About the character:
Worf is of the race klingon. He is born on the planet Qo'n'os in
the year 2340 and gets a little brother later on, who is named Kurn.
The parents moves six years later to the outpost Khitomer. When
the romulans attacks the outpost Worf is saved by Sergey Rozhenko
and his wife Helena, who adopts Worf along with their own biological
son, Nikolaj, whom we get to see in the episode "Homeward" (165).
This has made him human with the exception of the concept humour,
but still cherishes his klingon past with rituals and seeking throughout
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" to find his place in life and his
bloodline in the klingon world.
After graduating the Starfleet Academy he is serving on the brand
new USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D as tactical officer, where he is comfortable
with the ships dicipline, as any other klingon would love it. The
person aboard, Worf finds most in common with is security chief
Natasha Yar, so when she dies
in the episode "Skin of Evil" (23), he takes very heavily over as
the new security chief.
The foster parents is seen in the episodes "11001001" (15), "Family"
(76) and "New Ground" (110). He meets an old girlfriend, the klingon
K'Ehleyr, who arrives on Enterprise in the episode "The Emissary"
(46), with whom, despite her short stay, he has the son Alexander
(Jon Paul Steuer, Brian
Bonsall, James Sloyan and Marc
Worden). Worf do not know of him until she arrives with him
in the episode "Reunion" (81), in which she is killed by Duras.
Duras' father betrayed the rest of the klingons at the Khitomer
Battle to the romulans and since then the son has accused Worf's
father for the deed. Worf accepted the shame in order to protect
the klingon empire against chaos because of Duras' power in The
High Council as seen in the episode "Sins of the Father" (65). Worf's
foster parents accepts taking care of the boys upbringing on Earth,
which they do until the no longer can control him and arrives on
Enterprise with him in the episode "New Ground" (110). The relationship
between Worf and Alexander have all the time been contradictions:
Worf is fully klingon but adapted human surroundings, while Alexander
finds the human way of living much more appealing. Something he
has learned from his mother, K'Ehleyr.
Later on (Season 7) Worf and Deanna
Troi develops a relationship, but it is brought to an end, when
Worf, after the destruction of USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D (see the
movie "Star Trek: Generations"),
gets commission on the space station Deep Space Nine, which the
Federation mans for the planet Bajor. It is aboard Enterprise Worf
plays poker with William Riker,
Data, Geordi
La Forge, Beverly Crusher,
and Deanna Troi. On Deep Space Nine he falls in love with Jadzia
Dax, to whom he declares his love in the episode "Looking for
Par'mach in All the Wrong Places" (101). In the episode "You are
Cordially Invited..." (131) they are married.
After some years to have lived among klingons Worf sees Alexander
in the episode "Sons and Daughters" (127), but time has moved them
further apart. In the episode "Tears of the Prophets" (150) Jadzia
to big grief of Worf killed by the former cardassian leader, Gul
Dukat. The trill Dax is moved to the waiting host, Ezri,
to whom he has a strict relationship. All the time he sees her as
his wife, but it is only the Dax part who is left of the total personality
that was her.
About the actor:
Michael Dorn is born in Texas but grow up in Pasadene in California,
where he later on studies radio and TV production at Pasadena City
College. After completing that he carries on with his his big interest
for music, so at the age of 21 he moves to San Francisco in 1973.
But here he is only for 3 years and moves to Los Angeles, where
he plays and sings in varies rock bands. His actual breakthrough
as an actor happens with his appearance on the TV series "CHiPS"
in which he plays officer Jed Turner for three seasons.
When Michael Dorn is making audition on "Star Trek: The Next
Generation" he is deadpan before, under and after the audition.
He do not even talk with the other hopefull actors that have shown.
That is what gives him the role.
In the beginning the role as Worf is only a small one, but as
the series developes Worf quickly becomes one of the key characters.
Some of the episodes is directly about Worf, his family, his status,
honour, his faith, and his people, and one truly gets the insight
of how a klingon thinks. Michael Dorn plays klingon in a very convincing
way with the bestially,temperamental and glorious stamp required
of the character. By letting Worf have the son Alexander his character
gets a depth and making it possible to show a klingon side not seen
before.
Along with his appearance in "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
he has a smaller part in the movie "Star
Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" as captain James T. Kirk's
lawyer.
After the ending of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" in May 1994,
he later that year appear in the movie "Star
Trek: Generations" in which USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D is destroyed.
Michael Dorn is from the beginning of season 4 (2 October 1995)
written into "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" as Worf. By that the chronology
fits as Worf arrives because there is no more a ship by the name
of Enterprise.
Despite Michael Dorn now appeares in a new Star Trek series he
plays Worf in the Star Trek movies subsequent being made with his
old colleagues. "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" is ended the 31 May
1999 and from that point Michael Dorn appeares only in the movies.
At that time, after 13 years as the klingon Worf, the actor is tired
of his part, so there is a chance he will not repeat it any more.
While working on season 1 of "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Michael Dorn has a lifelong dream come true getting a certificate
as a pilot. He has as such for instance participated in plane manoeuvres
in F16 jet fighters along with the professional Top Gun pilots in
the american military. Michael Dorn is by the way the owner of his
own jet fighter.
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