Tom Morga Thomas " Tom " Alvin Morga is a stuntman , stunt actor , and stunt coordinator who holds the record for being the most seen stunt actor / stuntman in " Star Trek " . Between and he appeared in six feature films and the first four spin - off television series , doubled main actors and guest actors , and played almost every major species . Morga also served as assistant stunt coordinator to Dennis Madalone on , and for fourteen years . This position included fight choreography for episodes such as and the creating of props such as the blade weapons in . For the majority of his appearances he received no credit . Several costumes worn by Morga were sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay , including his costumes from the episodes , , , , which was also worn by background actor Michael McAdam , , and and costume parts from his appearance in . The description for the latter costume features the sentence : " A sewn in " Voyager " tag denotes wear by veteran stunt man Tom Morga , a name more known than the one he is doubling for . " Early life and career . Morga was born in Burbank , California . While in college , he worked as a smokejumper , stationed in Missoula , Montana , between 1969 and 1974 . Morga ' s work as a smokejumper landed him his first television appearance when he was featured in an episode of the animal documentary television series " Mutual of Omaha ' s Wild Kingdom " . In the episode in which he appeared , his team saved a wild buffalo herd from a forest fire . This experience inspired him to take up a stunt career . He began his career in the stunt industry in the ' 70s and performed in several live stunt shows , including the stunt show at Universal Studios Tour . A couple of his first films were , " Lucky Lady " ( 1975 ) where he played a henchman and " Airport ' 77 " ( 1977 ) where he was one of the Navy Seal Team placing lift bags under the airplane . On television he was the stunt double for in the television series " The Man from Atlantis " ( 1977 - 1978 ) , where he performed alongside Gene LeBell and Hubie Kerns under the coordination of the late Paul Stader . His work included doubling for Duffy in scenes outside the water and on the surface . This was also the first time he worked as stunt coordinator for an episode . Morga also doubled Duffy in a few episodes of the long - running soap " Dallas " and landed parts in films such as the three - time Golden Globe - nominated " Movie Movie " ( 1978 ) and the first " Star Trek " feature film , , in which he doubled Spock actor Leonard Nimoy . 1980s . In the 1980s , Morga doubled actor on the television series " Tenspeed and Brown Shoe " ( 1980 ) , which starred Ben Vereen and was coordinated by Dennis Madalone . He then doubled on " Scarecrow and Mrs . King " ( 1983 - 1987 ) , after which he was actor Ron Perlman ' s double in the fantasy series " Beauty and the Beast " ( 1987 - 1990 ) . This latter series also featured Armin Shimerman and Tony Jay . In 1982 Morga became a member of the " Stuntmen ' s Association of Motion Pictures " . He received screen - time on series such as " Dynasty " ( starring Joan Collins ) , " Hart to Hart " , " MacGyver " , " The Six - Million - Dollar Man " , " Matlock " , " Fantasy Island " ( starring Ricardo Montalban ) , " Spenser : For Hire " ( starring Avery Brooks ) , and the first spin - off " Star Trek " series " Star Trek : The Next Generation " . Other actors he doubled for film and television projects include , , , , the late , and . Besides his television work he was busy on the big screen , as well . He doubled in " Ghostbusters " ( 1984 ) and performed in " Police Academy 2 : Their First Assignment " ( 1985 , with the late David Graf ) , " Remo Williams : The Adventure Begins " ( 1985 , alongside Kate Mulgrew , Joel Grey , George Coe , Patrick Kilpatrick , and Michael Pataki ) , the sequel " Jaws : The Revenge " ( 1987 ) , the science fiction film " Alien Nation " ( 1988 , with Earl Boen , Roger Aaron Brown , Frank Collison , Jeff Kober , Brian Thompson , and Keone Young ) , and three more " Star Trek " feature films . During this period he stepped into another genre he became famous for : the horror film . Morga played the lead villain , Michael Myers , in the first scenes of " Halloween 4 : The Return of Michael Myers " ( 1988 ) . He also played another iconic villain , Jason Voorhees in " Friday the 13th : A New Beginning " ( 1985 ) and appeared in " The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 " ( 1986 ) . 1990s and beyond . In the 1990s he continued his work in feature films , appearing in " Hudson Hawk " ( 1991 ) , " Child ' s Play 3 " ( 1991 , starring Brad Dourif ) , ' s " Army of Darkness " ( 1992 , again with Dennis Madalone , and with Christopher Doyle and Patricia Tallman ) , the seven - time Academy Award - nominated " The Shawshank Redemption " ( 1994 , with Bill Bolender , Brian Brophy , Clancy Brown , Jude Ciccolella , Bob Gunton , Don McManus , Mark Rolston , William Sadler ) , " Batman Forever " ( 1995 , with Rene Auberjonois and Ed Begley , Jr . ) , " Independence Day " ( 1996 , with Brent Spiner ) , " Deep Impact " ( 1998 , with James Cromwell and Denise Crosby ) , and " The Mask of Zorro " ( 1998 ) . He again doubled Jeff Goldblum in the sequel " The Lost World : Jurassic Park " ( 1997 ) and performed in the sixth " Star Trek " feature , . He also continued appearing on television shows , including " NYPD Blue " ( starring Gordon Clapp and Sharon Lawrence ) , " Babylon 5 " ( starring Andreas Katsulas , Bill