Michael Braveheart obit

Michael Braveheart Has Died

 

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Michael Braveheart (11 September 1950–18 May 2022; age 71) was an actor of Native American descent who worked as a regular background actor and stand-in on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as in at least two Star Trek films. Braveheart is probably best known for his portrayal of Crewman Martinez on Star Trek: The Next Generation, beginning with the second season episode "The Child". He was seen throughout the series as well as in the films Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In addition, he portrayed various alien characters and Klingons in Deep Space Nine and Voyager. As a background actor he received no credit for his appearances.

On several call sheets of The Next Generation he is listed as "Dr. Death" and he also worked occasionally as stand-in such as an utility stand-in on the fourth season episode "First Contact". According to a call sheets, Braveheart was scheduled to appear in the fourth season episodes "Galaxy's Child" in Ten Forward and "Qpid" in corridor scenes but was not filmed or cut from the final episode. He was also scheduled to appear in the fifth season episodes "Ensign Ro" in Ten Forward and "The First Duty" in sickbay but did not appear in the final episodes.

Braveheart was one of the background actors on the video game Star Trek: Klingon Academy in 2000. A Klingon uniform worn by him was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay as well as his Starfleet uniform. On Wednesday 4 June 1997, Bravheart was transformed into a Klingon for an official Paramount event, held at 3:30 pm. His makeup call was at 12:30 pm. On Tuesday 10 June 1997, Braveheart was again transformed into a Klingon for an official Paramount event. The call sheet for this day noted his makeup call at 6:30 am.

Braveheart trained acting under Ted Harris, Stella Adler, and Kim Stanley. He performed in stage plays such as "The Undefeated", "Talk To Me like The Rain", and "The Time Of Your Life". He is also experienced with celebrity makeup and hair, as print and web model and as one on one acting coach.

Prior to his work on Star Trek, Braveheart was a regular background performer on Cagney & Lacey in the 1980s. Meg Foster was a regular at the beginning while Stephen Macht and Stanley Kamel had recurring roles. Film work include Always (1989, starring Holly Hunter, with Audrey Hepburn, James Lashly and Joseph Michael Roth), One Good Cop (1991, with Kevin Conway, Tony Plana, Victor Rivers, Mike Hagerty, Barbara Townsend, and Henry Kingi, Jr.), and The Doors (1991, with Mark Moses, Frank Military, Paul Williams, Titus Welliver, Allan Graf, Peter Crombie, Jad Mager, and Shannon Ratigan). Braveheart also appeared as a bar patron in the Cheers episodes "How to Recede in Business" (1988, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Lee Allen, Mark Reilly, Rebecca Soladay, Robert Buckingham, Michael Wilkinson, and Lemuel Perry) and "How to Marry a Mailman" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Lee Allen, Mark Lentry, Jay Crimp, Keith Rayve, and John Rice) and as a Mexican waiter in the Cheers episode "One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape" (1988, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Alex Nevil, Mark Reilly, Lee Allen, Rudy Morrison, Rebecca Soladay, Joseph Paz, Uriah Carr, Melba Gonzalez, and Richard Sarstedt).

 

Braveheart received special thanks in the end credits of the comedy Scumbag (2016) and worked as director on the short films Prayer for My Daughter (2019) and Fame (2019).

 

Braveheart died in May 2022 as he suffered from chronic congestive heart failure and arthritis for several years.

 

Actor

Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Connor Trinneer, and Linda Park in Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: Enterprise

7.6

TV Series

Klingon OfficerKlingon Bridge OfficerFusion Patron (uncredited) ...

2001–2002

6 episodes

 

Robert Beltran, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Jeri Ryan, Roxann Dawson, Ethan Phillips, Tim Russ, and Garrett Wang in Star Trek: Voyager (1995)

Star Trek: Voyager

7.9

TV Series

Klingon CrewmanAlien CustomerHolographic Klingon Warrior (uncredited) ...

1997–2001

5 episodes

 

Star Trek: Klingon Academy (2000)

Star Trek: Klingon Academy

7.7

Video Game

Klingon officer

2000

 

F. Murray Abraham in Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: Insurrection

6.4

Crewman Martinez (uncredited)

1998

 

Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Star Trek: First Contact

7.6

Crewman Martinez (uncredited)

1996

 

Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

8.1

TV Series

Klingon Officer (uncredited)

1995

1 episode

 

Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

8.7

TV Series

Crewman MartinezKlingon Officer (uncredited)

1988–1994

85 episodes

 

Val Kilmer in The Doors (1991)

The Doors

7.2

Drag Queen (uncredited)

1991

 

Richard Dreyfuss, John Goodman, and Holly Hunter in Always (1989)

Always

6.4

Fire Fighter (uncredited)

1989

 

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Cheers

8.0

TV Series

Bar PatronMexican Bar Waiter (uncredited)

1988–1989

6 episodes

 

Lee Horsley in Paradise (1988)

Paradise

8.0

TV Series

Native American

1989

1 episode

 

Cagney & Lacey (1981)

Cagney & Lacey

6.9

TV Series

Police Officer

1988

2 episodes

 

Director

Fame (2019)

Fame

Short

Director

2019

 

Daniel Thomas in Prayer for My Daughter (2019)

Prayer for My Daughter

Short

Director

2019

 

Producer

Fame (2019)

Fame

Short

producer

2019

 

Thanks

Scumbag (2017)

Scumbag

3.7

special thanks

2017