Matt Malloy Matt Malloy portrayed the character Grish in the first season episode . He also provided the voice of Omag in the video game " " . 1990s work . Malloy has been acting since the late 1980s , but it was not until he performed in the 1992 drama " Wind " did Malloy work with another " Trek " actor , Ned Vaughn . Malloy followed that with " Mrs . Parker & the Vicious Circle " ( 1994 , with Wallace Shawn ) . That same year was " Hand Gun " ( with Seymour Cassel ) . In 1996 , Malloy joined Corbin Bernsen and Michael Buchman Silver in the telefilm " Bloodhounds " , in which Bernsen was the film ' s lead . That same year Malloy acted in " Boys " ( with Christopher Pettiet and Winona Ryder ) . In 1997 , Malloy was in " The Alarmist " ( with Dennis Cockrum ) . Malloy got to appear in the award - winning film " As Good as It Gets " ( also 1997 , with Kaitlin Hopkins ) . 1998 was a busy year for Malloy ; first was " Starstruck " ( with Spencer Garrett ) , and then Malloy was among the many " Trek " alumni when he appeared in " Armageddon " ( produced by Jerry Bruckheimer , directed by Michael Bay and co - written by J . J . Abrams ) . " Armageddon " also boasted Jeff Austin , Brian Brophy , Jim Fitzpatrick , Googy Gress , Anthony Guidera , James Harper , John Mahon , J . Patrick McCormack , Andy Milder , and Lawrence Tierney ( in what was to be Tierney ' s final film role ) . That year , Malloy also worked with Michael Buchman Silver in the dramedy " Playing by Heart " . The film featured many " Trek " alumni such as David Clennon , April Grace , Tim Halligan , and Kellie Waymire . In 1999 , Malloy found himself in the independent release " Election " ( with Molly Hagan , Mark Harelik , and Holmes R . Osborne ) . 2000s work . In 2000 , Malloy appeared in the comedy " Drop Dead Gorgeous " ( with film star Kirstie Alley and TNG guest Kirsten Dunst ) . In the 21st century , Malloy was seen in " Everything Put Together " ( with Shelly Desai , Tom McCleister , and Alan Ruck ) , then came " South of Heaven , West of Hell " ( with Noble Willingham ) . Malloy was next seen in the biopic " Perfect Murder , Perfect Town : Jon - Benet & the City of Boulder " ( with Ronny Cox , James G . MacDonald , John Rubinstein , and Sean Whalen ) . Malloy then appeared in the high school drama " Finding Forrester " ( joining F . Murray Abraham , April Grace and Michael Nouri ) . In 2001 , Malloy was cast in the Steven Spielberg - directed " A . I . : Artificial Intelligence " . The sci - fi drama re - teamed Malloy and April Grace . With them in this film were Paula Malcomson and Matt Winston . In 2003 , Malloy was joined by Ron Canada , Clyde Kusatsu , Jim Metzler , and Angela Paton in the independent drama " The United States of Leland " . The year ended when Malloy appeared in a telefilm remake of the independent film " Fargo " ( with Robert Joy ) and the short film " The Goldfish " ( with Henry Gibson ) . In 2004 , Malloy appeared in the thriller " Spartan " ( with Steven Culp , Margot Farley , and Natalia Nogulich ) . In 2007 , Malloy worked opposite Diedrich Bader in " Sunny & Share Love You " . In 2008 , Malloy appeared in the controversial drama " Choke " ( with Joel Grey and Brad William Henke ) . " Choke " received the controversy due to the seemingly approving portrayal of auto - erotic asphyxiation . Malloy was seen next in the seldom - noticed short film " The last Days of Limbo " ( with Ian Abercrombie ) . Television work . Malloy ' s first work on television was a starring role on the HBO Cable series " Tanner88 " ( with Richard Cox ) . Malloy played campaign staffer Deke Connors . In 1997 , Malloy guest - starred on " The Practice " in " The Means " ( with Tony Amendola ) . The characters Amendola and Malloy portrayed were part of an ongoing storyline in which they were part of a class - action suit against a Boston power company . Also in 1997 , Malloy guested on " C - 16 : FBI " ( starring Zach Grenier ) in " Russian Winter " ( with Pasha Lychnikoff and Glenn Morshower ) . Malloy worked with future film co - star Alan Ruck on " Spin City " ( also starring Victoria Dillard ) in " Deaf Man Walking " ( 1999 , with John Harrington Bland ) . 