Hemmer Archives

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 other senses heightened In the season's penultimate episode, "All Those Who Wander," Hemmer made the ultimate sacrifice after finding out he was infected with a Gorn[...]

The actor who played Hemmer on Christopher Pike's (Anson Mount) Enterprise, like his character, is visually impaired, relying on intuition and feel to operate his post rather than having the visor that Burton's Geordi La Forge was afforded that allows him to see Unfortunately, Hemmer met his end on an away mission in the season[...]

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[...]