Scott Leva

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Scott Leva (born 29 May 1958; age 65) is a stuntman, stunt actor, and stunt coordinator who played Ortikan in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fifth season episode "Soldiers of the Empire". He also performed stunts in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise, and appeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country in multiple stunt roles. Parts of his Klingon costume from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] In addition, Leva worked as stunt coordinator on several second season episodes of The Next Generation, including "Unnatural Selection".

He has done stunts in many movies and television shows including Desperate Housewives, Everybody Hates Chris, and X-Men (2000, starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen and Rebecca Romijn).

He was married to actress Betsy Soo and they have one daughter, Georgia.