List of Star Trek: Prodigy characters

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Star Trek: Prodigy is an American animated television series created by Kevin and Dan Hageman for the streaming service Paramount+ and the cable channel Nickelodeon. It is the tenth Star Trek series and debuted in 2021 as part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. It follows a group of young aliens in the 24th century who find the abandoned starship Protostar. The series moved to Netflix after the first season.

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Brett Gray, Ella Purnell, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Rylee Alazraqui, and Dee Bradley Baker voice the young crew of the Protostar, with Jimmi Simpson, John Noble, and Kate Mulgrew also providing voices for the series, the latter reprising her role as Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager .

The following list includes the main cast of Prodigy, all guest characters with recurring roles, and a supplementary list of other guests.

Overview

  = Main cast (credited)
  = Recurring cast (3+)
  = Guest cast (1-2)
ActorCharacterSeasons
1 2
Main cast
Brett Gray Dal R'El Main
Ella Purnell Gwyndala Main
Jason Mantzoukas Jankom Pog Main
Angus Imrie Zero Main
Rylee Alazraqui Rok-Tahk Main
Dee Bradley Baker Murf Main
Jimmi Simpson Drednok MainDoes not appear
John Noble The Diviner MainDoes not appear
Kate Mulgrew Kathryn Janeway Main

Main characters

Dal R'El

Dal R'El (portrayed by Brett Gray) is a 17-year-old "maverick" of unknown species who takes the role of captain on the USS ProtostarDal later learns that he is an augmented human with DNA from multiple alien species. Reckless and snarky in the beginning, Dal learns about leadership and shows that he truly cares about his friends and crew mates abroad the Protostar. . [1]

Gwyndala

Gwyndala (portrayed by Ella Purnell) is a 17-year-old Vau N'Akat nicknamed "Gwyn" who dreamed of exploring the stars while growing up on her father's prison asteroid. [1] A talented linguist, she has learned many alien languages. The daughter of the Diviner, Gwyn secretly wants her father's approval - only to discover that by doing what her father wishes her to do, she is letting innocent people be harmed by his tyranny. Gwyn has the longest time to be trusted by the "Protostar" crew, but once it is esablished that she is no threat, she becomes a very reliable ally. A fierce fighter, she wields a Vau N'Akat heirloom - a shapeshiting metallic arm band that can transforms into any weapon such as a spear or a shield.

Jankom Pog

Jankom Pog (portrayed by Jason Mantzoukas) is an argumentative, wisecracking 16-year-old Tellarite. [1] Having been born before the Tellarites joined the Federation, he awoke on a long-range sleeper ship. He handles repair duties on the Protostar as the appointed chief engineer. Jankom Pog often refers to himself in the third person (i.e. "Jankom Pog can fix it" or "Jankom Pog does not like this".)

Zero

Zero (portrayed by Angus Imrie) is a Medusan—a noncorporeal, genderless, energy-based lifeform—who wears a containment suit to stop others from going mad at the sight of them. [1] A telepath, Zero is very open-minded, empathic and compassionate and extremely wary of accidentally harming others - especially after accidentally and temporarily taking away a part of Gwyn's memory at one point in the series.

Rok-Tahk

Rok-Tahk (portrayed by Rylee Alazraqui) is a shy, 8-year-old Brikar. [1] Despite being large and strong, she defies being typecast as the ship's security officer and instead develops an interest in science. A natural animal lover, She has an infinity for cute, furry creatures and has an bond with Murf.

Murf

Murf (portrayed by Dee Bradley Baker) is an apparently indestructible Mellanoid slime worm with good timing and an appetite for ship parts. [1] [2] The character was initially added as a joke, with Dal arriving to find a "semi-sentient blob" had joined the crew, but the writers soon fell in love with the idea of having a "dog-type character" in the series that children would enjoy. [3] In the second half of the first season, the writers gave Murf a character arc beyond "just eating things", [4] with the character evolving to have a more humanoid form.

Drednok

Drednok (portrayed by Jimmi Simpson) is the Diviner's deadly robotic enforcer. [5] Co-showrunner Kevin Hageman said the robot was "very still, and silent, and soft-spoken", which contrasted with the more driven personality of the Diviner. [3] Simpson described Drednok as a more verbose version of the character Maximilian from the film The Black Hole (1979). [6]

The Diviner

The Diviner (portrayed by John Noble) is Gwyn's father and a ruthless tyrant who controls the asteroid Tars Lamora and searches for the Protostar. [5] The character, and Noble's performance, were inspired by Ricardo Montalbán's Star Trek villain Khan Noonien Singh. [6] The character initially just appears floating in a tank, which was inspired by the floating Guild Navigator creature from David Lynch's Dune (1984). [7]

Kathryn Janeway

Kathryn Janeway was the captain of the USS Voyager. Kate Mulgrew reprises her role from Voyager, primarily voicing the Protostar's Emergency Training Holographic Advisor in the first season. [8] [9] She also voices the real Janeway, now a Starfleet Vice Admiral who commands the USS Dauntless in the first season and then the USS Voyager-A in the second season. [10]

Recurring characters

USS Protostar's computer

The USS Protostar's computer is voiced by Bonnie Gordon. [11]

Chakotay

Chakotay (portrayed by Robert Beltran) is the original captain of the Protostar. [12]

The Vindicator

The Vindicator (portrayed by Jameela Jamil) is a member of the Diviner's species masquerading as Starfleet ensign Asencia aboard the Dauntless. [13]

Noum

Noum (portrayed by Jason Alexander) [12] is a Tellarite medical officer on the Dauntless.

Tysess

Tysess (portrayed by Daveed Diggs) [12] is the Andorian first officer of the Dauntless.

Thadiun Okona

Thadiun Okona (portrayed by Billy Campbell) is a rogue freighter captain who briefly becomes a "questionable guide" for the Protostar crew. [14] [15]

Edward Jellico

Edward Jellico (portrayed by Ronny Cox) is a Starfleet admiral and Janeway's superior. [16]

The Doctor

The Doctor (portrayed by Robert Picardo) is an Emergency Medical Hologram from Voyager. [17]

Guest characters

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