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Matt McCoy (born 20 May 1958; age 65) is the actor who portrayed Devinoni Ral in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "The Price". One of his suits was later worn by actor Neal Kaz in the Star Trek: Voyager fifth season episode "Someone to Watch Over Me" and was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]

He is probably best known for his appearances as former mental patient Lloyd Braun on the hit television series Seinfeld. That series featured Voyager guest actor Jason Alexander as a regular cast member.

McCoy starred as Sergeant Nick Lassard in two Police Academy films, both of which also starred David Graf. The first was Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach in 1988, which also featured René Auberjonois. That same year, he and Auberjonois co-starred together in an episode of Murder, She Wrote. The following year came Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, which also featured the likes of Kenneth Mars, Arthur Batanides, and Darryl Henriques.

In Police Academy 5 when McCoy's character, Nick, appears to subdue a thug with a Vulcan neck pinch. Off the others' amazed looks, he holds up a syringe filled with a sedative, giving a Vulcan salute with his other hand.

In 1987 McCoy starred in the TV movie Race Against the Harvest A.K.A. American Harvest alongside John Anderson, Randal Patrick, and John Pyper-Ferguson. Also in 1989, McCoy had a supporting role in DeepStar Six, along with Miguel Ferrer. He also appeared in Miracle Landing (1990, with James Cromwell, Armin Shimerman, Jeff Allin and Herta Ware). In 1992, he starred in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (with John de Lancie) and cast by Junie Lowry-Johnson. His motion picture credits since then have included L.A. Confidential (1997), which co-starred James Cromwell, Robert Clendenin, Steve Rankin, Symba Smith, Brenda Bakke, John Mahon, Jim Metzler, and Colin Mitchell, as well as stuntmen Steven Lambert, Don Pulford and Allan Graf; and National Security (2003, featuring Brett Cullen).

McCoy and his L.A. Confidential co-star James Cromwell were among the many Star Trek veterans who were part of the cast of Dream West (1986, with F. Murray Abraham, Jeff Allin, Erich Anderson, John Anderson, Lee Bergere, Michael Ensign, Jonathan Frakes, William Glover, Alice Krige, Glenn Morshower, Fritz Weaver, Noble Willingham, and Anthony Zerbe). In 2001, McCoy and James Cromwell were both regulars on Citizen Baines.

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