Babylon 5

Babylon 5 (B5 for short) is a multi-Emmy Award winning and nominated American science fiction franchise, originally created and produced by J. Michael Straczynski as a television series for Warner Bros. 
While preceding it in development by half a decade, it was produced and aired at the same time as , resulting in back and forth recriminations of plagiarism, which led to a fierce competition between the two franchises at the time. Regardless of this competition, this series proved to be the Star Trek TV franchise's first successful rival futuristic space opera drama series.
==History==
The primary series ran from 26 January 1994 to 25 November 1998 after its pilot episode was broadcast on 22 February 1993. It was the first truly successful American futuristic, modern space-oriented science fiction television series outside Star Trek and therefore the first serious contender with the Star Trek franchise, which until then had pretty much the run of the science fiction television landscape since it had been relaunched in 1987 with . Like Star Trek, there have been several attempts to create viable spinoff properties, including six made-for-TV movies and , featuring Gary Cole, Daniel Dae Kim, Marjean Holden, and Tracy Scoggins.
The series was widely acclaimed for its ambitious writing, much of it by Straczynski himself, who endeavored to tell a complex, predetermined epic story arc, in the form of the ,Star Treks Iconians are reminiscent of the Shadows, both as a species and in their accomplishments. The apocryphal computer game Star Trek Online took it up a notch when it introduced not only the physical appearance of the race itself – exhibiting a more than passing resemblance with the – but also the very similarly conceived in their story lines. over the series' entire run, as opposed to the episodic or two-part story format until then employed for science fiction television series. It thereby convincingly dispelled the widely held belief by Hollywood studios that television audiences lacked the attention span to remain interested in a science fiction series format thus conceived – or in any other serialized television programming with complex storytelling for that matter. (see also in this regard: Battlestar Galactica: Reception and demise)
The series starred Bruce Boxleitner, who later went on to make an appearance on Heroes with Zachary Quinto, and Mira Furlan, who later had a recurring role on J.J. Abrams's Lost with Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, and others. The series also featured numerous Trek alumni in the cast as important recurring or regular characters, most notably Walter Koenig, Andreas Katsulas, Bill Mumy, and Patricia Tallman. Michelle Forbes' ex-husband Ross Kettle also did an episode.
Enjoying a considerable measure of success while the original five-season source series was being produced and aired, firstly on (seasons 1-4) and subsequently on (season 5), the franchise eventually faded into obscurity due to a combination of intentional sabotage by TNT, poorly considered money-saving maneuvers by Warner Bros. (including, but not limited to, the decision to save $5,000 per episode which in the process made it also impossible to produce a later high definition (HD) version of the show with recomposited wide-screen versions of effects shots, after digital assets were lost as the studio was unwilling to pay for their upkeep), as well as internal studio politics. Incidentally, the of Warner Bros., which produced the show, was at the time headed by Les Moonves, an executive not known for his affinity for science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular; Moonves left his mark on Star Trek later on, rarely in a beneficial manner, and, according to Straczynski, having already done so for Babylon 5. 
The show continued to be available on Standard Definition (SD) DVD, maintaining a cult, albeit rapidly dwindling, following. Therefore, considering it had neither been broadcast nor streamed in syndication since the early 2000s, it was hard for potential fans to discover the B5 franchise, preventing a fan driven comeback such as was enjoyed by Star Trek. Until 2018 its onetime franchise competitor Deep Space Nine on the other hand, remained unabatedly being offered worldwide on a continuous basis, albeit in SD, by streaming services such as CBS All Access and Netflix among others – like (the only other non-HD Star Trek production) was, incidentally.
However, the B5 franchise's fortunes seemed to change for the better when it for the very first time in its history was made available for a year on Amazon Prime Video in 2018 where, complaints about its dated image quality aside as it was streamed in SD only, it gained a new audience. Furthermore in 2021, Warner Brothers announced that the company, contrary to the aforementioned poor handling of the footage, had commisioned a major digital cleanup of the franchise's footage to considerably improve the visuals such as sharpening the CGI to (pseudo) HD quality by means of upscaling. The subsequent "remastered" edition was made simulatenously available on WB's HBO Max video streaming service and for download sale on the major online retailers, Apple's iTunes and Amazon Prime Video where it had previously been withdrawn from their streaming service. Essentially a "pseudo-remastering", or a "poor man's remastering", Babylon 5s cleaned-up version therefore was akin to the early The Original Series remastering commissioned for the 1992-1993 Japanese Original Series LaserDisc collection releases, Star Trek - Log 1, Log 2 and Log 3.
Despite all this though, it remains doubtful that Babylon 5 will ever see a revival of the kind Star Trek had enjoyed, because of the dramatically changed conditions on the television landscape (streaming services) with its current viewership having become jaded, fluid and fleeting due to the plethora of alternatives, which includes an abundance of science fiction and fantasy productions. In light of this, it is almost certain that neither Deep Space Nine nor Babylon 5 will ever see a true remastered High Definition release version, even though the digital assets of the former are confirmed to be still in existence with the release of the 2019 Star Trek documentary What We Left Behind, where remastered snippets were featured – whereas those for Babylon 5 are lost, rendering a true remastering impossible to begin with. It was the commercial failure of the very expensive 2012-2014 (true) remastered Star Trek: The Next Generations Blu-ray releases, that makes a true HD version of Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Babylon 5 for that matter, increasingly implausible with each passing day.
At the end of its fourteen-year lifespan, the live-action Babylon 5 franchise encompassed:
* (February 1993, pilot TV film)
* (January 1994-November 1998, five season main series)
** (January 1998 spin-off TV film)
** (July 1998 spin-off TV film)
** (November 1998 spin-off TV film)
** (January 1999 spin-off TV film)
* (June-September 1999, one season spin-off series)
* (January 2002 spin-off TV film)
* (July 2007, direct-to-DVD two-episode mini-series)
==Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine==
J. Michael Straczynski began working on the Babylon 5 concept in 1986. In 1987, he began pitching it, with a script for the pilot and conceptual artwork, to Hollywood executives. He pitched the program (with pilot script, artwork, series bible, character descriptions, and synopses for approximately twenty-two episodes) to Paramount executives in 1989. The series was greenlit by Warner Bros. in November 1991. Warner Bros. was one of the Hollywood studios that became increasingly envious of Paramount for its Star Trek property due to the growing profitable and stable revenue stream stemming from that franchise, especially in the early-1990s when TNG was soaring in popularity, becoming one of Paramount's most profitable properties in that period of time, and Warner was actually one of the very first studios to act upon the desire. Up until that point in time The Next Generation had for almost a decade been the only new (successful) science fiction show being aired on television, when discounting the syndicated reruns of older shows, most conspicuously . (A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, pp. 50-51)
Actually, Brandon Tartikoff, then newly-appointed Paramount Pictures chairman, asked Rick Berman in 1991 to develop a new Star Trek television series in order to further capitalize on the success of their franchise. Next Generation showrunners Berman and Michael Piller discussed plans for the new series with Gene Roddenberry prior to his death in October 1991. was officially greenlit in January 1992. Filming on the Babylon 5 pilot, The Gathering, was completed before filming began on Deep Space Nines pilot, , but Babylon 5s post-production took longer (unsurprisingly perhaps, as the new show did not have the well-oiled post-production process Star Trek had in place yet, especially in the light of their heavy reliance on the then-newfangled CGI techniques), so "Emissary" aired on 3 January 1993 and The Gathering aired seven weeks later, on 22 February.
