Gowron, son of M'Rel, is a fictional character who appeared in the
American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next
Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Portrayed by Robert
O'Reilly, he is the leader of the Klingon Empire, known as the
Chancellor. O'Reilly had appeared earlier in The Next Generation as
Scarface in the second season episode "Manhunt", and was cast as
Gowron due to his comedic ability and his piercing and extremely
unsettling gaze, or what O'Reilly himself humorously referred to as
"that crazy loon eyeball thing".Appearing first in "Reunion", where he
was named Chancellor, Gowron went on to cement his position against
the challenge of the Duras family in the two-part episode
"Redemption". Following the advice of Lt. Worf (Michael Dorn) in
"Rightful Heir", he incorporated the clone of Kahless into the Klingon
government without disrupting his own leadership. In Deep Space Nine,
he brought the Klingons into a conflict with the Federation over fears
that the Cardassians had been infiltrated by the Founders. After
Cardassia sides with the Dominion, he allies with Starfleet throughout
the rest of the war. However, he later grows jealous of the success of
General Martok (J. G. Hertzler), and puts the war effort at risk,
resulting in his death after his challenge of Worf in combat.O'Reilly
also appeared as the character in video games, such as Star Trek:
Klingon and Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard.
Critics responded positively to the appearances of the character,
equating his actions to those of a politician. He listed in 20th place
of a list of the best characters in the franchise by IGN, while Keith
DeCandido called him one of the "more memorable characters".Prior to
his casting as Gowron, Robert O'Reilly appeared in the Star Trek: The
Next Generation first season episode "Manhunt" as a character referred
to as Scarface. When casting was underway for the Jonathan Frakes
directed episode "Reunion", Frakes was looking for an actor who could
portray a Klingon with a sense of humour. O'Reilly later remarked that
he was considered because of what he called "that crazy loon eyeball
thing". He went directly from a performance of King Lear where he
portrayed the character Edmund, and introduced elements of that
character into the Klingon. O'Reilly described Gowron's initial
appearances as being "the only one with honor, and he was sort of a
crazed warrior who did not want to be anywhere near 'hew-mons'". He
felt that like Edmund, Gowron was an outsider who became a leader. He
said that they were "very, very similar in nature", and said that this
set the character apart from the other Klingons who had appeared on
the show until that point. Michael Westmore was in charge of designing
the prosthetics for O'Reilly's performances as Gowron, describing it
as one of his favourites of all the Klingons he's worked on because of
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