Lukas Behnken

Lukas Behnken is an actor who appeared as a Valiant sciences cadet in the sixth season episode . As a background actor he received no credit for his appearance.
Born in Landsberg, Bavaria, West Germany, Behnken studied acting under coaches such as Tracy Robert, Kris Kryer, and Scott Sedita. Among his first television appearances beside Deep Space Nine were episodes of ER (1998, with Felecia M. Bell), Early Edition (2000), MTV's Undressed (2000), Titans (2000, with Mark L. Taylor and Clement von Franckenstein), Gilmore Girls (2001, with John Balma), and Grounded for Life (2001, with Richard Riehle and Lee Arenberg).
In 2001 he shot his first feature film, the horror film Fangs alongside Corbin Bernsen and Mark L. Taylor. Furth film credits include the action drama Inferno (2001, with Dean Stockwell), the short television film Taylor's Wall (2001), (2001, with Ed Lauter, Jeanette Miller, Michael Ensign, Sean Smith, and James Read), and (2002, with Wade Andrew Williams).
The following years, Behnken had guest and recurring roles in (2002), Do Over (2002), Presidio Med (2002, with Mark Moses, Andrew Robinson, and John Rubinstein), (2003, starring Joshua Jackson), Boston Public (2003, with Jeri Ryan and Andreana Weiner), Fillmore! (2002-2003, featuring the voices of Kurtwood Smith and John Rhys-Davies), Run of the House (2003, with Joel Brooks), (2004, with Joseph Campanella and John Marzilli), (2004, starring Catherine Hicks and Stephen Collins and with Christopher Michael), and (2005).
Other film credits include (2003), the crime thriller John Hustle (2004, with Hank Harris and Raymond Cruz), the thriller Confession (2005, starring Chris Pine, Kate Vernon, Bruce Davison, and Robert Pine), and (2006).
In 2005 Behnken portrayed the recurring character Topher Cole in six episodes of the drama series Everwood where he appeared alongside Trek performers Stephanie Niznik, Jimmy Bennett, Tom Virtue, Freda Foh Shen, Patrick Fabian, Brenda Strong, and John Savage.
Behnken later had guest roles in Journeyman (2007), Without a Trace (2008, with Enrique Murciano, John Marzilli, and Gilbert Combs), and Saving Grace (2009, with Leon Rippy, Steven Culp, Mark L. Taylor, and Philip Boyd) and was featured in the short drama When the Body Speaks (2008), the short western Mouth of Caddo (2008), the short thriller Conscience Divided (2009) on which he also worked as associate producer, the drama Devil's Night (2009), and the western Legend of Hell's Gate (2009).
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