Brian Demonbreun

Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)

Brian D. Demonbreun (19 November 1959 – 29 November 2016; age 57) was a graphic artist, videographer, and actor who appeared as a regular background actor throughout the run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and in three episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received no credit for his appearances.

Demonbreun was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Hawthorne, California, attended the Hawthorne Highschool from 1974 until 1978, and was a member of the Screen Actors Guild between 1987 and 2016. He worked as a graphics artist since 1980 and founded his production company Art Patrol in 1989. He specialized in preparing illustrations for realtors and developers. He was also very compassionate for all animals and rescued/cared for many and did his best to spread the word about animals needing shelter and homes. He also was concerned about the lack of trees and natural habitat in his region and designed and implemented residential landscaping projects that brought back natural wildlife to area neighborhoods.

Outside Star Trek he appeared in a supporting role in The Hanoi Hilton (1987) alongside Star Trek performers David Soul, Stephen Davies, Lawrence Pressman, John Vargas, Rick Fitts, and Bill Cho Lee, was featured as a Cobblepot staffer and banquet guest in Batman Returns (1992, with Lena Banks), and appeared as a bar patron in the Cheers episodes "Take Me Out of the Ball Game" (1992, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Paul Willson, Michael Wiseman, Gerard David, Jr., Mark Watson, Eugenie Bondurant, Cameron, and Curt Truman) and "Rebecca's Lover… Not" (1992, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Paul Willson, Joel Fredericks, Mark Watson, Gerard David, Jr., Don Bennett, and Holiday Freeman). Demonbreun worked as stand-in for Charles Rocket and background Icarus ranger in Jonathan Frakes' television pilot Star Patrol! (2000, with Robin Morselli, Tom Miller, Michael Bailous, Kathi Cook, Jason Alexander, and Mel Johnson, Jr.) and as stand-in for John C. Reilly in the comedy Year of the Dog (2007, with Josh Pais).

He appeared as a background actor in World Trade Center (2006, with Jude Ciccolella and Susie Stillwell), Even Money (2006, starring Kelsey Grammer), Next (2007, with Jim Beaver, Danny Downey, and Bonita Friedericy), D-War (2007, with Holmes R. Osborne, Matthias Hues, and Derek Mears), and Balls of Fury (2007, with Diedrich Bader and Cary-Hiroyuki).

Demonbreun worked as photo double for actor David Hasselhoff on Ted 2 (2015) which featured Trek performers Seth MacFarlane, Michael Dorn, Bill Smitrovich, and Ron Canada and appeared as a background doctor in the NCIS episode "Cabin Fever" (2015, with Marcelo Tubert).

Brian Demonbreun passed away on Tuesday 29 November 2016 after battling a long illness. [1]