Welcome, cadets, and prepare for a core curriculum packed with space adventure: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is here. The new Paramount+ original drama, and latest entry in the iconic Star Trek franchise, features a cast of fresh faces as Starfleet’s newest crop of cadets – young dreamers and doers anxious to prove themselves in the Final Frontier. The show also boasts heavyweights like Oscar® winner Holly Hunter and Oscar® nominee Paul Giamatti, along with Star Trek favorites like Robert Picardo and Tig Notaro.
Below, we’ve got your introduction to the exciting cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, with details on the actors and the characters they play, as well as info on where you may have seen these actors before. Time to beam aboard, and meet the cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
What is Star Trek: Starfleet Academy about?
Set in the 32nd century, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is about a group of Starfleet cadets navigating friendships, rivalries, and romance while confronting a new enemy that threatens the entire Federation. They juggle all of this while training to be officers under a demanding faculty. The show takes place onboard the U.S.S. Athena, a Federation starship that docks at Starfleet Academy’s San Francisco campus, but can also be deployed for space missions.
Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau are Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’s co-showrunners and executive producers. Kurtzman has served as executive producer on Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Picard, and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Who is in the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast?
Here’s the main cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, including faculty and cadets:
The Starfleet Academy Faculty
- Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake
- Tig Notaro as Jett Reno
- Robert Picardo as The Doctor
- Gina Yashere as Lura Thok
The Starfleet Academy Cadets
- Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir
- Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag
- Kerrice Brooks as Sam
- George Hawkins as Darem Reymi
- Bella Shepard as Genesis Lythe
Additional Cast Members
- Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal
- Oded Fehr as Charles Vance
Meet the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy main cast + characters
Now, here’s a deeper look at the Star Trek: Starfleet Academy cast – and the characters they play.
Holly Hunter as Nahla Ake
Holly Hunter stars as Nahle Ake, the iron-willed Chancellor of Starfleet Academy – and the captain of the U.S.S. Athena.
Where you’ve seen her: The Incredibles, Broadcast News, Raising Arizona, The Piano (Academy Award® winner for best actress).
Sandro Rosta as Caleb Mir
Sandro Rosta plays Caleb Mir, an orphaned human with a troubled past who hasn’t yet declared his major (or focus) at Starfleet Academy.
Where you’ve seen him: Snitches Get Stitches
Karim Diané as Jay-Den Kraag
Karim Diané plays Jay-Den Kraag, a Klingon cadet at Starfleet Academy who dreams of becoming a medical officer.
Where you’ve seen him: One of Us Is Lying, StartUp, The X Factor
Kerrice Brooks as Sam (Series Acclimation Mil)
Kerrice Brooks plays a hologram – Series Acclimation Mil, or Sam, for short. She’s the first of her kind ever to attend Starfleet Academy, and her focus is operations.
Where you’ve seen her: My Old Ass, Feeling Randy
George Hawkins as Darem Reymi
George Hawkins plays Darem Reymi, a Khionian from a well-to-do background who aspires to be a Starfleet Captain. Accordingly, command is the focus of his studies at Starfleet Academy.
Where you’ve seen him: Gassed Up
Bella Shepard as Genesis Lythe
Bella Shepard plays Genesis, a Dar-Sha – a species new to the Star Trek universe. She’s the daughter of an admiral and is also studying command. She’s determined to make her own name in Starfleet.
Where you’ve seen her: A Girl Named Jo, The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders, Wolf Pack
Zoë Steiner as Tarima Sadal
Zoë Steiner plays Tarima Sadal, a Betazoid and the daughter of the president of Betazed, in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Where you’ve seen her: Significant Others
Robert Picardo as The Doctor
Robert Picardo reprises the iconic role of The Doctor, which he originated on Star Trek: Voyager.
Where you’ve seen him: The Howling, China Beach, The Wonder Years, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: First Contact
Tig Notaro as Jett Reno
Tig Notaro reprises her role as engineering genius Jett Reno from Star Trek: Discovery in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Where you’ve seen her: Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted, Army of the Dead, The Morning Show, Zootopia 2, Star Trek: Discovery
Oded Fehr as Charles Vance
Oded Fehr reprises his role as Starfleet Admiral Charles Vance from Star Trek: Discovery.
Where you’ve seen him: The Mummy, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, House of David, Star Trek: Discovery
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy recurring + guest roles
Here’s the recurring cast of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Gina Yashere as Lura Thok
Gina Yashere plays Lura Thok, a Klingon/Jem’Hadar hybrid who serves as the Chancellor’s First Officer and Cadet Master.
Where you’ve seen her: Bob Hearts Abishola, Last Comic Standing, Skinny B*tch
Paul Giamatti as Nus Braka
Plaul Giamatti plays Nus Braka, the part-Klingon, part-Tellarite main villain of Season 1.
Where you’ve seen him:The Holdovers, Sideways, American Splendor, Cinderella Man Billions, John Adams
Tatiana Maslany as Caleb Mir’s mother
Tatiana Maslany plays Caleb Mir’s mother.
Where you’ve seen her: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Perry Mason, Orphan Black, Stronger
Additionally, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1’s guest stars include Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly (of Star Trek: Discovery), WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch as a member of the Athena’s bridge crew, Stephen Colbert as the voice of Starfleet Academy’s Digital Dean of Students, and Brit Marling as the voice of the Athena‘s computer.
Where can I watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy?
You can watch Star Trek: Starfleet Academy exclusively on Paramount+. See below for all the tune-in info you need.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Season 1
- Premiere date: Jan. 15, 2026
- Release schedule: New episodes drop weekly on Thursdays, through the season finale, set for Thursday, March 12, 2026.
Streaming: Paramount+
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