First Contact: Michael Dorn AKA Lieutenant Commander Worf | Star Trek

Startrek.com chats with Michael Dorn about his iconic role as Lieutenant Commander Worf, his favorite Star Trek episodes and more.
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[@SteveLeightonNSF]

Michael Dorn is a class act. His portrayal of Worf really established the Klingon characters for others to work off of.

[@hopebgood]

You just said almost exactly what I was just thinking/gonna comm.

[@wabznasm9660]

The episode in season 1 (code of honour?) with the two Klingon convicts, the one who dies is obviously just doing a Michael Dorn impression and it’s great.

[@danclassic7065]

We should recognize Christopher Lloyd as Commander Kruge in The Search for Spock as well. The first major portrayal of a Klingon after the original series ended.

[@noelwhitman1788]

...and Discovery has tried it's best to destroy the work done by Dorn and others in the last real Star Trek series. I can't believe they have not done a Worf Show yet?

[@lloydtshare]

Until jj came along

[@lmackenzie89]

Everyone says Patrick Stewart looks young for his age, but Michael Dorn is looking damn fine for 67!

[@truethat15]

I think it's the positives of black people. I'm 35 and i can't shave because if I do it makes my wife feel like a pedophile. And I get carded constantly.... we age well, when we take care of ourselves. I mean look at Sade and Angela Bassett.

[@johnroscoe2406]

@@truethat15 That's perhaps the most eloquent rendition of "black don't crack" I have ever heard.

[@chrissgchriss]

I cracked a little.

[@san4617]

I always had a crush on worf but Michael dorn is surpassing him now,,,,, he looks even better with age

[@Stefan-]

Patrick Stewart may look young and good for his age now, but when he started playing Picard in 1987 he was 47 years old and while he looked very fit and good in many ways, the fact that he was very bald and what little hair he had left was white/gray made him look much older, he was bald and gray even at 35 years old in the 70´s which you can see in videos here on youtube. Im slightly older than he was in 1987 and i still have most of my hair (not perfect of course) and my hair more has single gray/white hairs, my beard is graying more though. Its mostly genetics though and you cant help it, some go bald in their early 20´s and even gray in their 20-30´s and some still have good hair when they are 80 or even older and keep the color for a long time. Patrick Stewart is one of those that pull off the bald look well especially now when he is completely bald, i wouldnt even want to imagine him with hair.

[@Nimariel]

This may be the first time I've seen an actor asked about favorite episodes, where he or she responded by highlighting an episode that didn't center on their own character. Very classy, Mr. Dorn.

[@fredrika27]

@Dotar Sojat Marina Sirtis and Gates McFadden both do this as well!

[@dkting]

Agreed! A great teammate!

[@NehemiahDC]

From what I hear he actually watches the show and seems to be a genuine fan.

[@deanhansen5041]

Data: "To care for Spot you must feed him feline supplement 19, pet him, tell Spot he is a good kitty.... Worf: : " I WILL FEED IT!" Data: "Perhaps that will be sufficient"

[@firefalcon9368]

that's some of the best Worf right there

[@csabapetrovay4919]

@@firefalcon9368 and Data

[@otsenres1636]

"Prune juice...a warriors drink!!"

[@timesthree5757]

True you drink a bottle test your resolve. How long can he last before their is a red alert in his pants]!

[@dkting]

👊🏻💪🏻

[@hopebgood]

One of Treks' classic lines!

[@hindsightpov4218]

Worf had one of the best character developments in Star Trek. He had that on TNG but it happened mostly on DS9.

[@sarahkinsey5434]

DS9 had the best arcs because it wasn't episodic and was focused on the aliens coming to the station. The characters and stories really got to develop into legends today!

[@sarahkinsey5434]

shurednichso I love how they made the Ferengi much more complex, not just the comic relief. Rom and Nog had some great character development in spite of being in a fraction of the episodes!

[@sarahkinsey5434]

shurednichso so glad Armin got a second chance to play a Ferengi right!

[@rahimsvoice]

DS9 just rehashed his character development from TNG.

[@enginerdy]

I don't know if I agree with that.. he started out a pretty irritating dick and went out the same way. You get to know him, he has clear character traits and clearly grows over time... but his arc is more like Conan the Barbarian than a more realistic, human character. (ie hero's journey, child to king...or at least, kingmaker) Most people chill out as they age, as they prove themselves in the world.. even the Klingons were trying to get him to lighten up constantly. It's just an odd way to write the character, but it does make for an easy source of conflict for plotlines. I don't think any of that is on MD, he played it believably throughout.

[@jjfromthebigland781]

Q: "very clever Worf. Eat any good books lately?" One of the best burns I've ever heard... anywhere...

[@hthunem]

Oh, perspicacity incarnate. Please don't feel compelled now to tell me the story of "The Boy Who Cried Worf"...

[@jjfromthebigland781]

@@hthunem shut up, Wesley.

