Tracey Walter Tracey Walter is the actor who portrayed the Ferengi Kayron in the first season episode in . he portrayed a different Ferengi , Berik in the sixth season episode . Footage from his first appearance was also used in the second season episode . Film career . Walter made his acting and film debut in the 1971 comedy " Ginger " ( with fellow TNG guest star Shelly Desai ) . This was followed by a role in the 1973 police drama " Badge 373 " ( with Henry Darrow and Robert Miano ) . That same year , Walter ' s next role was in " Serpico " ( with F . Murray Abraham and Albert Henderson ) . Walter then appeared in the 1977 comedy " Annie Hall " ( with John Glover ) . Walter followed the same year in his first telefilm role , " Mad Bull " ( with Walker Edmiston ) . Walter joined Michael Berryman and Earl Boen in 1978 ' s " The Fifth Floor " . In 1978 , Walter worked in a pair of films with Ed Begley , Jr . First was " Blue Collar " ( with Cliff DeYoung ) , and next was the comedy - western " Goin ' South " ( with Christopher Lloyd ) . Walter appeared in the 1980 crime drama " The Hunter " ( with LeVar Burton and Nicolas Coster ) , " The Octagon " ( with Brian Tochi ) and the telefilm " High Noon , Part 2 : The Return of Will Kane " ( with Michael Pataki ) . In 1981 , Walter acted in the horror film " The Hand " ( with guest star Bruce McGill ) . Walter in 1982 received his first science fiction work in " Timerider : The Adventure of Lyle Swann " ( with Ed Lauter ) . Next the same year was the film " Honkytonk Man " ( costarring Jerry Hardin ) . 1983 found Walter appearing in his first short film " The Horse Dealer ' s Daughter " ( with Philip Anglim ) . Walter then worked in 1984 ' s comedy hit " Repo Man " ( with Angelique Pettyjohn and Biff Yeager ) . Also that year was the fantasy adventure " Conan the Destroyer " ( with guest performer Jeff Corey ) . In 1986 , Walter appeared in the fact - based drama " At Close Range " where Walter first worked with his fellow " The Last Outpost " guest star Jake Dengel , followed by the comedy " Something Wild " ( with Charles Napier ) . In 1987 , Walter first worked in " Timestalkers " ( with James Avery and Tim Russ ) and reappearing with Philip Anglim in " Malone " . 1988 had Walter working in a pair of highly successful comedy films . The former was " Midnight Run " ( with Tom McCleister ) and the latter " Married to the Mob " ( again with Charles Napier , as well as Dean Stockwell ) . In 1989 Walter was in " Under the Boardwalk " ( with Paul Carr , Wallace Langham , and Dick Miller ) and finally " Homer & Eddie " ( alongside Tony Epper , Whoopi Goldberg , Wayne Grace , Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . , Nancy Parsons , Vincent Schiavelli , and Jimmie F . Skaggs ) . Walter began the 1990 ' s with the 1990 western " Young Guns II " ( with fellow TNG first season guest stars Robert Knepper and Leon Rippy and film stars Alan Ruck and Christian Slater ) . Walter ' s other role reunited him with Jerry Hardin when Walter won a role in the psychological thriller " Pacific Heights " ( also starring Hal Landon , Jr . ) . Walter ' s next small - screen film was " Not of This World " ( 1991 , with Timothy Davis - Reed and Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa ) . During that year , Walter and Napier reunited again in the mega - hit thriller " The Silence of the Lambs " ( which also costarred Dan Butler ) . Walter ' s next 1991 film " Delusion " also featured Robert Costanzo , Angelina Fiordellisi , Jim Metzler , and Barbara Alyn Woods . Walter joined Costanzo in the hit comedy - western " City Slickers " ( with Noble Willingham ) . His first work in 1993 was the crime - caper " Public Enemy No . 2 " ( with Clint Howard and Tom Virtue ) . Next came the prison - escape comedy " Amos & Andrew " ( costarring Brad Dourif and Jordan Lund ) , followed by the telefilm " Basic Values : Sex , Shock & Censorship in the 90s " ( with Kenneth Mars ) . Walter also joined Charles Napier for the fourth time on film in the celebrated AIDS drama " Philadelphia " . 