American actor who played Lieutenant Paul Porter, an Enterprise-E engineer who is among the first of the crew to be assimilated by the Borg, in Star Trek: First Contact.
Eric Steinberg is an American actor whose later television work includes a recurring role as Netan in Stargate SG-1.
In Star Trek: First Contact (1996) he played Paul Porter, an engineering officer aboard the Enterprise-E. When the environmental controls on the lower decks begin to fail, Porter goes into a Jefferies tube to investigate and is seized by the Borg who have beamed over from their doomed sphere.
He is seen again, partly converted into a drone, and attacks his former crewmates in the corridors. The scenes introduce the film's horror-tinged treatment of assimilation aboard Picard's own ship.