[@hthunem]

@@jjfromthebigland781 Oh, poor Wil W. has suffered enough.

[@Wagoo]

Q: "You might have learned an interesting lesson, Macrohead! hehe.. with a microbrain!" Worf: *growls*

[@jjfromthebigland781]

@@hthunem NEVER!! lol

[@iamthebeelzebub]

Worf was such a tragic carachter. The mother of his son died, his son denounced him. His wife Jadzia died, he had to turn his brother into someone else and denounce him face to face. Yet he maintains, yet he prevails. I have gained so much strenght in my own life from Worf, I can't even tell. Thank you Michael Dorn for portraying this lifechanging character for us. Peace. Out.

[@matzpimp]

What's sad is the kid that played his son committed suicide

[@newworldsoldier81]

@@matzpimp really??

[@matzpimp]

@@newworldsoldier81 ya hollyweird screws kids up. It full of pedophiles too. That's happened for over 100 years with child actors being rapped or abused. In the 1940s they would make the kids sit on blocks of ice or put them in dark rooms to mind

[@newworldsoldier81]

@@matzpimp i know,Hollywood its a lie.

[@2bituser569]

matzpimp Blocks of ice ? What for?

[@specialk9424]

Best Worf lines that I can think of off my head: "Good tea. Nice house." Q: "What must I do to convince you? (that he is now mortal) Worf: "Die." "Sir, I protest, I am NOT a merry man!" Discussing sex with Riker: (Not Worf and Riker having sex, just talking about it in general. Don't be perverts. "I would have to restrain myself too much. Human females are too.....fragile." Data's dream sequence: Data: "It is a cellular peptide cake" Worf, with a mouthful: "Wif mint froshting." Meets Kira, who is wearing a giant medieval royalty hat: "........Nice hat." In the old West holideck episode: Worf: Counselor Troi, I need your- Troi: DURANGO! Here, I'm called Durango. Worf: Yes, of course. Counselor Durango. Assimilate this!

[@hxhdfjifzirstc894]

Scott Foltz I just watched TNG series for the first time, so I LMAO at your choice of quotes. Especially merry man and mint frosting.

[@dkting]

That's a great one. :)

[@darkmex25]

Take Me Out to the Holosuite: DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!

[@Scottman1981uk]

Q.. “What must I do to prove to you I’m human?” Worf.. “Die” 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesvangorder9599]

This might be my favorite line in the entire series.

[@mimikiryuu]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@optillian4182]

"Very funny, Worf. Eat any good books lately?"

[@dkting]

😂

[@augiegirl1]

He also played Worf’s great-grandfather in ”The Undiscovered Country.”

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

Just grandfather (his father Mogh's father).

[@decuisagrippa3442]

And his great grandfather's cousin in the Klingon Academy game. So cool.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@decuisagrippa3442 in the Klingon Academy video game, he played Worf's great uncle (his grandfather's brother) Thok'Mok.

[@decuisagrippa3442]

@@BrotherDerrick3X oh was it brother? well corrected my friend. Been some time since I've managed to get the game to run.

[@PlanoGuy1979]

Wendy Sanders Michael Dorn Played Wolf who was Kirk and Dr MCCOY'S Prospector in Star Trek 6 The Undiscovered County

[@davidgeier5827]

Dorn's Worf is equal to Nimoy's Spock as far as importance to the Star Trek franchise.

[@flybeep1661]

I bet Michael Dorn would regard your comment as a great compliment.

[@emy1975]

I agree

[@skyserf]

Agreed.

[@dkting]

Definitely!

[@kendallrivers1119]

Well after Data lol

[@franknowakowski3103]

"So what did you think about your first Command" Worf.... "Comfortable chair". LOL.

[@LtFoodstamp]

I still REALLY want a Star Trek: Worf series! Dorn is the best! He embodies the rationality of the Federation while also embracing the passion of the Klingon's. It was an amazing balancing act he did with the character.

[@Joe0161]

Not in the current woke climate you dont. Look what they've done to Picard!

[@paulheap1982]

@@Joe0161 clearly you've been watching Star Trek wrong.

[@Joe0161]

@@paulheap1982 if I have, Ive been watching it 'wrong' for 30 years.

[@Joe0161]

@@paulheap1982 tell me, what is it about old, dying, incompetent Picard who gets shouted at and put down by literally every woman he meets, that you find appealing or even remotely relatable to the character we saw in TNG? Just curious.. 🤔

[@paulheap1982]

@@Joe0161 I'm just curious as to why you think it's every woman, but hey ho star trek has always been progressive. So yes, you have been watching it wrong, for less time than I have too.

[@DamonCzanik]

You just assume that these actors will be so much like the characters they portray. Michael Dorn just feels so different than Worf in how he speaks, moves, and emotes. Even past the makeup it does feel like two different people. Worf is a great character that deserves to be revisited again.