1999 kept Malloy active on television because next was " NYPD Blue " ( starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence ) in " Show & Tell " ( with Chad Allen ) . For the 21st century , Malloy acted on " Charmed " in " All Hell Breaks Loose " ( 2001 , with Michael Bailey Smith ) . On " Tremors " , Malloy worked with Melinda Clarke in " Night of the Shriekers " ( 2003 ) . In 2005 , Malloy appeared on " House " ( starring Jennifer Morrison ) in " Love Hurts " ( with John Cho and Keone Young ) , and also was on " Without a Trace " ( starring Enrique Murciano ) in the final episode of the series that year , " When Darkness Falls " . In 2006 , Malloy got to work with " Trek " icons Rene Auberjonois and William Shatner on their series " Boston Legal " in " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . and Andrew Prine ) , followed by " The West Wing " in " Institutional Memories " ( with Vince Grant and Scott Klace ) . Next came " Medium " , executive - produced by Kelsey Grammer , in " Four Dreams " . After that was an appearance in the short - lived police comedy - drama " Raines " in " Stone Dead " ( with Linda Park ) . In the spring of that year , Malloy was guest - cast on " NUMB3RS " in " Burn Rate " ( with Lisa Vidal ) . Another time in which Malloy appeared on a short - lived series was the FOX drama " K - Ville " ( starring John Carroll Lynch ) in " Flood , Wind & Fire " ( with Michael Harney and Scott Klace ) . Malloy worked on the psychological crime drama " Lie to Me " in " A Perfect Score " ( 2009 , with Steven Flynn ) . On " Bones " , Malloy was joined by Ellen Geer , Rick Scarry , and Kelvin Yu in " The Double - Death of the Dearly Departed " . Following " Bones " was " Desperate Housewives " ( starring Teri Hatcher , Neal McDonough , and Brenda Strong ) in " Rose ' s Turn " ( with John Eric Bentley ) and the medical drama " HawthoRNe " in " Mother ' s Day " ( with Bruce French and Anne Elizabeth Ramsay ) concluding Malloy ' s guest work in 2009 . The only guest work in 2010 was " The Mentalist " in " Code Red " ( with Brian George ) . For multiple appearances on the same series , Malloy first found work on " " , first in " " ( 1993 , with series lead Carolyn McCormick ) . Also that year with McCormick again was " " playing a different role . Malloy did gain a recurring role as Roger Pasquese on " Six Feet Under " ( starring James Cromwell ) . First was " The Black Forest " ( with Andrew Prine as well as Pat Healy and Jeff Yagher ) , next were " Bomb Shelter " and " Untitled " ( with Joanna Cassidy ) in 2004 . Malloy continued in 2005 in " Hold My Hand " and " Time Flies " ( with Anne Elizabeth Ramsay ) and with Cromwell only in " All Alone " . Malloy was recast in his 1980s role as Deke Connors in " Tanner on Tanner " in 2004 with " Dinner at Elaine ' s " ( with Corbin Bernsen ) being his only work on the revived series working with another " Trek " actor . Finally Malloy was cast on " The Unit " ( starring Abby Brammell ) , first in " First Responders " and " Change of Station " ( 2006 , with Colby French ) , and then in " Freefall " ( 2007 , directed by James Whitmore , Jr . ) . But out of all of the television work in which Malloy was seen , his greatest " Trek " connection on TV was his performance on " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " ( starring Wallace Langham and Liz Vassey ) . In the seventh season " Loco Motives " ( 2006 ) , Malloy played a slacker who murders his landlord ( portrayed by Lilyan Chauvin ) . Also in that episode was Becky Wahlstrom .