Orville Cummings

Actor (Lieutenant Christopher) — Discovery

Canadian actor who played Lieutenant Christopher, the communications officer on the bridge of the USS Discovery, in the fourth and fifth seasons of Star Trek: Discovery.

Orville Cummings is a Canadian actor who became part of the Discovery bridge ensemble in the show's fourth season.
He plays Lieutenant Christopher, who takes over the communications station under Captain Michael Burnham after Ronnie Rowe Jr.'s character, Bryce, moves on to other duties. Christopher is seen throughout the hunt for the dark matter anomaly and the mission to Species 10-C.
Cummings stayed with the series for its fifth and final season in 2024, in which Christopher remains at his post during the search for the Progenitors' technology.