[@Dangerman5]

Michael Dorn is fascinating to me because he is the most different to his character in real life. His voice in the show is so deep.

[@leomartin5965]

And he used to play on CHIPS in the 80's like Dennis Hayesbert played on BUCK ROGERS as a extra like Mike Dorn.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Actually I'd tie him with Brent with Data talk about night and day lol. It's inconceivable that either one of those guys were in those roles.

[@BeKindToBirds]

He is such a kindly and gentle faced man but with the makeup and the demeanor of worf his gentle demeanor ads a great amount of depth to the character

[@TalkSickMass]

It's honestly surprising how his normal voice sounds but I think he had a rough start on doing the Worf voice and eventually got used to doing it.

[@TheDarrenSR]

You can see how humble this guy is just by the way he carries himself in his interview

[@matthewgoodsell480]

Worf must be one of the greatest characters in all of star trek. He certainly had some of the best lines: "Perhaps today is a good day to die - prepare for ramming speed!"

[@dkting]

Best line indeed!

[@carldeithorn3450]

"Good tea... Nice house." It should be obvious that, Michael Dorn, is a phenomenal actor! He is a true character actor, which is as skilled as one can be, in the craft, and he accomplishes it beautifully! Anyone can recite lines and many very famous actors cannot change from role to role. They are always the SAME person. They're not character actors. When, Michael, portrays, Worf, he doesn't even need all the makeup. Just look at his eyes! He IS, Worf! He emotes and brings passion and life to the role! You can't learn that. You either have "it" or you don't. A great many don't, but, Michael, has "it" and he has it in great abundance! All Love to you, Michael! May you enjoy continued success and may you have no end of happiness and joy in your life! You've brought a lot of both to ours! Thank you! - 😃♉❤✌

[@iancrossley6637]

"Delicious"

[@carldeithorn3450]

@MrInvisible777, A WARRIOR'S DRINK! 😲 CHEERS! - KA-PLAH! 😃♉❤✌

[@GrnArrow092]

What I liked best about Deep Space Nine is not only that we got a good story arc with the Dominion War, we also got to explore Klingon and Ferengi culture during run of the show.

[@eydmes]

Bajoron & Cardassian as well hope I spelled those right lol

[@xtiram]

@@eydmes *Bajoran

[@GeneralG1810]

DS9 is my favourite of all the ST series, I loved the Ferengi and Cardy influences in the show. And the characters were so well written, they weren't these perfect people who could do no wrong. Everyone had their demons and faults, and even the villains at times showed empathy and humanity and you understood their point of view

[@abdool1972]

I wish they'd made a Worf tv series.

[@JoseFuentes-fn3dl]

There were rumors around 2009 that this was being discussed at Paramount.

[@sir_ma-at_mons]

Michael Dorn proposed his “Chronicles of Worf” then.

[@MLife1972]

I'd love a Worf series, but I don't think I want a show that involves the Klingon empire as a setting. I always found those episodes of TNG a bit tedious. Worf in a completely foreign setting where he's out of his element would be awesome.

[@thomassterrett1905]

I could listen to stuff like this all day. Thank you Commander Worf , son of Mogh.

[@MM-bw1lo]

Worf is an amazing character, both stern and hilarious. Michael Dorn played him so good, nobody else could come next.

[@deepcow]

Worf was the most bad ass character in Star Trek history.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Peter he gets his ass handed to him in nearly every security situation...give me 7 of 9 (who is a perfect 10) EACH AND EVERY TIME.

[@deepcow]

jaim haas. You’re right. There feel better?

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@deepcow much!

[@johngoodman4829]

@@jaimhaas5170 When I first started watching The Next Generation I had high expectations for Worf. But yes he is consistently almost useless in most battles with the exception of magically becoming extremely effective in battle only when the script insists upon it

[@jaimhaas5170]

@@johngoodman4829 very accurate observation. I remember thinking the first two seasons what a waste of time NGR was...but the writing and the action increased in later episodes and of course peaked with Borg.

[@Benjamin0119]

Man got my hopes up that Worf would be on Star Trek Picard. D: Nice little interview though.

[@Benjamin0119]

@@snake56 Well archive image of Worf was already shown so they wouldn't be using the Disco Klingons prosthetics for Picard.

[@RegBeta]

@@Benjamin0119 As far as we know! Disco Season 2 Klingons looked alot closer to the ones in the TNG shows, but we're still not right for 23rd Century Klingons that's for sure. Should look like what they did in TOS .

[@aldunlop4622]

shurednichso yeah I hated TNG when it first came out, it actually turned me off Trek, I thought Picard was a pompous dick. Voyager was pretty crap until Scorpion, there were a few good eps here and there. I’m actually one of the only ones that likes Enterprise it seems:)

[@blissmaster71]

Benjamin0119 there are Romulans with different foreheads based on what region of Romulus they come from, so I like to think that Klingons are diverse as well. The Klingons controlling the 12 houses during the Disco era get ousted by Worf’s type of Klingon by the TOS era (they had a virus that made them look like dark humans, but they were cured by TMP).

