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Walter Koenig is an American actor, screenwriter, and author born in Chicago in 1936. He is known for his role in *Star Trek: The Original Series*. Koenig has also written several works, including *Star Trek Explorer*, *These are the Voyages - TOS*, and *Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot*. His career began in 1962, and he has received the Inkpot Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He was educated at Grinnell College, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Koenig resides in North Hollywood and speaks English. He has two children, including Andrew Koenig. His official website is located at walterkoenigsite.com and walterkoenig.com.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Star Trek Explorer
- These are the Voyages - TOS
- Beaming Up and Getting Off
- Walter Koenig's Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot
- Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Walter Marvin Koenig is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. He wrote the script for the 2008 science fiction legal thriller InAlienable.
Known for
- Raging Midlife — Otis2025
- Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek — Self2025
- The D-Con Chamber — Self2024
- Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Anton Chekov (voice)2023
- In Search of Tomorrow — Self - Interviewee2022
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)2022
- The Shuttlepod Show — Self2022
- Woman in Motion — Self2021
- The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek — Self2021
- Unbelievable!!!!! — Fireman Frank2020
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 35
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
· 1983 · cited 31,523x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,947x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,787x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,458x
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Key facts
- Born
- Walter Marvin Koenig , ( 1936-09-14 ) September 14, 1936 (age 89) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Education
- Grinnell College , University of California, Los Angeles ( BA ), Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
- Occupations
- Actor screenwriter
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Known for
- Pavel Chekov Alfred Bester
- Television
- Star Trek Babylon 5
- Spouse
- Judy Levitt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; died December 9, 2022</span>"}]]}'>2022 )
- Children
- 2, including Andrew
- Relatives
- Jimmy Pardo (son-in-law)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marvin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Child
- Andrew Koenig
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Star Trek: The Original Series
- Official website
- www.walterkoenig.com
- Image
- WalterKoenigHWOFSept2012.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- North Hollywood
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- Commons category
- Walter Koenig
- date of birth
- 1936-09-14
- Commons gallery
- Walter Koenig
- name in native language
- Walter Koenig
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- social media followers
- 136371
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Walter Marvin Koenig (/ˈkeɪnɪɡ/; born September 14, 1936) is an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek (1967–1969). He went on to reprise this role in all six original-cast Star Trek films, and later voiced President Anton Chekov in Star Trek: Picard (2023). He has also acted in several other series and films including Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971), The Questor Tapes (1974), and Babylon 5 (1993). In addition to his acting career, Koenig has made a career in writing as well and is known for working on Land of the Lost (1974), Family (1976), What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977) and The Powers of Matthew Star (1982).
Early life
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