David Sage

David Sage is the actor who played the role of Tarmin in the fifth season episode . He filmed his scenes between Tuesday and Friday and on Tuesday on Paramount Stage 8 and 9.
Sage is often seen playing the role of a judge. This was the case with his 1991 appearance on , starring future actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell and guest-starring Richard Herd. It was also the case in a 1986 episode of which featured Bibi Besch, Denise Crosby, Anne Haney, and series regular Corbin Bernsen. Sage frequently plays political figures such as senators and mayors, including his role as Senator Walter on in 1988.
He was born on the same day as his Next Generation co-star Patrick Stewart.
== Career ==
His earliest known television appearance was a 1983 episode of The Greatest American Hero, opposite Judson Scott. He was next seen in an episode of , starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly in the title roles. In 1985, he appeared on , starring William Daniels, Chad Allen, Jeff Allin, Ed Begley, Jr., Ronny Cox, Norman Lloyd, Deborah May, France Nuyen, Jennifer Savidge, Brian Tochi, Alfre Woodard, and Jane Wyatt.
Sage appeared in two episodes of : the first also featured his Next Generation co-star Jonathan Frakes; the second (in which he played a judge) guest-starred fellow Trek performers Leslie Bevis, Michael Ensign, Michael Ensign, Ellen Geer, Jeff Kober, Loren Lester, and Barbara J. Tarbuck. Jonathan Banks, Brett Cullen, and Robert Foxworth were regulars on the series.
His other TV credits include (with K Callan, Bruce Davison, and John McLiam), the 1980s remake of (with Andrew Robinson, Mark L. Taylor and Jerry Hardin), (with Barbara Bosson, Martha Hackett, and James B. Sikking), (with Barbara Bosson and William Windom), Gabriel's Fire (with Phillip Glasser, Gregory Itzin, David Opatoshu, and Madge Sinclair), (with Jason Alexander, Stephen McHattie, and Heidi Swedberg), (with Corbin Bernsen, Ron Canada, and Larry Drake), (with Ray Walston), Babylon 5 (with Ian Abercrombie, Mary Kay Adams, Christopher Darga, Andreas Katsulas, Glenn Morshower and Bill Mumy), (with Erick Avari, K Callan, Teri Hatcher, and Charles Napier), (with Kevin Conway and Javier Grajeda), The Practice (with Gregory Itzin and Bruce McGill), and the pilot episode of .
His only feature film credits thus far are a small role in (1992, starring Kelsey Grammer, and a role as a senator in (1996, featuring Ann Cusack, Lee Delano, James W. Jansen, Tim Kelleher, and Herschel Sparber.
Sage suffered a massive stroke early in 2002 which ended his career and he now lives in Van Nuys with his wife, Judy, and their three pets Louie, Annie, and Christopher. 
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