Bruce Horak Archives

Just to be clear… there have been several characters that have represented the community since The Original Series, but in many instances, they were played by non-disabled actors – a larger problem in the entertainment community that still exists today. Bruce Horak as Hemmer of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS[...]

When it comes to the biggest casualties of season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, it was the original chief engineer in Bruce Horak's Lt Hemmer, the Aenar who developed a strong bond with Celia Rose Gooding's Ensign Nyota Uhura Hemmer, like the actor, is visually impaired and performs his duties by touch with[...]

Bruce Horak isn't the first actor to play a visually impaired chief engineer of the U.S.S Enterprise on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds since that distinction belongs to LeVar Burton on The Next Generation The actor who played Hemmer on Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) Enterprise, like his character, is visually impaired, relying on intuition and[...]

M'Benga, and Bruce Horak's Chief Engineer Hemmer. Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ "When someone hands you a 'Star Trek' show, you can't treat it like you're going to break it all the time and only do what you think is safe," Myers said "If you do that, you're not going to do a good show[...]

Bruce Horak, who plays Chief Engineer Hemmer, recently discussed the episode This is your major spoilers warning about the episode. Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ "All Those Who Wander" found the crashed vessel very light on survivors as the away team led by Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) found themselves facing very certain death at the mysterious threat[...]

As Burton himself is sighted, the idea paved way for Strange New Worlds' casting of visually-impaired actor Bruce Horak as Chief Engineer Hemmer, who spoke with The Calgary Herald about his audition, his character's interactions, and what it means to be part of the sci-fi franchise The character will be making his debut in the[...]