Michael Echols (born 27 October 1956; age 67) is an actor who worked as stand-in for Michael Dorn throughout the sixth and seventh seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also worked as stand-in for guest actors such as Tony Todd in the fifth season episode "Redemption II" and Tony Jay in the episode "Cost Of Living".
In addition, Echols appeared as a Ten Forward civilian in the fifth season episode "Disaster". For this episode he filmed his scenes on Thursday 22 August 1991 on Paramount Stage 8. He was also scheduled to appear as a civilian in the episode "The Game" but was not part of the final episode. He was again seen in Ten Forward in the episode "A Matter Of Time" for which he filmed his scenes on Thursday 3 October 1991 on Paramount Stage 8. He also portrayed a Klingon bridge officer in the 1994 film Star Trek Generations.
Echols appeared as a background actor in the thriller Body of Influence (1993), as an orderly in the comedy Guarding Tess (1994, with David Graf), and as a cop in the action film A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994, with Salli Elise Richardson and Gregory Sierra).
He was also featured as a consortium employee in Dynasty: The Reunion (1991, with Joan Collins, Robin Sachs, Tony Jay, Wendie Malick, Keone Young, Evelyn Guerrero, Jeff O'Haco, Ray Reinhardt, Renna Bogdanowicz, Phil Culotta, Bruce Dobos, Peter Eastman, Bill Blair, Melanie Hathorn, Steve Hershon, Debra Dilley, and Curt Truman), as a campus security officer in the 1993 Beverly Hills, 90210 episode "Emily", in two episodes of In Living Color (1990 and 1994, with Jay Leggett), as an EMT in the ER episode "Day One" (1994, with Christine Harnos, Herta Ware, Scott Jaeck, Liz Vassey, Kristopher Logan, Danny Nero, Stuart Nixon, Leland Sun, and Ilona Wilson), in the City of Angels episode "Prototype" (2000, with Fran Bennett, Tzi Ma, Tony Plana, and Jeff Wolfe), and was a regular background performer on the long-running television series NYPD Blue (1997-2005), where he appeared as Officer Lowen alongside regulars Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, and Michael Buchman Silver.
More recently, he appeared in the Veep episode "Library" (2017, with Robert Pine).
Stand-in work[]
- TNG:
- "Qpid" – stand-in for Michael Dorn (Season 4)
- "Redemption II" – stand-in for Tony Todd (Season 5)
- "Cost Of Living" – stand-in for Tony Jay
- "Time's Arrow, Part II" – stand-in for Michael Dorn (Season 6)
- "Realm Of Fear" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Man Of The People" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Relics" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Schisms" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "True Q" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Rascals" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "A Fistful of Datas" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "The Quality of Life" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Chain Of Command, Part I" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Chain Of Command, Part II" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Ship In A Bottle" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Aquiel" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Face Of The Enemy" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Tapestry" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Birthright, Part I" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Birthright, Part II" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Starship Mine" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Lessons" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "The Chase" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Frame of Mind" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Suspicions" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Rightful Heir" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Second Chances" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Timescape" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Descent" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Descent, Part II" – stand-in for Michael Dorn (Season 7)
- "Liaisons" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Interface" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Gambit, Part I" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Gambit, Part II" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Phantasms" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Dark Page" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Attached" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Force of Nature" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Inheritance" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Parallels" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "The Pegasus" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Homeward" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Sub Rosa" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Lower Decks" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Thine Own Self" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Masks" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Eye of the Beholder" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Genesis" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Journey's End" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Firstborn" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Bloodlines" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Emergence" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "Preemptive Strike" – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- "All Good Things..." – stand-in for Michael Dorn