

So why make a documentary about an somewhat forgotten, nearly 25-year-old series about a space station, its crew (staring, among others, Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko, Terry Farrell as Dax and Rene Auberjonois as Odo) and their years-long effort to bring a group of aliens - the Bajorans - into the Federation? Here are 6 Actors Who Regretted Being On Deep Space Nine (And 14 Who Adored It).SEE ALSO: 'For the Love of Spock' is a moving love letter to an icon and a father While almost every actor on Deep Space Nine discusses the good time they had creating the show, a few actors had significant grievances that made them glad they could leave the show behind them and move on to other work. However, for others, Deep Space Nine betrayed their expectations, put them through discomfort and exhaustion, or forever tied them with a role from which they would rather distance themselves. Some actors got their breakthrough roles in Deep Space Nine, or they got to play a more complicated and authoritative character than most of their other roles allowed. In fact, several actors had significant issues with how their time on Deep Space Nine worked out.Ī few actors got to play landmark roles that defied expectations of race and gender or originated the first of a new alien race introduced into canon.


Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a bold, progressive series that took on social issues and complex relationships between its characters, and many of the actors who portrayed those beloved characters pride themselves on their roles to this day. However, not every Deep Space Nine actor was enamored with their part on the show.
