Christopher Michael Christopher Michael is an actor who made guest appearances on and . He played a coalition lieutenant in the TNG fourth season episode in and a " Defiant " helm officer in the DS9 fourth season episode in . Television work . Prior to his work on " The Next Generation " , Michael had guest roles in episodes of " Jake and the Fatman " ( 1988 ) , " Hunter " ( 1989 , with Scott Jaeck , William Frankfather , Michael Canavan , and Kathryn Graf ) , and " Knots Landing " ( 1990 , with Melinda Culea ) . Further appearances include " Amen " ( 1990 and 1991 , with Renata Scott and Bumper Robinson ) and " Gabriel ' s Fire " ( 1991 , with Madge Sinclair ) as well as the television drama " A Triumph of the Heart : The Ricky Bell Story " ( 1991 , with James Black ) . Throughout the 1990s he appeared in episodes of " Babylon 5 " ( 1995 , with Walter Koenig , Judy Levitt , Brian Cousins , and Diane DiLascio ) , " Family Matters " ( 1995 ) , " Step by Step " ( 1995 , with Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . ) , " The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air " ( 1995 , starring James Avery ) , " Courthouse " ( 1995 , with Bob Gunton , Dan Gauthier , Jacqueline Kim , Leslie Jordan , and Ray Wise ) , " Diagnosis : Murder " ( 1996 , with Kathleen Garrett ) , " Baywatch " ( 1996 ) and its spin - off " Baywatch Nights " ( 1996 , with Gregory J . Barnett , Steven Culp , Vaughn Armstrong , and Mark Wilson ) , " Pacific Blue " ( 1996 , with David L . Lander and William Lucking ) , " The Pretender " ( 1996 , with Gregg Henry , Paul Eiding , and Kara Zediker ) , " Murphy Brown " ( 1996 ) , " Fired Up " ( 1997 , starring Sharon Lawrence and with Jonathan Banks and J . D . Hall ) , " Melrose Place " ( 1997 , with Deborah Lacey , Dey Young , Barry Wiggins , Skip Stellrecht , Ken Thorley , and Leslie Hoffman ) , " The Practice " ( 1997 , with John Larroquette and Tracy Middendorf ) , " Total Security " ( 1997 , with Tony Plana , Kristin Bauer , John Billingsley , Dennis Creaghan , and Barbara Bosson ) , " Cracker " ( 1997 , with Carolyn McCormick , Don McManus , Matt Malloy , and Keene Curtis ) , " Saved by the Bell " ( 1997 , with Richard Lee Jackson and Shannon Cochran ) , " Prey " ( 1998 , with Larry Drake and Bart McCarthy ) , " Soldier of Fortune , Inc . " ( 1998 , with Mark Sheppard ) , " The Wayans Bros . " ( 1998 ) , " Any Day Now " ( 1998 , with Dion Anderson and Anne Haney ) , " Malibu , CA " ( 1998 ) , " Ally McBeal " ( 1998 and 1999 , with Adrian Sparks , Renee Goldsberry , Gina Philips , Albert Hall , Jim O ' Heir , Ron Taylor , Cindy Sorenson , and Joe Gieb ) , " Profiler " ( 1999 , with Dennis Christopher , Mark Rolston , and Matthew Kimbrough ) , " V . I . P . " ( 1999 , with Gregory Itzin , Jay Underwood , and Dell Yount ) , and " Crusade " ( 1999 , with Tracy Scoggins , Daniel Dae Kim , Marjean Holden , and John Vickery ) . Michael also had supporting parts in the television thriller " Virus " ( 1995 , with Dakin Matthews , Brian Brophy , and Greg Gault ) , the television drama " Co - ed Call Girl " ( 1996 , with Jeri Ryan , Dell Yount , Herta Ware , and Marlene Sosebee ) , and the television drama " Border Line " ( 1999 , with John de Lancie , Mikael Salazar , Len Cariou , Michelle Bonilla and Josh Cruze ) . In 1996 