Douglas Tait

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Douglas Tait
Birth name:	Douglas J. Tait
Date of birth:	17 December 1978
Place of birth:	Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, USA
Roles:	Actor; Background actor
Character(s):	Gaia colonist; Long faced alien; Tellarite FNN assistant

Douglas Tait (born 17 December 1978; age 45) is an actor, stuntman, and creature performer who appeared as a Gaia colonist in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Children of Time". He also portrayed the character of the long faced alien, who sat between Nyota Uhura and James T. Kirk when they first met in the Shipyard Bar, in 2009's Star Trek. [1] [2] His alien character was nicknamed "Brian" by the production team and make-up artists to distinguish his character from the other aliens during the production. Tait was the second choice for playing this part after the first candidate Derek Mears was unable because of the time schedule. Tait's make-up was applied by David Dupuis and Richard Alonzo and he shot his scenes at the American Legion Post in Hollywood. [3] The virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals has him listed as "Alien Barfly Brian" on card #5, using a behind the scenes shot of Tait. He stands at 6’5”

He also played a Tellarite FNN assistant in the Star Trek: Picard first season episode "Remembrance".

Hailing from the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, Tait trained as an actor under Star Trek: The Original Series guest star Kim Darby. He is the grandson of legendary composer Reggie Montgomery and the brother of actor Matthew Tait. Since 8 March 2003 he has been married to actress Isabel Cueva.

Doug Tait co-starred with his wife in the films Short Fuse (2005), North by El Norte (2007), and Carts (2007, with Original Series actor Warren Stevens. Carts won the Best Feature Film Award at the Valley Film Festival in September 2007.

In addition to Deep Space Nine, Tait has appeared on such television shows as 7th Heaven (starring Stephen Collins and Catherine Hicks), Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Mad TV, Drake & Josh, and Jericho (on which he also worked as a stuntman). His film credits as both an actor and stunt performer include Purple Heart (2005, starring William Sadler and Ed Lauter) and Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), which was directed by Jon Favreau.

Tait played the role of the hockey mask-wearing serial killer Jason Vorhees in the ending scenes of Freddy vs. Jason (2003). He also performed stunts in Paramount Pictures' Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. More recently, he played a Sleestak in the film Land of the Lost, the score of which, like Star Trek, was composed by Michael Giacchino. Taitalso appeared in The Hunchback and Jack the Reaper (2011, starring Tony Todd) and Knights of Badassdom (2013).

Appearances

Gaia colonist
DS9: "Children of Time"
(uncredited)

Long faced alien
Star Trek

Tellarite FNN assistant
PIC: "Remembrance"

External links

• Douglas Tait at the Internet Movie Database
• Douglas Tait at Facebook
• Douglas Tait (stuntman) at Wikipedia