John Fleck (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor and performance artist.David A. Schlossman Actors and Activists: Politics, Performance, and Exchange Among ... 2002 0815332688 "In this chapter, I analyze the political and performance work of four postmodern performance artists — Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller — who work in an "avant-garde" art world characterized by challenges to the ..." He has performed in numerous TV shows, including Babylon 5, Carnivàle, Murder One, and the Star Trek franchise. He also appeared in Howard The Duck, Waterworld and the music video for the ZZ Top song "Legs". He made a minor appearance in the Seinfeld episode "The Heart Attack". He played a minor character during the sixth season of Weeds. He wrote and performed "Mad Women" at La MaMa E.T.C.
He is also one of the NEA Four. In 1990 he and three of his fellow artists became embroiled in a lawsuit against the government's National Endowment for the Arts program. John Frohnmayer, one of the chairman of the NEA, vetoed funding his project, a performance comedy with a toilet prop, on the basis of content and was accused of implementing a partisan political agenda. The artists won their case in court in 1993 and were awarded amounts equal to the grant money in question, though the case would make its way to the United States Supreme Court in National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, which ruled in favour of the NEA's decision-making process.National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, 524 U.S. 569, (1998)
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 Truckin' Buddy McCoy Al 1985 Hard Rock Zombies Arnold 1986 Howard the Duck Pimples 1987 Slam Dance Opera Singer 1989 Pink Cadillac Lounge Lizard1992 The Comrades of Summer Milov 1993 Falling Down Seedy Guy in Park 1993 Babylon 5: The Gathering Del Varner 1995 Waterworld Doctor 1999 Crazy in Alabama Jake 2007 Dante's Inferno Brunetto Latini voice role 2019 Velvet Buzzsaw Older Gallery Man 2019 John Fleck Is Who You Want Him to Be Himself Documentary film2024 Dead Mail Trent Whittington
+Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Hunter Parolee Episode: "The Garbage Man" 1987 Cheers Bailiff Episode: "Never Love a Goalie: Part 2" 1987 Max Headroom Ronald Episode: "The Blanks" 1988 My Two Dads Nigel Lunch Episode: "Michael's Sister Comes Over and Visits" 1989 Sweet Bird of Youth Mission Man TV movie 1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation Taibak Episode: "The Mind's Eye"1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineCardassian OverseerEpisode: "The Homecoming" 1994 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Ornithar Episode: "The Search, Part I" 1994 Dream On Alan Episode: "Where There's Smoke, You're Fired" 1994 Northern Exposure Frog Episode: "Fish Story" 1995–97 Murder One Louis Hines Main cast (season 1), recurring role (season 2) 1996 Millennium Connor Episode: "Blood Relatives" 1999 Star Trek: Voyager Abaddon Episode: "Alice" 1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Koval Episode: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" 2000 Just Shoot Me Dez Episode: "Blackjack" 2001–04 Star Trek: Enterprise Silik 8 episodes 2003 Carnivàle Gecko Main cast (season 1)2012Criminal Minds Arthur Rykov Episode: "Through the Looking Glass" 2013 True Blood Dr. Overlark 5 episodes (season 5) 2015 Backstrom Dr. Morton Fleck Episode: "Love Is a Rose and You Better Not Pick It" 2019 The Orville Ambassador K.T.Z. Episode: "Blood of Patriots" 2022 The Orville: New Horizons Krill Ambassador Episode: "Shadow Realms"
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