Leonard McCoy Leonard McCoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy is a character in the American science fiction franchise "Star Trek". First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the , McCoy also appears in the , six "Star Trek" movies, the pilot episode of "", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Karl Urban assumed the role of the character in the 2009 "Star Trek" film and its sequels: "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). McCoy was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20, 2227. The son of David, he attended the University of Mississippi and is a divorcé
Star Trek: Discovery previous 700+ episodes of "Star Trek" by taking advantage of the streaming format of All Access and telling a single story arc across the entire first season. He and Kurtzman developed this story from "so many elements of "Star Trek"", taking certain episodes of the original series and using their "DNA" to find "the spirit of what "Star Trek" offers, both in terms of high-concept science fiction storytelling and really wonderful metaphors for the human condition". Berg said that the series' writers "are so in love with" "The Original Series", "The" "Next Generation", and the family aspect of those series,