List of Star Trek: Discovery characters

Star Trek: Discovery is an American television series created for Paramount+ (originally known as CBS All Access) by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman.

Discovery captain Gabriel Lorca, brings Burnham back to duty with a temporary wartime assignment as a scientist on his ship.

[5] Several African American and Latina actresses were being looked at for the role, with CBS "not seeking a huge star and [preferring] a fresh face for the part.

[7][8] Her casting was officially confirmed in April 2017, following the end of her run on The Walking Dead, with the character's actual name also revealed.

"[3] Since Sarek's son Spock never mentioned a sister in the original series, executive producer Alex Kurtzman said that the specifics of Burnham's backstory would be revealed in a way that would not break the existing canon continuity.

[2] Fuller deliberately gave the character a traditionally male name as he did with the female leads of three previous (non-Star Trek) productions.

[11] Kelpiens, a new species created for Discovery, were hunted as prey on their home planet and thus evolved the ability to sense the coming of death.

[19][21][22] Voq was initially credited as being portrayed by Javid Iqbal, an invented actor named for Latif's father, to hide the connection between the characters.

Rapp noted that Hikaru Sulu was portrayed as gay in the film Star Trek Beyond, calling that "a nice nod.

[26] Stamets is inspired by a real-life mycologist of the same name,[27] whom Fuller had introduced to the series' writers early on after becoming interested in his research into spores.

[28] Sylvia Tilly (portrayed by Mary Wiseman) is a cadet in season 1 and in her final year at Starfleet Academy and is assigned to the Discovery.

During season 4 Tilly served as a lieutenant onboard the USS Discovery under Captain Burnham before leaving to join Starfleet Academy as a tutor.

[28] On February 7, 2018, Wiseman said that Tilly was not written and portrayed as on the autism spectrum, but is personally touched by the fans interpretation and has been praised by autistic trans commentator Jessie Earl for not falling into the tropes of socially isolating from other characters.

[34] Isaacs joined the series in March 2017,[33] describing Lorca as "probably more f-d up than any of" the previously seen Star Trek captains,[4] and comparing the character to his portrayal of Mike Steele in the film Black Hawk Down.

I've been privileged enough to work with the [U.S. Army] Rangers at Fort Benning, and no matter where you come from in America, if you train down South where most of the bases are, you pick up some form of a Southern accent.

"[37] Isaacs initially wanted to ad-lib a catchphrase for the character feeling that all Star Trek captains should have one, coming up with "git'r done" which the writers turned down due to it being widely used and trademarked by Larry the Cable Guy.

After the first season concluded with the Discovery receiving a distress call from the Enterprise, specifically from Pike, Harberts expressed interest in exploring that character in the second season, feeling that he had not been seen much in Star Trek previously and so "there's an interesting opportunity that we might have to delve into and flesh out a character who I think is a pretty darn heroic and selfless captain.

[44] Cleveland "Book" Booker (portrayed by David Ajala) is a character introduced in the third season of Star Trek: Discovery.

Adira is Star Trek's first non-binary character, as well as the first human to have bonded with a Trill symbiont for a long period of time.

When they're first introduced, Adira serves in the United Earth Defense Force, but later comes to stay on the USS Discovery where they are able to get some of their memories back.

Gray Tal (portrayed by Ian Alexander) is a Trill character introduced in season three of Star Trek Discovery.

[4][48] Frain appears as a younger version of the character who was first portrayed by Mark Lenard in the original Star Trek series episode "Journey to Babel".

Her official title is, "Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'nos, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centaurius".

After being transported into the future, she begins experiencing deterioration and agrees to allow the Guardian of Forever to send her back to a time that she can survive in.

Six months after the destruction of the Shenzhou, Detmer was promoted to full lieutenant and was assigned to serve as helm officer under Captain Gabriel Lorca on the Discovery.

[57] Kol (introduced and later dies in season one, portrayed by Kenneth Mitchell) is the commanding officer of the Klingon military, and an opponent of T'Kuvma's goals.

[22][55] Kol is a member of the house of Kor, a character portrayed by John Colicos in the original series and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Mitchell described Kol as both "complicated" and "powerful",[56][57] and said that he studied Colicos's "subtle" performance and read the novel The Final Reflection to prepare.

Her background is in mental health and psychology, which was vital in breaking Tyler out of a PTSD flashback long enough to aid in the escape from the Sarcophagus ship.

Actress Avaah Blackwell portrays the bridge officer version of the character, an ensign (identified as a female in her social media channels).