Star Trek: Picard is an American television series created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, and Alex Kurtzman for the streaming service CBS All Access (later rebranded as Paramount+). It is the eighth Star Trek series and was released from 2020 to 2023 as part of Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. The series focuses on retired Starfleet Admiral Jean-Luc Picard. It begins at the end of the 24th century, 20 years after the character's last appearance in the film Star Trek: Nemesis (2002).
Patrick Stewart stars as Picard, reprising his role from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) as well as other Star Trek media. Alison Pill, Isa Briones, Harry Treadaway, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, and Evan Evagora also star in the first season, with Jeri Ryan, Orla Brady, and Brent Spiner joining for the second. The third season stars Stewart, Ryan, Hurd, and Ed Speleers, with Next Generation cast members LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Spiner as special guest stars.
This list includes the main cast of Picard, guest stars with recurring roles, and other noteworthy guests.
This section includes cast members who appeared in main or recurring roles:
Actor | Character | Appearances | ||
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Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | ||
Patrick Stewart | Jean-Luc Picard | Main | ||
Alison Pill | Agnes Jurati [a] | Main | ||
Isa Briones | Dahj and Soji Asha [b] | Main | ||
Kore Soong | Main | |||
Harry Treadaway | Narek | Main | ||
Michelle Hurd | Raffi Musiker | Main | ||
Santiago Cabrera | Chris Rios | Main | ||
Evan Evagora | Elnor | Main | ||
Jeri Ryan | Seven of Nine | Recurring | Main | |
Orla Brady | Laris | Recurring | Main | Guest |
Tallinn | Main | |||
Brent Spiner | Data [c] | Recurring | Recurring | |
Adam Soong | Main | |||
Ed Speleers | Jack Crusher | Main |
Actor | Character | Appearances | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Season 1 | Season 2 | Season 3 | ||
Jamie McShane | Zhaban | Recurring | ||
Sumalee Montano | Mom AI | Recurring | ||
Tamlyn Tomita | Oh | Recurring | ||
Peyton List | Narissa | Recurring | ||
Jonathan Del Arco | Hugh | Recurring | ||
Rebecca Wisocky | Ramdha | Recurring | ||
Jonathan Frakes | William Riker | Guest | Recurring | |
Marina Sirtis | Deanna Troi | Guest | Recurring | |
John de Lancie | Q | Recurring | Cameo | |
Madeline Wise | Yvette Picard | Recurring | ||
Annie Wersching | Borg Queen | Recurring | Guest [a] | |
Sol Rodríguez | Teresa Ramirez | Recurring | ||
Ito Aghayere | Guinan | Recurring [b] | ||
Penelope Mitchell | Renée Picard | Recurring | ||
Gates McFadden | Beverly Crusher | Recurring | ||
Todd Stashwick | Liam Shaw | Recurring | ||
Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut | Sidney La Forge | Recurring | ||
Michael Dorn | Worf | Recurring | ||
Amanda Plummer | Vadic | Recurring | ||
LeVar Burton | Geordi La Forge | Recurring | ||
Mica Burton | Alandra La Forge | Recurring |
Jean-Luc Picard (portrayed by Patrick Stewart) is a retired Starfleet admiral and former captain of its flagship vessel USS Enterprise . Stewart was reprising his role from Star Trek: The Next Generation and subsequent television series and movies by August 4, 2018. [1] In the series, Picard has been retired from Starfleet for 14 years, living in his chateau in France, until he meets Dahj and goes on his personal mission to find and to protect her sister. He has a brain condition that is terminal. At the end of the first season, he dies from his brain anomaly, but his consciousness is transferred into a new synthetic "golem" body that Soong had prepared.
Agnes Jurati (portrayed by Alison Pill) is a doctor working for the Daystrom Institute's Division of Advanced Synthetic Research in Okinawa who was recruited by Dr. Bruce Maddox. She hopes to interact with an actual synth. After being subject to a Vulcan mind meld by Commodore Oh where she sees the atrocities from the Admonition, she is ordered to join Picard's crew to kill the synth as well as Maddox, who was also her lover. She also ingests a tracker that allows Oh and Narek to track the La Sirena.
Dahj and Soji Asha (portrayed by Isa Briones) are the twin android daughters of the late Lieutenant Commander Data. In the opening episode, Dahj asks Picard to help her find out why she is being attacked—and why she is able to defend herself so well. She is destroyed before his eyes. Meanwhile, Soji has been working on a Borg cube known as the "Artifact", now in the hands of Romulans, where she helps to reclaim victims of the Borg. Briones also portrays Sutra, an android on her home planet Coppelius, created by Bruce Maddox and Altan Inigo Soong. Sutra's twin, Jana, was killed prior to the series' events when she and another synth named Flower were the envoys to make first contact with USS Ibn Majid.
Narek (portrayed by Harry Treadaway) is a Romulan at the Artifact Borg cube, spying on Soji Asha for the Zhat Vash. At the beginning of the series, he befriends and becomes Soji's lover as part of his cover. In the episode "The Impossible Box", he guides Soji through a Zhal Makh meditation exercise so that she reveals the whereabouts of her home world, and then betrays her. He then pursues Rios's ship, eventually following it to Soji's home world Coppelius. Although he is captured, he is freed by Sutra and returns to the Artifact. He works a deal with Rios to try to infiltrate the synth base and disable their newly built beacon. Picard showrunner Michael Chabon said there was originally a scene where Narek was taken into custody by the Federation but it was dropped during the editing of the episode finale. [2]
Rafaella "Raffi" Musiker (portrayed by Michelle Hurd) [3] [4] is a former Starfleet intelligence officer struggling with substance abuse who served as Picard's first officer during the Romulan evacuation. [5] When she joins Picard's crew, she handles communications and is able to get clearances so Picard and friends can land on the planet. At Freecloud, she meets her son, who is married with an expectant child, but he rejects her attempt at reconciliation. She begins a relationship with Seven at the end of season 1 and rejoins Starfleet before season 2.
Cristóbal "Chris" Rios (portrayed by Santiago Cabrera) is a former Starfleet officer, now owner and pilot of La Sirena. He is also a skilled thief. Picard has hired his services on Raffi's recommendation. Cabrera also plays Rios's ship's 5 holograms, each with their own area of expertise in servicing the ship and its crew. He left Starfleet because of what happened on the USS Ibn Majid; he returns to Starfleet before season 2
Elnor (portrayed by Evan Evagora) [4] [6] is a Romulan refugee, who was relocated from Picard's efforts 14 years prior. He is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and is fiercely loyal to Picard. [7] He was raised from a young boy by the sisters of the Quat Milat. Because of their core tenet of absolute candor, he is trained never to lie. In the first season, he pledges to support Picard, and then briefly supports Hugh when Picard and Soji escape from the Artifact. He joins Starfleet Academy and is a cadet in season 2. Elnor as a child 14 years prior is portrayed by Ian Nunney. [8]
The actors from the Star Trek franchise who have made appearances in the series. Some of the major ones are billed as special guest stars.
Series original characters introduced in season 1