BRAD WILLIAM HENKE is probably best known to TV audiences for his roles in OCTOBER ROAD and GOING TO CALIFORNIA but that’s likely to change when the J.J. ABRAMS big screen prequel STAR TREK opens later this season.

We spoke with HENKE a couple of days ago and he spilled the beans that, in the upcoming movie,  he plays the alcoholic, abusive uncle of young James Kirk before Kirk heads off to Starfleet Academy. He also spoke of his fondness for ABRAMS and the secrecy surrounding the script. Clippage below for all you Trekkers: