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Michael Berry, Jr. (born 27 December 1964; age 59) is an English actor who played the Romulan tactical officer in 2009's Star Trek. His face was reused in 2013 for card #26, Romulan Officer Kumak, of the virtual collectible card battle game Star Trek: Rivals.
He made his film debut playing Twigg, a member of Captain Barbosa's crew of pirates, in the 2003 blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Fellow Star Trek alum Lee Arenberg also played a member of Barbosa's crew while actors like Zoë Saldana and Sala Baker played supporting protagonists of the Black Pearl.
Berry first worked with Star Trek director and producer J.J. Abrams in 2003, when he was cast in the third season premiere of Abrams' spy series Alias. Abrams then cast Berry as Michelle Monaghan's character's kidnapper in the 2006 film Mission: Impossible III. Other Star Trek performers who appeared in this film include Ellen Bry, Jeffrey Chase, Bruce French, Greg Grunberg (who also appeared on Alias), Tony Guma, Tracy Middendorf, and Simon Pegg.
In 2007, Berry appeared on the CBS series The Unit along with Abby Brammell. He also had a role in the 2008 independent film Wednesday Again, along with Jack Kehler and Barbara J. Tarbuck.
Berry voices Daniel the Bull in the upcoming feature film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. He also has a role in the upcoming independent film Family of Four (with Josh Clark and Nicolas Coster) and the thriller 13.