Star Trek: Discovery has a new cast member! They announced that Anson Mount would be joining the cast as Captain Pike. Anson has had previous roles on Inhumans, Hell on Wheels, Conviction and much more.
Star Trek: Discovery has recently finished up the first season, and is available to stream on CBS’ All Access.
Captain on deck! @ansonmount is joining season 2 of #StarTrekDiscovery as Captain Christopher Pike of the U.S.S. Enterprise. pic.twitter.com/BDtdrCt70J
— Star Trek: Discovery (@startrekcbs) April 9, 2018
Cat's out of the bag. Yep, I have officially joined STARFLEET, a dream I've had since around the age of 8 when I first discovered TOS syndicated on my local access channel in middle TN. And couldn't be more excited to be playing PIKE! @startrekcbs pic.twitter.com/UWojAvI6bc
— Anson Mount (@ansonmount) April 9, 2018