Ravi Valleti
Ravi Valleti  is an actor, writer, and activist who appeared as a Starfleet Academy cadet in . He did not receive on-screen credit for his work. 

Valleti was born in Hyderabad, India to Telugu Indian parents. Valleti made his professional acting debut at age 9 in a stage production of Nachiketa in California. He returned to acting at Santa Clara High School, from which he graduated in 1997. While attending Santa Clara High, he played Chief Bromden in the school's production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Valleti holds a double BS in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California at Irvine. He wrote and delivered the commencement speech at his graduation entitled "Where Are All The Flying Cars?".

Valleti further trained in acting at the Living the Art Institute in Valley Glen, California, at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking, Berkeley Rep, and with VoiceOne SF Sunday Improv. He had a supporting role in the 2008 Cannes Film Festival short film "Next Round". He made his major studio film debut in the comedy 17 Again, released a month before Star Trek.

Valleti was inducted into his alma mater's UC Irvine Engineering Tech Hall of Fame in February 2019 for contributions to equity and justice in S.T.E.A.M. and for reforms in the March for Science movement. 

Valleti's latest feature film "Overwhelm the Sky" debuted in 2019, and his first lead-role feature film "Devised" releases soon . Valleti is authoring a debut book, his Posthuman Memoir "Rocket Scientist."

External links 
  – official site
 

Performers
Film performers