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This creates conflicts between his upbringing and his desire to honor his biological heritage. Worf was orphaned as a child as a result of the Khitomer Massacre, and raised on the farm world Gault by human parents: Helena and Sergey Rozhenko.

Dorn as Worf made 283 on-screen appearances, the most of any actor in the Star Trek franchise. He made his debut in 1987 in ' Encounter at Farpoint', and last appeared in character in 2023 in Picard season 3.

Black actors on deep space nine cast series#

Not only did the Worf character become a regular on The Next Generation, he was continued on the Deep Space Nine series for four more seasons (1995–99) and talk of a spin-off Worf show continued even into the 2010s. Several 'tall, slim, black actors' auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along. Accordingly, a cast portrait released in June 1987 to promote the upcoming series did not include Worf. Initially, Worf was not intended to be a regular character, as Gene Roddenberry wanted to avoid 'retreads of characters or races featured prominently in the original Star Trek series'. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and in 11 seasons as a regular character on TNG and then DS9, has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character. He appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation ( TNG), seasons four through seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( DS9) and the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, as well as the feature films Star Trek Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). Worf, son of Mogh is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise, portrayed by actor Michael Dorn.