Ed O'Ross

Ed O'Ross is the actor who played Gaavrin in the second season episode . His costume was later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
After a brief career as a boxer and later a minor league baseball player, O'Ross had his acting debut in the 1982 film Dear Mr. Wonderful.
Besides his appearance on Enterprise, O'Ross has been a guest on such television shows as (1985, with Charles Rocket), (1986, episode with Robert Picardo), (with Monte Markham and William Windom), (two episodes, including the series finale, with Jason Alexander), (starring Kelsey Grammer), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (hosted by Jonathan Frakes), The Handler (three episodes, including one with Armin Shimerman), (starring Gordon Clapp), (starring René Auberjonois and William Shatner), and (starring Jeri Ryan). However, he is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Nikolai on , on which he worked with fellow Star Trek performers Ed Begley, Jr., John Billingsley, Joel Brooks, Joanna Cassidy, Art Chudabala, Bill Cobbs, James Cromwell, Tim de Zarn, Larry Drake, Robert Foxworth, Jenette Goldstein, Graham Jarvis, Stanley Kamel, Leonard Kelly-Young, Richard Lynch, Matt McCoy, Dina Meyer, Robert Pine, Daniel Roebuck, Raphael Sbarge, Wendy Schaal, Barbara J. Tarbuck, Kellie Waymire, Wade Andrew Williams, and Bruce Wright. O'Ross also worked alongside star Jennifer Lien as the voice of Agent K on the animated Men in Black series during the show's first (1997-98) season.
In film, O'Ross had supporting roles in such hits as (1987, with Lycia Naff, Mitchell Ryan, Henry Brown, and Jimmie F. Skaggs), (1987), (1990, with Bernie Casey and Biff Yeager), (1990, with Hamilton Camp, Seymour Cassel, Colm Meaney, John Schuck, Paul Sorvino, Ian Wolfe, and Michael J. Pollard), and (1992, co-starring Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. and Leon Rippy) and the sexual thriller Play Nice alongside (Scott Burkholder, Ron Canada and Bruce McGill). In 1987, he co-starred with Michael Nouri, Larry Cedar, William Boyett, Wren T. Brown, Branscombe Richmond, Joey Aresco, Mark Phelan, and Alan Marcus in and appeared, along with Andrew Robinson, Diane Salinger, and Quark actor Armin Shimerman, in the drama The Verne Miller Story. In (1988), O'Ross played the main villain, a Russian drug dealer being chased by star . Allan Graf served as O'Ross' stunt double in the film, while Joel Kramer doubled for Schwarzenegger. The movie also featured Michael G. Hagerty, music by James Horner, and was photographed by Matthew F. Leonetti. More recent films include (1997, starring Mike Starr, Vanessa Williams and Clarence Williams III), Mindstorm (2001, also with Clarence Williams III), and Delta Farce (2007, with Shelly Desai and Glenn Morshower).
== Other Trek connections ==
Additional projects in which Ed O'Ross appeared with other Star Trek performers include:
*The Cotton Club (1984 film, with Bill Cobbs and Tucker Smallwood)
* (1985, with Gregory Sierra, Ellen Geer, David Kagen, Susan O'Sullivan, Susanne Wasson, and Christopher Carroll)
* (1986, with Liam Sullivan, Brett Porter, and David Orange)
* (1988 film, with Roger Aaron Brown, Nicholas Worth, Thomas F. Wilson, Bob Minor, and Glenn R. Wilder)
* (1995, with Noble Willingham)
*Dark Planet (1996 film, with Phil Morris)
* (1997, with Jeff Kober and Brian Thompson)
* (1997, with Caroline Lagerfelt, Tim Ransom, and Daniel Roebuck)
*Night Man episode "Bad Moon Rising" (1998, with Felecia M. Bell)
* (1998, with Michael Bofshever, Allan Miller, and Richard Riehle)
*Y2K (1999 film, with Malcolm McDowell)
*Now and Again episode "One for the Money" (1999, with Gerrit Graham)
*Strong Medicine episode "Skin" (2003, with Jonathan Banks)
* (2005, with Bumper Robinson, Albie Selznick, and Mark A. Sheppard)
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