American actor (born 1947) who guest-starred as Admiral Simon Reeger, a flag officer who takes command of the Enterprise and gives ruthless orders, in the Strange New Worlds episode Orders of Magnitude.
Joe Morton (born 1947) is an American stage and screen actor, known for The Brother from Another Planet, for playing Miles Dyson in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and for his Emmy-winning role in Scandal.
He guest-starred in Orders of Magnitude, the eighth episode of the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, released in September 2026. His character, Admiral Simon Reeger, assumes command of the Enterprise to hunt a cloaked ship, with James Kirk serving as his first officer.
Reeger orders the destruction of life on a planet of some five thousand inhabitants and has Kirk confined for objecting. Dr. M'Benga, who once served with him, finally relieves the admiral of duty after Kirk provokes him into showing how irrational he has become.