American actor and musician, born in 1947 and known for This Is Spinal Tap and Better Call Saul, who played the Clown, the embodiment of fear, in the Voyager episode The Thaw.
Michael McKean is an American actor, comedian and musician, born in 1947, known as Lenny in Laverne and Shirley, as David St. Hubbins in This Is Spinal Tap and as Chuck McGill in Better Call Saul.
In Star Trek: Voyager he guest stars in the second-season episode The Thaw, first shown in 1996. He plays the Clown, a character generated inside an artificial environment linking the minds of colonists in stasis. Born from their fear, he rules a grotesque carnival, executes those who try to leave and holds Harry Kim hostage, until Janeway finds a way to bargain with him.
The episode's quiet final scene between the Clown and Janeway is among the most often cited moments of the series.