===Premise and storylines===
Straczynski has suggested that Paramount TV development executives may have "guided" the development of Deep Space Nine with the intention of co-opting Babylon 5. He has, however, been careful to point out that he does not believe that Berman or Piller were aware of the Babylon 5 concept when they were developing Deep Space Nine, or that they deliberately ripped off Babylon 5. Nonetheless, if Straczynski had been right in his unspoken suspicions, it would have constituted a case of history repeating itself, but then with Star Trek on the receiving end; in April 1964 Gene Roddenberry and Oscar Katz presented the Star Trek is... pitch to television studio CBS, which was rejected by them, but not before having been thoroughly questioned about it. It turned out that CBS had its own science fiction show, Lost in Space (in which a young Bill Mumy played one of the primary characters – making him an alumnus of four successful science-fiction franchises as he also made appearances in The Twilight Zone), under development at that time, and both Katz and Roddenberry in particular were convinced that CBS had picked their brains. (Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry) Like Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 would become in theirs, Star Trek: The Original Series and Lost in Space became science fiction franchise contenders in their day, with the latter then actually perceived as the more successful one while both were originally aired.
Despite his diplomatic stance however, Straczynski could not refrain from pointing out a number of similarities between Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine, particularly their respective pilot episodes:
* set on space stations near space transit point – the Bajoran wormhole for DS9, a for B5
* head of station has rank of commander – Benjamin Sisko, 
** commander carries trauma from recent war or battle – Battle of Wolf 359, /
* female second-in-command – Kira Nerys, in "The Gathering", later replaced by 
** second-in-command fending off attack on station at pilot's climax
* station contains a casino/bar and a central marketplace area for commercial activity – the Promenade, the 
* station visitors include diplomats, merchants, smugglers, and other travelers
* pilot episode features a character who changes shape or appearance – Odo, using a .
Straczynski also commented on what he perceived to be similarities in set and prosthetic designs, as well as the notion – mentioned in Deep Space Nine publicity but rarely acknowledged directly in the program itself – that the holosuites in Quark's would act as a virtual bordello. In 1993, Straczynski noted a striking similarity between the just-aired Deep Space Nine episode , in which Quark is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical Circle, and the Babylon 5 episode "" (then in post-production), in which a is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical ; he emphasized that no one on the Babylon 5 staff knew of the DS9 plot point until "The Homecoming" aired, by which point filming on "The War Prayer" had been completed. 
Later, in 1996, Straczynski said:
:"Sometimes it does bother me, and I wonder about what the heck's going on, when I see the only other space station series doing a big arc about alien forces infiltrating Earth government, and brewing civil war on Earth, at the *exact same moment* that we're doing it on our show; earlier, later, fine, but that they'd do basically the same thing at the same time feels like another attempt to co-opt what we're doing on this show. (Not copy; co-opt, which happens all the time. ....) If you kinda know the direction someone else is going, you try to jump ahead and get there first, so that the other either loses impact, or is considered simply an imitation. (Which is one reason why DS9 was hurried through post production to get it on the air a few weeks before B5's pilot, I suspect.)
:Are we being co-opted? I dunno. When I hear that there's a red-headed woman character on DS9 named Leeta (pronounced the same as ); when I see them doing the same kind of arc we're doing but getting it out a little earlier, I will confess it does give me pause sometimes. I try to think the best under these conditions. For now, I'm asuming [sic] it's all just coincidence."
After seeing and , Straczynski recognized that the story was an homage to the film Seven Days in May, implicitly withdrawing this criticism. 
In the face of the rivalry, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry agreed to a on Babylon 5 as a gesture of goodwill to encourage a reconciliation between the fandoms. She played a widow of the late Centauri Emperor, whose greatness and vision for peace had not been fully appreciated within his own lifetime. She foresaw Ambassador Mollari's rise to power.
Aside from Straczynski's own observations, it should also be noted that Deep Space Nine too adopted a long, multi-season story arc from the third season onward in the form of events surrounding the Dominion War. The Star Trek franchise later repeated this to a lesser extent for the third season of in the form of the Xindi threat story arc, and the story arc, featured in the first season of . In the 2019 documentary What We Left Behind though, later Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr claimed full credit for his show being the "inventor" of the multi-episode/season story-arc format in the 1990s television landscape, which was a demonstrable falsehood – if only because the 1980s drama series Dallas for example, consisted of one long story-arc, albeit a non-complex, simple one.
Another thread running throughout Babylon 5 right from the start, was the presence of a secretive organization with considerable military capabilities embedded within its organization that pursued its own agenda, called . One of its main recurrent operatives, , was played by Star Trek alumnus Walter Koenig. The notion of secretive paramilitary organizations pursuing their own agenda was adopted by Deep Space Nine as well, not only once, but twice, with the introduction of the Cardassian Obsidian Order and Starfleet's Section 31 in the series' second and sixth season. William Sadler played the recurrent Section 31 operative Luther Sloan, a role comparable to the one Koenig played on Babylon 5. Nonetheless, it should concurrently be noted that a similar Romulan organization, the Tal Shiar, was established the same month the Babylon 5 pilot aired in the Next Generation episode which aired on 8 February 1993, fourteen days before the Babylon 5 pilot, though this had more than likely been a case of coincidence considering their near simultaneous airings. Section 31 was further explored by the Star Trek franchise with later reappearances in Star Trek: Enterprise, , and Star Trek: Discovery, and is currently slated to become the subject of Star Trek: Section 31.
===Production===
In service of Straczynski's goal of telling a complex, predetermined epic story arc, the show adopted an innovative visual style, taking advantage of advances in computer animation to create for the times spectacular visual effects (VFX) on an economical budget, most notably computer generated imagery (CGI) as pioneered by the show's digital VFX vendor Foundation Imaging, who also provided VFX for the Star Trek franchise later on. The predominant use of CGI in the Babylon 5 was a breakthrough in creating VFX for television, much as the movie Jurassic Park had been for cinema; it went on to become the primary VFX technique.
