John P . Connolly John P . Connolly is the actor who played Orn Lote in the sixth season episode in . Born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , Connolly attended the Temple University between 1976 and 1979 and graduated with a MFA in Theater and Acting . Between January 1991 and March 2010 Connolly served as Trustee for the labor union . Between 1991 and 1996 he also served as vice president at AFTRA New York Local and between 2001 and 2007 as President of this union organization . Following his longtime connection with AFTRA , Connolly served as Executive Director of the Actors ' Equity Association between 2007 and 2010 . Prior to his work on " Star Trek " , Connolly appeared in the crime drama " Hard Choices " ( 1985 , with John Snyder and Tom McCleister ) , the drama " Nine 1 / 2 Weeks " ( 1986 , with Rudolph Willrich ) , the drama " Prayer of the Rollerboys " ( 1990 , with Jake Dengel and Aron Eisenberg ) , in the television drama " Kojak : Fatal Flaw " ( 1991 , directed by Richard Compton and with Steven Weber , Tom Klunis , and Mike Starr ) , and in episodes of " Alien Nation " ( 1989 , with Gary Graham , Eric Pierpoint , Michele Scarabelli , Ron Fassler , and Ray Reinhardt ) , " Sessions " ( 1991 , with Michael McKean ) , " The Golden Girls " ( 1991 , with Harvey Vernon ) , and " Baby Talk " ( 1992 , with Schae Harrison and James Nardini ) . Further credits include the television movies " Sex , Love and Cold Hard Cash " ( 1993 , with Joel Swetow , Don Fischer , Brian Brophy , Tony Epper , Henry Kingi , Sr . , Stephen Rowe , and Eric Pierpoint ) , " Confessions : Two Faces of Evil " ( 1994 , with Basil Wallace , Sam Anderson , Skip Stellrecht , and Glenn Morshower ) , " Another Midnight Run " ( 1994 , with Christopher McDonald , John Fleck , and Ed O ' Ross ) , " Moment of Truth : Murder or Memory ? " ( 1994 , with Leigh Taylor - Young , Karen Austin , Conor O ' Farrell , Melinda Culea , and Louis Giambalvo ) , " Innocent Victims " ( 1996 , with Leon Russom , Don McManus , Sam Anderson , Gregory Itzin , Richard Fancy , Glenn Morshower , Deborah Strang , J . G . Hertzler , Amanda Carlin , and Dierk Torsek ) , " She Woke Up Pregnant " ( 1996 , with Paul McGillion ) , and " Toothless " ( 1997 , with Kirstie Alley , Patrick Kerr , Zach Duhame , Joel Swetow , and Gregory Hinton ) as well as the thriller " When The Bough Breaks " ( 1994 , with Ron Perlman , Robert Knepper , Scott Lawrence , Christopher Doyle , Tim Halligan , Julianna McCarthy , Steve Kehela , Gina Philips , and Don Pugsley ) . Connolly also worked on episodes of " A . J . ' s Time Travelers " ( 1995 , with Larry Cedar , Patty Maloney , and Wayne Thomas Yorke ) , " Law & Order " ( 1995 ) , " The Client " ( 1995 , with Susan Diol , Timothy Carhart , Concetta Tomei , Adrian Sparks , Scott Burkholder , John DeMita , Cully Fredricksen , Harvey Vernon , and Catherine MacNeal ) , " Second Noah " ( 1996 , with Daniel Hugh Kelly ) , " Wings " ( 1996 , with Steven Weber ) , " The Practice " ( 1997 , with Bruce French , Bill Bolender , L . Sidney , John Thaddeus , and Darwyn Carson ) , " ER " ( 1997 , with Jack Kehler , James Lashly , Christine Harnos , Clancy Brown , and Lee Arenberg ) , " Any Day Now " ( 1999 - 2002 , with Olivia Hack ) , " NYPD Blue " ( 1994 , 1995 , and 2002 , with Gordon Clapp , Sharon Lawrence , Jack Shearer , Cress Williams , Robin Groves , Wendy Schenker , Kavi Raz , and Eileen Weisinger ) , " The West Wing " ( 2002 , with Art Chudabala , Timothy Davis - Reed , Glenn Morshower , and Thomas Kopache ) , " Mister Sterling " ( 2003 , with Jeff Allin , Nicole Forester , Stanley Kamel , Randy Oglesby , and Harris Yulin ) , " Without a Trace " ( 2003 , with Enrique Murciano , Christopher McDonald , and Anton Yelchin ) , " Will & Grace " ( 2004 , with Patrick Fabian ) , " Crossing Jordan " ( 2004 , with Miguel Ferrer , Blake Lindsley , Jonathan del Arco , Jerry Hardin , Henry Farnam , and Mark Aaron Wagner ) , and " Blind Justice " ( 2005 ) . His last known work was the 2006 horror film " The Plague " .