David Andrews

...as Lorian (2004).

David Andrews (born 1952 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a prolific veteran actor who played the role of Lorian, the son of T'Pol and Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III from an alternate timeline, in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "E²".

Andrews began his on-screen acting career in 1984, making his film debut in the hugely popular horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street. The following year, he appeared in the made-for-television drama Midas Valley along with Phillip R. Allen, Albert Hall, France Nuyen, and Jean Simmons, and in 1986, he appeared on L.A. Law, in an episode which also featured Anne Haney as well as series regular Corbin Bernsen. In 1987, he became the star of his own series, Pulaski, although it only lasted eight episodes. He also had his first starring role in a motion picture that same year, as a man in search of an android woman in the science fiction actioner Cherry 2000.

Throughout the rest of the 1980s and the early 90s, Andrews focused primarily on a career in television, including two appearances on The Equalizer (starring Robert Lansing and Keith Szarabajka) and roles on such TV movies as Blind Faith (1990, with Gordon Clapp, Aaron Lustig, and Jimmie F. Skaggs) and Deconstructing Sarah (1994, with John Vickery). He also became the star of two more short-lived series, The Antagonists in 1991 and Mann & Machine in 1992. He did make occasional appearances in films, however, such as the 1990 Stephen King horror film Graveyard Shift (co-starring Brad Dourif and [Stephen Macht]]) and the 1994 western Wyatt Earp, in which he played one of the brothers of the legendary lawman.

In 1995, Andrews played real-life US astronaut Pete Conrad in the critically-acclaimed film Apollo 13, which also featured Googy Gress, Max Grodénchik, Clint Howard, Andy Milder, and Steve Rankin. Andrews would go on to play another real-life astronaut, Frank Borman, in the 1998 TV mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, which co-starred fellow Star Trek alumni David Clennon, Ronny Cox, Brett Cullen, Robert Curtis-Brown, Clint Howard, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Deborah May, Andy Milder, Holmes Osborne, Ethan Phillips, Harve Presnell, Mark Rolston, Stephen Root, and Alan Ruck.

Andrews had a brief recurring role on the series Murder One in 1996, during which he co-starred alongside fellow Trekkers Cecily Adams, Jim Beaver, Daniel Benzali, Jack Blessing, Barbara Bosson, Ron Canada, John Fleck, Gregory Itzin, Jack Kehler, Neal McDonough, Don McManus, Clayton Rohner, Titus Welliver, Vanessa Williams, and Rick Worthy. In 1998, he played the father of Kirsten Dunst's character in the telefilm Fifteen and Pregnant' and appeared in The Rat Pack with Brad Blaisdell, Scott MacDonald, and Dey Young. And in 1999, he had a role in the highly-acclaimed film Fight Club, co-starring the likes of Tim DeZarn, Zach Grenier, and Matt Winston.

At the turn of the century, Andrews became much more active in film while continuing to appear in episode television. He had major roles in a number of popular films, including Hannibal (2001, also featuring Mark Margolis and Don McManus), A Walk to Remember (2002), and, more notably, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), in which he played President of the United States Robert Brewster opposite Kristanna S. Loken. He also appeared in a number of independent films, including A Touch of Fate (2003) with Teri Hatcher and The Rain Makers (2005) with Ray Wise. Television credits during this time include guest spots on Six Feet Under (with Graham Jarvis and Alice Krige), Crossing Jordan (with Miguel Ferrer), the newer Dragnet (with Erick Avari, Charles Esten, Tony Plana, and Saul Rubinek), The Practice (with Michael Bofshever, Thomas Kopache, Bill Smitrovich, and Alfre Woodard), CSI: Crime Scene Invistigation (with Tim Kelleher). Most notably, however, was his recurring role as Major General Gordon "Biff" Cresswell on JAG from 2004 through 2005. During his tenure on this series, he co-starred with a number of other Star Trek performers, including Erick Avari, Andrew Borba, Ivar Brogger, Bruce Davison, Kerrie Keane, Ed Lauter, Scott Lawrence, Richard Lineback, Scott MacDonald, Zoe McLellan, Phil Morris, Randy Oglesby, Brock Peters, Andrew Robinson, Jennifer Savidge, Dean Stockwell, Bruce Wright, and Dey Young.

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