John Pyper - Ferguson John Pyper - Ferguson is the Australian - born Canadian actor who played Eli Hollander in the sixth season episode in . Pyper - Ferguson was born in Mordialloc , Australia and raised in Canada . He is known for his many television roles , including his recurring role as Peter Hutter on the short - lived western series " The Adventures of Brisco County , Jr . " and his role as Joe Whedon on the drama series " Brothers & Sisters " . Career . Television . He made his television acting debut in the 1986 - 88 Canadian drama series " Hamilton ' s Quest " , after which he co - starred with fellow TNG guest actors John Anderson and Matt McCoy in the 1987 CBS TV movie " American Harvest " . In addition to his appearance on TNG , Pyper - Ferguson has made guest appearances on such American or Canadian television series as " Night Heat " ( starring Allan G . Royal ) , " Neon Rider " ( starring Antoinette Bower and directed by Joseph L . Scanlan ) , " Bodies of Evidence " ( starring Jennifer Hetrick and Leslie Jordan , in an episode with J . D . Cullum and Benjamin Lum ) , " Walker , Texas Ranger " ( starring Noble Willingham ) , and " Legend " ( created by Bill Dial and Michael Piller and starring John de Lancie ) . In 1995 , he appeared in a Rob Bowman - directed episode of " The X - Files " entitled " P . Emasculata " . In 1997 , Pyper - Ferguson was nominated by the s for his guest appearance on the adventure series " Highlander " in the 1994 episode " Courage " . In addition , Pyper - Ferguson has guest - starred in two episodes of " Millennium " , the television drama series which starred Megan Gallagher and Terry O ' Quinn . His second episode , 1998 ' s " Anamnesis " , also guest - starred Gwynyth Walsh . Pyper - Ferguson and Terry O ' Quinn previously worked together in the 1988 film " Pin " ( co - starring Helene Udy ) and united again in a 1999 episode of " Harsh Realm " , along with Mark Rolston . More recent TV appearances include the pilot episode of the hit CBS drama series " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " ( working with Susan Gibney and Barbara Tarbuck ) , a 2000 episode of NBC ' s " ER " ( with Megan Cole , Jenette Goldstein , Scott MacDonald , and Gwen Van Dam ) , a 2001 episode of " Judging Amy " ( in which Julie Cobb plays his character ' s attorney ) , a 2002 episode of " Family Law " ( with series regular Christopher McDonald and fellow guest stars Earl Boen and Aaron Lustig ) , a 2003 episode of " 24 " ( with Zachary Quinto ) , a 2005 episode of " Smallville " ( starring John Glover ) , and the final episode of " Lost " ( starring Daniel Dae Kim , Terry O ' Quinn , and Sam Anderson ) . He can also be seen in the TV mini - series " Into the West " ( 2005 , with Keith Carradine , Clayton Rohner , Keri Russell , Keith Szarabajka , and Garrett Wang ) and " Everest " ( starring Leslie Hope and William Shatner ) . Recurring roles . Pyper - Ferguson appeared in seven episodes of " The Adventures of Brisco County , Jr . " between September 1993 and May 1994 . During this time , he worked with such actors as Gary Armagnac , Raye Birk , Bill Bolender , Peter Dennis , Bruce Gray , Richard Herd , Michael Jace , Scott Lincoln , Kevin Lowe , Tzi Ma , Richard McGonagle , Andrew Hill Newman , Miguel Pérez , Bert Remsen , Victor Rivers , Marco Rodriguez , Chris Wynne , and David Youse , and such directors as James A . Contner , Kim Manners , and the aforementioned Joseph Scanlan . In 1997 , Pyper - Ferguson returned to " The X - Files " for a recurring role in two episodes , " Christmas Carol " and " Emily " . The latter episode was directed by the aforementioned Kim Manners . The following year , Pyper - Ferguson on played the recurring role of Top Dollar on " The Crow : Stairway to Heaven " . He worked with actor Mark Rolston for the first time in an episode from this series . Pyper - Ferguson had recurring roles on no less than six different television series between 1999 and 2007 . He played Mikey ' s boss , Kevin , in four episodes of the comedy series " Jack & Jill " ( including one with Stephen Macht and another with Michael J . Pollard ) . During this time , he also appeared as Jake Blumenthal in three episodes of the USA Network series " The Huntress " ( including an episode directed by Terrence O ' Hara ) . During the 2003 - 04 TV season , he recurred on the Showtime series " Jeremiah " , playing the role of Sims in six episodes , including a two - parter directed by Mike Vejar . In 2005 and again in 2006 , Pyper - Ferguson played Captain Cole " Stinger " Taylor on Ronald D . Moore ' s reimagined " Battlestar Galactica " series , working with Michelle Forbes , and has a recurring role in its prequel " Caprica " . In these same years , Pyper - Ferguson played Agent Bernard Fain in the short - lived series " Night Stalker " , starring Gabrielle Union . His most recent recurring role was that of Hudson on the short - lived CBS drama series " Cane " in 2007 . Films . In addition to his television work , Pyper - Ferguson had small roles in a number of popular feature films . He made his film debut that same year , appearing in the sequel slasher film " Hello Mary Lou : Prom Night II " . He later co - starred with Jeff Corey and Clyde Kusatsu in the 1990 action comedy " Bird on a Wire " and appeared , along with Saul Rubinek , in ' s Academy Award - winning 1992 western " Unforgiven " . He can also be seen in the 1997 comedies " McHale ' s Navy " ( starring Dean Stockwell ) and " For Richer or Poorer " ( starring Kirstie Alley and featuring Ethan Phillips ) . In 2001 , he was one of many " Star Trek " actors to appear in the blockbuster " Pearl Harbor " ; his co - stars in this film included Pat Healy , Glenn Morshower , Randy Oglesby , Leland Orser , Steve Rankin , Raphael Sbarge , Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa , and Michael Shamus Wiles . More recently , Pyper - Ferguson appeared in the 2006 films " She ' s the Man " and " X - Men : The Last Stand " , with the latter starring fellow TNG players Kelsey Grammer , Famke Janssen , and Patrick Stewart . Other " Trek " connections . Additional projects in which Pyper - Ferguson worked with other " Star Trek " alumni include :