Garrett Wang, born December 15, 1968 in Riverside, California, is best known and beloved actor for his role as Ensign Harry Kim on Star Trek: Voyager. His parents were Chinese immigrants and he moved from California, to Indiana, to Bermuda and then Tennessee.
In 1997, he was named one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people in the world.
Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth live-action Star Trek series, premiered January 16, 1995. In the first episode, Caretaker, the star ship Voyager is thrown 70,000 light-years away into the Delta Quadrant along with a Maqui ship full of rebels, some of whom were in Star Fleet. They have to join an uneasy alliance to make it back home.
It is the first series to have a female captain, Capt. Kathryn Janeway played by Kate Mulgrew. Robert Beltran played Starfleet-turned-outlaw-turned-Starfleet Commander Chakotay. I thought he was the coolest second-in-command of all the series and the most under-appreciated. Voyager also introduced the first character that I really did not like: Neelix. He was the most annoying of ALL Star Trek characters.
The rest were pretty awesome people. Garret Wang (Ensign Kim), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lt. Paris), Robert Picardo (the Doctor) and Tim Russ (Lt. Tuvok).
I stopped watching the show after the third season when it became The Janeway/Seven of Nine Show, but I did watch the last season.
Garrett Wang, born today December 15, 1968, is affectionately known by Trekkies as Ensign Harry Kim on the series "Star Trek: Voyager". I lost interest in the show after the second season but I always enjoyed scenes with Ensign Kim.
