Rick Ryan, also known as Richard Allen Kiesau, is an actor that did a lot of background characters in Babylon 5 and Star Trek: The Next Generation. He has been a contestant on Pyramid. He is now a bartender in Page, Arizona.
He more commonly played a Minbari acolyte that assisted Delenn with numerous projects, including the Rebirth Ceremony,[1] (shown in the series opening of Season 1 and Season 5) stealing and cremating Branmer's remains,[2] and bridge work on the White Star 1. [3][4]
While not specifically associated with being an acolyte, his other portrayals of Minbari could be seen as the same character in street clothes rather than religious robes.[5] He observed the fight between Na'Toth and Jha'Dur.[6]
He played a Zeta Squad pilot that searched for the U.S.S. Cortez, lost in hyperspace. He was seen in the Pilot's workroom during the mission briefing. [[A Distant Star]]
He portrayed a Minbari member of the Transport Pilot Association. (He and Bill Blair, both uncredited, were standing behind the Troublemaker.)[7]
He stood in the docking bay while negotiations to stop the worker strike took place between Orin Zento, Commander Sinclair, Neeoma Connally, and others.[8]
He was a Narn in exile on the station when Na'Far tried to convince he and his fellow citizens to urge G'Kar to return to the homeworld for trial.[9]
He has rode fire in a Starfury, as a fighter pilot in battle,[10] and as co-pilot while training John Sheridan on the Thunderbolt model (although it was not his voice used for the instruction).[11]
He played a Brakiri ambassador[12].
And while his name wasn't listed he was given credit in the photo montage at the end of Sleeping in Light.[13]
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- Rick Ryan at IMDB
- Rick Kiesau at Facebook