Despite the signature importance which effects house Foundation Imagining had had for Babylon 5, the company was due to the above-mentioned unsavory studio politics let go from the production after its third season in 1995, leaving the company in dire straits. Yet, the services of the company were picked up the same year by the Star Trek franchise for their production , after its CGI vendor Amblin Imaging went defunct. It was actually Voyagers VFX Supervisor Mitch Suskin who brought the company to the attention of the franchise; Suskin had served in a similar function at Foundation on Babylon 5, but had made the switch to Star Trek one year before Foundation was let go from the production. However there was an initial trepidation to do so, as Foundation's visual style was so associated with that of Babylon 5. () In this regard David Livingston has observed, commenting on the use of computer-generated imagery in , "We were reluctant to do computer graphics, but Peter Lauritson finally came around. He recognized how valuable it is. You can do more stuff with the ship, but you have to do it right. Not to pick on other shows, but Babylon 5 looks like computer-generated imagery. On Voyager and Deep Space Nine, you may not know some of these shots are not motion-control shots. They're really, really good if done properly. You have to spend a couple of extra bucks and get really good artists, but CGI just allows you to do more and you can build more elements into the shots". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)
Additionally, Deep Space Nine Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel has stated, "My particular focus for our show, for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is that it should be a visual effects leader; we should never follow, we should never do what's been done before. CGI has certainly been used to various different degrees of success on Star Trek: Voyager, but I think it's still a hit-and-miss prospect, so I'm not interested in doing it." () Still, Foundation amply proved their mettle for Star Trek, even increasingly providing effects for Deep Space Nines last two seasons as well, continuing to do so for the first season of Enterprise. Nonetheless, some Babylon 5 influences crept into the designs of some of the ships featured in Voyager; the designs of the Species 8472 bio-ship and Krenim weapon ship for example, echoed those of the Vorlon ships and the titular Babylon 5 station respectively, unsurprisingly perhaps, as these were (co-)designed by Steve Burg and Foundation CEO Ron Thornton respectively for either production.
After Foundation went bankrupt in 2002, its former Visual Effects Supervisor Adam Lebowitz has confirmed that all digital assets were left on the company servers when they were sold off at auction. It was this failure to maintain ownership by the respective studios that precludes any and all possibility for not only a remastered version of Babylon 5, as indicated above, but also such versions of Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and , which was the last project the company had worked on. 
Another production company of note was the prosthetics and makeup special effects (SFX) company , which was contracted in 1993 to serve the original Babylon 5 series. Turning out to be a fruitful collaboration, winning the franchise several Emmy Award nominations and wins in the various makeup categories and therefore putting the novice company firmly on the map in the industry, the company was retained for the remainder of the entire run of the franchise. Restructured into Alchemy Studios by its then owners Glenn Hetrick (who himself had worked as an industry novice on the tailend of the Babylon 5 franchise while employed by the company) and Neville Page, the company was in 2017 contracted for similar services on Star Trek: Discovery (incidentally, launched under the auspices of Les Moonves, until 2019 the head of CBS Corporation), for the re-imagined Klingons in particular, likewise winning the series its first 2018 makeup Emmy Award nomination.
===Legacy===
Even though Babylon 5 has somewhat receded in the consciousness of science fiction fans, Star Treks then-owner, CBS Studios (or rather CBS Corporation), has not been able to refrain themselves of reminding television audiences of the fierce competition that existed at the time between the two franchise, or let the issue slide. In their hugely popular (and Star Trek friendly) sitcom series The Big Bang Theory, series regular Sheldon Cooper occasionally expresses his deep disdain for Babylon 5, while his roommate Leonard Hofstadter loves the series, yet losing each and every argument they have over the series. His most outspoken criticism was voiced in that series' third season episode "The Large Hadron Collision" (S03E15, 2010), where he stated that Babylon 5 "(...)failed as drama, science fiction and is hopelessly derivative", referring to the battle that raged at the time between that series and Deep Space Nine – and, as proxy for CBS, in the process implicitly accusing Babylon 5 of plagiarizing Deep Space Nine. In the later "The Hawking Excitation" episode (S05E21), it was also divulged that Sheldon had begged TNT up to three times to cancel Babylon 5. The stance taken in The Big Bang Theory has irked what remained of the still existing Babylon 5 fanbase, but has also enticed some science fiction fans, new to the series, to check out the series for themselves, because of Sheldon's/CBS's aversion. Ironically, The Big Bang Theory was produced for CBS by Warner Bros., the former Babylon 5 production company.
Even though several other contemporary television shows were mentioned by Ira Steven Behr in his 2019 What We Left Behind documentary, no mention of the then-serious genre contender Babylon 5 was made in the two-hour long documentary. In stark contrast, the 2021 first season episode "Dancing with Syndication in the Pale Moonlight" of The History Channel's Star Trek specific documentary series The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek did deal very much with the strive between the two rival franchises. But while the two franchises and their respective fanbases might had been at odds with each other, professional genre reporters and critics welcomed the advent of more quality genre television productions as was evidenced by reporters Mark A. Altman and David Ian Salter who wrote several, generally positive, pieces on both shows for their employer, genre magazine Cinefantastique, and who published the 1992 reference book Exploring Deep Space and Beyond based on these articles which detailed both shows. Additionally, to this day genre critics consistently rank Babylon 5 in the top 5 best sci-fi shows of all time because of its mature, complex storytelling. 
As for the Babylon 5 creator himself, according to a news notice in the issue of the German Star Trek fanzine Trekworld (#64), Paramount Pictures had offered Straczynski a chance to work on the Star Trek franchise but he refused because he didn't want to work on someone else's series and was of the belief that Trekkies had no love lost for him. However, this belief did not prevent him to later work on a treatment for "rebooting" the Star Trek franchise with creator in 2004, one that was turned down eventually, as the franchise by that time had decided to run with J.J. Abrams' alternate reality version, which ultimately resulted in the 2009 movie . 
==Star Trek references in Babylon 5==
In the Babylon 5 episode "" (written by Peter David), Commander protests an attempt to sell "Babylon 5" merchandise on the station, saying, "We're not some Deep Space franchise – this place is about something!" David expected the line to be cut, but producer Straczynski insisted that it be kept, because it was "fall-down funny." David replied, "You people really ARE dangerous over there, aren't you?" 
In the episode "", when an political representative attempts to seduce Captain , Ivanova quips, "Congratulations, captain... I believe you are about to go where everyone has gone before."
