Tarik Ergin (born June 7, 1961) is a Turkish-American actor. Ergin was born in

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of Turkish descent. He played the part of Lieutenant Junior Grade Ayala in '' Star Trek: Voyager'', as well as "Satan's Robot" from the '' Captain Proton''

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program and Lt. Coris Sprint in the '' Star Trek: Borg'' computer game. He was only credited as Ayala in episodes "Fury" and "Renaissance Man". He was credited as "Security Guard" in Fury and "Tactical N.D." In Renaissance Man even though he worked at the conn and spoke dialogue (because N.D stands for Non-Dialogue). Prior to his roles on ''Star Trek'', he played minor roles in episodes of ''

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'' and in the movie ''Improper Conduct'' in 1994. Ergin has been a lifelong

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player, and served as a professional player and coach with the

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Lacrosse Club in 2010. In addition, he has been the head coach of the Oak Park Lacrosse Varsity team at Oak Park High School in

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since 2011. He has also worked as Director of Coaching with the LA Mavericks since 2017.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ergin, Tarık 1961 births American male film actors American male television actors American people of Turkish descent Living people People from Hingham, Massachusetts Lacrosse players from California Actors from Ventura County, California High school lacrosse coaches in the United States