American actor, born 1945 and known for Flashdance, who played Syrran, the Vulcan dissident carrying the katra of Surak, in the Enterprise episode The Forge.
Michael Nouri is an American actor best known as the steel-mill owner Nick Hurley in Flashdance. His other work includes the science-fiction film The Hidden and recurring roles in The O.C., Damages and NCIS.
In Enterprise he appears in The Forge, the first part of the fourth season's Vulcan trilogy. Archer and T'Pol, crossing the desert in search of the Syrrannites, meet a wanderer who gives his name as Arev and guides them towards the sanctuary.
Arev is in truth Syrran, leader of the movement that seeks to restore Surak's real teachings. Fatally injured in an electrical sandstorm, he transfers the katra of Surak he has been carrying into Archer, setting up the events of Awakening and Kir'Shara.