[@designatedpiledriver8216]

@@snake56 how the hell is Picard "awful"? Are you one of these "everything new is crap" type of people?

[@LaserRanger15]

This dude has the best voice ever.

[@shawnmcvey7789]

The episode of DS9 where Alexander comes from the past to save Worf will always have a special place in my heart.

[@MexieMex]

This reminds me just how good Trek used to be, I do miss it.

[@Gunnar001]

Mexie Mex It’s sad what a schlocky generic dumpster fire Star Trek has become these days. What a travesty.

[@ShrekMeBe]

Too much money grabbing an licensing in media. Limited time to make a buck with your creation! 20years tops, after that free creative reign for new content using the setting that worked so well before. As someone commented before, Worf's blend of rational and impulsive was a pleasure to watch!

[@stevencramsie9172]

It was a different time, and the franchise has had to evolve to accommodate modern day audiences and expectations in order to stay relevant. If you don't like it, you have your box sets sitting on a shelf to enjoy. The rest of us can enjoy both.

[@Gunnar001]

Steven Cramsie “Evolve?” What an absolute joke. In no way is this modern JJverse lens flare trash an “evolved” version of Star Trek. It’s a de-evolution into anti-Trek. Nothing more than generic edgy melodramatic action schlock made to rake in cash from the dumb, short attention span masses. How sad that you think Star Trek in the modern day has to be reduced to a dumbed-down level of poor writing and characters to stay relevant. I completely disagree.

[@stevencramsie9172]

billyboyjennings No, I think you honestly believe that watching a bunch of middle-aged actors in jumpsuits stumbling around recycled sets mumbling technobabble and Shakespeare is something that mainstream audiences in 2020 want to see. TNG was a lot different than TOS, and old timers whined and complained in 1987 too. Honestly, if the world is passing you by, then you’re probably wasting your breath complaining about it on here.

[@pittsburghmcconnell]

Got the fever --- need more Dorn

[@gigibluestockings5168]

PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏

[@thecianinator]

Well there's always the fourth Bionicle movie if you're really desperate

[@Orca19904]

"I do apologize for the inconvenience; I did not mean to cause so much damage." -Worf, the most polite Klingon who ever lived. :P

[@connorgonzalez4023]

People seem to forget that he was raised by humans...

[@SVSky]

How apologizes to Data is also great: "It is I, who has jeopardized our friendship, not you, if you will overlook this incident, I would like to consider you my friend". Ohhh honor chills.

[@ThatBrendonGuy]

I like how his favourite episodes of TNG weren't Worf centric episodes but ones where his co-stars really got to shine. Classy dude...

[@shaunrene1]

Where is this type of spirit, character, story telling in today's modern Star Trek? I miss old Trek so much!

[@blueknight5754]

He was also on the “undiscovered county” movie where he was Captain Kirk’s Klingon lawyer!

[@xaenon]

Worf's grandfather, if I remember correctly, though to be fair, I don't think it was mentioned in the movie.

[@charles-slimthugga-darden8568]

If there were no gravity.. THEN HOW COULD THESE MEN BE WALKING??!?!? ... They had gravity boots on dickhead 😂😂😂😂😂... He aint read the discovery packet for that case 😂😂😂. I would have asked for a mistrial and fired his ass if i was Kirk.

[@davidanato5701]

Wouldn't it be cool if Worf ended up being the captain of the Enterprise (whether it's E or even F)? I see that some people have already been thinking of the idea. It would be just as cool if the proposed idea for "Captain Worf" series could be revived as a show about Worf leading the next next generation of the USS Enterprise, a Klingon as a Starfleet captain, that would be awesome.

[@Jaeih]

In the Star Trek Picard prequel comic, the newly promoted Admiral Picard leaves the Enterprise to take command of the USS Verity to lead the evacuation of the Romulan Star Empire. (Picard doesn't stay on Enterprise because Starfleet thinks the Romulans don't want another Enterprise in Romulan space since that usually ended bad) Anyway: Picard then makes Worf Captain of the Enterprise and tells the Admiralty that this is the ultimate sign of peace: 100 years prior, the Klingons and the Federation were almost at constant war. Now, a Klingon commands the flagship of the Federation.

[@GGGritzer]

Sins Of The Father. Favourite TNG episode, ever! Tony Todd was stellar as Kurn. Perfectly cast as Worf's brother.

[@A.RandomLattin]

It is my honor to share that my Uncle worked on Star Trek Next Generation, Deep Space Nine & Voyager! Did special effects and behind-the-scenes work.

