Diesel Pfingsten Darrell " Diesel " Pfingsten is an actor , stuntman , camera operator , and filmmaker who appeared as a Tandaran guard in the first season episode . He filmed his scenes for this episode on Friday and Tuesday on Paramount Stage 9 . Pfingsten was born in Ventura , California and served in the US Navy as a signalman and the US Army Reserve as an Intelligence Analyst . Due to his military background , Pfingsten worked as military technical advisor on the television series " Roswell " , " VIP " , and " Special Unit 2 " . He is the owner of the production support rental company Film Cartel Los Angeles which operates in the greater Los Angeles area . Pfingsten was featured in episodes of " MADtv " ( 1999 , with Debra Wilson ) , " Running with Scissors " ( 2000 ) , " The Andy Dick Show " ( 2001 , with Andy Dick ) , " The District " ( 2001 , with Roger Aaron Brown and Richard Fancy ) , and the reality show " Combat Missions " ( 2002 ) as well as the action comedy " Charlie ' s Angels " ( 2000 , with Sean Whalen , Kevin Grevioux , Michael Papajohn , Jim Palmer , Kenny Endoso , Paul Eliopoulos , Al Goto , and Paige Brooks ) , the short comedy " Teeth of Doom " ( 2003 ) , the short comedy " Stony " ( 2014 ) , and the short action film " Among Wolves " ( 2015 ) on which he also worked as producer and appeared alongside his wife , Sheehan Pfingsten . As a stunt performer , Pfingsten worked on episodes of " Angel " and " The Agency " , the television drama " If These Walls Could Talk 2 " ( 2000 , with Marley McClean and Nancy Thurston ) , the music drama " Coyote Ugly " ( 2000 ) , the action thriller " Swordfish " ( 2001 , with stunts by Eddie Braun , Tony Brubaker , Jay Caputo , Mark Chadwick , Kevin Derr , Spiro Razatos , Eileen Weisinger , Jeff Cadiente , and Monica Staggs ) , and the fantasy film " The Scorpion King " ( 2002 , with The Rock and stunts by Henry Kingi , Jr . , Jeff Wolfe , Craig Baxley , Jr . , Troy Brenna , Alex Chansky , Danny Downey , Anita Hart , Oliver Keller , Diana R . Lupo , Bridgett Riley , Lynn Salvatori , and Scott Workman ) . Beside acting and stunt work , Pfingsten worked as stand - in for Rob Nagle on the television drama " An American Daughter " ( 2000 , with Stanley Kamel , Wendy Schenker , and Jane Carr ) , for on the television series " Gideon ' s Crossing " ( 2001 , working with fellow stand - ins Jane Bordeaux and Melissa Vinicor ) , for on the drama " Bounce " ( 2000 , with Julianne Christie and Scott Alan Smith ) , for Brian Von Holt on the war drama " Windtalkers " ( 2002 , with Rob McCabe ) , for in the crime thriller " Confidence " ( 2003 , with Jackson Bolt , Elle Alexander , John Carroll Lynch , Robert Pine , Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . , and Leland Orser ) , and for in the comedy " Wheelmen " ( 2005 , with James Avery , Jim Beaver , Jeremy Roberts , and Rainn Wilson ) . In 2004 , Pfingsten directed the short thriller " The Hitter Awards " and in 2005 , he worked as editor and cinematographer on the short romance " Starved for Attention " . His work as assistant camera operator include the short drama " The Particulars " ( 2011 ) , the drama " Nobody Walks " ( 2012 ) , the crime drama " The Bling Ring " ( 2013 , with Kirsten Dunst ) , the horror thriller " Acid Girls " ( 2014 ) , the short film " And the Tiara Goes To . . . " ( 2015 ) , the talk show " Spotlight Arts " ( 2016 ) on which he also worked as co - producer and for which he received an Emmy Award nomination in the category Independent Programming in 2017 , the comedy series " FBE Sketches " ( 2016 ) , and the comedy series " CollegeHumor Originals " ( 2016 ) . As camera operator , Pfingsten worked most recently on the short film " Timeless " ( 2017 ) , the horror comedy " Snake Outta Compton " ( 2018 ) , the action comedy " Chuck Hank and the San Diego Twins " ( 2017 ) , and the short film " Stamm " ( 2017 ) . More recent acting work includes the science fiction mini - series " Debris : The Ganymede Event " ( 2016 ) , the drama " Shadow of a Gun " ( 2017 ) also as first assistant camera operator , and the drama " Truth " ( 2018 ) on which he worked as associate producer and first assistant camera operator .