1994 saw Walter working on " Mona Must Die " ( with Dick Miller ) . In the straight - to - video " The Companion " , Walter reunited with Earl Boen in addition to working with Bruce Greenwood . Walter ' s last film that year was the comedy " Junior " ( sharing the bill with Alexander Enberg , Stefan Gierasch , Frank Langella , and Lawrence Tierney ) . Walter got 1995 started appearing in the telefilm , " Kidnapped : In the Line of Duty " ( with Carole Davis ) . In the martial - arts drama " Fist of the North Star " Walter rejoined Clint Howard on film . Accompanying Howard and Walter were Susan French and Malcolm McDowell . In 1996 , Walter was among a major concentration of " Trek " alumni when he was cast as a NASA technician in the alien invasion film " Independence Day " . In this film , Walter reunited with TNG star Brent Spiner . Other " Trek " actors in the film were Erick Avari , Anthony Crivello , Jana Marie Hupp , Tim Kelleher , Carlos LaCamara , Randy Oglesby , Leland Orser , Robert Pine , Raphael Sbarge , Bill Smitrovich , and Frank Welker . Walter was next seen in the comedy " Larger Then Life " ( with Christopher Darga and Harve Presnell ) . Walter followed this with the period film " Entertaining Angels : The Dorothy Day Story " ( with Geoffrey Blake and Brian Keith ) . Walter rounded out the year with " Amanda " ( with Alice Krige ) . In 1997 Walter worked again with Bruce Greenwood in another telefilm , " Tell Me No Secrets " ( with Irene Tsu ) . Another telefilm followed , " The Inheritance " ( with Brigid Brannagh and Cari Shayne ) . Walter was then cast in the road movie " Drive " ( with Christopher Michael and John Pyper - Ferguson ) . Next Walter appeared in the hit film " Kiss the Girls " , based upon the James Patterson novel and costarring Brian Brophy , Larry Cedar , and the film ' s primary female lead Ashley Judd . Finally that year was the crime film " Playing God " ( with Pasha Lychnikoff and Keone Young ) . In 1998 , Walter began the year in the drama " Desperate Measures " ( with Dennis Cockrum , Richard Riehle , and Michael Shamus Wiles ) . Up next was the slave drama " Beloved " ( with Jude Ciccolella , Albert Hall , and Charles Napier ) . Walter ' s other film work took a different direction in the comedy " Mighty Joe Young " reteaming Walter with Geoffrey Blake and Richard Riehle as well as featuring Lily Mariye , Richard McGonagle , Scarlett Pomers , and Lawrence Pressman . The only film work Walter received in 1999 was the biopic " Man on the Moon " about the life of actor Andy Kaufman . The film contained Kaufman ' s " Taxi " costar Christopher Lloyd as well as past costar Vincent Schiavelli . His first film in 2000 and his second with Scarlett Pomers was the environmentally - themed biopic " Erin Brockovich " in which Pomers and Walter performed with Michael Harney , Randy Lowell , William Lucking , and Wade Andrew Williams . Next that year was " Blast " ( again with Ed Lauter ) . In 2001 , Walter reunited with Carole Davis and Cari Shayne in the comedy " Jack the Dog " . Following this comedy , Walter switched to drama appearing in " The Man From Elysian Fields " ( with " Rascals " costar Rosalind Chao and Sherman Howard ) . That year Walter rejoined Chao in the sci - fi drama " Impostor " ( along with Golden Brooks , Brian Brophy , Maury Sterling , and Clarence Williams III ) . Walter rounded out the year in the marijuana - themed comedy " How High " ( opposite Lark Voorhies ) . Beginning in 2002 , Walter found himself working once again with Michael Dorn in " Face Value " . Walter ' s next project with Vincent Schiavelli was the comedy " Death to Smoochy " which also had in the cast Louis Giambalvo . Walter ' s last film that year was the biopic " Ted Bundy " ( with Michael Reilly Burke and Julianna McCarthy ) . Early in 2003 , Walter rejoined Carole Davis in the drama " Manhood " . Another reunion took place when Walter worked with Louis Giambalvo again in the comedy film " Duplex " , which also had in the cast Jenette Goldstein , Michelle Krusiec , and Walter ' s Ferengi actor colleague Wallace Shawn . Walter rejoined Richard Riehle that year in the telefilm " Monster Makers " . 