[@DrForrester87]

I really liked the TNG and DS9 episodes that were focused on Klingon issues. The whole ordeal with Worf and Kern and their father, the succession of Chancellor after K'mpec is poisoned to death and the episodes with Worf and Martok doing Klingon stuff. It was great.

[@zaz4667]

I always love it when Worf is playing the part of a human!

[@joshschneider9766]

You always embodied masculine strength and honor in equal measure for me, a guy who never met his dad. All you guys and gals on tng were such superb role models to watch every week. I cannot express my gratitude for both the entertainment and the life education tng gave me. KAPLAH!!!!!! and thank you.

[@bluebull399]

Worf is a beacon of strength. What a truly great character and of course exceptional acting work by Michael Dorn.

[@TXKafir]

My favorite scenes with Worf: 1. Where he takes revenge on Durass. 2. When he fights the Jem Hadar in a death match.

[@nela3986]

I loved the klingon wedding. So cool!

[@lennyernquist1246]

I'm also a huge Gargoyles fan and I loved Michael's voice work doing the voice of Cold Stone and Taurus. Thanks for uploading this and keep on Trekking to the stars!

[@schigeraXD]

If I'm not mistaken, Johnathan Frakes was also in gargoyles.

[@BrotherDerrick3X]

@@schigeraXD yes. Frakes was Xanatos. Marina Sirtis was on that show as well.

[@ATREIDESDUNCAN88]

WE ARE ALL WAITING FOR THAT WORF MOVIE. WE DID NOT FORGET!

[@Jon-ey4el]

We need an Old Worf show that actually follows on from TNG/DS9 in a coherent and non garbage way.

[@Ammoniumbicarbonat]

I think he would have been a more interesting character to follow up than Picard to be honest.

[@stevencramsie9172]

They said before Picard premiered that it was NOT a sequel to TNG in terms of structure and feel, so if you were expecting a starship-based "alien planet of the week" type show? That's on you.

[@Jon-ey4el]

@@stevencramsie9172 The writing is dogshit. That's on them.

[@Alienvisitor007]

I think he did try to get his own show as worf but they said no

[@stephanebedos2112]

@@stevencramsie9172 Just as DS9 was a departure from the "Starship-based alient planet of the week" construction, and yet remained a wonderful show. Picard is just plain garbage writting, real life propaganda and utter destruction of a franchise half a century old. With a Worf show, doing such crap would have waaaaay harder, and perhaps Michael Dorn would not have tried to embed 21st century political propaganda in a fictional 24th century universe.

[@00xanawolf00]

Absolutely loved this video! Worf is, without a doubt, my all-time favorite Star Trek character; Mr. Dorn’s talent floored me every time Worf was on screen, and his performances often had me crying both tears of sorrow and laughter. I’ve been watching Star Trek: Picard, and seeing so many other beloved actors and actresses from the various Trek shows has me wishing for a few episodes with my favorite Klingon!

[@deondresixfo8188]

You've said exactly how I feel as well! Cheers!

[@ah7910]

Imagine that another company took over the Star Trek franchise. Gave us a Worf series, perhaps a captain of a Klingon vessel, a series with cool battles and politics and interactions with DS9 characters, a mention of Sisko’s return, interactions with Voyager characters too, and of course TNG characters, perhaps even show Seska again and glimpses of the utopia that is The Federation - bright scenes, happy people, wonderful technologies... little morality plays, showing both sides of an argument - and hope in how resolutions can be made. This series would let us enjoy the positive and hopeful vision of the future we all crave. Stories that were well throughout and made sense. No fantasy elements, just sci-fi. Oh imagine. We can but imagine. Alex Kurtzman, if you ever read this - what you are doing is unforgivable - you are BLATANTLY being vindictive and trolling fans. I, myself, am gay, in my 30s, from an ethnic immigrant minority background, all the boxes that tick your ‘woke boxes’ but the trash you produce makes me want to vomit. GIVE US BACK OUR TREK!

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

I agree with everything you say, BUT...a lot of the problems with the current shows is copyright. CBS owns the rights to the tv shows and Paramount owns the rights to the movies. The Enterprise-E first appeared in movies, so Paramount owns that. The Borg and Romulans first appeared in the tv show, so CBS owns that. So although Worf appeared in the shows (CBS), the Klingon design (the forehead) first appeared in ST1, (owned by Paramount). Which is why the Klinorcs of STD looked so different, CBS didn't have the license to make them proper. So sadly, a tv show by CBS featuring Worf, or even klingons will never happen. Ever. And as a side note, I hate Alex Kurtzman and wish him to spend an eternity on Rura Penthe.

[@darrell_dee97]

From Chips' in the 80's to Star Trek...Thank you Michael Dorn!

[@isaacjohnson9276]

My favorite Worf line? “Assimilate this!”

[@pesarepars7435]

I love "star Treck" Greetings from persia.

[@TKFKU]

He was promoted, it's Commander Worf. Or ambassador Worf if you like, given how DS9 ended.

