popular petition for a Pike spin-off series. In 2019, he reprised his role as Pike in a few Star Trek: Short Treks episodes. In May 2020 it was announced that, due in part to fans' requests, he would star as Pike in the new series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which premiered on May 5, 2022. Academic Mount is an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University, teaching audition technique for graduate actors. His non-fiction pieces have been published in the magazines Mosaic, The Daily Beast and Cowboys & Indians, and in the Calgary Herald newspaper. Personal life On July 8, 2017, Mount announced his engagement to his longtime girlfriend, photographer Darah Trang. They were married on February 20, 2018 and welcomed their first child, a daughter, in December 2021. He is an Episcopalian. Credits Film Television Theater As producer/director/writer Podcast Mount writes, produces, and hosts The Well podcast with his longtime friend Branan Edgens. He has served as a narrator on the Pseudopod podcast, reading the Thomas Ligotti story "The Town Manager." Video games References External links The Well Podcast 1973 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American podcasters Columbia University alumni People from Dickson County, Tennessee Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Male actors from Tennessee Male actors from Los Angeles 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Columbia University faculty Hell on Wheels (TV series) 20th-century American Episcopalians 21st-century American Episcopalians