He is a doctor, not a lightbulb. Please welcome welcome Robert Picardo to the 2025 Washington State Summer Con lineup in Puyallup from June 20th through the 22nd.
Robert is best known for playing the Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager as the Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). He played additional copies of the role of the EMH in Star Trek: First Contact and in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In 2024, he reprised the role of the EMH in the second season of Star Trek: Prodigy, and is set to appear as the Doctor in the upcoming series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Picardo began playing the recurring role of International Oversight Advisory member Richard Woolsey in both Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. Picardo later joined the regular cast of Stargate Atlantis in its fifth and final season.
On television, Picardo appeared on Kojak in a 1977 episode and Taxi in a 1979 episode. He made his feature-film debut as Eddie Quist, the serial killer werewolf in the Joe Dante film The Howling. He also had a recurring role in the sitcom Alice.
He played a number of roles in Dante’s family science fiction film Explorers, and later appeared in Dante’s Innerspace, The ‘Burbs, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Matinee, Small Soldiers, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
Picardo had a role on China Beach and The Wonder Years as Coach Cutlip. He had a brief role on the sitcom Home Improvement and as a guest on ER.