John de Lancie

John Sherwood de Lancie, Jr. (born March 20, 1948) is an American actor, best known for his role as Q in various ''Star Trek'' series, beginning with ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' in 1987 and leading up to the third season of ''Star Trek: Picard'' in 2023.

De Lancie's first television role was in ''Captains and the Kings'' in 1976. His other television series roles include Eugene Bradford in ''Days of Our Lives'' (1982–1986; 1989–1990), Frank Simmons in ''Stargate SG-1'' (2001–2002), Donald Margolis in ''Breaking Bad'' (2009–2010), Agent Allen Shapiro in ''Torchwood'' (2011), as well as the voice of Discord in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' (2011–2019).

De Lancie became an outspoken secular activist and was a featured speaker at the 2016 Reason Rally and at CSICon 2019. Provided by Wikipedia