Tiny Ron
Tiny Ron  was the actor known for his role as Maihar'du in seven episodes of . He also played the Alpha-Hirogen Idrin in the  fourth season episodes  and .

Ron was not part of the primary filming of "Message in a Bottle" but filmed his scenes on 2nd unit on Friday  on Paramount Stage 9. He previously had a "Show & Tell" meeting in full makeup and wardrobe on Wednesday  during the production of the episode . For the episode "Hunters", Ron filmed his scenes on Tuesday  on Paramount Stage 16.

Born as Ronald Taylor, he changed his artistic name when applying for the  because it was already taken by another Star Trek actor. The name was intended to be ironic, considering he was 7 feet (2.13 meters) tall and a former professional basketball player. 

With his large size, Ron was cast as hulking henchmen in a number of movies. Perhaps his best known film role is the hulking Nazi assassin Lothar in the comic adaptation The Rocketeer (1991), which co-starred William O. Campbell, Paul Sorvino, Terry O'Quinn, Ed Lauter, Clint Howard, and Max Grodénchik. Ron also appeared briefly out of prosthetics as a different character in the same movie. 

Ron also played one of the kidnappers in the fantasy comedy Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994, which also starred Noble Willingham and Mark Margolis), Jacko the Giant in the thriller Last Man Standing (1996, with Patrick Kilpatrick, Ken Jenkins, Chris Doyle, and Allan Graf), and appeared in the action film Road House (1989, with Marshall R. Teague, Kevin Tighe, Anthony De Longis, and Patricia Tallman) and the comedy The Naked Gun (1988, with Ricardo Montalban, Lawrence Tierney, and Raye Birk).

He appeared in the Alien Nation television films Body and Soul (1994) and The Enemy Within (1996) as the Giant and the Queen Mother respectively, along with Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Kerrie Keane, Leon Russom, Wayne Péré, Glenn Morshower, Marva Hicks, and James Parks.

Appearances as Maihar'du 
 
  (Season 1)
  (Season 2)
  (Season 3)
  (Season 5)
  (Season 6)
  (Season 7)

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Performers
DS9 performers
VOY performers