Nicolas Coster

Nicolas Coster was the actor who played Vice Admiral Haftel in the third season episode .
==Career==
Coster was born as Nicolas Dwynn Coster in Hampstead, London, England, UK and attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
Coster is most well known for his roles on various daytime soap operas, most notably his Daytime Emmy-nominated role as Lionel Lockridge on NBC's from 1984 through 1988 and again between 1990 and 1993. Among his co-stars on this series were fellow Star Trek alumni Judith Anderson, Ian Abercrombie, Henry Darrow, Samantha Eggar, Rosemary Forsyth, Ellen Geer, Gregory Itzin, Lenore Kasdorf, Janet MacLachlan, William Schallert, Louise Sorel, and Ray Walston. Coster was also a regular on other soaps such as As the World Turns, Another World (and its spin-off, Somerset), and One Life to Live. 
Coster is also known for the recurring role of David Warner, the millionaire father of Blair Warner, on , along with William Windom, Roger Perry, Paul Comi, Robert DoQui, Nehemiah Persoff, Clive Revill, Eve Smith, Robert Hooks, Clyde Kusatsu, and Ian Wolfe. Kenneth Tigar also appeared in the series, playing a tax agent auditing David Warner, while lead actor Armin Shimerman made a brief appearance in the show's seventh season premiere episode.
He began his Hollywood career with small, uncredited roles in (1953, with Hamilton Camp), (1953, starring Jean Simmons, Jay Robinson, and Michael Ansara), and 1776 (1972, with William Daniels). He later appeared in such films as All the President's Men (1976, with Stephen Collins, F. Murray Abraham, Gene Dynarski, Paul Lambert and Richard Herd), Joseph Sargent's (1977, with Allan Miller, Kenneth Tobey, and Garry Walberg), The Big Fix (1978, with F. Murray Abraham and Fritz Weaver), The Electric Horseman (1979, with James B. Sikking), (1979, with David Warner, Ed Begley, Jr. and Robin Gammell), Stir Crazy (1980, with Joel Brooks and Jonathan Banks), (1981, with Paul Sorvino, William Daniels, Jerry Hardin, and Ian Wolfe), (1988, with John Vickery and Roy Brocksmith), (1989, with Charles Rocket), and Betsy's Wedding (1990). In the latter film, he and the late Bibi Besch played husband and wife (with Camille Saviola co-starring). He also made appearances on such TV shows as , , , , , Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, , , , , , , , , , and .
Coster co-starred with at least three Star Trek captains outside of Star Trek. In 1978, he and Kate Mulgrew had roles in the epic mini-series The Word, along with Diana Muldaur, Nehemiah Persoff, Allan Miller, Christopher Lloyd, and Jonathan Banks. The following year, he appeared on an episode of Mulgrew's . In 1983, he made a guest-appearance on William Shatner's , a series which also starred James Darren and Richard Herd. He then went on to appear with s Scott Bakula on an episode of in 1996. 
Coster also appeared in (1980, with LeVar Burton and Tracey Walter) and (1980, with Terry Farrell, Seymour Cassel and William Marshall).
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