Bruce Horak (born August 5, 1974) is a Canadian artist[1] and television and stage[2] actor, known for portraying Hemmer on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Horak is the first legally blind actor to portray a character in the Star Trek franchise.
[8] On Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Horak plays Hemmer, the Aenar chief engineer aboard the Enterprise.
The Aenar are a blind race in Star Trek, closely related to the Andorians, and the producers wanted a visually impaired actor to play the role of Hemmer.
When Horak accepted the role, he was told Hemmer's character would have a limited run in Strange New Worlds.
In addition to Hemmer, Horak also played the Klingon commander General Garkog in Season 2's "Subspace Rhapsody".