American actor, later an attorney, who played the enigmatic Traveler on The Next Generation.
Eric Menyuk, an American actor born in 1959, played the Traveler, a mysterious being from Tau Alpha C who can manipulate space, time and thought, on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He appeared in Where No One Has Gone Before, Remember Me and Journey's End, the last of which sees Wesley Crusher leave Starfleet to explore existence with him.
Menyuk had earlier been considered for the role of Data, which went to Brent Spiner. He later left acting to become an attorney.