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Walter Koenig(I)

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Walter Koenig
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Walter Koenig began his acting career in 1962 as an uncredited Sentry in the TV series Combat! (1962), and in the following few years had bit roles in several television shows, until he landed the role that would catapult his career in ways he could never have imagined, as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek's Original Series (Star Trek (1966)). He went on to reprise that role in all 7 of the original Star Trek movies (The 7th movie, Star Trek: Generations (1994) was mostly ST: The Next Generation, but had the original series section at the beginning, and Kirk at the end), as well as voicing the same character in several of the video games. He has continued to reprise that character in several different Star Trek video's, and TV series, rising in rank to Lieutenant, Commander, Captain and Admiral through the years (his most recent being Admiral Chekov in the pilot of Star Trek: Renegades (2015), which never launched, but that evolved to Renegades (2017), a 2 part, crowd-funded, fan-made mini series that also stars fellow Original Series star Nichelle Nichols (as a character NOT named 'Uhura'). Since it was Fan-Made (and to avoid violating studio rights) they couldn't use the Star Trek Character's names, like Uhura or Chekov, so they simply called him 'The Admiral'. (however the uniforms and technology are remarkably Star Trek like.) He also had a recurring role of the quintessential scoundrel Bester on the television series Babylon 5 (1993). He has been the "Special Guest Star" in twelve episodes and, at the end of the third season, the production company applied for an Emmy nomination on his behalf. He once again played Bester in the spin-off series Crusade (1999). In between filming the 4th and 5th Star Trek films he took his first leading role in the video feature, Moontrap (1988). In an interactive state-of-the-art video game from Digital Pictures called Maximum Surge (1996), Koenig played as Drexel, another scoundrel.

Walter completed worked in the low budget feature film Drawing Down the Moon (1997) from Chaos Productions. And has star billing as a German psychologist in the martial arts picture, Sworn to Justice (1996). A one character piece that Koenig wrote and performed entitled "You're Never Alone when You're a Schizophrenic" was a finalist in the 1996 New York Film Festival awards. Koenig filmed a guest appearance as himself on the CBS situation comedy Almost Perfect (1995), did sketch comedy on the Comedy Central series "Viva Variety" (1996) and performed on an ESPN sports commercial that aired in the spring of 1998. Walter also hosted a cult movie marathon for Comedy Central. It played once a week for the course of a month.

Koenig's autobiography, "Warped Factors - A Neurotic's Guide to the Universe" was released through Taylor Publishing on April 1, 1998. The audio tape reading of the book by the author has been released through Dove Video in January 1999. Koenig performed as the Shadow Guy in an episode of Diagnosis Murder (1993) and went to New York to perform in a new radio broadcast version of "War of the Worlds" in tribute to both H.G. Wells and Orson Welles. From "The Girls of Summer" to "The Boys in Autumn", Koenig's stage career spans thirty years and includes stops in New York with "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Quince) and "Six Characters in Search of an Author" (Oldest Son). In Chicago, he guested in "Make a Million" (Johnny) opposite Jackie Coogan and on the road -- from Arizon to Philadelphia -- Mark Lenard (Sarek: Spock's father) and he performed in the short plays "Box and Cox" (Box) and "Actors" (Dave). They also toured in a two character play, "The Boys in Autumn", the comedy-drama about the reunion of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn forty years later.

By himself, Koenig also starred as Larry the Liquidator in "Other People's Money" in Reno, Nevada. His Los Angeles productions include "Steambath" (God), "The White House Murder Case" (Captain Weems), "Night Must Fall" (Danny), "La Ronde" (Gentleman), "The Typist and the Tiger" (Paul), and "The Deputy" (Jacobson) among almost two dozen others ("Blood Wedding", "The Collection", et al.). Directorial credits include "Hotel Paradiso" for Company of Angles, "Beckett" for Theatre 40, "America Hurrah!" at the Oxford Theater, "Twelve Angry Men" at the Rita Hayworth Theatre, "Matrix" at the Gascon Theatre Institute, and "Three by Ten" at Actor's Alley. Walter has performed in the television movies Antony and Cleopatra (1984) (Pompey) opposite Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave as well as the MOW's Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971) and The Questor Tapes (1974).

