Iconic characters from the original Star Trek series, Hikaru Sulu and Leonard “Bones” McCoy, make their first appearance on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds during the fifth and final season finale.
The recently finished episode stars Thomas Jane as Bones and Murakami as Sulu. This news was announced ahead of the release of Season 4 in 2026.
Jane’s film credits include “Boogie Nights,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “The Punisher,” and “The Mist.” His television work includes HBO’s “Hung,” Syfy, then Amazon Prime Video’s “The Expanse,” and Amazon’s “Troppo,” where he also served as executive producer.
Murakami will make his television debut in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. He previously performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and worked in performance capture for the video games Assassin’s Creed and Rise of the Ronin. He is represented by Identity Agency Group in London.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is produced by CBS Studios, Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment. Season 4 stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, Babs Olusanmokun, Martin Quinn, and guest stars Carol Kane and Paul Wesley.
Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers along with Alex Kurtzman, Mount, Aaron Bears, Dana Horgan, Alan McElroy, Robbie Thompson, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Chris Fischer, Rod Roddenberry, and Trevor Ross.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds premiered in 2022, followed by season 2 in 2023 and season 3 in 2025. Paramount announced the series’ renewal for a fifth and final season in June of this year, ahead of the third season’s premiere.