2004 had Walter rejoining Jude Ciccolella , Charles Napier , and Dean Stockwell in the 21st century remake of the thriller " The Manchurian Candidate " ( which also costarred Miguel Ferrer ) . Walter went from that drama to the telefilm comedy " Family Plan " ( with Kate Vernon ) . Next Walter lent his voice to the video game " 50 Cent : Bulletproof " ( 2005 , with Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . ) . The only work in 2006 connecting Walter to another " Trek " actor was the holiday - themed " The Year Without a Santa Claus " ( with Michael McKean ) . 2007 was more connected starting with " Man in the Chair " ( opposite Ellen Geer , George Murdock , and Christopher Plummer ) , " Noble Son " ( with Kirk Baily ) , " The Death & Life of Bobby Z " ( with Keith Carradine ) , and finally that year Walter rejoined Richard Riehle in " Wasting Away " ( with Colby French ) . 2008 saw Walter in " Just Add Water " ( with Tracy Middendorf ) , and the horror film " Dark Reel " ( with Tony Todd ) . Walter concluded the decade reuniting with Bruce McGill in the baseball movie " The Perfect Game " ( 2009 , with fellow TNG guest actor John Cothran , Jr . Walter ' s work this decade has included rejoining Larry Ceder twice , first in " Midnight Son " and " Alyce " ( with Megan Gallagher ) for 2011 . Television guest work . Walter ' s first work on a television series was on the cop show " Starsky & Hutch " ( starring David Soul ) in " Dandruff " ( 1978 , with Rene Auberjonois ) , then on the radio sitcom " WKRP In Cincinnati " ( with Vincent Schiavelli ) in " The Contest Nobody Could Win " . A year later , Walter was on " Vega $ " in " Mixed Blessings " ( with David Huddleston ) . He was on the sitcom " Taxi " starring Christopher Lloyd as a panhandler in " A Grand Gesture " ( 1983 ) with Schiavelli as well . Walter was next on the crime drama " Hunter " in " Pen Pals " ( 1984 , with James Whitmore , Jr . ) , then on " Amazing Stories " in " The Wedding Ring " ( 1985 ) . Next for Walter was the helicopter action series " Airwolf " in " Wildfire " ( 1986 , alongside Lance LeGault , Ken Olandt , and Gregory Sierra ) . Walter joined the following " Trek " alumni on the series on which they all starred , " Alien Nation " ( starring Ron Fassler , Gary Graham , Eric Pierpoint , and Michele Scarabelli ) in " The Takeover " ( 1990 , with Charley Lang ) . That same year he had a guest role on the short - lived " Nasty Boys " ( starring Jim Beaver ) in " Desert Run " ( with Michael J . Pollard ) , followed by the sitcom " Get a Life " in " Terror on the Hell Loop 2000 " ( with Michael G . Hagerty and Graham Jarvis ) . In 1991 , Walter was first seen on " Monsters " ( starring Dennis Christopher ) in " Hostile Takeover " , " She - Wolf of London " in " Bride of the Wolfman " ( with Tony Amendola and Dan Gilvezan ) , and the cop series " Pacific Station " ( starring John Hancock and Richard Libertini ) in " Waiting For the Other Gumshoe To Drop " . 1992 had Walter rejoining Tom McLeister on the sitcom " Wings " ( starring Steven Weber ) in " 2 Jerks & a Jill " . The work Walter did in 1993 was the short - lived sitcom " The Mommies " playing a Santa Claus in the simply titled " Christmas " and then " Melrose Place " ( joining Michael Ensign , Brian George , and Biff Yeager ) in " Love , Mancini Style " . 1994 was less active as Walter was only on the California - set legal drama " L . A . Law " ( starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake ) in " Whistle Stop " , where the " Trek " alumni belied the fact it was Walter ' s sole guest work on television that year . With Walter were Dion Anderson , Joanna Cassidy , past costar Jordan Lund , Carolyn Seymour , and Kate Vernon . Walter did not work this way until 1998 when was seen on " Brimstone " ( starring John Glover and Lori Petty ) in " Repentance " ( with Geoffrey Blake , Albert Hall , and Scott Lawrence ) and " L . A . Doctors " in " Endless Bummer " ( with Jeff Allin ) . It would be a pair of police series that would give work to Walter in 2002 , first on " The Division " ( starring James Avery ) in " Forgive Me , Father " ( with Jeffrey