A blooper from the episode "Severed Dreams" has Bruce McGill's character, when asked where Robert Foxworth's character General Hague was, say "General Hague... is doing Deep Space Nine. It seems he was double-booked by his agent and nothing could be done."
==Actors who have appeared in Star Trek and Babylon 5==
Actor 	Star Trek role 	Star Trek episode/film 	Date 	Babylon 5 role 	Babylon 5 episode 	Date
Ian Abercrombie 	Abbot 	 	1999-04-28 	 	: "" 	1995-02-22
Ian Abercrombie 	 	 	2000-02-23 	 	: "" 	1995-02-22
Mary Kay Adams 	Grilka 	 	1994-10-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-11
Mary Kay Adams 	Grilka 	 	1996-10-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Nathan Anderson 	Namon 	 	1997-09-24 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-18
Nathan Anderson 	N. Kemper 	 	2003-09-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-18
Nathan Anderson 	N. Kemper 	 	2003-09-17 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-18
Michael Ansara 	Kang 	 	1968-11-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Michael Ansara 	Kang 	 	1994-03-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Michael Ansara 	Kang 	 	1996-09-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Michael Ansara 	Jeyal 	 	1996-04-29 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Vaughn Armstrong 	Korris 	 	1988-03-21 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Danar 	 	1993-01-09 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Telek R'Mor 	 	1995-02-20 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Seskal 	 	1999-05-05 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Seskal 	 	1999-05-26 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Lansor/Two of Nine 	 	1999-09-29 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Vidiian captain 	 	2000-05-03 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-19
Vaughn Armstrong 	Alpha Hirogen 	 	2000-11-29 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Korath 	 	2001-05-23 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Maxwell Forrest 	Fourteen ENT episodes, from to 	2001-09-26 to 2004-11-19	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Klingon captain 	 	2002-01-30 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Kreetassian captain 	 	2002-05-01 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Kreetassian captain 	 	2002-10-16 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Vaughn Armstrong 	Maximilian Forrest 	 	2005-04-22 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Jeff Austin 	Bolian security officer 	 	1995-06-25 	Centauri #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-01-26
Jeff Austin 	Allos 	 	1998-04-15 	Centauri #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-01-26
Erick Avari 	B'iJik 	 	1991-11-04 	Rabbi 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Erick Avari 	Yarka 	 	1995-02-13 	Rabbi 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Erick Avari 	Jamin 	 	2001-10-24 	Rabbi 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Adrienne Barbeau 	Kimara Cretak 	 	1998-03-03 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-07
Majel Barrett 	Number One 	 	1964 (filmed) 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Number One 	 	1966-11-17 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Number One 	 	1966-11-26 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Christine Chapel 	Thirty-four TOS episodes, from to 	1966-09-29 to 1969-06-03	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Christine Chapel 	 	1979-12-07 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Christine Chapel 	 	1986-11-26 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Lwaxana Troi 	Nine TNG and DS9 episodes, from to 	1987-11-30 to 1996-04-29	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Majel Barrett 	Computer voice 	243 appearances across all series and films 	1966 to 2009 	Lady 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-26
Theodore Bikel 	Sergey Rozhenko 	 	1990-10-01 	Rabbi 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-25
Theodore Bikel 	Sergey Rozhenko 	 	1990-10-01 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Simon Billig 	Hogan 	Seven VOY episodes, from to 	1996-01-22 to 1996-09-04	Ranger 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-10-28
Simon Billig 	Hogan 	Seven VOY episodes, from to 	1996-01-22 to 1996-09-04	Ranger 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-11-18
Raye Birk 	Wrenn 	 	1987-11-30 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-06-16
Raye Birk 	Son'a doctor 	 	1998-12-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-06-16
James Black 	Klingon helmsman 	 	1996-04-22 	Security Guard #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-01-29
Bill Blair 	Numerous background aliens, uncredited 	Over forty-three episodes of DS9, VOY, and ENT	1994-10-10 to 2005-05-06	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	of Babylon 5 	1994 to 1998
Bill Blair 	Numerous background aliens, uncredited 	Over forty-three episodes of DS9, VOY, and ENT	1994-10-10 to 2005-05-06	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Bill Blair 	Numerous background aliens, uncredited 	Over forty-three episodes of DS9, VOY, and ENT	1994-10-10 to 2005-05-06	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-07-19
Katy Boyer 	Zero One 	 	1998-02-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-11
Mark Bramhall 	Nador 	 	1993-11-29 	Centauri #2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-01-27
Mark Bramhall 	Vulcan elder 	 	2009-12-08 	Centauri #2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-01-27
Roy Brocksmith 	Sirna Kolrami 	 	1989-07-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Roy Brocksmith 	Razka Karn 	 	1995-10-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Caitlin Brown 	Ty Kajada 	 	1993-02-20 	 	Six Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-02-23 to 1998-03-25
Caitlin Brown 	Vekor 	 	1993-10-09 	 	Six Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-02-23 to 1998-03-25
Caitlin Brown 	Vekor 	 	1993-10-16 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-04-26
Ron Canada 	Martin Benbeck 	 	1992-02-10 	Captain 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Ron Canada 	Ch'Pok 	 	1996-04-08 	Captain 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Ron Canada 	Fesek 	 	1999-04-26 	Captain 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Jane Carr 	Mary Reed 	 	2002-01-16 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Bernie Casey 	Calvin Hudson 	 	1994-04-24 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-03-01
Bernie Casey 	Calvin Hudson 	 	1994-05-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-03-01
Marie Chambers 	Kyrian arbiter 	 	1998-04-29 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Richard Chaves 	Earth Sky Spirit 	 	1995-11-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-09
Art Chudabala 	Hector Ilario 	 	1999-02-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-08
Josh Clark 	Tactical officer 	 	1987-11-09 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-06-17
Josh Clark 	Joe Carey 	Nine VOY episodes, from to 	1995-01-16 to 2001-04-25	 	: "" 	1999-08-25
Jeffrey Combs 	Tiron 	 	1994-11-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeffrey Combs 	Brunt 	Eight DS9 episodes, from to 	1995-05-15 to 1999-05-26	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeffrey Combs 	Weyoun 	Twenty-four DS9 episodes, from to 	1996-05-13 to 1999-06-02	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeffrey Combs 	Penk 	 	2000-02-09 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeffrey Combs 	Shran 	Ten ENT episodes, from to 	2001-10-31 to 2005-05-13	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeffrey Combs 	Krem 	 	2002-03-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-13
