Randy Oglesby

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Randy Oglesby
Born
Thomas Randell Oglesby

1949 (age 7475)
Occupation Actor

Thomas Randell Oglesby (born 1949) is an American actor, best known for his recurring role as Degra on Star Trek: Enterprise . He is also known for his other Star Trek roles, including captain Trena'L in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Unexpected", the Miradorn twins, Ah-Kel and Ro-Kel, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Vortex", Silaran Prin in "The Darkness and the Light" and as the telepathic alien Kir in "Counterpoint", a season 5 episode of Star Trek: Voyager .

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Career

He played Professor Seidel in the Angel episode "Supersymmetry".

On Star Trek: The Next Generation , Season 2 Episode 5, "Loud as a Whisper", aired January 9, 1989, he played one of three Interpreters known as Riva's Chorus.

Oglesby appeared in Independence Day (1996) as Mike Dodge. His most memorable moment is asking Randy Quaid if the aliens, who he claimed abducted him, did any "sexual things".

In 2000, he made a guest appearance as Reverend Mackee in the seventh season episode "Signs and Wonders" of The X-Files , and as Joshua Vinten (the manager of formalwear rental shop) on the second last episode of TV series Columbo ( Murder With Too Many Notes ).

Oglesby made a guest appearance on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital in the role of Huell on July 17, 2007. In the same year he played Bethlehem Steel executive Walter Veith in the Mad Men episode "New Amsterdam".

He played Tom Jeter's father in Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip .

In 2011, Oglesby played the role of Capt. Lachlan McKelty in the video game L.A. Noire , that was developed by Team Bondi and Rockstar Games.

In 2017, Oglesby played the role of Asa Leopold in the Netflix limited series Godless . [1]

In 2021, he appeared as Dr. Stan Nielson in episode 3 of the Marvel Studios television miniseries WandaVision . [2]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Pale Rider Elam
1988 Bad Dreams Cynthia's Policeman
1993The Hit ListDet. Wilcher
1995 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Heyward Sullivan
1996 Independence Day Mechanic
1997 Liar Liar Detective Bryson
1997 Nothing to Lose Sheriff Earl
1998 Patch Adams Pinstriped Man
1999 Idle Hands Sheriff Buchanan
2000A Question of FaithEustace
2001 Pearl Harbor Strategic Analyst
2002 We Were Soldiers Lt. Col. ListUncredited
2003 Bringing Down the House FBI Agent
2005 The Island Harvest Surgeon
2005 Shopgirl Tom
2008 The Onion Movie Surgeon General
2010 Unthinkable Mr. Bradley
2012 Argo Pat HoranUncredited
2013 The Lone Ranger Shareholder
2016 Game of Aces General Rupert Graves III
2021 WandaVision Dr. Stan Nielson
2022 For All Mankind Jim Bragg

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  2. Hood, Cooper (January 22, 2021). "WandaVision Episode 3 Cast Guide". ScreenRant. Retrieved January 22, 2021.