Dean Morgan ) and then " Boomtown " ( starring Neal McDonough ) in " Reelin ' in the Years " ( with April Grace and Tommy Hinkley ) . On " Reno 911 " , Walter guested in " Department Investigation " ( 2004 , with Lisa LoCicero ) . A near half - decade went by until Walter won a guest role on the short - lived police comedy " Raines " ( starring Linda Park ) . Walter then rejoined Geoffrey Blake on " Monk " in " Mr . Monk & the Miracle " ( 2008 ) . Walter repeated the once a year work on the Philadelphia - set police drama " Cold Case " ( co - produced by Roxann Dawson ) in " The Crossing " ( 2009 ) and finally on the ghostly crime drama " Medium " ( executive produced by Kelsey Grammer ) in " Bring Your Daughter to Work Day " ( 2010 ) . Recurring and lead roles . Walter ' s first lead role was as Frog Rothchild , Jr . on the short - lived western series " Best of the West " , which only ran a single season from 1981 to 1982 . Christopher Lloyd was in the series premiere , " The Calico Kid Returns " ( 1981 ) as the title role and " The Calico Kid Goes to School " ( 1982 ) , " They ' re Hanging Parker Tillman " ( 1981 , with Jonathan Banks ) , " Frog ' s First Gunfight " ( with Barbara Babcock ) , and " The Pretty Prisoner " ( 1982 , with Ted Gehring ) . Following the cancellation , Walter guested on " Filthy Rich " as Alvin Esary starring Walter ' s " Honkytonk Man " costar Jerry Hardin in " Take This Job & Love It " ( 1982 ) and " The Country Club " ( 1983 ) . Then Walter played Sammy Laporter on " Hill Street Blues " ( starring Barbara Bosson and James B . Sikking ) in " The Shooter " ( 1982 , with George Murdock , Ben Slack , and Morgan Woodward ) and " Here ' s Adventure , Here ' s Romance " ( 1983 , with Lawrence Pressman , Howard Shangraw , George D . Wallace , and Keone Young ) . Walter ' s next recurring role was as Wishonsky on " The Bronx Zoo " . His episodes " Truancy Blues " ( directed by Paul Lynch and featuring Stan Ivar , Vincent Schiavelli , and Kenneth Tigar ) , " Ties That Bind " ( with Pamela Adlon ) , and " The Gospel Truth " ( with Frank Collison and Benito Martinez ) all aired in 1988 . Walter then ended the ' 80s and began the ' 90s as Eugene Moss on " Freddy ' s Nightmares " ( starring Mary Crosby ) , first in " Lucky Stiff " ( with fellow Ferengi performer David L . Lander ) , and then with Crosby alone in " Easy Come , Easy Go " ( 1989 and 1990 , respectively ) . In the ' 90s outright , Walter won a role as Blinky Watts in the mini - series " On the Air " ( 1992 , with Miguel Ferrer , Mel Johnson , Jr . , David Lander , and Richard Riehle ) . In 1993 , Walter worked with Mary Crosby ' s niece Denise Crosby on the comedy - western " The Adventures of Brisco County , Jr . " as the man with the rhyming first and last names Phil Swill in " No Man ' s Land " ( with Judson Scott ) and " Mail Order Brides " ( with Jeremy Roberts ) . " Nash Bridges " . Starting in 1996 , Walter played his most recognized television role , that of Peter Spellman ( primarily known as Angel ) on the San Francisco - set crime - comedy series " Nash Bridges " . Angel acted as such on the behalf of the title character played by Don Johnson . Walter began this role in the show ' s second season episode " Hit Parade " ( with Robin Sachs ) and " 25 Hours of Christmas " ( with Cristine Rose , in addition to Mary Mara , who was a lead on the show at the time ) . The fourth season in 1998 saw Walter appearing in " Firestorm " ( with Daniel Roebuck and Sean Whalen ) . Walter appeared in 2000 ' s fifth season finale " Jackpot " ( with Stephen Lee and Tzi Ma ) . In the sixth and final season , Cress Williams joined the lead cast . With Williams , Walter appeared in " Land Pirates " ( also in 2000 , with Michael Bailey Smith ) and in 2001 , " Blood Bots " ( with Caroline Lagerfelt and Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . ) and " Quack Fever " ( with Williams alone ) . Walter ' s signature episode was the fourth season " Angel of Mercy " ( 1999 , appearing with Edward Laurence Albert ) , as the episode covered his character ' s back - story and discovery of a long - lost brother .