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From "Girls of Summer" to "The Boys In Autumn" Walter Koenig's stage career spans thirty years and includes stops in New York with "A Midsummer Night's Dream"(Quince) and "Six Characters In Search Of An Author"(Oldest Son). In Chicago he guested in "Make A Million" (Johnny) opposite Jackie Coogan and on the road - from Arizona to Philadelphia - Mark Lenard (Sarek: Spock's Father) and he performed in the short plays "Box and Cox" (Box) and "Actors" (Dave). By himself, Koenig also starred as "Larry the Liquidator" in "Other People's Money" in Reno, Nevada. His Los Angeles Productions include "Steambath" (God), "The White House Murder Case" (Capt. Weems), "Night Must Fall (Danny), "La Ronde (Gentlemen), "The Typist and the Tiger" (Paul), and "The Deputy" (Jacobson) among almost two dozen others (Blood Wedding, The Collection, et al.)      Directorial credits include "Hotel Parsadiso" for Company of Angels, "Becket" for Theatre 40, "America Hurrah!" at Oxford Theater, "Twelve Angry Men" at the Rita Hayworth Theatre, "Matrix" at the Gascon Theatre Institute and "Three By Ten" at Actor's Alley       Walter has performed in the television movies "Anthony and Cleopatra" (Pompey) opposite Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave as well as the Mow's "Goodbye Raggedy Anne" and "The Questor Tapes". He has also appeared on dozens of other television series and as the character, Chekov in the "Star Trek" TV Programs.       Mr. Koenig recreated the character of the Russian navigator in the first seven Star Trek Films and in1988 took the leading role in the video feature, "Moontrap".       Walter has written for the television series "Family, Powers of Mathew Starr", "Class of '65", "Land of the Lost" and the "Star Trek" animated show. This actor-writer has seen publication with the non-fiction "Chekov's Enterprise" and the satiric fantasy novel "Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot". He also created the three issues of the comic book story "Raver" published by Malibu Comics.      Walter Koenig has taught classes in acting and directing privately and at UCLA, The Sherwood Oaks Experimental Film College and at the California School of Professional Psychology. Most recently he has been an instructor at the Actors' Alley Repertory Company in Los Angeles.       Over a period of five years Mark Lenard and Walter toured in the two character play, "The Boys In Autumn", the comedy-drama about the reunion of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn forty years later.       Koenig has had the recurring role of the quintessential bad guy, "Bester" on the television series "Babylon 5. He has been the "Special Guest Star" in twelve episodes and at the end of the third season the production company applied for an Emmy nomination on his behalf.       In an interactive state-of-the-art video game from Digital Pictures called "Maximum Surge" Walter Koenig stars as "Drexel", another bad guy. Walter has also completed work in the low budget feature film "Drawing Down the Moon" from Chaos Prods, and has star billing as a German psychologist in the martial arts picture, "Fist of Justice."       A one character piece that Mr. Koenig wrote and performed entitled "You're Never Alone When You're A Shizophrenic" was a finalist in the 1996 New York Film Festival awards.       Koenig filmed a guest appearance as himself on the CBS situation comedy "Almost Perfect", did sketch comedy on the Comedy Central series "Viva Variety", and performed on an ESPN sports commercial that aired in 1998.       The Viacom CD ROM "Starfleet Academy" in which Walter reprised the character of Chekov continues to sell impressively.       Most Recently, Walter hosted a cultmovie marathon for Comedy Central.       Walter Konieg"s autobiography, "Warped Factors - A Neurotic's Guide To The Universe was released through Taylor Publishing on April 1998.       Most recently, Mr Koenig performed as the "Shadow Guy" in an episode of "Diagnosis Murder' and went to New York to perform in a new radio broadcast version of "War of the Worlds" in tribute to both H.G. Welles and Orson Welles.