[@bonitawauls6274]

Michael Dorn. I love you, dude! I traveled 3 hrs in pouring rain to see you at a Conference in Philly and they did autographs before we arrived and you had left!! I bought your 8x10 glossy and mailed it to you at studio. 5 months later, you had signed and mailed it to me! Thank you so much!

[@jefferee2002]

Michael Dorn. I guess it takes a gentle soul to play a true, honorable Klingon.

[@beavinator]

Michael Dorn is awesome and this interview is great...but Worf started on the Enterprise as a Lieutenant junior grade, not an ensign. Sorry, couldn't help myself... :-)

[@TheRyFiNetWork]

Thank You :) I thought so too....had to pause the clip to stop and think....I thought to myself "That does not sound right" plus the clip showed 2 pips on his collar so I figured it was Jr Lt. :) lol

[@gutspraygore]

Yeah. That might have been in the script and changed at the time of shooting or edited out, so that could be how he remembered it.

[@michaeljorgensen790]

In 2364 (Far Point)he is a Lt. Jr grade but we do not know the back story of what he was doing in the time between 2361 when he graduated Star Fleet and the mission to Far Point. He could have been assigned to the Enterprise as an ensign on a previous commissioning and shakedown mission. Stardates (40759 to 41148) And this seems to be alluded to because Picard and Riker are the only ones in the script as "new" members of the crew.

[@TheRyFiNetWork]

@@michaeljorgensen790 How dare you apply logical thinking to this. :) jk lol Excellent answer, I like that very much actually. I have never thought to much of Worf before TNG. :)

[@rikosaikawa9024]

Pls don’t be sorry. It pissed me off as i grew with worf as my fave. According to my dad since. I was 3 when it first aired

[@TheBeachHermit]

He's a real actor, isn't he. So different in his real life activity from Worf. I loved Worf yet Michael Dorn is a real person with a more expressive personality :)

[@velvetpaws999]

You were a gorgeous, the best ever! Klingon. I just cannot imagine Startrek without Worf!

[@grisgrill8757]

Recently started an NG re-watch and find even about 30 years later I'm still in love with Worf. One of my weirder crushes, but consistent!

[@dharleyv]

"I am Klingon!! If you doubt that a demonstration can be arranged! "

[@anothergoogleuser]

@ Michael Dorn - thank you for everything you do for us

[@Xanatos21]

I met Michael Dorn at a sci-fi convention back in the 90's when I was a kid. He was SUPER NICE! Truly one of the friendliest celebrities you will ever meet! He even walked right up to me and shook my hand while speaking in his Worf voice, "Hi there! I'm Worf!" I also got to meet Patrick Stewart and Jonathan Scott Frakes that same day and they were also very outgoing. It was very cool!

[@grindcoreninja6527]

Remember when Star Trek was about diplomacy and not explosions?

[@Velimirius]

and then they hired lazy shitty sjw writers.

[@grindcoreninja6527]

@@Velimirius It's not SJW's sadly. It's the public that is completely okay with chaotic battles for the sake of entertainment. Making sense in the universe is irrelevant as long as there are bright lights and explosions.

[@ltsecondincomand]

No, but Pepperidge Farm remembers.

[@therexbellator]

@@Velimirius Oh look another fake Star Trek ""fan.""" Star Trek was SJW before there was even a word for it. Pieces of shit like you would have never been a Star Trek fan back in the day. Conservatives and right wingers ignored Star Trek for decades believing it was a "Communist Utopia" in space because any society not based on the accumulation of wealth and without racial/ethnic tensions was impossible in their tiny minds. Nowadays pieces of shit like you simply pretend to be fans all along but your anti-progressive / regressivist values give you away. You cannot be an Anti-SJW and be a Star Trek fan. You may as well be eating beef burgers and calling yourself a Vegan. It doesn't work that way.

[@projectmayhem6898]

@@Velimirius It looks like you triggered an SJW, probably thinks there aren't enough LGBT characters in Star Trek Discovery.

[@HisDivineShadow]

Referencing the part where Micheal Dorn said that Wof had no fear, there is a specific line where he says to Alexander "Only fools have no fear."

[@leonrobinson8180]

if you wanna get technical sure, but I think he means he doesn't allow fear to cloud his judgement

[@matthewreynoso6904]

Micheal Dorn must be a very good actor, he plays with such a deep voice!

[@cellophanity]

I met this guy while working as a dealer in Vegas, very nice guy and a great Actor. He did great work fleshing out what a Klingon is far beyond anything done before or since. (The new Klingons are an insult to all the great work this man did for the species)

[@TheAznative101]

I love what he said about going into makeup. He had talked to one of the actors in "Planet of the Apes". What do you think about for the three or so hours in the chair. "The money".

[@shifty4935]

After hearing the rumors of Captain Worf on Ent E it’s all I can think about. Instead we have space flowers and Raffi

[@beavinator]

There are a lot of things to complain about with that show, but Raffi isn't one of them IMHO. I like her.

