American actor who played Lieutenant Commander Christopher Hobson, the first officer who doubts Data's fitness to command the USS Sutherland, in the Next Generation episode Redemption II.
Timothy Carhart is an American actor seen in films such as Thelma and Louise, Beverly Hills Cop III and Witness, and in many television series.
In Redemption II he plays Christopher Hobson, executive officer of the Sutherland, one of the ships in Picard's blockade of the Klingon-Romulan border. When Data is given temporary command, Hobson at once asks for a transfer, saying he does not think an android can be a good captain.
He questions orders throughout, until Data overrules him sharply and exposes the cloaked Romulan convoy. Carhart's wary, prejudiced officer gives the episode its secondary plot.