Sam Alejan (born 10 September 1946; age 78) is an actor who appeared as a Starfleet officer for seven years on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In addition, he worked as stand-in and photo double on Deep Space Nine and appeared in several other background parts. Alejan also worked on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek Generations. As a background performer he received no credit for his appearances.
Alejan appeared in episodes of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, 7th Heaven (starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks), America's Most Wanted, Quantum Leap (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell), Home Front, The Agency, Mad TV, The West Wing, 24 (2007, with Alexander Siddig, Mark Bramhall, and James Cromwell), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2015, with Mark Casimir Dyniewicz, Jayson Dumenigo, and Lauren Kim).
Among his feature film work are Life Stinks (1991, with Michael Ensign, Matthew Faison, Brian Thompson, Larry Cedar, Robert Gatewood, Buzz Barbee, and Michael Stanhope), The Distinguished Gentleman (1992, starring Eddie Murphy, with Victor Rivers, Noble Willingham, Gary Frank, Daniel Benzali, Julianna McCarthy, Dion Anderson, Gary Price, Lena Banks, Jim Portnoy, Gene Poe, Lou DeGrado, John Copage, Sherry O'Keefe, S. Reed, John Rice, Scott Barry, Robert Buckingham, and Irving Ross), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993, with Lea Thompson and Diedrich Bader), the independent film What Can I Do? (1994, with Aric Rogokos), The Mask (1994), True Lies (1994), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994, with Raye Birk, Matt Roe, Earl Boen, Rosalind Ingledew, Alex Zimmerman, Marc Alaimo, Rick Scarry, Bob Scribner, Marcy Goldman, Bill Erwin, Bill Zuckert, Lena Banks, Symba Smith, David Keith Anderson, Kevin G. Tracey, Mark Kosakura, Warren Tabata, Cooper, Al Ahlf, Gene Poe, John Staible, Kevin Grevioux, George Sasaki, Dan Magee, Jim Portnoy, Lou DeGrado, Robert Coffee, Theresa St. Clair, Andray Johnson, Star Halm, Robert Buckingham, Rob Plaza, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Jessie Biscardi, Buzz Barbee, Kelly Burris, Jasmine Gagnier, Joycelyn Robinson, Mike Paciorek, Kimberly Auslander, Dale Kasman, and Martin Valinsky), Strange Days (1995), Unstrung Heroes (1995, with Becky Ann Baker and Len Costanza), Nick of Time (1995, with Bill Smitrovich), Volcano (1997, with Jacqueline Kim, Brian Markinson and Robert Wisdom), Armageddon (1998), Wild Wild West (1999, with Musetta Vander, James Lashly, and Ian Abercrombie), Geppetto (2000, with Brent Spiner and René Auberjonois), The Sum of All Fears (2002, with James Cromwell, Ken Jenkins, and Bruce McGill), Spider-Man (2002, with Kirsten Dunst), and Hidalgo (2004, with Jeff Kober and Malcolm McDowell).
Alejan worked as stunt double in Rat Race (2001, with Whoopi Goldberg and Lanei Chapman) and performed in the video game Soviet Strike (1996, with John Marzilli).
Star Trek appearances
DS9: "The Storyteller"
(uncredited)
TNG: "Preemptive Strike"
(uncredited)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Recurring character
(uncredited)
Star Trek Generations
(uncredited)
VOY: "The Killing Game"
(uncredited)
Recurring appearance
(This list is currently incomplete.)
- DS9:
- "The Siege" (Season 2)
- "Cardassians"
- "Rivals"
- "Blood Oath"
- "The Maquis, Part II"
- "The Wire"
- "The Collaborator"
- "The House of Quark" (Season 3)
- "Meridian"
- "Visionary"
- "Shakaar"
- "The Adversary"
- "The Way of the Warrior" (Season 4)
- "Return to Grace"
- "Bar Association"
- "For the Cause"
- "Body Parts"
- "Broken Link"
- "Call to Arms" (Season 5)
- "A Time to Stand" (Season 6)
- "Behind the Lines"
- "Sacrifice of Angels"
- "His Way"
- "Afterimage" (Season 7)
- "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
- "Chrysalis"
- "Treachery, Faith and the Great River"
- "Once More Unto the Breach"
- "Prodigal Daughter"
- "Chimera"
- "Penumbra"
- "Strange Bedfellows"
- "The Dogs of War"