my uncle!
he was the Klingon that started the fight in the episode 'The Trouble with Tribbles'

check it out: www.imdb.com/name/nm0665227/

He's been in loads of other cult 60s & 70s tv shows, like Happy Days, Charlie's Angels, Little House on the Prairie etc. One of his first film roles was as 'Mime #4' in Easy Rider, but I reckon his career peaked when he played the Russian Guy's trainer in Rocky IV, either that or The Last Porno Flick Ever (something like that anyway...)

never met him though...doubt he even knows who I am. but, hey, I share genes with the man and therefore it counts.

In slightly more dubious claims to fame - Nick Hornby of Fever Pitch fame used to be a teacher at my secondary school and mentions it in said film...

oh, and Chris Maslanka, who I think still writes for the Weekend Guardian, used to phone me up when I was 14 to tell me how he used to have M.E. and then do heavy breathing for 45 mins. He was weird.

I've been letched on by Rory McGrath, but then so has every female in Cambridge over the age of 12. not so much star-spotting as star-avoiding, that one.

edit: I just remembered - I went to school with Ben Thapa of G4 fame. I watched every rehearsal of Cabaret where he was the lead bloky fellow. Brian or something... anyway, he had a fine set of lungs on him but couldn't act to save his life. (I don't want to say too much about him as I could lose my job if I do! damn those weekend papers!)
(crayongirl, Thu 24 Feb 2005, 15:51, Reply)