Jeff Corey 	Plasus 	 	1969-02-28 	 	Babylon 5:"" 	1996-10-28
Brian Cousins 	Parem 	 	1992-05-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Brian Cousins 	Crosis 	 	1993-06-21 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Brian Cousins 	Crosis 	 	1993-09-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Brian Cousins 	Paltani 	 	2002-12-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Anthony Crivello 	Adin 	 	1996-11-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-01-21
David L. Crowley 	Workman 	 	1993-10-23 	 	Seven Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-05-04 to 1995-02-08
Robin Curtis 	Saavik 	 	1984-06-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-20
Robin Curtis 	Saavik 	 	1986-11-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-20
Robin Curtis 	Tallera 	 	1993-10-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-20
Robin Curtis 	Tallera 	 	1993-10-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-20
Christopher Darga 	Kaybok 	 	1995-10-12 	#1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Christopher Darga 	Y'Sek 	 	1999-03-31 	#1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Christopher Darga 	Vorok 	 	2001-10-17 	#1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Henry Darrow 	Savar 	 	1988-05-9 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-17
Henry Darrow 	Kolopak 	 	1995-11-6 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-17
Henry Darrow 	Kolopak 	 	1996-05-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-17
Timothy Davis-Reed 	Kyrian spectator 	 	1998-04-29 	Man #1 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Vince Deadrick, Jr. 	Numerous uncredited stunt roles and appearances. 	to 	2001-09-26 to 2005-05-13	Tough Guy 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-05-27
Vince Deadrick, Jr. 	Numerous uncredited stunt roles and appearances. 	to 	2001-09-26 to 2005-05-13	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-06-10
Pancho Demmings 	Kradin soldier 	 	1997-09-24 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Diane DiLascio 	Riaan 	 	2001-11-14 	Telepath #2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Brad Dourif 	Lon Suder 	 	1996-02-05 	Brother 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-27
Brad Dourif 	Lon Suder 	 	1996-06-20 	Brother 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-27
Brad Dourif 	Lon Suder 	 	1996-07-04 	Brother 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-27
Robin Atkin Downes 	ADR voices (Vulcan and Romulan chants and dialogue), uncredited	 	2009-12-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-24
Robin Atkin Downes 	ADR voices (Vulcan and Romulan chants and dialogue), uncredited	 	2009-12-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-01-04
Robin Atkin Downes 	Togg 	 	2021-10-07 	 	Eight Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1998-01-21 to 1998-04-01
John Fleck 	Taibak 	 	1991-05-27 	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
John Fleck 	Cardassian overseer 	 	1993-09-26 	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
John Fleck 	Ornithar 	 	1994-09-26 	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
John Fleck 	Koval 	 	1999-03-03 	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
John Fleck 	Abaddon 	 	1999-10-20 	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
John Fleck 	Silik 	Seven ENT episodes, from to 	2001-09-26 to 2004-10-15	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "" 	1993-02-22
Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").	Leyton 	 	1996-01-01 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-02
Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").	Leyton 	 	1996-01-08 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-02
Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").	V'Las 	 	2004-11-19 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-15
Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").	V'Las 	 	2004-11-26 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-15
Robert Foxworth Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer").	V'Las 	 	2004-12-03 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-15
Mike Genovese 	Desk sergeant 	 	January 1988-01-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-15
Mike Genovese 	Zef'No 	 	1993-10-03 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-15
Gerrit Graham 	First Hunter 	 	1993-10-01 	Lord 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-18
Gerrit Graham 	Quinn 	 	1996-02-19 	Lord 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-18
Bruce Gray 	Chekote 	 	1993-10-11 	Interrogator 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-06-16
Bruce Gray 	Surak 	 	2004-11-26 	Interrogator 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-06
Bennet Guillory 	Medical Big Shot 	 	1995-02-20 	Merchant #2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-02
Bennet Guillory 	Medical Big Shot 	 	1995-02-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Chip Heller 	Solari leader 	 	1989-01-09 	Rowdy #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Marva Hicks 	 	 	1995-10-30 	Singer 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Marva Hicks 	 	 	2000-11-15 	Singer 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Marjean Holden 	Stolzoff 	 	1997-05-19 	Navigation 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1999-01-03
Marjean Holden 	Stolzoff 	 	1997-05-19 	 	Eleven Crusade episodes, from "" to "" 	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
William Dennis Hunt 	Huraga 	 	1995-10-02 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-05-17
Kris Iyer 	Cold Station 12 deputy director 	 	2004-11-05 	Dome Tech 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-11-18
Clynell Jackson III 	H'ta 	 	1996-09-30 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clynell Jackson III 	Klingon hologram 	 	1998-03-04 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clynell Jackson III 	Klingon crewman 	 	2001-02-07 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clynell Jackson III 	Klingon Council member 	 	2001-09-26 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clynell Jackson III 	Klingon councilor 	 	2003-05-21 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clynell Jackson III 	Xindi-Arboreal technician 	 	2003-10-29 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Ken Jenkins 	Paul Stubbs 	 	1989-09-25 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-05-26
Michael Kagan 	Chokuzan commander 	 	2001-04-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-22
Lenore Kasdorf 	Lorin 	 	1993-11-08 	Reporter 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-25
Lenore Kasdorf 	Lorin 	 	1993-11-08 	Reporter 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-27
Lenore Kasdorf 	Lorin 	 	1993-11-08 	Reporter 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Andreas Katsulas 	Tomalak 	Four TNG episodes, from to 	1989-11-06 to 1994-05-23	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "The Gathering" 	1993-02-22
Andreas Katsulas 	Tomalak 	Four TNG episodes, from to 	1989-11-06 to 1994-05-23	 	Sixty-two Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-01-26 to 1998-11-11
Andreas Katsulas 	Drennik 	 	2003-04-30 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Andreas Katsulas 	Drennik 	 	2003-04-30 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	2002-01-19
Patrick Kilpatrick 	Razik 	 	1995-09-04 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-13
Patrick Kilpatrick 	 	 	1998-11-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-13
Patrick Kilpatrick 	Assan 	 	2000-10-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-13
Daniel Dae Kim 	Gotana-Retz 	 	2000-01-19 	 	Twelve Crusade episodes, from "" to "" 	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