[@shifty4935]

beavinator1 I’ve liked one scene of her so far, when she met her son. I do like that she has flaws I just find her insufferable

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

raffi is one of the best characters get out of here

[@drew9351]

Raffi is utter trash

[@drew9351]

@DrPeePeePooPoo orangeman bad

[@Darvatron]

Man Michael Dorn is a cool guy. We recognized him in Vegas in a hallway and he spotted my Klingon tattoo and stopped and talked for about 10 minutes! Very awesome celebrity encounter, and I am the biggest fan of Worf. I have the Klingon imperial insignia tattooed on my shoulder, this is what started our conversation in the hallway. A Klingon-centered Star Trek show is something I brought up to him, he's 100% on board they need to do it! Star Trek: Worf, come on that would be the best of them all!

[@davidbarnhart6228]

Cool choice for a tattoo!👍 I have a tat of the Terran Empire on my shoulder. I'm not kidding.🖖

[@awhitney3063]

Worf was always my favorite character on ALL the star treks, even when I was a little kid! Thank you Michael Dorn for portraying him so wonderfully and doing such a great job over the years, it meant a lot to so many people.

[@stephanesiewecke]

rip good trek

[@matthewgaudet4064]

I hope he gets his own show as Captain of the Enterprise E. But with the original makeup not as a Klingorc.

[@Nobody_114]

Dear Mr. Michael Dorn, Greetings. The part you played as Worf, Son of Mogh in ST: TNG and DS9 has helped me in so many ways in my life. Actually Worf's life story is similar to mine on earth. Worf gave me the courage to face difficulties in life and face danger in the eye, and win battles in life that my friends could not. Worf gave me the courage to face pain and fight it, with both patience and strength. Worf thought me how to be fair, try the impossible, and fight for the right cause in life, study hard, and live with honor. I owe my success in life to Worf, the Son of Mogh. Thank you so much for posting this video. Dear Mr. Michael Dorn and Mrs. Shari Redstone, Again, thank you so much for posting this video. We, the original Star Trek fans who followed the canon series (TOS, ST:TNG/DS9, Voyager and Enterprise, and all the movies up to Nemesis), very much miss you Mr. Michael Dorn. We need you to come back and bring honor to Star Trek, which has lost its way under the helm of Alex Kurtzman. Please come back. We would very much like to have a show to know what happened with Worf after he became the Federation Ambassador in DS9 with Martok. We would very much like you to direct and star in a Star Trek series with the real Klingons that we saw in ST:TNG and DS9, not the ones that Alex showed in ST:D. Could you please bring back the real Klingon honor Star Trek? I would subscribe to CBS if you would for the rest of my life (but not until you do).

[@BookofFuture]

That was a sweet gig in retrospect. 30 years of conferences, movies, tv, games, etc. is a gravy train struggling actors dream of. I’m glad Mr. Dorn broke through as lieutenant Worf.

[@darthkurland]

I’m hoping to see him and the Enterprise-E on part two of the season finale. Spoiler alert: A Romulan attack force of 218 vessels is headed straight for where Picard and his allies are. The synthetics have turned on him and thrown him in the brig. He’s going to need the Enterprise for this one, as well as someone to engineer a jailbreak for him.

[@ryanexpert]

At the point in time Picard takes place, they should already be on the Enterprise F, if not further.

[@AC-gb7do]

ryanexpert Exactly. STP is in 2399, 20 years after NEM. In Star Trek: Countdown, a tie-in to the 2009 Star Trek film (and bits and pieces of Picard as well), the Enterprise-E was still active as of 2387 with Data, having been revived after successfully imprinting his neural network into B-4's existing CPU succeeding Picard as captain. (I know the comic isn’t in canon/continuity) (According to the press kit for STP Season 1, Picard left the Enterprise and was promoted to admiral in 2381, to assist the Romulan people.) So, it’s likely the ENT-F was being built but not yet christened as the Enterprise F yet until the early 2400s.

[@sptony2718]

I just wish his "Captain Worf" pitch would have passed.

[@descepticon9213]

yeah I wish they would have produced that.

[@chrissgchriss]

It didn't even have to be on a federation ship - even a Klingon ship with star fleet officers - fist of its kind!

[@Bathoggywinger]

He did become a captain in the movie Star Trek: First Contact, so its officially there in cannon. If we ever got another tv series in the official cannon we might see captain Worf there, if it ever happens... instead of garbage like STD.

[@sptony2718]

@@Bathoggywinger I mean it was a short lived rumor from 10 years ago. It could have been anything, from a TNG rehash to an advancement of his DS9 character. Personally I can imagine that the series explores him as a captain in Klingon service as part of a Imperial/Federal cooperation attempt, or he takes command over a bunch of misfit officers, helping them come to terms with whatever makes them stick out.

