Cast & creator
Walter Koenig
Best known for Columbo, Diagnosis: Murder, Futurama
Walter Marvin Koenig is an American actor, writer, teacher and director, known for his roles as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek and Alfred Bester in Babylon 5. He wrote the script for the 2008 science fiction legal thriller InAlienable.
Also known as: Walter Marvin Koenig
55
film credits
39
television credits
87
1959–2026 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
Columbo
Sergeant Johnson
1971
Diagnosis: Murder
Quinn Trask
1993
Futurama
Walter Koenig (voice)
1999
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Ensign Pavel Chekov
1993
Star Trek
Pavel Chekov
1966
Babylon 5
Alfred Bester
1994
Mannix
1967
Ironside
1967
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Tiger
1962
The Untouchables
Student (uncredited)
1959
Ben Casey
1961
Star Trek: Picard
President Anton Chekov (voice)
2020
The Real Ghostbusters
Vladimir Maximov / Followers (voice)
1986
Family
Writer
1976
Mr. Novak
Alexsei Dubov
1963Mr. Novak
Jim Carsey
1963Mr. Novak
Paul Ryder
1963
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
1989
Son of the Beach
2000
Star Trek
Writer
1973
Surprise, Surprise
Self
1984
The Shuttlepod Show
Self
2022
The Lieutenant
Sgt. John Delwyn
1963
Almost Perfect
1995
The D-Con Chamber
Self
2024
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Self
2021
Gidget
1965
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Lt. Pavel Chekov
1979
Jericho
1966
The Starlost
Oro
1973
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
1986
The Powers of Matthew Star
Writer
1982
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
1982
Bring Back...
Self
2005
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
1991
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
1989
Star Trek: Generations
Commander Pavel Chekov
1994
After They Were Famous
Self
2002
Land of the Lost
Writer
1974
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Cmdr. Pavel Chekov
1984Space Cadets
Self
1997
The Captains Close Up
Self
2013
For the Love of Spock
Self
2016Star Trek: Legenden
Self - Pavel Chekov
2026
The Captains
Self
2011
Sworn to Justice
Dr. Breitenheim
1996
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
2016
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault
2016
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
Self
2026
Bone Eater
Coogan
2008
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
2022
Moontrap
Col. Jason Grant
1989
Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
Self
2025
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1991
Trekkies
Self
1997
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
2022
Blue Dream
Lassie
2013
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
2016
Unbelievable!!!!!
Fireman Frank
2020
For the Love of Star Trek
Self
2026
Collectormania 6
Self
2004
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
1996
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Self
1988
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Self
1986
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
2006
Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event
Anton Chekov (voice)
2023
The Questor Tapes
Administrative Assistant
1974
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Self
1996
Woman in Motion
Self
2021William Shatner: Captain's Log
Self
1994
To Be Takei
Self
2014
InAlienable
Dr. Shilling
2008InAlienable
Writer
2008InAlienable
Executive Producer
2008
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Self
1994
Bring Back... Star Trek
Self
2009
Goodbye, Raggedy Ann
Jerry
1971
Maximum Surge
Drexel
2003
Diminuendo
Milton Green
2018
How William Shatner Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
2005
Nightmare Honeymoon
Deputy Sheriff
1974
Star Trek: Renegades
Admiral Chekov
2015
Antony and Cleopatra
Pompey
1983
Neil Stryker and The Tyrant of Time
Ray Nabroski (future)
2017
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004The Starlost: The Alien Oro
Oro
1980
Raging Midlife
Otis
2025Handball
Captain
2012Handball
Producer
2012
Backyard Blockbusters
Self
2012
Mad Cowgirl
Pastor Dylan
2006Cowboys & Engines
Professor Timéon
2015Drawing Down the Moon
Joe Merchant
2000