Dr. McCoy and Mr. Sulu to Appear in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Series Finale

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Two iconic characters from Star Trek: The Original Series will appear in the final episode of the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which actress Rebecca Romijn revealed had wrapped production this week.

Paramount+ announced Tuesday that Thomas Jane will play Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy and Kai Murakami will play Hikaru Sulu in the series finale.

They join Paul Wesley’s James T. Kirk, Ethan Peck’s Mr. Spock, Celia Rose Gooding’s Nyota Uhura, Jess Bush’s Christine Chapel, and Martin Quinn’s Montgomery “Scotty” Scott as the classic lineup of the USS Enterprise crew from The Original Series.

DeForest Kelley and George Takei originated the roles of Dr. McCoy and Mr. Sulu, respectively, while Karl Urban and John Cho played the beloved characters in the Kelvin Timeline films.

Thomas Jane should be no stranger to IGN readers. He played Frank Castle in 2004’s The Punisher and starred in genre projects such as The Mist, Dreamcatcher, Mutant Chronicles, 1922, The Predator, and The Expanse.

Kai Murakami is making his television debut with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He is a stage actor who trained in London and Japan and has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His performance-capture roles include playing Yasuhira in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Ogasawara Kiyokane in Rise of the Ronin.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Season 4 will premiere on Paramount+ in 2026, with the fifth and final season expected to arrive in 2027.

For more Star Trek coverage, read our interview with actor Paul Giamatti about his villainous role in Starfleet Academy, and learn why the comic book series Star Trek: The Last Starship reveals the darkest day in the Federation’s history.