Danny Goldring Danny Goldring is a stage , television , and film actor who made guest appearances in three of the " Star Trek " spin - off series . He appeared in a total of six episodes , playing five different characters . For the second season episode , Goldring filmed his scenes in late on Paramount Stage 18 . His uniform from this episode was later sold off on the It ' s A Wrap ! sale and auction on eBay . Goldring was born in Woodstock , New York . As the son of a US Navy officer he traveled the world until he settled down in Chicago , Illinois . After he toured with the puppeteer troupe Cole Marionettes , Goldring attended the Goodman Theatre School of Drama to focus on a career as an actor . Goldring has started his screen career in the 1970s with appearances in the television crime drama " The Million Dollar Rip - Off " ( 1976 , with James Sloyan and directed by Alexander Singer ) and guest roles in episodes of " The Awakening Land " ( 1978 , with Bert Remsen and Timothy Carhart ) , " Texas " ( 1980 ) , and " Crime Story " ( 1986 , with Bill Smitrovich , William O . Campbell , Linda Fetters , and Michael Krawic ) . Further television work includes the series " Dallas " ( 1989 , with Leslie Bevis and Joshua Harris ) , " Matlock " ( 1989 , with Brooke Bundy , Michael Durrell , David Froman , Jason Wingreen , and Mark Chaet ) , " Hunter " ( 1990 , with Charles Hallahan , Tony Plana , Brooke Bundy , and Tina Lifford ) , " ABC Afterschool Specials " ( 1993 ) , " Missing Persons " ( 1993 , with Kavi Raz and James Otis ) , " Renegade " ( 1994 , starring Branscombe Richmond and with Judson Scott , and Joseph Campanella ) , " VR . 5 " ( 1995 , with Louise Fletcher , Erick Avari , and Tom Towles ) , " NYPD Blue " ( 1995 , with Sharon Lawrence , Gordon Clapp , Michael Rothhaar , Deborah Taylor , and Herschel Sparber ) , " Wings " ( 1995 , with Steven Weber , Andrew Robinson , and Tucker Smallwood ) , " Space : Above and Beyond " ( 1995 , starring Lanei Chapman and Tucker Smallwood ) , " ER " ( 1995 , with Tony Plana , Mike Genovese , and Lily Mariye ) , " EZ Streets " ( 1996 , with Mike Starr and Nichole McAuley ) , " Nothing Sacred " ( 1998 , with Mark Harelik , Cindy Katz , and James Harper ) , " Turks " ( 1999 , with Cindy Katz and Ernest Perry , Jr . ) , " The Practice " ( 1999 , with Stephen Macht , Ann Gillespie , and Saul Rubinek ) , and " Early Edition " ( 1998 and 2000 ) . Film work includes the fantasy comedy " Vice Versa " ( 1988 , with Charles Lucia and Peggy Roeder ) , the action film " Above the Law " ( 1988 , with Thalmus Rasulala ) , the action drama " The Package " ( 1989 , with Joanna Cassidy , Thalmus Rasulala , and Dennis Cockrum ) , the television crime drama " Johnny Ryan " ( 1990 , with Clancy Brown and Cameron Thor ) , the sport drama " The Babe " ( 1992 , with James Cromwell , Bernard Kates , Michael McGrady , Shannon Cochran , Michael Papajohn , Larry Cedar , Ken Gildin , Harry Hutchinson , Michael Krawic , Scott Haven , Kara Zediker , and Nick Satriano ) , the television thriller " Legacy of Lies " ( 1992 ) , the unsold television pilot " Angel Street " ( 1992 , with Michael Cavanaugh and Mark Rolston ) , the television thriller " In the Company of Darkness " ( 1993 , with Steven Weber and Peggy Roeder ) , the action film " Excessive Force " ( 1993 , with Tony Todd , Tony Epper , Bobby Bass , Tom Hodges , Mario Roberts , and Carl Ciarfalio ) , the thriller " The Fugitive " ( 1993 , with Andreas Katsulas , Daniel Roebuck , Richard Riehle , Pancho Demmings , and Jim Wilkey ) , the crime drama " Natural Born Killers " ( 1994 , with Richard Lineback and Carl Ciarfalio ) , the science fiction thriller " Virtuosity " ( 1995 , with Louise Fletcher , Michael Buchman Silver , Rogan Wilde , and Tracee Cocco ) , the science fiction film " Chain Reaction " ( 1996 , with Joanna Cassidy and Tzi Ma ) , the comedy " Bean " ( 1997 , with Harris Yulin , Larry Drake , Dakin Matthews , April Grace , David Doty , Robert Curtis Brown , and Annette Helde ) , the television drama " Always Outnumbered " ( 1998 , with Bill Cobbs and John Cothran , Jr . ) , the crime comedy " Goodbye Lover " ( 1998 , with John Neville , Michael Krawic , John Prosky , Rob LaBelle , and Leslie Jordan ) , and the horror sequel " Children of the Corn V : Fields of Terror " ( 1998 , with Fred Williamson , Kane Hodder , Hiro Koda , and Deborah Strang ) . In the more recent years , Goldring guest starred in " The Invisible Man " ( 2001 , with Armin Shimerman and Gary Weeks ) and " Six Feet Under " ( 2005 , with James Cromwell , Joanna Cassidy , Lisa Banes , Rosalind Chao , and Andy Milder ) , appeared in the short projects " Janey Van Winkle " ( 2002 ) , " A Perfect Manhattan " ( 2009 ) , and " Lenny Morris vs . The Universe " ( 2011 ) , and worked on the science fiction comedy " Just Visiting " ( 2001 , with Malcolm McDowell , Darryl Henriques , Ric Sarabia , and Kelsey Grammer ) , the science fiction film " Betaville " ( 2001 ) , the drama " The Earl " ( 2007 ) , and the crime drama " Chicago Overcoat " ( 2009 , with Mike Starr and Usman Ally ) . In 2008 , Goldring played " Grumpy " , one of Joker ' s goons in the comic adaptation " The Dark Knight " . He filmed his scenes for eight days in Chicago and wasn ' t seen without a mask in this movie . Goldring remarked that , " " You might recognize my voice . " " The film also featured " Star Trek " alumni Keith Szarabajka , Tommy " Tiny " Lister , Jr . , Andrew Bicknell , Jon Lee Brody , and Tom McComas . Between 2011 and 2012 , Goldring portrayed Ryan Kavanaugh in the two seasons of the crime television series " Boss " , starring Kelsey Grammer and with recurring guest stars Francis Guinan and Nicole Forester . Goldring also performed in various stage plays such as " King of Coons " , " Under Milkwood " , " One Flew Over the Cuckoo ' s Nest " , and " Porgy and Bess " . More recently , he appeared in the thriller " The Drunk " ( 2014 , co - produced by Chadwick Struck ) , the fantasy thriller " Dig Two Graves " ( 2014 , with Kara Zediker ) , two episodes of the Netflix series " Sense8 " ( 2015 , with Ness Bautista and created and executive produced by J . Michael Straczynski ) , the television comedy " Cop Drama " ( 2015 ) , and the comedy " Fools " ( 2016 ) . Currently in pre - production is the short comedy " When Jeff Tried to Save the World " ( 2017 , with Him O ' Heir ) .