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Star Trek: Discovery gets five new cast additions

April 30, 2017 by Gary Collinson

As we await word on a premiere date, CBS has announced five new additions to the cast of Star Trek: Discovery, the upcoming TV series set ten years prior to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series.

Shazad Latif (Penny Dreadful) is set to play Starfleet officer Lieutenant Tyler, Rekha Sharma (The 100) will portray the Discovery’s security officer Commander Mitchell, and Kenneth Mitchell (Frequency), Clare McConnell (Dim the Fluorescents) and Damon Runyan (Suits) have been cast as the Klingons Kol, Dennas and Ujilli.

SEE ALSO: Sonequa Martin-Green says Star Trek: Discovery will be “bigger, rawer and grittier”

The new additions join Sonequa Martin-Green (Lieutenant Commander Michael Burnham) are Jason Isaacs (Captain Lorca), Michelle Yeoh (Captain Georgiou), Chris Obi (T’Kuvma), Doug Jones (Saru), James Frain (Sarek), Terry Serpico (Anderson), Maulik Pancholy (Nambue), Anthony Rapp (Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Tilly), Mary Chieffo (L-Rell) and Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd).

Originally published April 30, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Clare McConnell, Damon Runyan, Kenneth Mitchell, Rekha Sharma, Shazad Latif, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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