Yeah, that guys sure looks like the actor. I can’t remember his name. He was on ST:TNG too, if I recall correctly — played a “Time Traveler” and turned out to be from New Jersey in 2030 or something like that, and stole the time machine from the owner. haha Pretty sure that was the same guy.
And yeah, I read the book first, like 1010 pages
Looks sorta like Bruce Dern, if you ask me.