John Cothran , Jr . John Cothran , Jr . has played three roles in episodes of , and and two roles in the Simon and Schuster interactive games . Three of his characters were Klingon s including his appearance in " " . He also played a Human character , Lieutenant Commander / Counselor Doctor Bennington Biraka , in the video game " " . Film work . Cothran made his acting debut in 1979 ' s " A Pleasure Doing Business " ( with Alan Oppenheimer ) . He then played a gypsy in the dystopian " Escape From New York " ( 1981 , with Adrienne Barbeau , Billy Van Zandt , and Tony Papenfuss ) . However , nearly a decade passed before Cothran was seen on film again and that was 1989 ' s " The Kill Reflex " ( with James Otis and Fred Williamson ) . Cothran was cast in his first television film role in the holiday - themed " The Kid Who Loved Christmas " ( 1990 , with Ben Vereen and Vanessa Williams ) . The same year he was seen on the big screen in the comedy " Opportunity Knocks " ( with Lorna Raver ) . 1990s . 1991 was a busy year for Cothran , beginning with the television film " Aftermath : A Test of Love " ( with Raye Birk , Scott Jaeck , Jeanne Mori , and Biff Yeager ) . Next was the John Singleton - directed inner - city drama " Boyz n the Hood " ( with Jessie Lawrence Ferguson ) and then the thriller " Ricochet " ( alongside Tim de Zarn , Victoria Dillard , Sherman Howard , Carlos LaCamara , and Albie Selznick ) . In 1992 , Cothran appeared in the television film " Secrets " ( with Brenda Bakke , Stephanie Beacham , Paul Collins , and Christopher Plummer ) . He performed in 1993 ' s " Poetic Justice " ( with film lead Clifton Collins , Jr . ) . He had a little more work in 1994 first in the comedy " Jimmy Hollywood " ( with Christian Slater ) and then the television film " Where Are My Children ? " ( with Corbin Bernsen , William Frankfather , Jerry Hardin , Angela Paton , David Sage , David Spielberg , and Harvey Vernon ) . In 1996 , Cothran was cast in the romantic comedy " Mr . Wrong " ( with Brad William Henke , Camille Saviola , Dean Stockwell , and Peter White ) . He also appeared in the television film " Her Last Chance " ( directed by Richard Colla and co - starring William Lucking ) . Cothran won a role in the 1997 short film " Platform Six " ( with Michael Shamus Wiles ) . That same year he appeared in " Spawn " based upon the hit comic - book series of the same name ( with Laura Interval , Michael Papajohn , and Frank Welker ) . Finally in 1997 , Cothran was seen in the thriller " Kiss the Girls " ( with Larry Cedar , Ashley Judd , Gina Ravarra , and Tracey Walter ) . He rounded out the decade first in the 1998 television film " Always Outnumbered " ( with Bill Cobbs and Danny Goldring ) , then concluding the ' 90s in the 1999 independent comedy film " The Limey " ( reuniting with William Lucking and also working with Randy Lowell and Wayne Péré ) . 2000s . Cothran began the 21st century in the 2000 psychological thriller " The Cell " ( with Vanessa Branch , Nicholas Cascone , and Musetta Vander ) . For his next role , he dove into 2001 ' s " The Gene Pool " ( with Tony Jay ) . Cothran won his first voice - acting job contributing to the 2005 video game " Madagascar " ( sharing the microphone with Michael Bell , John Kassir , and Keith Szarabajka ) . In 2008 , he appeared in the Jim Carrey - led comedy " Yes Man " ( with Fionnula Flanagan , Spencer Garrett , and Michael Papajohn ) . A year later in 2009 , he rejoined Clifton Collins , Jr . and Tracey Walter in the baseball drama " The Perfect Game " ( which also costarred Bruce McGill ) . Cothran ' s most recent film role was his second job as a voice actor , the animated " Rango " ( co - written by John Logan and this time sharing the mic with Ian Abercrombie and Stephen Root ) .