[4][5] To portray the character, he had to undergo a three-hour make-up process on each day of shooting, including prosthetics applied to his face and to both hands to reduce the number of fingers shown.
He later remarked that although he respected the work of Michael Westmore, he disliked the prosthetics on his hands and went out of his way during shooting to hide them.
[7] In 2024, he reprised the role of the Traveler in a voice cameo in "The Devourer of All Things, Part I" in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2.
He is an attorney, having graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, in 1998 after he retired from film and television.
Due to his son's special needs, he has moved into the field of law involving children's education rights.