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The Lowdown
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello took a Starfleet uniform as Crewman Mitchell on Star Trek: Voyager — and also appeared (heavily made-up) in Star Trek: Insurrection.
Key Takeaways
- Morello appears as Crewman Mitchell in Voyager “Good Shepherd.”
- He also appears under heavy makeup in Star Trek: Insurrection, easy to miss on a casual watch.
- The Connection is music-to-Trek casting: a guitarist who briefly served under Captain Janeway.
The Connection
Tom Morello’s day job is riffs and politics. On Voyager, he clocked in as Crewman Mitchell in “Good Shepherd,” a rare musician cameo that puts him under Captain Janeway’s command rather than on a festival stage.
He also turns up in Star Trek: Insurrection under heavy prosthetics — a blink-and-you-miss-it film appearance that sits beside the clearer Voyager credit.
That pairing is the Connection: Rage Against the Machine’s guitarist, briefly, was Starfleet.
Who’s Who
- Tom Morello: Crewman Mitchell (Voyager “Good Shepherd”); appearance in Insurrection.
Where It Happened
- Voyager “Good Shepherd.”
- Star Trek: Insurrection (feature).
More Context
- Contemporary casting coverage (Metal Insider, EW) and Memory Alpha corroborate the Voyager credit.