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Rickey D'Shon Collins (born 3 June 1983; age 41) is the actor and voice artist who played Eric Burton in the Star Trek: The Next Generation seventh season episodes "Liaisons", "Masks", and "Firstborn".
Collins made his acting debut on Home Improvement in the first season episode "Wild Kingdom" with Stephen Root. Collins began his movie career in the 1993 telefim Father & Son: Dangerous Relations with Clarence Williams III. Collins next lent his voice to 1994's animated Once Upon a Forest with Paul Eiding and Ben Vereen. That same year, Collins made his big screen debut in the kids sports film Little Giants costarring Mark Holton, Courtney Peldon, Jon Steuer, Susanna Thompson, and Frank Welker.