Maurice Roëves

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...as a Romulan Captain (1993)

Maurice Roëves (born 19 March 1937; age 87) played the Romulan Captain in the TNG episode "The Chase."

Born in Sunderland, Tyne-and-Wear, England, and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Roëves (pronounced Row-EAVES) has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows, including such varied works as Danger UXB, Baywatch, Beautiful Creatures, Doctor Who, Days of Our Lives, The Eagle Has Landed, Cheers, and Judge Dredd (alongside fellow TNG actor Joanna Miles). Roëves, who is highly recognizable for his prominent teeth and intense acting style, has the dubious distinction of having played both Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Hess on television, but is probably best known for his role as Colonel Munro in Michael Mann's 1992 Last of the Mohicans.

"In Star Trek, this particular speech by Romulan, I think was his name, was kind of like a...almost human and they couldn't get anyone to do his speech properly and they asked, 'Can you do it?' and I said, 'Yes'... so they paid me top money. It was a piece of cake."

Early in his career, Roëves played the key role of Stephen Dedalus in Joseph Strick's 1967 film adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. On stage he has performed in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Erik Jendresen's The Killing of Michael Malloy, and many others, and has worked with Alec Guiness, Richard Harris, and Albert Finney. Though he claims to keep a "low profile" in the United States, Roëves had this to say of his brief but striking role in TNG:

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• Maurice Roëves at Wikipedia