Joel Goodness Joel Goodness is an actor who played the Bajoran deputy in the episode . Goodness was born in Wisconsin Rapids , Wisconsin and attended Assumption High School . Further education included one semester at Viterbo College in La Crosse , Wisconsin . Goodness has appeared in several soaps such as " One Life To Live " , " Guiding Light " , " Port Charles " , " General Hospital " , " All My Children " and " Loving " . He performed in the Kennedy Center Honors , Academy Awards , and the 1992 Tony Awards shows . Film work includes the drama " Regarding Henry " ( 1991 ) with and and " The Pickle " with . He can be seen in several episodes of " The Rosie O ' Donnell Show " , HGTV ' s " House Hunters " , as a singing waiter with Hinton Battle on " The Jeff Foxworthy Show " , and dancing on the 69th Academy Award s Show , the 1992 Kennedy Center Honors , and the 1992 Tony Awards . His commercials have included an award - winning digitally altered open mouthed face as an army sergeant on billboards for AT & T on Army bases all across the United States , a Japanese commercial with , a documentary film with , Polar Beer , Heineken Beer , Milwaukee ' s Best , and Miami ' s Tourism Board . Goodness also produced a production of " Mother & Child " Off - Broadway . Goodness was part of a summer touring company production of the musical " The Wiz " through UW - Superior , Wisconsin which lead to a dance scholarship at Gus Giordano Dance School in Chicago , Illinois . He also spent two summers performing at Marriott ' s Great America in the main stage production shows " Evolution of Rock " and " Salute to the Stars " . Goodness graduated from UW - Stevens Point with a self - created Musical Theater Degree and following graduation , he was hired to appear in an original musical entitled " Sweat " at Milwaukee ' s Performing Arts Center . During college , he was in demand , choreographing area show choirs and high school theater productions including a critically - acclaimed production of " Barnum " in Appleton , Wisconsin . In addition to summer theme parks , Goodness rounded out his earlier performing years in NCL cruise ship musical revue shows working for Jean Ann Ryan Productions . On land , he also did a Las Vegas - style production in Miami entitled " Masquerade " , working with gymnast Kurt Thomas and his Gymnastics America Company . He went on to stage two casts in " The Sound of Music " at the Derby Dinner Theater in Louisville , Kentucky , in addition to performing in " Lil Abner " , " West Side Story " , and " A Chorus Line " . Heading to New York City , he performed in a national tour of " Funny Girl " playing Eddie Ryan , two productions of " Camelot " , one with David Birney and the other with Noel Harrison , " Jesus Christ Superstar " with , " Peter Pan " with Cathy Rigby , and the 20th anniversary production of " Hair " with Tishina Arnold , Danielle Brisebois , and Roger Bart . Other productions included " Fiddler on the Roof " , " La Cage Aux Follies " , " Anything Goes " , and " The Boy Friend " . Off - Broadway shows included " Custody and Georgy " . Goodness studied dance with Christine La Blaine - DeHart , James Moore , Lea Theodore of the American Dance Theater , and Frank Hatchett . On Broadway Goodness originated the role of Harry in the five - year smash hit run of " Crazy for You " between 1992 and 1996 and starring Jodi Benson and Harry Groener , also working with other such greats as Jane Connell , Ann B . Davis , Carlton Carpenter , and Pia Zidora . He has worked with such directors and choreographers as Susan Stroman , Jerry Mitchell , Maurice Hines , Otis Sallid , and Jimmy Locust . He was also one of the original members of " Broadway Bares " , and to date B . B . has raised over five million dollars for Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS .