John Harrington Bland

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John Harrington Bland (born 1 February 1968; age 57) is the actor who played Kov in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode "Fusion".

Bland made his film debut in The Jackal (1997, with Daniel Dae Kim and Richard Lineback. Next was Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999, with Richard Riehle and Oded Fehr). Bland was cast in Blow (2001, featuring Tony Amendola and Randy Mulkey). Also that year Bland co-starred in Bandits with Richard Riehle and Peggy Miley. Bland was then in The Girl Next Door (2004, with Richard Fancy and Autumn Reeser). Bland then was seen in the short film Baggage Claim (2007) opposite Spencer Garrett. Next was Changeling (2008, with Colby French, Scott Leva, Michael Lovern, Jim Nieb, Ric Sarabia and Devon Sobieray, and Unanswered Prayers (2010, with Mädchen Amick).

Bland also guested on the television series Providence (1999, starring Concetta Tomei, with Patrick Fabian). Next was Dharma & Greg (2000, starring Mitchell Ryan). Bland was seen on Malcolm in the Middle also in 2000 with Clyde Kusatsu. Bland acted on Big Shots (2007, with Jessica Collins).

Bland's most active work on television was a news reporter on Spin City starring Richard Kind, Alan Ruck and Victoria Dillard. In the first season Bland was seen in "The Rivals", "A Star is Born", "Meet Tommy Dugan", all in 1996, then "Striptease" and "Mayor Over Miami" in 1997. Bland returned in the second season that same year in the Christmas-themed "Miracle Near 34th Street" and in 1998, "Deaf Man Walking" with Matt Malloy (Bland's sole time on Spin City where he worked with another Trek actor other than Dillard and Ruck) and "Single White Male."

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