Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner Paul Giamatti hypes up the damage his villain will cause in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy . Executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy premieres January 15, 2026 , on Paramount+.
Paul Giamatti plays Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1's recurring villain, Nus Braka. Giamatti joins Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 's series lead, Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter, who plays Captain Nahla Ake, the Chancellor of Starfleet Academy, and an old nemesis of Nus Braka's.
ScreenRant 's Liam Crowley interviewed Star Trek: Starfleet Academy 's cast and executive producers at New York Comic Con, where Paul Giamatti dropped some intel on why he was excited to play Nus Braka, a half-Klingon/half-Tellarite big ba