Dennis Tracy Dennis A . Tracy is the actor and musician who replaced Jeffrey Deacon as stand - in for Patrick Stewart with the beginning of s fourth season . He remained on the show for the last four seasons and served also as Stewart ' s stand - in on the feature films , , and as well as , the pilot episode of . In addition to this , he appeared twice as a background actor on screen , although he received no credit for this work . Tracy also worked as an additional stand - in for actor David Sage in Ten Forward scenes for the fifth season episode in , and was the stand - in for guest actor George Ede on the episode in , for Richard Herd in the sixth season episodes and , and for Norman Snow in in . Tracy was born in Mattoon , Illinois and has been married twice . His second wife Roma Lee Tracy was a background actress in an episode of " The Next Generation " and in . Tracy studied drama at the College of Theatre Arts at the Pasadena Playhouse in the early ' 60s and continues honing his stagecraft whenever possible , beside performing rock and roll with several bands in the Los Angeles and Las Vegas area . In 1980 he turned his focus to television and film and had his first speaking role in the comedy " Under the Rainbow " in 1981 , which also featured " Star Trek " performers Jim Boeke , Beth Nufer , and Felix Silla . For this role he had to shave his head , a precursor of things to come . His early work includes roles in the horror sequel " Halloween II " ( 1981 , with stuntwoman Donna Garrett ) and an episode of " ABC ' s Afterschool Specials " ( 1983 , with Robert DoQui ) . Between roles he served as casting director at several offices , beginning with Nancy Mott Casting where his favorite assignments were the thriller " Dreamscape " ( 1984 , with Christopher Plummer and Larry Cedar ) and the sci - fi caper " The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension " ( 1984 , starring Peter Weller and Christopher Lloyd , and with Robert Ito , Vincent Schiavelli , and Jessie Lawrence Ferguson ) . They might also be his favorites because he was the stand - in for on the former and Clancy Brown on the latter . He and Mott then assisted Pearl Kempton ' s office in casting the drama " Mass Appeal " ( 1984 , with Jerry Hardin and John Vargas ) . Then it was on to the Atmosphere Agency and ' s Academy Award winning " Prizzi ' s Honor " ( 1985 , with Lawrence Tierney ) . Tracy and Mott were also involved in the casting of videos for early performers , including , , , and Vixen . His on - camera video work includes ' s " Shadows of the Night " ( 1984 ) , Helix ' s " Gimme Gimme Good Lovin ' " , Don Henley ' s " In The Garden of Allah " ( 1995 ) , and Live ' s " Lakini ' s Juice " . In he auditioned for the stand - in job for Patrick Stewart on " The Next Generation " and was one of four finalists . He claims he got the job in part because of the similarity between the two , even though that ' s not always a requirement . His first task was lying down all day on a Borg biobed for the episode , testing the lights for Picard ' s " tear " scene . In an interview for ( ) , he jokes that it was probably the easiest first day of work most people will ever have – literally lying down all day . He remained on the production and its feature films , including many location shootings and making friends like Lena Banks , Tracee Lee Cocco , and Pam Blackwell , until 1998 . During this time he was a regular guest at several " Star Trek " related conventions and fan meetings . Beside his regular work on " Star Trek " , Tracy has performed in a number of feature films and television series . He appeared in the television film " By Dawn ' s Early Light " ( 1990 , with Glenn Morshower ) , played Harold Dolan in " The Larry Sanders Show " episode " Hank ' s Wedding " ( 1993 , alongside Wallace Langham and Penny Johnson ) , acted as a fan in the sports drama " Blue Chips " ( 1994 , with Alfre Woodard ) , was an arresting cop in Bryan Singer ' s " The Usual Suspects " ( 1995 ) , a bald guy in ' s Academy Award nominated thriller " Nixon " ( 1995 , with Robert Beltran ) , alongside in the comedy " Sgt . Bilko " ( 1996 ) , was an extra in " The Drew Carey Show " episode " Drew and the Conspiracy " ( 1998 , with Diedrich Bader and Jim O ' Heir ) , played a Stork Club Patron in the biopic " Winchell " ( 1998 , with Christopher Plummer ) , and portrayed a balloon folder in the " The Parent Hood " episode " Deserving Honors " ( 1999 ) . He also served as Stewart ' s stand - in on the 1998 thriller " Safe House " , where he again worked alongside Stewart ' s regular stunt double John Nowak . More recently he played a cop in Eve and Gwen Stefani ' s music video " Let me Blow ya Mind " ( 2002 ) and Deputy Ben in the horror film " Cthulhu " ( 2007 ) . In 2009 Tracy appeared as Wellford Hunt in the episode " Wounded " of the fan - based " Star Trek " series " Star Trek : Phoenix " . Following his marriage and move back into the Los Angeles area , Tracy played the title role of Victor Franco in the short film " The Absolution of Victor Franco " in 2013 .