Actor Walter Koenig, famous for the role of Chekov in the Star Trek franchise, has passed away.

He was born Walter Marvin Koenig in Chicago to Isadore and Sarah on the 14th of September, 1936, but grew up in New York.

Mr. Koenig’s break in television came in 1963 when he appeared on The Lieutenant, a series produced by the creator of the Star Trek franchise, Gene Roddenberry.

Mr. Koenig became famous when he was hired as Ensign Pavel Chekov in the second season of Star Trek. He would go on to appear in the first seven Star Trek movies. In the first six movies, Chekov was a Lieutenant, and then was a Commander in the seventh.

Following the end of the original series of Star Trek, he found work on other shows, including a recurring role as Psi Cop Alfred Bester on Babylon 5, two episodes of The Starlost, one episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, an episode of Columbo, and one episode of Star Trek: Picard.

He received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

Mr. Koenig was married once – to Judy Levitt from 1965 until her death in 2022.

Mr. Koenig died on October 25th, 2026 in Los Angeles, just over a month after his 90th Birthday.