American-Canadian actor (born 1961) who played several guest roles in the 1990s Star Trek series and returned in 2026 as Dr. Philip Boyce in the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Brian Markinson (born 1961) is an American-Canadian character actor with a long list of film and television credits.
He was a familiar guest face in 1990s Star Trek. He played the Boraalan chronicler Vorin in the Next Generation episode Homeward, Lieutenant Peter Durst and the Vidiian scientist Sulan in the Voyager episodes Cathexis and Faces, and the eccentric Dr. Elias Giger in the Deep Space Nine episode In the Cards.
In 2026 he joined Star Trek: Strange New Worlds for its fourth season as Dr. Philip Boyce, the Enterprise's earlier chief medical officer, a part originated by John Hoyt in the 1964 pilot The Cage. Markinson's Boyce appears in the episode Off-Hour.