Eric Pierpoint

Eric Pierpoint is an actor and author who had guest roles in the four Star Trek spinoff television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. He is probably best known for his role as Detective George Francisco in the science fiction series  (1989-1990) and its five spinoff television movies (1993-1997). He took over the role from Mandy Patinkin and starred with fellow Trek performers Gary Graham, Michele Scarabelli, and Ron Fassler.

Outside of Star Trek, he appeared on Babylon 5, in the last episode of the fourth season, alongside Star Trek guest stars such as Andreas Katsulas and Patricia Tallman. He had a guest-starring role on the fifth season of the series . Pierpoint also appeared in the 1997 comedy Liar, Liar along with Anne Haney, Mitchell Ryan and Chip Mayer. Pierpoint has landed guest roles on 's CSI: Miami (with Jennifer Gatti) and on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (with Joseph Campanella, Wallace Langham and Liz Vassey).