Daniel Dae Kim 	Corporal D. Chang 	 	2003-09-10 	 	Twelve Crusade episodes, from "" to "" 	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
Daniel Dae Kim 	Corporal D. Chang 	 	2003-09-24 	 	Twelve Crusade episodes, from "" to "" 	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
Daniel Dae Kim 	Corporal D. Chang 	 	2004-02-25 	 	Twelve Crusade episodes, from "" to "" 	1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
David A. Kimball 	Esaak 	 	2002-01-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-17
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	Thirty-six TOS episodes, from to 	1967-10-27 to 1969-06-03	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1979-12-07 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1982-06-04 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1984-06-01 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1986-11-26 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1989-06-09 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1991-12-06 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Walter Koenig 	Pavel Chekov 	 	1994-11-18 	 	Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
Thomas Kopache 	Mirok 	 	1992-05-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	The Engineer 	 	1994-05-07 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Com officer 	 	1994-11-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Viorsa 	 	1996-04-29 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Kira Taban 	 	1997-04-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Kira Taban 	 	1998-03-28 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Tos 	 	2001-09-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Thomas Kopache 	Sphere-Builder test subject 	 	2004-02-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Steven Lambert 	Suliban agent 	 	2001-09-26 	Bloodhound Teep #2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Clayton Landey 	Fuchida 	 	1999-01-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-04-21
Reggie Lee 	Administrator 	 	2009-12-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-15
Stephen Lee 	Chorgan 	 	1989-11-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-27
Stephen Lee 	Alien bartender 	 	1993-10-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-27
Beverly Leech 	Dayla 	 	2000-11-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-09
Judy Levitt 	Mercy Hospital physician 	 	1986-11-26 	Psi Cop 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Judy Levitt 	Starfleet Command captain 	 	1991-12-06 	Psi Cop 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-05
Judy Levitt 	El-Aurian survivor 	 	1994-11-18 	Psi Cop 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-05
James Lew 	Romulan crewmember 	 	2009-12-08 	Bloodhound Teep #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-02-25
Kristopher Logan 	El-Aurian survivor 	 	1994-11-18 	Ambassador #3 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-02
Victor Lundin 	Klingon lieutenant 	 	1967-03-23 	Psi Corps Official 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-10
Scott MacDonald 	Tosk 	 	1993-01-30 	 	Babylon 5 TV Movie 	1999-01-03
Scott MacDonald 	N'Vek 	 	1993-02-08 	 	Babylon 5 TV Movie 	1999-01-03
Scott MacDonald 	Rollins 	 	1995-01-16 	 	Babylon 5 TV Movie 	1999-01-03
Scott MacDonald 	Goran'Agar 	 	1995-10-16 	 	Babylon 5 TV Movie 	1999-01-03
Scott MacDonald 	Dolim 	Eight ENT episodes, from to 	2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26	 	Babylon 5 TV Movie 	1999-01-03
Stephen Macht 	 	 	1993-10-03 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-20
Stephen Macht 	 	 	1993-10-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-20
Rosie Malek-Yonan 	Tekoa 	 	1996-10-28 	Doctor 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-05-24
David Anthony Marshall 	Magnus Hansen 	 	1997-09-03 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-10-26
David Anthony Marshall 	Magnus Hansen 	 	1997-10-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-10-26
Marie Marshall 	Kelsey 	 	1993-03-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-09
Marie Marshall 	Kelsey 	 	1993-03-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-03-11
Bart McCarthy 	Coburn 	 	1997-10-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-05-19
Bart McCarthy 	Coburn 	 	1997-10-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-06-17
Leigh J. McCloskey 	Tieran 	 	1996-11-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-03-25
Leigh J. McCloskey 	Joran Dax 	 	1999-02-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-01
J. Patrick McCormack 	Bennett (Rear Admiral) 	 	1997-02-24 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
J. Patrick McCormack 	Prax 	 	1998-12-16 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
J. Patrick McCormack 	Romulan commander 	 	2002-12-13 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Bruce McGill McGill was cast as a new character to replace the role of General Hague, played by Robert Foxworth, who had opted to appear in a two-part episode Deep Space Nine instead (see above). 	Braxton 	 	1999-05-12 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Don McMillan 	Hirogen hunter 	 	2000-11-29 	Bartender 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-15
Kate McNeil 	 	 	2005-02-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-17
Geoff Meed 	Dee'Ahn 	 	2002-05-5 	Smuggler #1 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-04-21
Erica Mer 	Maryl 	 	1998-11-25 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Christopher Michael 	Coalition Lieutenant 	 	1990-10-29 	Shooter 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-01-25
Christopher Michael 	Defiant Helmsman 	 	1996-04-08 	Earthforce Captain 	Crusade: "" 	1999-07-28
Katherine Moffat 	Etana 	 	1991-10-28 	Supervisor 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996
Katherine Moffat 	Vaatrik Pallra 	 	1993-11-14 	Supervisor 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996
Tom Morga 	Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited 	to 	1979-12-07 to 2004-10-29	Stunt roles 	Unknown 	Unknown
Marjorie Monaghan 	Freya 	 	1995-04-24 	 	Seven Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1997-04-21 to 1998-11-18
Phil Morris 	Boy in Army helmet 	 	1966-10-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Phil Morris 	 	 	1984-06-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Phil Morris 	Commander Thopok 	 	1996-10-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Phil Morris 	Third Remata'Klan 	 	1997-10-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Phil Morris 	Lieutenant John Kelly 	 	1999-11-17 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-04-01
Glenn Morshower 	 	 	1989-07-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Glenn Morshower 	Orton 	 	1993-03-29 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Glenn Morshower 	USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) Navigator 	 	1994-11-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Glenn Morshower 	Mokra Order Guard 	 	1995-11-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Glenn Morshower 	Sheriff MacReady 	 	2003-11-12 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Bill Mumy 	 	 	1998-11-18 	 	Forty-nine Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-02-23 to 1998-11-18
Christopher Neame 	Unferth 	 	1995-04-24 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Christopher Neame 	German general 	 	2004-10-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Christopher Neame 	German general 	 	2004-10-15 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Julia Nickson 	Lian T'Su 	 	1988-04-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-23
Julia Nickson 	 	 	1994-02-13 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-02
Julia Nickson 	 	 	1994-02-13 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-10-26
