Thomas Kopache (born October 17, 1945) is an American actor.
Career Kopache was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, the son of Dorothy E. (née Sterling).Thomas Kopache Biography (1945–) He is known for his roles as Assistant Secretary of State Bob Slattery in The West Wing and for various roles in the Star Trek franchise. He has also appeared in the stage productions of As You Like It as the banished Duke and in Antigone as Creon.
He has appeared in three of the Star Trek series and, along with Jeffrey Combs, Vaughn Armstrong, J. G. Hertzler and Randy Oglesby, is one of only five actors to portray as many as seven characters. Kopache played a Romulan in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Next Phase", a hologram in "Emergence" and a Starfleet officer in Star Trek Generations. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine he played Kira Taban, the father of Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), in "Ties of Blood and Water" and "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night". On Star Trek: Voyager he played the planner of an alien settlement discovered to be in stasis by the Voyager crew. In 1994, he portrayed Tu'Pari in the Babylon 5 episode "The Parliament of Dreams".
Kopache made a brief appearance in No Country For Old Men as a boot and western wear salesman. Kopache guest starred as Vic Feldspar, Craig Feldspar's lisping, Jack LaLanne-like father in "Living Will", a sixth-season episode of Malcolm in the Middle. He briefly appeared as blackjack player Borsalino Cap in "The Contingency", the second-season premiere of the TV series Person of Interest.
"Catheter Cowboy" In 2017, Kopache appeared on the HBO show Last Week Tonight as the "Catheter Cowboy", a character based on a commercial that aired on networks such as Fox News. Kopache's character would star in a similar-looking commercial and initially appear to talk about pain involving catheter use, but would then explain subjects such as the nuclear triad and the problems the American Health Care Act of 2017 offered. John Oliver bought commercial airtime in the Washington D.C. area and aired Kopache's segment live on stations such as Morning Joe and Fox & Friends in an attempt to send a message to President Donald Trump, as he was aware that Trump watched these shows.Isidore, Chris (March 14, 2017). "John Oliver's new ad for Trump takes shot at health care bill". CNN
Selected filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 Without a Trace Police officer 1991 Liebestraum Dr. Parker 1993 This Boy's Life Geiger Counter Vendor 1994 Mr. Jones Mr. Wilson 1994 Star Trek Generations Com Officer 1995 Leaving Las Vegas Mr. Simpson 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi Thorn McIntyre 1997 Breakdown Calhoun 1997 One Night Stand Merv 1998 Recoil Captain Trent 1999 Stigmata Father Durning 2002 Catch Me If You Can Principal Evans 2003 A Man Apart Chief Neal 2005 Adam & Steve Joe 2006 Ten 'til Noon Mr. Duke 2007 Zodiac Copy Editor #1 2007 No Country for Old Men Boot Salesman 2007 Trust Me Amos Sands 2015 The App Psychotic Man 2015 Chasing Eagle Rock Sam 2016 37 George Bernstein 2017 The Sounding Seth
Television Year Title Role Notes 1993 For Their Own Good Dr Mason Television movie 1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation The Engineer Episode: Emergence1995The X-FilesGeneral CallahanEpisode: The Walk 1996 Star Trek: Voyager Viorsa Episode: The Thaw1997Star Trek: Deep Space NineKira TabanEpisode: Ties of Blood and Water1998Star Trek: Deep Space NineKira TabanEpisode: Wrongs Darker than Death or Night2001CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mr. WilloughbyEpisode: You've Got Male2001Star Trek: EnterpriseVulcan Attaché TosEpisode: Broken Bow 2002–2005, 2020 The West Wing Bob Slattery 15 episodes 2003 Stargate SG-1 Ellori 1 episode2004Boston LegalJudge Dale Wallace1 episode2004Star Trek: EnterpriseThe AlienEpisode: Harbinger 2005 Malcolm in the Middle Vic Feldspar 1 episode 2006 Close to Home Judge Salter4 episodes2007PsychLeonard Sirtis1 episode2010CastleAbe SandrichSeason 3, Episode 42010BonesGregory GeringSeason 6, Episode 42015 Jessica Jones Dr. Kozlov 2 episodes 2016 MacGyver O'Brian 1 episode 2017–2018 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Catheter Cowboy 5 episodes 2018 The Tick Nabakov 2 episodes2018House of CardsEarl Hanna1 episode2020MessiahJudge Harold Pleva1 episode
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