Robert Duncan McNeill

Robert Duncan McNeill is an American actor, director and producer known for portraying Tom Paris on , a role he reprises in Star Trek Online.

=Biography= Robert Duncan McNeill was born on November 9, 1964 in North Carolina. McNeill started his acting career in the 1980s, appearing in shows and films such as ', ', and . In 1994, McNeill starred in the  episode "" as. In 1995, McNeill was cast as Tom Paris on , a role he played from 1995 to 2001.

During his time on Voyager, McNeill began directing episodes of the show and focused on this profession after the series' run in 2001. Besides guest appearances in several television shows, he directed episodes of a variety of shows, including ' and ', the latter starring his former Voyager-castmate Tim Russ, as well as two short-films The Battery (1998) and 9mm of Love (2000), which both featured former Voyager-castmate Ethan Phillips.

=Star Trek Online= Robert Duncan McNeill appears in-game as part of Season Ten: The Iconian War, which was released in Spring 2015. His character, Tom Paris, has been promoted to Captain of the USS Bern.

=Notes=
 * Robert Duncan McNeill was originally suppossed to reprise his The Next Generation character for Star Trek: Voyager. Due to copyright issues the character had to be changed and Tom Paris was created, with a similar backstory to the one seen in "".
 * For the mission, McNeill appears together with actress Lisa LoCicero who portrayed Tom Paris' daughter Miral in the Voyager finale.

Missions involved

 * (as Tom Paris)
 * (as Tom Paris)
 * (as Tom Paris)
 * (as Tom Paris)

External

 * on Wikipedia
 * on Memory Alpha
 * Robert Duncan McNeill (Interview for Star Trek Online)