Jim Norton 	Albert Einstein 	 	1991-04-01 	Ombuds 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-06
Jim Norton 	Albert Einstein 	 	1991-04-01 	Ombuds 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-17
Jim Norton 	Albert Einstein 	 	1993-06-21 	Dr. 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-05-24
Jim Norton 	Albert Einstein 	 	1993-06-21 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-05
Tricia O'Neil 	Rachel Garrett 	 	1990-02-19 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-04-27
Tricia O'Neil 	Kurak 	 	1993-05-10 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Tricia O'Neil 	Korinas 	 	1994-11-21 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Rod Perry 	Security guard 	 	1979-12-07 	General 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-04
Eric Pierpoint 	Voval 	 	1993-09-27 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	Sanders 	 	1997-02-03 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	Kortar 	 	1999-10-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	Shiraht 	 	2002-03-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	 	 	2005-02-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	 	 	2005-02-25 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	 	 	2005-12-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Eric Pierpoint 	 	 	2005-05-13 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-27
Greg Poland 	Elloran officer 	 	1998-10-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-06
Greg Poland 	Voyager security officer 	 	2001-01-31 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-06
Clive Revill 	Guy of Gisbourne 	 	1991-04-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
Tony Rizzoli 	Kainon 	 	1993-06-13 	Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-18
Mark Rolston 	Walter Pierce 	 	1994-02-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-17
Mark Rolston 	Kuroda 	 	2003-02-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-17
Mark Rolston 	Magh 	 	2004-11-12 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-17
Robert Rusler 	Orgoth 	 	2003-09-17 	 	Six Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-11-02 to 1995-11-01
Rick Ryan 	Numerous background aliens, uncredited 	Several episodes of TNG and DS9 	1993 to 1999 	Numerous background aliens, uncredited	Eleven Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-02-23 to 1998-11-25
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-02
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-15
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-08-15
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-08-18
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-06-17
Robin Sachs 	Valen 	 	2001-02-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-10-28
David Sage 	Tarmin 	 	1992-02-03 	Business Man #2 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "The Gathering" 	1993-02-22
David Sage 	Tarmin 	 	1992-02-03 	Merchant 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Reiner Schöne 	Esoqq 	 	1990-03-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-02-24
Reiner Schöne 	Esoqq 	 	1990-03-26 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
John Schuck 	Kamarag 	 	1986-11-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-08-01
John Schuck 	Kamarag 	 	1991-12-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-08-01
John Schuck 	Parn 	 	1994-05-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-08-01
John Schuck 	Chorus #2 	 	2000-04-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-01-29
John Schuck 	Antaak 	 	2005-02-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-01-29
John Schuck 	Antaak 	 	2005-02-25 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-01-29
Dwight Schultz 	Reginald Barclay 	Ten TNG and VOY episodes, from to 	1990-04-30 to 2001-05-23	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-30
Dwight Schultz 	Reginald Barclay 	 	1996-11-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-30
Tracy Scoggins 	Gilora Rejal 	 	1995-02-15 	 	Fourteen Babylon 5 and Crusade episodes, from "" to ""	1998-01-21 to 1999-09-01
Tracy Scoggins 	Gilora Rejal 	 	1995-02-15 	 	Babylon 5 TV movies and 	1998-11-08, 1999-01-03
Tracy Scoggins 	Gilora Rejal 	 	1995-02-15 	 	Babylon 5 direct-to-DVD special 	2007-09-03
Judson Scott 	Joachim 	 	1982-06-04 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Judson Scott 	Sobi 	 	1988-04-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Judson Scott 	Rekar 	 	1998-01-21 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
W. Morgan Sheppard 	Ira Graves 	 	1989-01-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-02
W. Morgan Sheppard 	Klingon Commandant 	 	1991-12-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-02
W. Morgan Sheppard 	Qatai 	 	1999-02-10 	Warmaster 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
W. Morgan Sheppard 	Vulcan science minister 	 	2009-05-08 	Warmaster 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Carolyn Seymour 	Taris 	 	1989-03-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
Carolyn Seymour 	Mirasta Yale 	 	1991-02-18 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
Carolyn Seymour 	Toreth 	 	1993-02-08 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
Carolyn Seymour 	Templeton 	 	1995-12-01 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
Carolyn Seymour 	Templeton 	 	1995-10-30 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-13
Guy Siner 	Stuart Reed 	 	2002-01-16 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-05-12
Michelan Sisti 	Tol 	 	1994-12-02 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-08-03
Tucker Smallwood 	Bullock 	 	1998-11-04 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-06
Tucker Smallwood 	Xindi-Primate councilor 	Nine ENT episodes, from to 	2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-06
Michael Bailey Smith 	Hanon native 	 	1996-09-04 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-20
John Snyder 	Bochra 	 	1989-11-06 	#2 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-02
John Snyder 	Aaron Conor 	 	1992-02-10 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-05-11
Eric Steinberg 	Paul Porter 	 	1996-11-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-12
Eric Steinberg 	Ankari captain 	 	1999-09-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-02-12
Skip Stellrecht 	Engineering Crewman 	 	1987-10-05 	Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-05-26
Skip Stellrecht 	Engineering Crewman 	 	1987-10-05 	Security Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-03-04
Skip Stellrecht 	Engineering Crewman 	 	1987-10-05 	Customs Officer 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-03-11
Carel Struycken 	Mr. Homn 	5 TNG episodes, from to 	1987-11-30 to 1991-05-06	Trader 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Carel Struycken 	The Spectre 	 	1996-04-29 	Trader 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Kitty Swink 	Rozahn 	 	1993-11-28 	Senator 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-06
Kitty Swink 	Luaran 	 	1999-05-12 	Senator 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-06
Keith Szarabajka 	Teero Anaydis 	 	2000-10-25 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Keith Szarabajka 	Damron 	 	2002-03-20 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Warren Tabata 	Numerous background characters, uncredited 	Eight episodes of TNG, VOY, ENT 	1992-02-10 to 2003-12-07	Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-09
Warren Tabata 	Numerous background characters, uncredited 	Eight episodes of TNG, VOY, ENT 	1992-02-10 to 2003-12-07	Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-16
Warren Tabata 	Numerous background characters, uncredited 	Eight episodes of TNG, VOY, ENT 	1992-02-10 to 2003-12-07	Guard 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-30
