Roy Brocksmith

Roy Brocksmith was the actor who portrayed Sirna Kolrami in the second season episode and Razka Karn in the fourth season episode .
Graduating from Illinois' Quincy University in 1970, Brocksmith began his career on the stage, directing for community theater and various playhouses before ultimately moving on to perform on and off-Broadway. He broke into films in 1978, beginning with the dramas King of the Gypsies and The Squeeze. 
In 1980 he had a supporting role in , in which his Deep Space Nine co-star Armin Shimerman and Next Generation co-star Brent Spiner made brief appearances. Three years later, Brocksmith co-starred with Spiner in . 
He also had small roles in such films as (1981), (1987, with Bibi Besch), (1988, with John Glover, Carol Kane, Wendie Malick, Michael J. Pollard, and Alfre Woodard), and (1989, with Meg Foster and Ron Taylor). In 1989, he co-starred with Deep Space Nine recurring guest actor Marc Alaimo in , also featuring Teri Hatcher, Michael J. Pollard, Clint Howard, Glenn Morshower, and Richard Hale. The following year he and Alaimo were among the many Star Trek performers to appear in (1990), with Ronny Cox, Mel Johnson, Jr., Lycia Naff, Frank Kopyc, Michael Champion, and the voice of Robert Picardo. Brocksmith also co-starred with Ronny Cox (along with Bruce French, Gerrit Graham, and Lee Arenberg) in Martians Go Home that same year.
In 1991, Brocksmith had a brief cameo in , which co-starred William Sadler and Hal Landon, Jr.. That same year, he had a guest appearance on (with Don Stark). He also had a supporting role in (1992, with Wallace Shawn), and small roles in (1994), with Richard Riehle, and The Hudsucker Proxy, with Bill Cobbs, Christopher Darga, Noble Willingham, and Mike Starr. Also in 1994, Brocksmith co-starred with fellow Next Generation and Deep Space Nine actor Colm Meaney in .
In 1998, he had a small but important role in (1998), assuming the non-speaking role of the bystander outside the real-estate office where Marion Crane works. The film also featured Ken Jenkins and the late Anne Haney. It proved to be Brocksmith's final feature film appearance.
Brocksmith began appearing on television in the 1980s. One of his earliest guest appearances was the second regular episode of , in which he co-starred with fellow Next Generation guest actor Corbin Bernsen. He also appeared in the first episode of Tales from the Crypt, as did Patti Yasutake, Gerrit Graham, and Brocksmith's fellow Deep Space Nine guest star and future Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey co-star William Sadler. Brocksmith appeared in two more episodes of the series (including one with Ian Abercrombie and J. Patrick McNamara). 
Other TV shows on which he appeared include Night Court (with John Larroquette and Bruce French), The Wonder Years (with Olivia d'Abo), (with Jason Alexander and Susan Diol), (with Daniel Benzali, John Fleck, Shelly Desai, Deborah May, Juliana Donald, John Carroll Lynch, and John de Lancie), Babylon 5 (with Andreas Katsulas, Bill Mumy, and Eric Pierpoint), and (with Steven Culp).
Besides his guest appearances, Brocksmith was also a regular on , on which he played Michael Oslo, a role he played for four years from 1992 through 1996. Among his co-stars on this series were Ray Walston and Leigh Taylor-Young. Brocksmith also co-starred with Paul Winfield and Neal McDonough in (1995).
Brocksmith died on December 16, 2001 from kidney failure due to diabetes. He was 56 years old.
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