Star Trek Pin-up #39 FRAMED Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf

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Worf, played by Michael Dorn, is a main character in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in seasons four through seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appears in the films based on The Next Generation. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek, and has appeared in more Star Trek franchise episodes than any other character. Worf was the only main character to be a regular in more than one live-action Star Trek series. (While Miles O’Brien was featured in both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, he was not a regular cast member in the former series.)

Worf was born in 2340 on the Klingon homeworld as the son of Mogh. Five years later, his parents moved to the Khitomer colony. Worf’s parents were killed during a surprise attack by the Romulans on the Khitomer outpost. The colony’s distress call was answered by the Federation starship USS Intrepid. Chief Petty Officer Sergey Rozhenko found Worf in the rubble and took him in after failing to find any living relatives. Rozhenko and his wife Helena raised him on a small farm colony on the planet Gault, a world of about 20,000 inhabitants, almost all of them human. Worf also has a human brother, Nikolai, with whom he often quarreled.3 He also spent time in his parents’ native Minsk, later recommending it to O’Brien as one of his favorite places on Earth.

Worf did not take the Rozhenkos’ last name, preferring to be addressed by the Klingon designation “Worf, son of Mogh”. However, his son Alexander Rozhenko, who was raised by the Rozhenkos after his mother K’Ehleyr died, did use their surname. Although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied the ways of his people. As an adult, his mannerisms and personality, as well as his innate sense of honor, became more Klingon than human.

In 2357, Worf entered Starfleet Academy. He graduated in 2361 and was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, becoming the first Klingon officer in Starfleet. Although Worf took immense pride and a sense of honor from serving in Starfleet, most other Klingons shunned and belittled his choice of vocation.

In 2364, Worf was assigned to the USS Enterprise-D as relief flight control and tactical officer with the rank of lieutenant junior grade (TNG: “Encounter at Farpoint”). The next year he was made Acting Chief of Security following the death of Tasha Yar, even though he believed that a promotion due to the death of a comrade was not honorable (TNG: “Skin of Evil”). The next year, he transferred to operations division and was formally made Chief of Security (TNG: “The Child”).

In 2365, he renewed his relationship with K’Ehleyr when she came aboard the Enterprise as a Federation emissary on an urgent mission. He proposed marriage but was rejected (TNG: “The Emissary”).

In 2366, he was promoted to lieutenant (TNG: “Evolution”). After an accident caused the death of Lt. Marla Astor, Worf brought the orphaned Jeremy Astor into the House of Mogh through the rite of R’uustai.

Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor and voice artist who is best known for his role as the Klingon Worf in the Star Trek franchise.

From his first appearance in Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot episode, “Encounter at Farpoint”, to his latest in Star Trek Nemesis, Dorn has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other actor of the Star Trek franchise, spanning five movies and 272 television episodes. He also appeared as Worf’s namesake, Colonel Worf in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

In 2012, Dorn announced a desire to return to his Klingon role in a television series tentatively titled Star Trek: Captain Worf. He said: “I had come up with the idea because I love Worf and I think he’s a character that hasn’t been fully developed and hasn’t been fully realized. Once I started thinking about it, it became obvious to me that I wanted to at least put it out there, which I have, and the response has been pretty amazing. We’ve been contacted by different individuals–I can’t say who and all that–about wanting to come on board and be part of this”.

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