumni Carolyn Seymour . He would later reprise the role of General Lefcourt , then a Brigadier - General , in the " Babylon 5 " movie " In the Beginning " , which took place before the actual series began . McCormack ended up acting in what became the biggest , most successful film of 1998 , " Armageddon " , produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and co - written by J . J . Abrams . " Armageddon " boasted its share of " Trek " alumni . McCormack ' s " Trek " family included Jeff Austin , Brian Brophy , Jim Fitzpatrick , Googy Gress , Anthony Guidera , John Mahon , Marshall Teague and Lawrence Tierney in what was to be his final film role – Tierney died shortly thereafter . " Armageddon " went on to collect box - office in the hundreds of millions of dollars . McCormack moved from asteroids to kid - friendly fare with a role in the Lindsay Lohan re - make of " The Parent Trap " , with David Doty ; the year finished with McCormack in another biopic , " Winchell " , with Peggy Miley , Christopher Plummer , Rick Scarry , Jack Shearer , Kevin Tighe and James Wellington . He also appeared in the 1999 film " Diplomatic Siege " with Peter Weller . McCormack kept busy in the new millennium starting with 2000 ' s " Crash Point Zero " , with John Beck , John Putch , Richard Riehle and Jack Shearer . McCormack acted in one of the many films focusing on the murder of Jon - Benet ' Ramsey , " Getting Away With Murder : The Jon - Benet ' Ramsey Story " . This film rivaled McCormack ' s earlier film " Armageddon " in the number of " Trek " alumni . In it were Cliff DeYoung , Brad Greenquist , Albert Hall , Holmes R . Osborne , Margot Rose , Robert Symonds and Gwynyth Walsh . After this was the fictional murder mystery , " Murder She Wrote : A Story to Die For " , with Steven Culp , Daniel Dae Kim and Duncan Regehr . McCormack later appeared in the Kevin Bacon thriller " Hollow Man " , where he once again worked with Margot Rose , and also worked with Jimmie F . Skaggs . 2001 saw McCormack in " Firetrap " , with Benjamin W . S . Lum and Lori Petty . For 2002 , McCormack starred in the hit comedy " Van Wilder " , with Gregg Daniel and Megan Gallagher . This was followed by the Steven Speilberg - directed " Catch Me If You Can " , alongside Jessica Collins , Thomas Kopache , Ray Proscia , Jimmie Skaggs , Robert Symonds and Malachi Throne . 2003 stung McCormack with " Deadly Swarm " with Granville Ames . McCormack kept busy , but it was not until 2006 that he appeared on film , beginning with " Grand Union " with Kurtwood Smith . 2007 , so far , was the last year McCormack acted on film and that was in " Zodiac " , with Zach Grenier , Thomas Kopache , John Carroll Lynch , John Mahon and David Lee Smith .