he started to appear as recurring guest star Sergeant Michaels in the drama series " 7th Heaven " , starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks and with recurring guest stars Maureen Flannigan , Ed Begley , Jr . , and Graham Jarvis . Between 1996 and 2007 he appeared in 45 episodes . Another recurring role over several years was the part of a security guard in five episodes of " ER " ( 1997 - 2004 , working with Clancy Brown , Lily Mariye , John Pyper - Ferguson , Jenette Goldstein , Scott MacDonald , Joanna Miles , Skip Stellrecht , Bruce Wright , Megan Cole , Derek Mears , Gwen Van Dam , Jeannetta Arnette , Michelle Bonilla , Lisa Kaminir , Scott Grimes , Daniel Dae Kim , Daniel Roebuck , and Gregory Wagrowski ) . Further television work includes episodes of " The X - Files " ( 2000 , with Gene LeBell ) , " Rude Awakening " ( 2000 , with Salli Richardson - Whitfield and Biff Yeager ) , " Titans " ( 2000 , with Clement von Franckenstein ) , " Family Law " ( 2000 , with Julie Warner , Nicholas Cascone , Denise Crosby , Christopher McDonald , Salli Richardson - Whitfield , and Faran Tahir ) , " Even Stevens " ( 2000 , with Tom Virtue ) , " The Division " ( 2001 ) , " Six Feet Under " ( 2001 , with Lindsey Parks and Jenna Z . Wilson ) , " Friends " ( 2001 , with Michael G . Hagerty and Amanda Carlin ) , " Providence " ( 2001 , with Robert Costanzo ) , " NYPD Blue " ( 2001 , with Gordon Clapp and Franc Ross ) , " V . I . P . " ( 2002 , with Jeff Cadiente and Darlene Ava Williams ) , " All That " ( 2002 ) , " The West Wing " ( 2002 , with Timothy Davis - Reed and David Gautreaux ) , " The District " ( 2001 - 2002 , with Roger Aaron Brown , William Windom , Erick Avari , Al Foster , J . Patrick McCormack , Spencer Garrett , Ken Feinberg , and Henry Kingi , Sr . ) , " Sabrina , the Teenage Witch " ( 2002 ) , " Dharma & Greg " ( 2001 - 2002 , with Mitchell Ryan and Andy Milder ) , " Robbery Homicide Division " ( 2002 , with Don Fischer and Wade Williams ) , " The Practice " ( 2003 , with Karen Hensel ) , " She Spies " ( 2003 , with Samantha Eggar ) , " Threat Matrix " ( 2003 , with Brad Greenquist , Bennet Guillory , Gregg Daniel , Colby French , and Dendrie Taylor ) , " Karen Sisco " ( 2003 , with Tina Lifford and Benito Martinez ) , " Line of Fire " ( 2003 , with Leslie Hope , Patrick Fischler , and William Lucking ) , " Drake & Josh " ( 2004 ) , " Medium " ( 2005 , with Neil Vipond ) , " Crossing Jordan " ( 2005 , with Miguel Ferrer and Saxon Trainor ) , " The War at Home " ( 2006 , with Jack Shearer and Joel Brooks ) , " 24 " ( 2009 , with Annie Wersching , Bob Gunton , and Jeffrey Nordling ) , " Knight Rider " ( 2009 ) , and " iCarly " ( 2007 and 2009 ) and the television movies " The David Cassidy Story " ( 2000 , with Andrew Kavovit , Malcolm McDowell , Dey Young , Steven Anderson , Olivia Hack , and Patrick Kerr ) and " Just Ask My Children " ( 2001 , with Virginia Madsen , Jeffrey Nordling , Barbara Tarbuck , Casey Biggs , John Billingsley , Adrian Sparks , Kitty Swink , Spencer Garrett , John Mahon , Jack Shearer , Amanda Carlin , and Armin Shimerman ) . More recent credits are " Miami Medical " ( 2010 , with Mike Vogel ) , " Pretty Little Liars " ( 2010 ) , " Criminal Minds : Suspect Behavior " ( 2011 , with Raphael Sbarge ) , and a