who plays captain kirk in 2009?
Chris Pine
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 Bryan Cranston as Rear Admiral Lyle Haggerty , United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps 

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 Other cast members included Paul Carr as Navigator Lee Kelso , Lloyd Haynes as Communications Officer Alden and Andrea Dromm as Yeoman Smith ( Alden and Smith were intended to be regulars in the show , but were replaced by Uhura and Janice Rand , respectively ) . The episode also is the first time long @-@ running background actor Eddie Paskey appeared ; his character would later be identified as Lt. Leslie . 

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 The first actors cast in the pilot were Kirk Acevedo and Mark Valley in mid January 2008 . John Noble and Lance Reddick were next to be cast , although it was incorrectly believed that Tomas Arana had been cast in Reddick 's role . This was followed by the casting of Anna Torv , Blair Brown and Jasika Nicole . Abrams said that Torv was cast because she was a combination of " sophistication , great talent , amazing looks and a complexity that is the key to the character being an interesting central character " . Kurtzman felt that she was someone " you want to spend time with " , which was critical to a series about science . Joshua Jackson was the last series regular to be cast . Jackson auditioned for the role of James T. Kirk in Abrams ' Star Trek and believed this is what impressed the producer to cast him in his television project . According to Abrams , Jackson 's casting was " very last minute " . 

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 Actor Nicholas Lea , who plays recurring character Alex Krycek , worked with a Russian @-@ speaking vocal coach to ensure that his dialogue was delivered with the correct accent and stresses . Malcolm Stewart , who portrayed NASA scientist Dr. Sacks in the episode , had previously appeared in several earlier episodes of the series , including " Pilot " , the second season episode " 3 " , and the third season 's " Avatar " . Carter has called " Terma " , along with its companion piece " Tunguska " , " an action piece from beginning to end " . 

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 The first principal actor to be cast was Daniel Dae Kim for the role of Chin Ho Kelly . Before he was cast , Dae Kim worked on the final season of Lost , in which he portrayed regular character Jin @-@ Soo Kwon . The actor wanted to find more work after he finished , and was offered a chance to appear on Five @-@ 0 . Dae Kim spent some time with HPD officers , as well as viewing some episodes of the original series as " homework " for the character . Alex O 'Loughlin was next to be cast as the main protagonist Steve McGarrett . Despite playing two series on CBS , Moonlight and Three Rivers , that were cancelled in their first year , CBS was still interested in having O 'Loughlin headline another series . However , the producers initially had reservations casting the actor , until they realized his dedication towards the role . Grace Park was later cast as Kono Kalakaua . It is the second time she starred in a re @-@ imagined television series in which her role was previously portrayed by a male in its original incarnation , the first being Battlestar Galactica in which she portrayed Sharon " Boomer " Valerii , a part that was played by Herbert Jefferson , Jr. in the original series . The producers had Park in mind because of her previous role on Battlestar . The producers also felt that another male Kono would be boring for the show . Scott Caan was the last principal cast member to be cast on the show , as Danny Williams . Being cast at " the eleventh hour " , the first time Caan and O 'Loughlin met was during rehearsal . 
