Chris Demetral Chris Demetral is the former actor who played Jean - Luc Riker and Ethan in the fourth season episode in . Demetral is probably best remembered as Jeremy Tupper in the drama series " Dream On " on which he worked between 1990 and 1996 in 55 episodes along " Trek " actors Michael McKean , Paul Dooley , Scott Bakula , and Rosalind Allen . In 1993 he won a Young Artist Award in the category Best Young Actor Starring in a Cable Series for his work on " Dream On " . In the same year he received three more Young Artist Award nominations in the categories Best Young Actor in a Television Movie ( for " Jonathan : The Boy Nobody Wanted " ) , Best Young Actor in a Cable Movie ( for " Sometimes They Come Back " ) , and Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Television Series ( for " Blossom " ) . Personal . Christopher Peter Demetral was born on 14 November 1976 in Royal Oak , Michigan , USA . Between 1994 and 1995 he attended the Macomb Community College in Clinton Township , Michigan to take a break from Hollywood . On 18 December 1999 he married Jana Babb but the couple divorced . In September 2001 Demetral started to work as a coach at Pinecrest School . Following his retirement from acting , Demetral moved to Sanford , North Carolina and Montréal . Since 2005 he has been working as editor and writer on the comedy project WickedInfo . com aka TalkHumor . com , also using the pseudonym Simon Thorn . On 17 April 2010 he married his second wife Sarah Vetter . The couple has one daughter . Television . Prior to his work on " Star Trek : The Next Generation " , Demetral had guest parts in episodes of " Mr . Belvedere " ( 1989 , with Rosemary Forsyth ) , " ABC Afterschool Specials " ( 1989 ) , " Major Dad " ( 1989 ) , " Empty Nest " ( 1989 ) , " The Wonder Years " ( 1989 , with Robert Picardo ) , " McGee and Me ! " ( 1989 , with Eve Brenner ) , " Disneyland " ( 1990 , with Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth ) , and " The New Lassie " ( 1989 and 1990 , with Gabriel Damon ) . Throughout the 1990s , Demetral appeared in the television movies " Sometimes They Come Back " ( 1991 , with Robert Rusler , Tasia Valenza , and Don Ruffin ) , " Jonathan : The Boy Nobody Wanted " ( 1992 , with Madge Sinclair ) , " Bloodlines : Murder in the Family " ( 1993 , with Clancy Brown , David Spielberg , Joel Polis , Edward Wiley , Nicholas Guest , James Gleason , Paul Collins , Erika Flores , Cory Danziger , Biff Yeager , David Cowgill , Nikki Cox , and David Gautreaux ) , " Triumph Over Disaster : The Hurricane Andrew Story " ( 1993 , with Brian McNamara ) , as Christopher Ewing ( succeeding Joshua Harris in the role ) in " Dallas : J . R . Returns " ( 1996 , with Rosalind Allen and Tracy Scoggins ) , and " Journey of the Heart " ( 1997 , with David Carpenter , Richard Herd , and Caroline Lagerfelt ) . In 1994 Demetral appeared as Jack in four episodes of the superhero television series " Lois & Clark : The New Adventures of Superman " . The four episodes also feature Teri Hatcher , Tracy Scoggins , K Callan , Robert Costanzo , Tony Jay , David Warner , Robert Beltran , Castulo Guerra , Patrick Kilpatrick , and Alex Nevil . His work earned him a Young Artist Award nomination in 1995 in the category Best Performance by a Youth Actor - TV Guest Star . He also had guest roles in " Parker Lewis Can ' t Lose " ( 1991 , directed by Rob Bowman ) , " Blossom " ( 1991 ) , " Step by Step " ( 1992 ) , " Shaky Ground " ( 1993 , with Matt Frewer , Raye Birk , and Steve Vinovich ) , " Flipper " ( 1996 ) , " Beverly Hills , 90210 " ( 1998 , with Nicole Forester and Rosie Malek - Yonan ) , and " Dawson ' s Creek " ( 1999 ) . Since 2000 he lent his voice to characters in episodes of " The Wild Thornberrys " ( 2000 ) , " Batman Beyond " ( 2000 ) , and " The Zeta Project " ( 2002 , with Diedrich Bader and Kurtwood Smith ) , had guest parts in episodes of " Chicken Soup for the Soul " ( 2000 , with Teri Garr ) and " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " ( 2000 , with Vyto Ruginis , Paul Terrell Clayton , and Paul Eliopoulos ) , and appeared as the lead character in the television series " The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne " ( 2000 , with Rene Auberjonois , John Rhys - Davies , and David Warner ) . Film . Early in his career , Demetral was featured in the short projects " The Magic Boy ' s Easter " ( 1989 , with Jeff Corey and Gary Epper and directed by Marc Daniels and John Meredyth Lucas ) and " Peacemaker " ( 1990 , with makeup by Debbie Zoller ) . He then appeared in the comedy " Going Under " ( 1990 , with Rif Hutton ) . In 1992 he portrayed Jimmy Wade in the horror film " Dolly Dearest " . Denise Crosby played his film mother and Lane Leavitt , Mary Peters , and Don Pike worked for stunt coordinator Cole McKay on this film . For this work he received a Saturn Award nomination in the category Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 1992 . In 1994 he was featured as Brian Bonsall ' s older brother in the comedy " Blank Check " which also featured Miguel Ferrer .