Cary-Hiroyuki 	Mandarin bailiff 	 	1987-09-28 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-13
Patricia Tallman 	Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited 	to 	1992-02-24 to 1999-06-02	 	Babylon 5 TV pilot "The Gathering" 	1993-02-22
Patricia Tallman 	Kiros 	 	1993-03-29 	 	24 Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1995-07-25 to 1998-11-11
Patricia Tallman 	Defiant weapons officer 	 	1995-10-02 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-07-19
Marshall R. Teague 	Temo'Zuma 	 	1995-10-16 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-16
Marshall R. Teague 	Haluk 	 	1997-04-30 	 	5 Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1995-02-15 to 1998-11-18
Marshall R. Teague 	Haluk 	 	1997-04-30 	Captain 	Crusade: "" 	1999-06-16
Brian Thompson 	 	 	1989-02-06 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Inglatu 	 	1993-11-07 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Klingon helm officer 	 	1994-11-18 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Toman'torax 	 	1996-05-13 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Valdore 	 	2005-01-28 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Valdore 	 	2005-02-04 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Brian Thompson 	Valdore 	 	2005-02-11 	 	: "" 	1999-07-07
Malachi Throne 	Voice of The Keeper 	 	1988-10-04 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Malachi Throne 	Voice of The Keeper 	 	1966-11-24 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Malachi Throne 	José I. Mendez 	 	1966-11-17 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Malachi Throne 	José I. Mendez 	 	1966-11-17 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Malachi Throne 	Pardek 	 	1991-11-04 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Malachi Throne 	Pardek 	 	1991-11-11 	Prime Minister 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-01
Tony Todd 	Kurn 	Four TNG and DS9 episodes, from to 	1990-03-19 to 1996-02-12	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1999-01-03
Tony Todd 	Adult Jake Sisko 	 	1995-10-09 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1999-01-03
Tony Todd 	Alpha Hirogen 	 	1998-02-18 	 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1999-01-03
Tamlyn Tomita 	Commodore/General Oh/Nedar 	six episodes, from to 	2020-01-30 to 2020-03-26	Lt. Cmdr. 	Babylon 5 TV pilot: "The Gathering" 	1993-02-22
Beth Toussaint 	Ishara Yar 	 	1990-10-29 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-11-09
Mark Rafael Truitt 	Yosa 	 	2000-10-25 	warrior 	Babylon 5 TV movie 	1998-01-04
Blair Valk 	Risian woman 	 	1996-11-11 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-12-14
Musetta Vander 	Derran Tal 	 	1999-02-24 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1997-10-06
John Vickery 	Andrus Hagan 	 	1991-03-18 	 	Five Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-07-20 to 1997-05-19
John Vickery 	Rusot 	 	1999-04-28 	 	Five Babylon 5 episodes, from "" to "" 	1994-07-20 to 1997-05-19
John Vickery 	Rusot 	 	1999-05-05 	Mr. 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-11-01
John Vickery 	Rusot 	 	1999-05-12 	Mr. 	Crusade: "" 	1999-07-28
John Vickery 	 	 	2003-04-09 	Mr. 	Crusade: "" 	1999-07-28
David Warner 	St. John Talbot 	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 	1989-06-09 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-06
David Warner 	Gorkon 	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 	1991-12-06 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-06
David Warner 	Madred 	 	1992-12-14 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-06
David Warner 	Madred 	 	1992-12-21 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-07-06
Justin Williams 	Jarvin 	 	1995-01-23 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-03-16
Paul Williams 	Koru 	 	2000-01-26 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-22
Mirron E. Willis 	Klingon guard 	 	1990-22-05 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-28
Mirron E. Willis 	Rettik 	 	1996-01-22 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-28
Mirron E. Willis 	Rettik 	 	1996-01-39 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1998-04-28
Paul Winfield 	Captain Clark Terrell 	 	1982-06-04 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-08
Paul Winfield 	Dathon 	 	1991-09-30 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-02-08
Mel Winkler 	Jack Hayes 	 	1995-08-28 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-14
Time Winters 	Daro 	 	1991-01-28 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-05-13
Time Winters 	Daro 	 	1991-01-28 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1996-10-07
Dan Woren 	Borg Drone 	 	1996-11-22 	Bartender 	Babylon 5: "" 	1995-05-24
Momo Yashima 	crewmember 	 	1979-12-07 	 	Babylon 5: "" 	1994-02-09
==Production personnel who have worked on both franchises==
:Note: Excepting Suskin (who was not employed by Foundation during his Star Trek years), not listed are the staffers of CGI company Foundation Imaging, the vast majority of the original 1993-1995 line-up having also worked on both franchises. See main article for staff listing.
Person 	Star Trek contributions 	Babylon 5 contributions
Adam Buckner 	Visual Effects Coordinator, Season 5- 7, Season 1; Visual Effects Supervisor 	Visual Effects Assistant, Babylon 5 Season 1; Assistant Editor,
Harry Cohen 	Sound Engineer, , , , , 	Sound Designer, Babylon 5 Season 1-5, , , , , Crusade Season 1
Richard Compton 	Actor, (Washburn) 	Director, Babylon 5 TV movie ,
Richard Compton 	Actor, (Romulan technical officer) 	Co-producer,
Richard Compton 	Director, 	Co-producer,
Peter David 	Writer, forty-one Star Trek novels 	Writer, Babylon 5: "", ""
Peter David 	Writer, forty Star Trek comics 	Writer, Crusade: ""
Peter David 	Writer, Beam Me Up, Scotty (with James Doohan) 	Writer, and novelizations
Peter David 	Writer, Cacophony (Captain Sulu Adventures audio drama, as J.J. Molloy) 	Writer, novel trilogy
Harlan Ellison 	Writer, 	Conceptual consultant, Babylon 5 TV series, Babylon 5 TV movies , In the Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, A Call to Arms
Harlan Ellison 	Writer, 	Writer (story), Babylon 5 episodes "", ""
Harlan Ellison 	Writer, 	Voice artist, Babylon 5: "" (), "" ()
Harlan Ellison 	Writer, 	Cameo appearance, Babylon 5: "" (Psi Cop)
D.C. Fontana 	Writer, seventeen episodes of TOS, TAS, TNG, and DS9 	Writer, Babylon 5: "", "", ""
D.C. Fontana 	Writer, Vulcan's Glory novel 	Writer, Babylon 5: "", "", ""
D.C. Fontana 	Writer, Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment comic 	Writer, Babylon 5: "", "", ""
David Gerrold 	Writer, 	Writer, Babylon 5: ""
Glenn Hetrick 	Dept. Head Prosthetic and Special F/X Makeup, 	Prosthetic Painter, Babylon 5: ""
Adam Nimoy 	Director, 	Director, Babylon 5: "", ""
Larry Odien 	Uncredited Special Effects Technician, 	Uncredited Special Makeup Effects Artist, Babylon 5: ""
Fabio Passaro 	Digital Artist, , Borg Invasion 4D, Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection,	Digital Modeler, Babylon 5: ""
Mary Jo Slater 	Casting director, 	Casting director, Babylon 5
J. Michael Straczynski	Writer, one comic 	Creator, primary writer, Babylon 5
Mitch Suskin 	VFX Supervisor, Season 1-7, Season 1-3 	VFX Supervisor Babylon 5, Season 1-2
Jesús Salvador Treviño	Director, eight episodes of DS9 and VOY 	Director, of Babylon 5, Babylon 5 TV movie , Crusade: ""
Michael Vejar 	Director, thirty-one episodes of TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT 	Director, of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies , ,
Douglas E. Wise 	Second assistant director, 	First assistant director, of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies and
Douglas E. Wise 	First assistant director, , , , 	Director, Babylon 5: ""
==Footnotes==
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