Mumy , and " Star Trek " stunt partner Patricia Tallman ) , " Dr . Quinn , Medicine Woman " , " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " , " She Spies " , " Dragnet " , and as stunt double for on " Seinfeld " ( co - starring Jason Alexander ) . In 2001 he doubled Keith Carradine in the film " Cahoots " and appeared in " Dr . Dolittle 2 " . He acted in Dennis Madalone ' s music video " America We Stand as One " ( 2002 ) , on which he was also assistant director . His additional credits include : the comic adaptation " Spider - Man " ( 2002 ) alongside Spice Williams - Crosby and starring Kirsten Dunst ; the short film " Jennifer is Dead " ( 2002 ) , with Pat Tallman , Dennis Madalone , and Lynn Salvatori ; ' s " Catch Me If You Can " ( 2002 ) ; " Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World " ( 2003 , with stunts by Craig Jensen ) , " National Treasure " ( 2004 , starring Christopher Plummer ) ; " Star Trek Nemesis " , the tenth " Star Trek " film ; and the first three " Pirates of the Caribbean " films ( 2003 , 2006 , and 2007 ) , with Lee Arenberg and fellow stunt performers Brian J . Williams , Theo Kypri , Christopher Leps , Dana Dru Evenson , Alex Chansky , and Jay Caputo . In 2006 , Morga served as co - producer for the television documentary " UFO : The Greatest Story Ever Denied " and was interviewed for the television special " Halloween : 25 Years of Terror " , which also featured interviews with J . C . Brandy , Kim Darby , Chris Durand , and George P . Wilbur . In 2007 he was part of the stunt team that was awarded with a Taurus World Stunt Award for best fight sequence in " Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man ' s Chest " . He shared this award with Mark Aaron Wagner , Thomas DuPont , Lisa Hoyle , Tony Angelotti , Jeff Wolfe , Phil Culotta , Kofi Yiadom , and Jeremy Fry . Morga worked as stunt coordinator for Corbin Bernsen ' s horror film " Dead Air " ( 2009 ) , which features Bernsen , Patricia Tallman , Justin Rodgers Hall , and Randy Mulkey and for the short comedy " The Van Pelt Family " ( 2008 ) , and completed interviews for the television special " His Name Was Jason : 30 Years of Friday the 13th " ( 2009 ) , alongside Derek Mears , Kane Hodder , Lawrence Monoson , Peter Mark Richman , Erich Anderson , and David Kagen . He also performed stunts on the comedy " Bald " ( 2008 , with Michael Durrell ) and on the drama series " Castle " ( 2010 ) . On the latter one he worked together with " Star Trek " alumni Dennis Madalone , Christopher Doyle , Robert Picardo , and executive producers Rob Bowman and Rene Echevarria . Also in 2010 Morga worked as stunt coordinator on the episode " Big Time Live " of the musical series " Big Time Rush " . This episode features Ed Begley , Jr . . Another project as stunt coordinator was the short film " Penny " ( 2010 , with Don Stark ) . In 2011 he worked as stunt rigger on the " Castle " episode " Pretty Dead " . This episode featured Michael McKean and fellow stunt rigger Chris Doyle and Dennis Madalone was again the stunt coordinator . More recently , Morga worked as sword fight choreographer for a sword fight scene in the Academy Award nominated drama " The Artist " ( 2011 ) on which fellow " Trek " stunt performers Laura Albert , J . Mark Donaldson and Tanner Gill also performed stunts . Also in 2012 , Morga received a Lifetime Membership Award from the Stuntmen ' s Association of Motion Pictures . Morga was interviewed for the 2013 documentary " Crystal Lake Memories : The Complete History of Friday the 13th " , again along with Kane Hodder , Derek Mears , Peter Mark Richman , Michael Buchman Silver , Lawrence Monoson , Douglas Tait , Brannon Braga , Erich Anderson , and Whitney Rydbeck . In 2014 he completed filming on the Wayne Bauer action film " Dogmike " ( 2014 ) where he played Morgan Blackstone and worked opposite Lynn Salvatori . Tom Morga : Alien Stuntman . In Morga made an interview for the newly digital remastered and with new special features endowed DVD box " " . In this about four minutes long interview he told that he is probably the person who holds the record for playing the most different aliens on " Star Trek " , including Klingons , Romulans , Vulcans , Borg , Nausicaans , Cardassians , and Jem ' Hadar . He also told that the beauty being on " Star Trek " is that your face is never used up so he was able to have fights in one episode and probably die but also to appear on the next episode . Morga told that the Klingons were a challenge to play because of the big heavy jackets and the fights he had to do in these jackets . The special feature also showed up with several images of Morga in his roles and costumes during the , including doubling Leonard Nimoy and playing one of the first new Klingons in " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " for which he was the first person to be measured up for the new uniform , portraying the workman in space in " Star Trek II " , as Starfleet officer and Klingon in " Star Trek III " , the ultimately - deleted " Rock Man " from " Star Trek V " , his makeup sessions and on location shoot on a glacier in Alaska as the Brute in " Star Trek VI " , and as a Reman in " Star Trek : Nemesis " . The production of " Nemesis " needed thin people to portray the Remans . The costumes were later slightly modified and used for the Xindi in and Morga got a call to portray such a Xindi because of his name tag in the costume . He joked that you should always make sure that your name stays in the costume if you want to be hired .