Walter has written for the television series The Powers of Matthew Star (1982), What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977), Family (1976), Land of the Lost (1974), and the animated Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) series. This actor-writer has seen publication with the non-fiction "Chekov's Enterprise" and the satiric fantasy novel "Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot". He also created the three issues of the comic book story "Raver" published by Malibu Comics. Koenig has taught classes in acting and directing privately at UCLA, The Sherwood Oaks Experimental Film College and at the California School of Professional Psychology. Most recently, he has been an instructor at the Actor's Alley Repertory Company in Los Angeles, California.
BornSeptember 14, 1936
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Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Kim Cattrall, Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Denise Lynne Roberts, and David Keith Anderson in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Kim Cattrall, Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Rosanna DeSoto, and Darryl Henriques in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Plummer, David Warner, Rosanna DeSoto, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, David Warner, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Christopher Plummer, David Warner, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Walter Koenig and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Walter Koenig, William Shatner, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Kirstie Alley, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, Bibi Besch, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Merritt Butrick, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Walter Koenig, Ricardo Montalban, and Paul Winfield in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Stephen Collins, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Walter Koenig and Paul Winfield in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Known for

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Ensign Pavel Chekov
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
7.3
  • Chekov
  • 1986
Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.7
  • Chekov
  • 1982
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
7.2
  • Pavel Chekov
  • 1991

Credits

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Actor

  • Manhattan Transfer
    • Dr. David Freedman
    • Pre-production
    • TV Series
  • Savage Midlife
    • Otis
    • Post-production
  • Snoop Dogg, Chase Masterson, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
    Unbelievable!!!!!
    • Fireman Frank
    • 2020
  • Walter Koenig in Who is Martin Danzig? (2018)
    Who is Martin Danzig?
    • Martin Danzig
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters (2017)
    Stretch Armstrong & the Flex Fighters
    • Mr. Savic
    • Biomass
    • Old Man
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Diminuendo (2018)
    Diminuendo
    • Milton Green
    • 2018
  • Renegades (2017)
    Renegades
    • The Admiral
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Nobility (2017)
    Nobility
    • Frank Mooney
    • 2017
  • Walter Koenig, David Ogden Stiers, Stephen Lisk, Nic Costa, Rob Taylor, Matt Zak, Bryna Smith, Jordana Ansley, and Jared McClain in Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time (2017)
    Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time
    • Ray Nabroski (future)
    • 2017
  • Walter Koenig and Adrienne Wilkinson in Star Trek: Renegades (2015)
    Star Trek: Renegades
    • Admiral Chekov
    • The Admiral
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2017
  • Star Trek: Captain Pike (2016)
    Star Trek: Captain Pike
    • Admiral Harlan Sobol
    • 2016
  • Starship Excelsior (2007)
    Starship Excelsior
    • Captain Pavel Chekov
    • Podcast Series
    • 2016
  • Cowboys & Engines: Complete Pitch Reel
    • Professor Nicholas Timon
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Cowboys & Engines (2015)
    Cowboys & Engines
    • Professor Timéon
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Flashback (2013)
    Flashback
    • Joseph Griffin
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Dominique Swain, James Duval, Pollyanna McIntosh, and Kayden Kross in Blue Dream (2013)
    Blue Dream
    • Lassie
    • 2013
  • Handball
    • Captain
    • Short
    • 2012

Writer

  • Renegades (2017)
    Renegades
    • story consultant
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Handball
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • InAlienable (2007)
    InAlienable
    • writer
    • 2007
  • The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
    The Powers of Matthew Star
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1982
  • Family (1976)
    Family
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977)
    What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1978
  • The Krofft Puppets in Land of the Lost (1974)
    Land of the Lost
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    Star Trek: The Animated Series
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1973

Producer

  • Renegades (2017)
    Renegades
    • executive consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Star Trek: Captain Pike (2016)
    Star Trek: Captain Pike
    • co-producer
    • 2016
  • Walter Koenig and Adrienne Wilkinson in Star Trek: Renegades (2015)
    Star Trek: Renegades
    • consulting producer
    • executive consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Handball
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • InAlienable (2007)
    InAlienable
    • executive producer
    • 2007
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Videos8

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To Be Takei
Trailer 2:13
To Be Takei
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Celebrating 50 Years
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan: Celebrating 50 Years
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Trailer 2:14
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
InAlienable
Trailer 1:24
InAlienable
Game Over
Trailer 1:53
Game Over
Who is Martin Danzig?
Trailer 0:31
Who is Martin Danzig?
To Be Takei Official Trailer
Trailer 2:12
To Be Takei Official Trailer

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • September 14, 1936
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Spouses
      Judy LevittJuly 11, 1965 - December 9, 2022 (her death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Danielle Koenig
  • Parents
      Isadore Koenig
  • Other works
    "Actors" play
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 15 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    His Russian accent is faked on the series, albeit his parents really were from Russia.
  • Quotes
    I didn't watch Star Trek (1966) the first year it was on, before I was on the show. I took one look at the Styrofoam rocks and said: "There's no way I'm going to watch this!".
  • Trademarks
      Unique Chekov accent in which he pronounces V as W, e.g. "nuclear vessels" becomes "nuclear wessels"

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