British actor, also seen as Anubis in American Gods, who played the Klingon religious leader T'Kuvma in the two-part opening of Star Trek: Discovery.
Chris Obi is a British actor whose screen work includes Snow White and the Huntsman, the 2016 remake of Roots and the role of the god Anubis in the series American Gods.
In Star Trek: Discovery he plays T'Kuvma, a Klingon outcast who preaches the teachings of Kahless and dreams of uniting the twenty-four great houses against the Federation. In The Vulcan Hello and Battle at the Binary Stars he lights the ancient beacon, draws the houses to his sarcophagus ship and provokes the battle that starts the war. He is shot by Michael Burnham moments after killing Captain Georgiou.
Obi performed entirely in the Klingon language under full prosthetics. T'Kuvma's memory continues to drive his followers Voq and L'Rell through the first season.