James Horan (actor)

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James Horan (b. December 14, 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is an American character actor who has appeared in many television programs and films. He has starred in several soap operas, including "Guiding Light" as Det. Kirk Winters in 1981, "Another World" as Denny Hobson (1981-1982), "General Hospital" as Brett Madison (1985-1987), and "All My Children" as Creed Kelly (1988-1989).

Horan also appeared in four of the "Star Trek" spin-off series. He appeared twice in ' in 1993, first as an alien named "Jo'Bril" in the episode "Suspicions", and later as "Lieutenant Barnaby" in the episode "Descent". In 1997, he appeared on ' as "Tosin" in the episode "Fair Trade" and on ' as a Jem'Hadar named "Ikat'ika" in the episodes "In Purgatory's Shadow" and "By Inferno's Light". Horan had a recurring role in the first two seasons of ' as the enigmatic figure whom fans called "Future Guy".

Horan's television guest appearances include roles on "Remington Steele", "Zorro", "Melrose Place", "Lost" and "". Recently, he appeared on a season 6 episode of "24".

In addition to his television and film work, Horan has provided voices for several video games, including several "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" games. He voiced Smaug in the 2003 video game adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit". He voiced Major Cooper in "Age of Empires III". He voiced Darkham in '. Also he voiced Scar in "Kingdom Hearts II", Doctor Strange in ', and Slim Cognito in the "Ratchet & Clank" series. He also provides the voice of Paul Rawlings in "Clive Barker's Jericho". He provided the voice of Long Feng in the Avatar: The Burning Earth video game. His most recent video game appearance was as Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii in "No More Heroes". He will also make an appearance in the new Destroy All Humans! installment Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon as Saxon.

External links

* [http://www.jameshoran.com/ James Horan website]
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* article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki