Rainn Wilson is Star Trek: Discovery’s Smuggler Harry Mudd

CBS announced this morning their latest recruitment for the upcoming Star Trek: Discovery – Rainn Wilson. What’s more, The Office star will portray the legendary intergalactic con man Harry Mudd from the original Star Trek series.

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Wilson joins the stellar Discovery cast, which includes The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green, Anthony Rapp, Doug Jones, Michelle Yeoh, and Jason Isaacs.

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Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd was originally played by Roger C. Carmel, and introduced in the first season of TOS. Carmel would go on to make another appearance in the second season, as well as in the animated series.

Star Trek: Discovery began production in January, and takes place about 10 years before Captain Kirk and Spock’s original five-year mission. The series will air exclusively on CBS All Access.

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Michael E. Fromm is an all-around scrivener, writing screenplays (short and feature), short stories, novels, poetry, blogs, articles, and press releases. Since first learning to hold a pen, he has done little but read, watch, and write about characters and worlds of fantasy. It would be very difficult to find him without a pen in hand and an idea in mind, which is problematic for anyone wanting to have a conversation with him. Michael graduated from Rowan University, primarily focusing on improving his skills as a filmmaker and screenwriter. After said schooling, he joined an elite force of Rowan grads who also had the notion of becoming filmmakers. This group, known as Justice Productions, call on him every so often to write short films. And, until this whole writing thing pays off, Michael currently does development & marketing communication (writing, graphic & publication design, social media and website upkeep, etc.) for a web development company in Central New Jersey, where he currently resides.