WARPED FACTORS "A Neurotic's Guide To The Universe"        "Beneath the tinsel of Hollywood", Oscar Levant once said, "is the real tinsel."       Beneath that lies a cornucopia of absurd behavior and bizarre experiences that rival the most creative silver screen fiction. As a young transplant from New York in the 1950's and '60s Walter Koenig quickly came to know Hollywood as a place of energy and opportunity where life's c uncertainties loomed large. Launching an acting career in this unpredictable cultural cauldron, he wound his way through various misadventures befor finding he had attained a degree of success that surprised even him.       This is Koenig's story - from growing up as the neurotic child of Russian immigrants in 1940s Manhattan through his rise to Star Trek fame as Pavel Chekov, Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, and beyond. Not a typical Hollywood memoir, Warped Factors is anything but aloof. Koenig's very human narrative is full of the kind of insecurities and quirks anyone can relate to. With wry wit, striking candor, and a true gift for storytelling, Koenig takes us on a sometimes bumpy but hilarious trip through his galaxy.      -Pitching a story to an NBC producer who is in the midst of an out-of-body experience      -Having a loaded gun placed in his ear by a jealous manager      -Performing a controversial play that was interrupted by someone believed to be a member of the American Nazi party dressed in the uniform of a Chicken Delight delivery boy.      -Being mistaken for a bellhop during a public appearance in his Star Trek uniform.      -Decling a Star Trek convention attendee's invitation to help sacrifice a chicken in her hotel room.      -Of course, this amusing memoir also takes us behind the scenes of Star Trek, with fresh perspectives not only on the cast members themselves but also on the development and evolution of the megalithic sci-fi legend. In fact, Koenig includes a number of the script ideas he himself pitched over the years, including a proposed outline for "Star Trek VI" (one that saw the deaths of several main crew members including Kirk) and several for "The Next Generation" series. Also included are Koenig's notes to producer Harve Bennett on "Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan", as well as his commentary on several other projects.       Finally, Koenig offers candid reflections not only on the Star Trek years but on his life and career since. Most notable are his well-received stints on stage and his current role as the insidious Alfred Bester on television's "Babylon 5" Enjoying both critical and popular success, Koenig has once again confirmed his enduring position in science fiction's acting pantheon.

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FILMS (Link to IMDB) Filmography Babylon 5 "Cat and Mouse" (1998) Alfred Bester - TV Babylon 5 "Rising Star" (1997) Alfred Bester - TV Drawing Down the Moon (1997)Joe Merchant - Film Star Trek:Starfleet Academy (1997) Pavel Chekov - CD Viva Variety (1997) Himself - TV Babylon 5 "The Face of the Enemy"(1997)Alfred Bester-TV Babylon 5 "Moments of Transition"(1997)Alfred Bester-TV Babylon 5 "Epiphanies"(1997) Alfred Bester - TV Star Trek:Generations CD ROM  (1997) Space Cadets (1997) Himself - TV Blonde Justice (1996) - Film Maximum Surge (1996) Drexel - CD ROM Almost Perfect (1996) Himself - TV Babylon 5 "Ship of Tears" (1996) Alfred Bester- TV Babylon 5 "Dust To Dust" (1996) Alfred Bester - TV Babylon 5 "A Race Through Dark Places" Alfred Bester Babylon 5 "Mind War" (1996) Alfred Bester - TV Star Trek:Generations (1994) Pavel Chekov - Film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Pavel Chekov - Film The Real Ghostbusters (1990) Vladimir Maximov - TV Star TrekV: The Final Frontier (1989) Pavel Chekov - Film Moontrap (1989) Jason Grant - Film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Pavel Chekov Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - Pavel Chekov Antony and Cleopatra (1983) Pompey - TV Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) Pavel Chekov - Film Bring Them Back Alive (1982) Toder - TV Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) Pavel Chekov - Film Columbo "Fade in to Murder" (1976) Sgt Johnson - TV The Men from Shiloh "Crooked Corner" (1974) - TV Deadly Honeymoon (1973) Deputy Sheriff - Film The Starlost (1973) Oro - TV The Questor Tapes (1973) Administer Assistant - TV Ironside (1972) "The Summer Soldier" Leo - TV Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971) Jerry - TV Movie Medical Center (1969) "Between Dark and Daylight" Harry Seller - TV Star Trek (1968 and 1969 series regular) Pavel Chekov - TV Mannix (1967) - TV Jericho (1966) "Both Ends Against the Riddle" Paul - TV I Spy (1965) "Sparrowhawk" Bobby Seville - TV Gidget (1965) "Foreign Policy" Gunman - TV Mr. Novak (1965) "The Firebrand" Paul Ryder - TV Ben Casey (1965)"A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks" Tom Davis-TV Mr. Novak (1964) "With a Hammer in His Hand, Lord, Lord" Jim Carsey - TV Alfred Hitchcock Presents "Memo from Purgatory"(1964) Tiger - TV The Lieutenant "Mother Enemy" (1963) - TV Mr. Novak "The Boy Without a Country" (1963) - Alexsei - TV The Untouchables (1962) - TV Great Adventure - TV Combat! "The Prisoner" (1962) - sentry - TV The Norman Vincent Peale Story (1962) - Film Strange Loves (1961) Robert - Film General Hospital (1961, pilot episode) - TV Day in Court (1960-1963) various characters - TV

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