Christopher Pettiet

Christopher Lee Pettiet was an actor who played a Rutian boy in the third season episode . It was his second television role.
Born in Texas, Pettiet is perhaps best known for playing the young Jesse James on the television series The Young Riders (1989-1991) during its last season. Starring on that series was actor Anthony Zerbe and guest actress Yvonne Suhor. 
Pettiet also played the role of Dean throughout the first season of MTV's Undressed. After his stint on The Next Generation, he went on to guest-star on such series as (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), (starring James B. Sikking and Lawrence Pressman), Baywatch, Picket Fences (with Ray Walston), and . He also performed in a few made-for-television movies, including An Enemy of the People (1990, with John Glover), Fatal Exposure (1991, with Christopher McDonald), and Danger Island (1992, with Richard Beymer, Gary Graham, and Nikki Cox).
He appeared in a handful of films, including (1991, with Joanna Cassidy, Jayne Brook and Concetta Tomei), (1991, with Lori Petty and Jack Kehler), (1994, with Famke Janssen), and (1996, with Matt Malloy).
Pettiet died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 24. According to his manager, Bob Villard, Pettiet's death was the result of an accidental drug overdose.
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