Quinto’s on-screen bestie Tamberla Perry channeled Nichelle Nichols as Uhura while Quinto channeled — well, himself, on a Halloween episode of the medical drama.

Zachary Quinto gets back into character as Spock on Brilliant Minds

Quinto's on-screen bestie Tamberla Perry channeled Nichelle Nichols as Uhura while Quinto channeled — well, himself, on a Halloween episode of the medical drama.

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October 28, 2025 12:54 a.m. ET

Zachary Quinto plays Spock, to Chris Pine's Kirk, in the 2009 'Star Trek' movie. Credit:

Zachary Quinto chose to boldly go *exactly* where he's been before Monday when his *Brilliant Minds* character, Dr. Oliver Wolf, dressed as *Star Trek*'s Spock for his Halloween costume.

Quinto, of course, played the famous half-human, half-Vulcan in the 2009 *Star Trek* movie, as well as in 2013's *Star Trek Into Darkness* and 2016's *Star Trek Beyond*.

"Live long and prosper," read the caption on a short video of Quinto's Wolf as Spock and his *Brilliant Minds* costar Tamberla Perry's Dr. Carol Pierce as Uhura, which Zoe Saldaña played the films.

Zachary Quinto as Dr. Oliver Wolf, Tamberla Perry as Dr. Carol Pierce on 'Brilliant Minds'.

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Of course they made the Vulcan sign.

Quinto was all about the nod to his earlier work, showrunner Michael Grassi revealed to TV Insider.

"We came up with the idea in the room, and when we brought it to Zachary, he was so excited to include this Easter egg," Grassi said. "If you listen carefully in that scene, you’ll hear that the elevator also sounds different — another fun nod for *Star Trek* fans."**

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Quinto has been open about his love for the role of Spock.

"It was an incredible experience," he said on *The Jennifer Hudson Show* in August. "But it's something, a role that was so iconic already. To take it over from Leonard Nimoy — the late, great Leonard Nimoy — with whom I got to become incredibly close friends, that was for me, the most meaningful part of the experience probably. The most helpful part of the experience was his support and guidance."

The two became "really great friends," he noted of the actor who is credited in the first two of the three movies. Nimoy died in 2015.

"I also became friends with all the actors that I worked with on that movie, and I love them all," Quinto said.**

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Quinto told Hudson that he "would love to do it again," and he thinks the rest of the cast would too.

The *Star Trek* trilogy Quinto starred in costarred a cast that also included Chris Pine, Zoe Saldaña, the late Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Simon Pegg, and Karl Urban.

Besides, he already has access to the character's signature ears.**

Zachary Quinto and Tamberla Perry on 'Brilliant Minds'.

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"I have a few pairs of ears," Quinto revealed in an October 2020 interview with NPR. "I think it's probably in the ballpark of a dozen, because we've made three films now, and it was a new pair of ears every day on the movie. So, you know, it's not like they were going to miss them. And at the end of the day, they just cut them, they just shredded them and threw them away."

He decided that he should take a couple.

Now in its second season, his newer project takes place right here on Earth in a hospital. The medical procedural, inspired by the life of neurologist Oliver Sacks, follows Wolf as he struggles with his own mental health while trying to solve patients' health mysteries.

*Brilliant Minds* airs Mondays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.**

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