Editing Eric Menyuk (section)

==Acting career==
Menyuk was in the running to play the android character Data in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. A memo from John Pike to John Ferrard dated April 13, 1987, listed Menyuk as one of several actors who were in contention for the role, also including [[Mark Lindsay Chapman]], [[Kevin Peter Hall]], and [[Kelvin Han Yee]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Keller|first=Joe|title='Star Trek: The Next Generation' Casting Memo: Reggie Jackson as Geordi La Forge and More Goofiness|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2010/08/26/star-trek-the-next-generation-casting-memo-reggie-jackson-as/|accessdate=November 25, 2012|newspaper=AOL TV|date=August 26, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925123153/http://www.aoltv.com/2010/08/26/star-trek-the-next-generation-casting-memo-reggie-jackson-as/|archive-date=September 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brent Spiner was eventually chosen for the role over Menyuk.<ref>{{cite web|title=Star Trek: Las Vegas, Day 3 Recap|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/creation-san-francisco-convention-recap-day-1|publisher=StarTrek.com|accessdate=November 25, 2012|date=August 12, 2012}}</ref>

He was subsequently cast in the role of the Traveler, first appearing in the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1)|first season]] in the episode "[[Where No One Has Gone Before]]" and returning in the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 4)|fourth-season]] episode "[[Remember Me (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Remember Me]]" and [[Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 7)|season seven's]] "[[Journey's End (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Journey's End]]".<ref name="nemecek144">[[#Nemecek1995|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 144</ref><ref name="nemecek289">[[#Nemecek1995|Nemecek (2003)]]: p. 289</ref> To portray the character, he had to undergo a three-hour make-up process on each day of shooting, including prosthetics applied to his face and to both hands  to reduce the number of fingers shown. He later remarked that although he respected the work of [[Michael Westmore]], he disliked the prosthetics on his hands and went out of his way during shooting to hide them.<ref name=sanfranconvention2011>{{cite web|title=Creation San Francisco Convention Recap - Day 1|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/creation-san-francisco-convention-recap-day-1|publisher=StarTrek.com|accessdate=November 25, 2012|date=March 12, 2011}}</ref> Following his appearances on ''Star Trek'', he has appeared on the convention circuit,<ref name=sanfranconvention2011/> including ''Star Trek''-themed cruises on [[Carnival Cruise Lines]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fox|author2=Radin Fox, Barbara|first=Larry|title=An Overseas Lob|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-773929.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611120200/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-773929.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|accessdate=November 25, 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 24, 1996}} {{Subscription required}}</ref>

In 2024, he reprised the role of the Traveler in a voice cameo in "The Devourer of All Things, Part I" in ''[[Star Trek: Prodigy]]'' [[Star Trek: Prodigy season 2|season 2]].