Alexander Enberg

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Alexander Philip Enberg is the actor best known to Star Trek fans for his recurring role as Ensign Vorik on . Enberg is the son of and Voyager producer and writer Jeri Taylor and sportscaster and made his first Trek appearance in the Next Generation sixth season episode "Time's Arrow, Part II". In the seventh season episode "Lower Decks", Enberg portrayed the Vulcan Ensign Taurik.
For his first appearance as Vorik in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Alter Ego", Enberg is listed as "Alex Enberg" on the call sheets and filmed his scenes on Tuesday and Tuesday on Paramount Stage 9 and 16 with makeup calls at 4:15/9:45 am and set calls at 7:30 am/12:15 pm. For the following episode "Fair Trade", he filmed his scenes between Friday and Tuesday on Paramount Stage 8 and 9. For his third appearance in the third season episode "Blood Fever", Enberg filmed his scenes between Tuesday and Thursday and on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9 and 16.
For the fourth season episode "Day of Honor", he filmed his scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday on Paramount Stage 9 with makeup calls at 4:30/5:15 am and set calls at 7:30/8:30 am. For "Demon", he filmed his scenes on the first day of production, Friday on Paramount Stage with a makeup call at 8:15 am and a set call at 12:00 noon.
For the fifth season episode "Extreme Risk", Enberg filmed his scenes on Wednesday on Paramount Stage 16 with a makeup call at 4:15 am and a set call at 7:30 am. For the episode "Counterpoint", he filmed his scene on Monday on Paramount Stage 9 with a makeup call at 7:30 am and a set call at 11:00 am.
According to the call sheets of the seventh season episode "Renaissance Man", Enberg was originally not planned to reprise his role as Vorik as he was not featured on them. His Starfleet uniforms from his portrayal of Vorik were later sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
== Outside Star Trek ==
Early in his career, Enberg was featured in episodes of (1982 and 1983, starring Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, and Robert Ito and with Renée Jones), (1987, with Mary Carver, Ken Olandt, Richard Gilbert-Hill, and Conrad Hurtt), and (1990, with Cassandra Byram). On the first two series, his mother worked as executive story editor and on the last one as executive producer.
Enberg was featured in (1990, starring Christian Slater and with Robert Schenkkan, Gregg Daniel, Clayton Landey, John Kenton Shull, and Ed Trotta) and had guest roles in episodes of (1991, with Eugene Roche and Roger Aaron Brown), Blossom (1992), (1992, with Peter Slutsker and directed by Reza Badiyi), Step by Step (1993, with David Graf), (1993, with Teri Hatcher, Tracy Scoggins, K Callan, and Gregg Daniel), and Dead at 21 (1994).
In 1994, Enberg appeared in and worked as producer on the action drama The Source of Suction, with Tory Christopher and Shannon Fill. He also appeared in (1994, with Frank Langella, Stefan Gierasch, Lawrence Tierney, Ethan Dampf, and Tracey Walter), Scott McGinnis' thriller Last Gasp (1995, with Vyto Ruginis, Nan Martin, and Ed Anders), and the television series Get Smart (1995, with Andy Dick) and (1997, with Barbara Bosson, Clayton Rohner, Jack Kehler, Dennis Creaghan, Ellen Albertini Dow, John Fleck, Jack Blessing, Richard McGonagle, Victor Bevine, and producer and director Marc Buckland).
Further acting work include (1998, with Joan Pringle, Louis Giambalvo, Shelby Leverington, Tricia O'Neil, and Paul Sandman), (1998, with Jenette Goldstein, Richard McGonagle, Greg Grunberg, Brad Dourif, Manu Intiraymi, Ivar Brogger, Cyia Batten, Jack Shearer, Len Costanza, John Wilkie, Janet Dey, Rubin Knight, Andray Johnson, and Bruce Dobos), episodes of NYPD Blue (1998, with Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, and Aaron Lustig), (1998, with John Cho), (1999), and The Invisible Man (2001, with Ivar Brogger), (1999, with J.G. Hertzler, Nikita Ager, Jeffrey Nordling, Wayne Péré, Clay Wilcox, Paul Popowich, Allan G. Royal, Karl Wiedergott, Kitty Swink, and Marc Worden), (2001, with Wendy Schenker and Ann Cusack), (2001, with Aaron Lustig, Steve Vinovich, Christopher Neiman, Ray Buktenica, and James W. Jansen), and the thriller Panic (2002, with Kristanna Loken, Tucker Smallwood, and David Bowe).
Enberg later worked as special effects artist on the Howard Stern on Demand segment "Fartman: Caught in a Tight Ass" (2006) and on the comedy Never Say Macbeth (2007, with Melodee Spevack and Sam Zeller). On the latter project he also worked as actor and as additional editor. He made his directing debut with the comedy Searching for Ron Ficus in 2009 on which he also worked as visual effects artist and worked as visual effects artist on the comedy Desperate Acts of Magic (2013).
In 2013, Enberg suffered from a serious stroke but has since recovered. He formed a musical act named Survivors' Cabaret with cancer survivor and fellow Star Trek alum Kendra Munger, which became the subject of a documentary. 
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:San Francisco reporter.jpg|Young Reporter
File:Taurik.jpg|Ensign Taurik
File:Vorik, 2373.jpg|Ensign VorikRecurring characterStar Trek: Voyager - Elite Force(voice, uncredited)
File:Chang, Elite Force II.jpg|Austin Chang (voice)Star Trek: Voyager - Elite ForceStar Trek: Elite Force II
File:Malon sent to death.jpg|Malon Engineer(uncredited; , p. 305)
=== Recurring appearance ===
* as Vorik
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** (Season 7)
=== Voice work ===
* Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force as Crewman Austin Chang and Ensign Vorik (uncredited)
* Star Trek: Away Team as Vulcan acolyte, Romulan commander, and Vulcan guard
* Star Trek: Elite Force II as Ensign Austin Chang
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