recurring role as coach in the drama series " The Secret Life of the American Teenager " ( 2008 - 2011 , with Steve Schirripa ) . Film work . Michael started his film career with featured parts in the action drama " The Escapist " ( 1983 ) , the drama " South Bronx Heroes " ( 1985 , with Barry Lynch ) , the drama " Heartbreak Ridge " ( 1986 , with Tom Villard , Mike Gomez , John Hostetter , and Nicholas Worth ) , the thriller " New Jack City " ( 1991 , with Bill Cobbs , Thalmus Rasulala , and Tina Lifford ) , the comedy sequel " House Party 2 " ( 1991 , with Iman , William Schallert , and Whoopi Goldberg ) , the fantasy comedy " Wishman " ( 1992 , with Nancy Parsons , Tony Amendola , and Mark Phelan ) , the comedy " There Goes the Neighborhood " ( 1992 , with Harris Yulin , Jonathan Banks , William Morgan Sheppard , Lee Arenberg , Leonard Kelly - Young , and Ron Taylor ) , the western " Posse " ( 1993 , with Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . , Salli Richardson - Whitfield , Robert Hooks , Bob Minor , and David Jean Thomas ) , the crime movie " Gunmen " ( 1993 , with Patrick Stewart and Brenda Bakke ) , the science fiction film " Guyver : Dark Hero " ( 1994 , with Brian Simpson and Wyatt Weed ) , and the drama " California Convertible " ( 1995 , with Chuck Borden and Dyanna Lynn ) . Further film credits include the science fiction adventure " Timemaster " ( 1995 , with Duncan Regehr , Michael Dorn , Lindsey Ginter , Keith Campbell , and Chris Durand ) , the video production " Limp Fangs " ( 1996 ) which he also wrote and directed , the comedy " The Cable Guy " ( 1996 , with Andy Dick , Tommy Hinkley , Lloyd Kino , Michael Rivkin , Charles Napier , Leonard O . Turner , and David Bowe ) , the science fiction thriller " Solo " ( 1996 , with William Sadler ) , the action film " Sworn to Justice " ( 1996 , with Brad Dourif , Walter Koenig , Chuck Borden , Max Daniels , and Marcus Young ) , the drama " A Time to Revenge " ( 1997 , with Ken Olandt ) , the comedy " Fools Rush In " ( 1997 , with Josh Cruze and Andrew Hill Newman ) , the action film " Drive " ( 1997 , with John Pyper - Ferguson , Tracey Walter , Johnny Martin , Warren A . Stevens , and Chuck Borden ) , the thriller " Shades of Gray " ( 1997 , with Granville Ames ) , the thriller " Switchback " ( 1997 , with Ken Thorley ) , the thriller " Storm " ( 1999 , with Mark Chaet , J . P . Hubbell , and Amanda Foreman ) , the short film " The Deformation of Myrna Brown " ( 1999 ) , the thriller " Love Her Madly " ( 2000 , with Rende Rae Norman , Ric Sarabia , and Michael Bailey Smith ) , the drama " Plastic Boy and the Jokers " ( 2000 ) , the thriller " In Pursuit " ( 2001 , with Dean Stockwell , Kim Rhodes , and David Graf ) , the action film " New Alcatraz " ( 2001 , with Mark Sheppard , Craig Wasson , and Richard Tanner ) , the comedy " Strange Hearts " ( 2002 ) , the drama " How to Get the Man ' s Foot Outta Your Ass " ( 2003 , with Saul Rubinek and Vincent Schiavelli ) , the short film " Bring Your ' A ' Game " ( 2009 ) , and the comedy " Wake " ( 2009 ) . More recently he worked on the drama " Cutback " ( 2010 ) , the comedy " We the Party " ( 2011 , with Salli Richardson - Whitfield and Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . ) , and the drama " Hardflip " ( 2012 ) .