Michael Braveheart
Michael Braveheart  is an actor of Native American descent who worked as a regular background actor and stand-in on , , , and , as well as in at least two . Braveheart is probably best known for his portrayal of Crewman Martinez on Star Trek: The Next Generation, beginning with the second season episode . He was seen throughout the series as well as in the films  and . In addition, he portrayed various alien characters and Klingons in Deep Space Nine and Voyager. As a background actor he received no credit for his appearances.

On several call sheets of The Next Generation he is listed as "Dr. Death" and he also worked occasionally as stand-in such as an utility stand-in on the fourth season episode . According to a call sheets, Braveheart was scheduled to appear in the fourth season episodes  in Ten Forward and  in corridor scenes but was not filmed or cut from the final episode. He was also scheduled to appear in the fifth season episodes  in Ten Forward and  in sickbay but did not appear in the final episodes.

Braveheart was one of the background actors on the video game Star Trek: Klingon Academy in . A Klingon uniform worn by him was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay  as well as his Starfleet uniform.  On Wednesday , Bravheart was transformed into a Klingon for an official Paramount event, held at 3:30 pm. His makeup call was at 12:30 pm. On Tuesday , Braveheart was again transformed into a Klingon for an official Paramount event. The call sheet for this day noted his makeup call at 6:30 am.

Braveheart trained acting under Ted Harris, Stella Adler, and Kim Stanley. He performed in stage plays such as "The Undefeated", "Talk To Me like The Rain", and "The Time Of Your Life". He is also experienced with celebrity makeup and hair, as print and web model and as one on one acting coach.

Prior to his work on Star Trek, Braveheart was a regular background performer on the television series Cagney & Lacey in the 1980s. Meg Foster was a regular at the beginning while Stephen Macht and Stanley Kamel had recurring roles. Film work includes 's fantasy drama Always (1989, with James Lashly and Joseph Michael Roth), the crime drama One Good Cop (1991, with Kevin Conway, Tony Plana, Victor Rivers, Mike Hagerty, Barbara Townsend, and Henry Kingi, Jr.), and 's music drama The Doors (1991, with Mark Moses, Frank Military, Paul Williams, Titus Welliver, Allan Graf, Peter Crombie, Jad Mager, and Shannon Ratigan).

More recently, Braveheart received special thanks in the end credits of the comedy Scumbag (2016).

Star Trek appearances

Appearances as Martinez 
 (Season 2)

 (Season 3)

 (Season 4)

 (Season 5)

 (Season 6)

 (Season 7)

Stand-in work 
 
  – 2nd unit stand-in for Robert Beltran
  – stand-in for Robert Beltran and cover stand-in for Patrick Kilpatrick

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Performers
TNG performers
DS9 performers
VOY performers
ENT performers
Film performers
Video game performers
Stand-ins