John Billingsley John A . Billingsley is the actor best known to " Star Trek " fans for playing Doctor Phlox , the Denobulan chief medical officer of , on . Born in Media , Pennsylvania and raised in Weston , Connecticut , Billingsley attended Bennington College in Vermont , where he studied theater . He currently resides in Los Angeles , California with his wife , actress Bonita Friedericy , who appeared in the " Enterprise " episode . Before " Enterprise " . 1988 – 1990s . Billingsley broke into films in 1988 , making his debut with a supporting role in the thriller " Seven Hours to Judgment " , in which Tiny Ron also starred . He followed this with a small role in 1990 ' s " I Love You to Death " , featuring Jack Kehler . He also made an appearance in a customer service video for Nintendo in 1991 . By the late 1990s , Billingsley was making frequent appearances both in films and on television . His film credits during this period included " Born to Be Wild " ( 1995 , with Gregory Itzin , Alan Ruck , Titus Welliver , and Bruce Wright ) , " Eat Your Heart Out " ( 1997 ) , and " Kate ' s Addiction " ( 1999 ) . He made guest appearances on such television programs as " NYPD Blue " ( with Jude Ciccolella , Gordon Clapp , Daniel Dae Kim , and Sharon Lawrence ) , " The Practice " ( with Frank Novak and Chris Sarandon ) , " L . A . Doctors " ( with Tracy Middendorf ) , " The Pretender " ( with Natalia Nogulich , Harve Presnell , and Steve Vinovich ) , and ( with Michael McKean and Charles Rocket ) . He also appeared in the acclaimed 1999 made - for - TV movie " Tuesdays with Morrie " . 2000 – 2001 . In 2000 , Billingsley appeared in the film " Breathing Hard " , which also featured regular Armin Shimerman ( Quark ) and his wife , Kitty Swink . That same year , Billingsley became a regular on the science fiction series " The Others " . Among his co - stars in this series was Bill Cobbs , with whom Billingsley later co - starred in the " Enterprise " episode . The series , however , only lasted one season before being canceled . Nonetheless , Billingsley continued to make appearances on television , including a guest - starring role opposite his future " Enterprise " co - star Jolene Blalock ( T ' Pol ) on UPN ' s " G vs E " . The two reunited for " Enterprise " ( another UPN series ) the following year . During this time , Billingsley co - starred with future " Enterprise " guest actress Joanna Cassidy in a two - part episode of " Diagnosis Murder " and later in an episode of " Six Feet Under " ( which also guest - starred Robert Foxworth and Wendy Schaal ) . He also appeared with Patti Yasutake in an episode of " Judging Amy " , with Christopher McDonald , Julie Warner , Salli Elise Richardson , and Robert Curtis Brown in an episode of " Family Law " , and star Jonathan Frakes in an episode of " The Lot " . Billingsley and Frakes went on to co - star together in a " Trek " - oriented episode of " Roswell " ( with the two actors playing themselves while holding a casting call for a fictional episode of " Enterprise " ) in 2001 and in the " Enterprise " series finale , , in . In 2001 , Billingsley co - starred with Michael Dorn in independent drama " Lessons for an Assassin " . He also appeared in the films " Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles " ( with Jonathan Banks and Matt Winston ) and " The Glass House " ( with Erick Avari ) and the TV movie " Just Ask My Children " , co - starring Virginia Madsen , Casey Biggs , and Jack Shearer . Husband and wife acting team Armin Shimerman and Kitty Swink also had roles in this latter movie , their second with Billingsley . Also in 2001 , Billingsley was cast in his most famous role yet : the strange , optimistic Dr . Phlox on the new " Star Trek " series , " Enterprise " . During " Enterprise " . Billingsley ' s limited work during " Enterprise " s four - year run allowed him time to continue to make additional film and TV appearances . He appeared in an episode of " " , in which he played an obsessed Trekkie scientist who worships at the " altar of Roddenberry " . He also appeared in two episodes of " NYPD Blue " ( again working with Gordon Clapp ) and an episode of " Angel " . Perhaps his most notable TV guest role during this time , however , was a victimized serial killer in two episodes of " Cold Case " ( appearing with Jamie McShane in the first ) . In addition , Billingsley appeared with Ashley Judd in the 2002 Paramount thriller " High Crimes " , which also featured Bruce Davison . The following year , " High Crimes " director cast Billingsley in a principal role in the 2003 thriller " Out of Time " , opposite . Other films Billingsley appeared in during this time include the 2002 drama " White Oleander " ( with Biff Yeager ) , the 2004 comedy " A Cinderella Story " and " The 12 Dogs of Christmas " ( 2005 , with Richard Riehle ) . After " Enterprise " . Since the cancellation of " Enterprise " in 2005 , Billingsley has kept busy performing on the stage , although he has had time to do some occasional film and TV work . Film . Billingsley appeared in a film called " Ripple Effect " , co - starring Denise Crosby and Virginia Madsen , which was released in 2007 . He also had a role in " Jerome Bixby ' s The Man from Earth " , a science fiction movie co - starring Richard Riehle and Tony Todd . The latter project involved a 14 , 000 year old immortal man who has lived on Earth under a variety of identities ( similar to Flint from " " ) . Later , Billingsley appeared in the 2008 independent drama entitled " Finding Red Cloud " , along with Jack Kehler . Billingsley also co - starred with Bob Gunton in an independent mystery - thriller called " The Least of These " . He was later seen as a professor in two feature films released in 2009 . The first was the comedy " The Pool Boys " , which co - starred TOS regular George Takei . The second was the apocalyptic disaster film " 2012 " , which also featured " Enterprise " and " Deep Space Nine " guest actor Stephen McHattie and was having John Billingsley as a scientist taking part of the " survival of the humankind " struggle . Billingsley recently worked on the comedy film " Losing Control " with Barry Gordon and Jamison Yang . Television . Regular and recurring roles . In 2006 , Billingsley had the recurring role of Terrence Steadman in the hit FOX TV series " Prison Break " . However , he had to leave that show ( and his role re - cast ) when he was cast as a regular on ABC ' s new series " The Nine " . In this show , Billingsley played Egan Foote , one of nine people who become linked following a bank robbery and a subsequent 52 - hour standoff in which he and the others are hostages . Actor Zach Grenier , who once co - starred with Billingsley on " Enterprise " , had a recurring role on this series . The series premiered on Wednesday , 4 October , at 10 pm EST , but was immediately removed from ABC ' s schedule on 28 November , after only thirteen episodes were produced , only seven of which had been aired . The remaining six episodes aired in August 2007 . In 2007 , Billingsley played the recurring role of Michael Latham on the hit FOX series " 24 " for the show ' s seventh season , which premiered in January 2009 . " Enterprise " guest star Annie Wersching , DS9 guest star Jeffrey Nordling , and TNG guest star Bob Gunton joined the series as regulars that season . Billingsley ' s " 24 " character was unceremoniously killed off via explosives , just as Alexander Siddig ' s character was killed in the show ' s previous season . Billingsley currently plays the recurring role of coroner and funeral home director Mike Spencer on the acclaimed HBO series " True Blood " . He began appearing on the show in 2008 , and has been seen in thirteen episodes as of September 2009 . During his time on this show , he has worked with fellow " Star Trek " alumni Michael Bofshever , Kristin Bauer , Michelle Forbes , Lindsey Haun , Randy Oglesby , James Parks , Stephen Root , William Schallert , and Scott Alan Smith . From 2015 to 2016 , he had a recurring role on the television series " Turn : Washington ' s Spies " . The series also featured Stephen Root . Other television work . Billingsley starred in the 2006 TV movie " Dead & Deader " , in which Armin Shimerman also appeared . His other recent television credits include a role on an episode of " Nip / Tuck " with Bob Gunton and an appearance as blind photographer Jackson Scott in a May 2007 episode of " NCIS " , which featured Susanna Thompson and Scottie Thompson ' s recurring characters as well . He was also seen in the " CSI " episode " The Case of the Cross - Dressing Carp " ( opposite Wallace Langham ) and the third episode of NBC ' s series " Journeyman " , both of which aired October 2007 . He was next seen in a two - part episode of the hit series " Grey ' s Anatomy " , the first part of which was directed by Michael Grossman . Billingsley was seen in a 2008 episode of " Eli Stone " in which he and Molly Hagan play husband and wife . He then guest - starred in the final episode of " Women ' s Murder Club " ; his former " Enterprise " co - star Linda Park was a regular on this series , but she did not appear in the episode . Billingsley was next seen , along with his wife , in an episode of the horror anthology series " Fear Itself " . He then appeared in an episode of " Without a Trace " , which starred one - time " Enterprise " guest actor Enrique Murciano . In 2009 , Billingsley made an appearance in an episode of NBC ' s " Scrubs " , in which he played a patient of the show ' s protagonist . Ken Jenkins was a regular on this series . In 2010 , Billingsley was seen on such shows as " Leverage " ( with Spencer Garrett ) and " Outlaw " ( with Ed Begley , Jr . and Josh Pais ) . He also guest - starred in an episode of " The Mentalist " entitled " Red Moon , " in which he played a faux psychic who tries to help in a homicide investigation only to become a suspect . This episode reunited Billingsley with his " Enterprise " co - star Connor Trinneer , who played a deputy . Billingsley currently stars in the 2014 TV series " Intelligence " as the doctor of the protagonist , in which he installed the neural enhancement chip . Other projects . In 2007 , Billingsley was said to be reuniting with " Enterprise " co - star Gary Graham for a zombie series called " Alive " , co - created by Judith and Garfield Reeves - Stevens . Billingsley participated in one of a series of viral online videos teasing the potential series , which was to air on cable sometime in the summer or fall of 2008 . As of 2010 , however , there has been no further development on the project .