[@adamt4742]

@@Bathoggywinger he got promoted to a full commander from a Lt Commander, not a Captain

[@mks9469]

Thank you Mr Dorn for being an amazing part of my childhood! Me and my mom used to watch TNG every night! I can still hear her say: “uh oh….. he just made Worf mad!”

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

Anytime they got Hertzler and Dorn on screen it was memorable. I would still love to see a series with Worf as lead character.

[@ws8079]

Agree. In fact, no disrespect to Mr. Dorn or Worf, but Martok is my favorite Klingon character.

[@aldunlop4622]

The one thing I’ve always hated about the Klingons is that they have cloaked ships. Just seems cowardly and dishonourable to me, something a Romulan would have. Klingons should have garish ships that look menacing like giant beasts or dragons or something to terrify the enemy.

[@kingsouther]

But they cant attack while cloaked. They'll give the enemy some fair chance.

[@captainrgd1565]

How come we don't have any more Russians on Star Trek?

[@ShannonCarter55]

Russia bad. Putin puppets. Orange Man bad.

[@majorzipf8947]

Chekov was there to ease tensions for the Cold War, wasn't he?

[@thod8820]

We get a lot of Americans and Irish people but otherwise a lot of cultures aren't represented more then once or twice.

[@Super_Middleman]

Star Trek has always been American centric. Most sci-fi and fantasy overrepresent their own culture. It's the same reason why the world's greatest heroes in Anime/Manga are always Japanese.

[@themisbabalis]

I watched STNG as a teen. I loved all the charactors/actors, and Worf will always have a special place in my heart.

[@skycat1820]

You rule Michael! That whole TNG cast helped make my childhood awesome. It still blows me away how as a kid I just wanted to watch a show about spaceships and aliens but the whole time so many philosophical lessons and titbits of wisdom were getting planted into my young mind. Later in life I would find so many instances where some part of my thinking here or there had been shaped by star trek TNG, and I'm a better person for it.

[@ThisIsMeOnYoutube]

Yes Worf had no fear but he got his ass kicked in 98% of the episodes.

[@TheCreditShifu]

Is this taking the piss? You could have brought back Michael Dorn for a Worf series or had him in Star Trek Picard but didn’t. Instead what we get is STD which has been renewed now for a 3rd diabolical season. It’s time you gave the fans what they want! We want Worf!

[@thew-heat5525]

Warf son of mogh, There will be many songs about you. By far most favorite character in all star trek. A true warrior. No one else could play this part except for Mike Dorn. Love your acting.

[@lindalove7193]

Michael! I grew up in the 60s and watched the original Star Trek and recently, my husband introduced me to Star Trek: The Next Generation reruns every night at bedtime and ice cream. You are my favorite character because of your semi-serious/comedic responses. Thank you!

[@crazyrussianbot8012]

yeah, TNG was a good show, unfortunately Picard is not. My favorite is still Captain Kirk and TOS.

[@komradewirelesscaller6716]

I loved Worf. He will always be one of my all time favorite Trek characters!!

[@yilderim1924]

Michael Dorn is a gentleman with class. Very happy for his success.

[@michaelkclark6981]

Fantastic... Thank you for putting this together

[@nordfreiheit]

Worf's episodes in DS9 are my favorite. Michael Dorn is such a talented actor

[@AaronDarrow]

It was an honor to meet him this past summer at the Michigan Comic Con :) I have our picture hanged up in the wall

[@mrb905]

This was amazing thank you for this!

[@PiazzaGurl]

Next to Picard, Riker and Sisko, I freaking LOVE WORF. He’s absolutely an amazing BadAss.

[@mr.lumbergh7273]

Man, that was a great interview. I kept expecting you to be more Klingon in your delivery, but the sheer humanity of it made the Worf character that much more relatable.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

Great piece. Thanks for uploading!

[@Desbo]

Wow. This was awesome. More please. And more Michael Dorn. What a great actor.

[@electriccoconut]

Worf/ Michael did so much with his eyes there was so much in just a look. So funny or so serious so proud one of a great cast of actors. Star trek one show for my lifetime loved them all.

[@inventist]

*chef's kiss* Love me some Worf. Fantastic job from Michael Dorn.

[@tonidupont-mora1572]

Love you so much Michael! I really miss seeing you as often as before. I miss Warf terribly! They did such an amazing makeup job on your face.

[@soundproofguide]

One of my favorite characters!

[@lloydtshare]

The best character arc in the entire series in my opinion, your never see it again, he also played his own grandfather in star trek 6

[@samuelhendrickson7396]

Michael, you made what it means to be Klingon! You are an amazing character in the Star Trek franchise! When they put you on DS9 it shocked my boots off! Your character reminded you of me, and how important it is to have honor, dignity, and respect for everyone including those weaker than me. Many say they like Picard, but I like Worf more! Worf was inspiring!