Star trek beyond cast eho played series#

His promotion to lieutenant for Star Trek: The Motion Picture brings with it his transfer as the ship's tactical officer and chief of security. Spock at the science officer station when necessary. An honor graduate of the Space Academy.' Chekov also substitutes for Mr. According to Roddenberry, he is 'an extraordinarily capable young man-almost Spock's equal in some areas. Pavel Andreievich Chekov was born in 2245 and is a young and naïve ensign who first appears on-screen in the original series’ second season as the Enterprise's navigator. Because of budgetary constraints, the character did not appear in the animated Star Trek. The episode ' Amok Time', which was the first episode broadcast during the second season, was Chekov's first television appearance (' Catspaw', the first episode shot with the Chekov character, would be broadcast a month later to roughly coincide with Halloween). In actuality, Koenig is only five years younger than co-stars Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. We badly need a young man aboard the Enterprise-we need youthful attitudes and perspectives. Eventually, a final look for Koenig's hair length and fullness was reached and used consistently thereafter.Īfter Paramount Television signed Koenig to a contract because of the number of fan letters he received as Chekov, Roddenberry wrote in another memo ' Kirk and Spock and the others actually seem rather 'middle aged' to the large youthful segment of our audience. Wigs were used in a couple of early episodes but not in others, which reveals a stage of experimentation to attentive viewers. Early attempts were made to style Koenig's brown hair similar to that of Jones too. Koenig's modest height, eyes, thick eyebrows, boyish face, and smile were all strikingly evocative of the lone British 'Monkee' who captivated millions of pre-teen girls. Roddenberry had previously mentioned, in a memo to his casting director, a desire to have someone reminiscent of one of The Beatles or Monkees on the show.

Koenig always denied the 'Russian origin' story and affirmed that his character was added in response to the popularity of The Monkees, and the character's hairstyle and appearance are a direct reference to this. Roddenberry also acknowledged that the character was in response to the popularity of The Monkees' Davy Jones. The existence of such a Pravda article is disputed. : 345 After casting Koenig, Roddenberry wrote a letter to Mikhail Zimyanin, editor of Pravda, : 344 informing him of the introduction of a Russian character, and an NBC press release announcing the character at the time stated that it was in response to a Pravda article, condemning the show for having no Russian characters. With a second season of Star Trek to be produced, Roddenberry interviewed Walter Koenig on the recommendation of director Joseph Pevney. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wanted to include a younger cast member to appeal to teenage audiences. Both Koenig and Yelchin were born to Russian parents, but grew up in the United States, and both affected Russian accents for their roles. Anton Yelchin portrayed the character in the 2009 Star Trek reboot film and two sequels, Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond.

Star trek beyond cast eho played series#

Walter Koenig portrayed Chekov in the second and third seasons of the original Star Trek series and the first seven Star Trek films.

Pavel Andreievich Chekov ( Russian: Павел Андреевич Чехов) is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe.