John Tampoya

John Alex Tampoya is an actor who was a regular background performer on and , appearing most notably as Ensign Kashimuro Nozawa on the latter one. He also had a background role in and worked as stand-in on . On Voyager, Tampoya also worked as first unit stand-in and photo double for "Harry Kim" actor Garrett Wang on the first four seasons. As a background actor he received no on-screen credit for his appearances.
A costume from the episode , worn by Tampoya and Wang, was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. Tampoya filmed his scenes for "Silicon Avatar" on Wednesday on location at the Golden Oak Ranch and on Thursday at Paramount Stage 16. He was scheduled to appear in corridor scenes in the episode and on the bridge in but was not part of the final episodes. He had his stand-in interview for Voyager along with two other actors on Thursday .
Outside Star Trek, Tampoya appeared as a lab technician in The Human Factor pilot episode (1992, with Gene LeBell and Vyto Ruginis) and performed stunts in the drama Leather Jackets (1992, with Phil Chong, Jeff Imada, Al Goto, Michael Champion, Bill Ryusaki, Tony Cecere, Sandy Free, Peter Lai, and George Wilbur).
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Melona IV colonist 1.jpg|Melona IV colonist(uncredited)
File:Relief ops officer, 2368.jpg|Enterprise-D ensignRecurring character(uncredited)
File:Enterprise-B crewman.jpg|Enterprise-B crewman(uncredited)
File:Kashimuro Nozawa, 2372.jpg|Ensign Kashimuro NozawaRecurring character(uncredited)
File:John Tampoya, Emanations.jpg|Body double for Garrett Wang(uncredited)
File:Ilari guard 6.jpg|Ilari guard(uncredited)
File:Borg corpse 2, 2373.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:Damaged borg drone 4, 2373.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:Infected drone.jpg|Infected Borg drone(uncredited)
File:John Tampoya, Scorpion Part II.jpg|Photo double for Garrett Wang(uncredited)
File:Borg in cargo bay 2 3.jpg|Borg drone(uncredited)
File:Illusory Borg 2.jpg|Illusory Borg drone(uncredited)
File:Warrior Borg drone 3.jpg|Warrior Borg drone(uncredited)
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* as Enterprise-D ensign
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* as Kashimuro Nozawa
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=== Stand-in work ===
* – stand-in for Garrett Wang
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* – stand-in for guest actors
** – stand-in for Kenny Morrison
** – stand-in for James Saito
** – stand-in for Robert Picardo
** – stand-in for Danny Goldring and utility stand-in
** – stand-in for Robert Beltran, Paul S. Eckstein, Mark Deakins and utility stand-in
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** – stand-in for Eric Steinberg
== External link ==
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