https://archive.org/details/CharacterInsightEp181
Edward Hamboyan is one of the Military Assault Command Operations crewmen (aka MACOs)assigned as extra security forces during the Xindi conflict of the third season of Enterprise. As with most of the MACOs, Hamboyan does not speak on screen but instead serves to protect various visitors of the ship and the ship's officers on certain away missions.
For example, Hamboyan escorts Captain Archer to away missions on the planet Triannon, to Cold Station 12 where Arik Soong's augments are located, as well as the negotiations in the series finale These Are The Voyages. We also often see Hamboyan guarding sickbay, regardless of whether the patient is a hostile or a protected guest of the ship.
It's not all quiet guard and escort duties though, as he sees plenty of live action and combat in this role on Archer's Enterprise. He is one of the front line soldiers that repels an attack of Klingon augments from taking over this ship in the episode Affliction. While other MACOs boarded the Xindi weapon in the episodes Countdown and Zero Hour, Hamboyan stays on board the Enterprise and fights with invading Sphere Builders to prevent the loss of the Enterprise.
The Private avoids the fate of many security personnel and redshirts, as he is not seriously wounded or killed in action during his seasons on the show. Not bad for one of the most prolific recurring characters on this show.
However, the fact that this is a relatively generic security officer that does not have any real character development, and the fact that he ends up as one of the most prolific recurring characters, shows some weakness in the depth of world that Enterprise provided to the audience. We should expect and demand a little more from such recurring characters in the next version of Trek.
Private Hamboyan was played by regular background actor Andrew MacBeth. He also appeared in the background of the movie Star Trek Nemesis around the same time. In his non-Star Trek acting career, he has played roles in the soap opera General Hospital as well as small roles in movies The Day After Tomorrow and The Proposal. He has also participated in the cast of a Playboy Video Centerfold project, but I suppose that's par for the course for a studly background actor and writer.
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