Dan Sachoff Dan Sachoff is the actor who portrayed Ensign in the third season episode in . He earned his BFA in drama from Emerson College and studied scene study under John de Lancie . Also in 1990 , Sachoff was featured in the comedy " Sibling Rivalry " , with Kirstie Alley and Scott Bakula . The following years he had guest parts in episodes of " All - American Girl " ( 1994 , with Clyde Kusatsu ) , " Murphy Brown " ( 1995 , with Nathan Anderson , , and John Hostetter ) , " Ellen " ( 1996 , with Brian McNamara , Earl Boen , and Elinor Donahue ) , " Love Boat : The Next Wave " ( 1998 , with Phil Morris , Thelma Lee , and Cari Shayne ) , " Babylon 5 " ( 1998 , written , directed and created by J . Michael Straczynski ) , " Will & Grace " ( 1999 , with Bob Clendenin and Aaron Lustig ) , " Malibu , CA " ( 1999 ) , " Bette " ( 2000 , with Sharon Lawrence ) , " The Amanda Show " ( 2000 and 2001 , with Michelle Horn , Andrew Hill Newman , Gregg Daniel , David Graf , and Lisa Hoyle ) , " Power Rangers Time Force " ( 2001 , with Edward Laurence Albert ) , " Grounded for Life " ( 2001 , with Richard Riehle ) , " The Tick " ( 2002 , with Liz Vassey and Robert Clendenin ) , " The West Wing " ( 2002 , with Thomas Kopache , Dennis Cockrum , and Timothy Davis - Reed ) , " Sabrina , the Teenage Witch " ( 2002 ) , " The District " ( 2003 , with Roger Aaron Brown , Vaughn Armstrong , Todd Jeffries , and Justin Rodgers Hall ) , " Judging Amy " ( 2005 , with Kevin Rahm , Scott Klace , and Faran Tahir ) , and " Sleeper Cell " ( 2005 , with Henri Lubatti ) . Sachoff worked as host , writer , and producer on the television show " Ready for the Weekend Movie " ( 2004 - 2006 ) and had recurring roles as Harry Carmichael in " Jericho " ( 2007 , with Christopher Darga , Tim Sitarz , Daniel Benzali , Alicia Coppola , and Andrew Borba ) , as aide to Leon Russom ' s character General Krantz in " Prison Break " ( 2008 - 2009 , with Wade Williams , Robert Knepper , Cress Williams , Robert Mammana , Jude Ciccolella , Charles Emmett , Michael Wiseman , Lin Oeding , David Clennon , and Daniel Zacapa ) , and as Gene Balboa in " Yacht Rock " ( 2005 - 2010 ) . Further guest roles include the television series " The War at Home " ( 2006 , with Todd Stashwick and Keone Young ) , " Shark " ( 2006 , with Jeri Ryan , Patrick Fabian , Ron Glass , and Lisa Kaminir ) , " Standoff " ( 2006 ) , " Sales Guys " ( 2007 ) , " Bones " ( 2008 , with Scott Barry ) , " Trust Me " ( 2009 ) , " Party Down " ( 2009 , with Adam Scott ) , " The Closer " ( 2009 , with Raymond Cruz , Jonathan del Arco , and Ed O ' Ross ) , " Scrubs " ( 2002 and 2010 , with Ken Jenkins ) , " Big Love " ( 2010 , with Robert Beltran , Jason Brooks , and Peggy Miley ) , " Desperate Housewives " ( 2010 , with Teri Hatcher , Brenda Strong , Rick Pasqualone , and Christopher Darga ) , and " Parenthood " ( 2010 , with Amanda Foreman and Tina Lifford ) . Sachoff also appeared in episodes of " " ( 2010 , with Conor O ' Farrell , Clyde Kusatsu , and Wendy Schenker ) , " The Fives " ( 2011 ) , " True Blood " ( 2011 ) , " Make It or Break It " ( 2011 ) , " Entourage " ( 2011 , with Chase Kim ) , and " Suburgatory " ( 2011 ) and had a supporting role in ' s drama " J . Edgar " ( 2011 , with Stephen Root , Zach Grenier , and Devin Williamson ) . More recently , Sachoff created the reality television show " Code : 9 " ( 2012 ) on which he also worked as consulting producer and appeared in one episode . In addition , he can be seen in an episode of the comedy series " Save Me " ( 2013 , with Diedrich Bader ) and was featured in the pilot episode of Marvel ' s superhero television series " Agents of S . H . I . E . L . D . " ( 2013 , along with Ron Glass ) .