Connor Trinneer
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| Date of birth: | 19 March 1969 |
| Place of birth: | Walla Walla, Washington, USA |
| Character(s): | Charles Tucker III |
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Connor Trinneer (born 19 March 1969; age 39), from Walla Walla, Washington, USA, is the actor best known for playing Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III, the chief engineer of the NX-01 Enterprise, on Star Trek: Enterprise. He has received two Saturn Award nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for his performance as Tucker.
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[edit] Early career
Born in Washington in 1969, Trinneer attended Pacific Lutheran University where, after playing football, he graduated with a BFA in acting. He then attended the University of Missouri in Kansas City, where he obtained an MFA in Acting and Directing. His grandparents on his mother's side were all from southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, and provided the inspiration for his southern accent for his role.
Before signing aboard Enterprise, Trinneer guest-starred in a number of other television shows. The first of these was a 1998 episode of Pensacola: Wings of Gold entitled "Trials and Tribulations", which also featured his future Enterprise third season co-star Tucker Smallwood. He followed this with an appearance in an episode of ER called "Sharp Relief", which aired only three days after his Pensacola episode and also guest-starred Clancy Brown and Eric Pierpoint, both of whom would go on to guest-star on Enterprise.
His other TV appearances include an episode of the science fiction series Sliders, an episode of FreakyLinks (a series starring Dennis Christopher), and an episode of Gideon's Crossing with Tracy Middendorf. He also appeared in two made-for-television movies in 2001. The first was the acclaimed baseball drama 61*, in which he and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star Dell Yount played a couple of writers. The movie also co-starred Bruce McGill, Christopher McDonald, Bob Gunton, Seymour Cassel, and Charles Esten. The second was Far East, a drama in which Trinneer had a supporting role opposite Bill Smitrovich.
[edit] Star Trek: Enterprise
Trinneer worked on Enterprise from 2001 through 2005, appearing in all 98 episodes. His character was killed in the series finale, "These Are the Voyages...", an episode he, like his co-stars, was disappointed with. Although his character "went out with a bang", he was saddened that he and his castmates were not able to share a memorable on-screen farewell together. However, he remains optimistic that his character can return should the need arise. [1]
Linda Park said in an interview with Star Trek: Communicator (issue 147) that Connor pitched a story idea similar to Pulp Fiction, in which we'd see a situation from the aliens point of view, and the Enterprise crews language sounds like gibberish until they can find a way to communicate. Though it seems this episode wasn't approved, or they at least never got around to it.
[edit] Post-Enterprise
Following Enterprise's demise (and that of Trinneer's character) in 2005, Trinneer guest-starred as an innocent fugitive in an episode of Numb3rs called "Toxin", with Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Mark Harelik. He also guest-starred as a defense attorney in an episode of Close to Home called "Privilege", which aired in January of 2006. This episode was directed by Star Trek: Voyager actress Roxann Dawson, who had previously directed Trinneer in several Enterprise episodes, from "The Andorian Incident" to "Awakening". Besides series regular John Carroll Lynch, "Privilege" also featured Trek veteran Thomas Kopache in a guest role as a judge who had a few scenes with Trinneer's character.
Trinneer was also seen in the 2006 NCIS episode "Jeopardy" alongside Voyager star Tim Russ. Also in 2006, Trinneer played the coach of a missing high school basketball star in an episode of the CBS series Without A Trace. Star Trek: The Next Generation star Marina Sirtis played the boy's mother, but she shared no scenes with Trinneer. In addition, Without a Trace stars Trinneer's one-time Enterprise co-star Enrique Murciano.
In 2007 Trinneer's voice was briefly heard in the "Road to Rupert" episode of Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy, in which he voiced an unfortunate victim of Sharon Stone. Trinneer had previously worked with MacFarlane when the latter made cameo appearances in two episodes of Enterprise.
At present, Trinneer has a recurring role as the Wraith named Michael on the Sci-Fi Channel series Stargate: Atlantis. Among his co-stars on this series is Voyager actor Robert Picardo, who is now a regular on the series. In 2008 Trinneer starred in a Sci-Fi Channel movie Termination Shock as a "space smuggler" with a beautiful woman as his cargo. Incidentally, this is similar to an episode of 'Enterprise' revolving around Trinneer's "Trip Tucker" character.
[edit] Personal
Trinneer married stage actress Ariana Navarre on 29 May 2004, following the conclusion of Enterprise's third season. The two currently have one child, a son named Jasper, born on 11 October 2005.
| Star Trek: Enterprise regular cast |
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| Scott Bakula • John Billingsley • Jolene Blalock • Dominic Keating • Anthony Montgomery • Linda Park • Connor Trinneer |
[edit] External links
- ConnorTrinneer.com - fan-owned official site
- Connor Trinneer at Wikipedia
- Connor Trinneer at the Internet Movie Database
