--- --- # Tom Hanks Once Sneaked Onto the Star Trek Enterprise by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 9, 2016 2:29 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 9, 2016 2:29 PM UTC Before [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/3755926/tom-hanks-movies-james-corden-late-late-show/?iid=sr-link5) was Oscar-winner Tom Hanks, he was just an up-and-coming actor in a new sitcom called _Bosom Buddies_. The show was filmed on the same studio lot as [_Mork & Mindy_](http://time.com/3102021/robin-williams-dead-most-memorable-roles/?iid=sr-link1), _Taxi_, and a movie called _Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan_. On _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ on Thursday night, Hanks, who is doing press for his new film [_Sully_](http://time.com/4388904/sully-trailer-tom-hanks-chesley-sully-sullenberger/?iid=sr-link2), admitted to Jimmy Kimmel that he and his _Bosom Buddies_ co-star Peter Scolari once engaged in a little sneaking around on the Paramount set. They couldn’t resist the temptation to go where no man (from the cast of _Bosom Buddies)_ had gone before—onto the set of _Star Trek_. Once inside, they boarded the Starship: Enterprise and took control of Captain Kirk’s bridge, channeling their inner Sulu and Chekhov while looking over their shoulder to make sure they didn’t get caught. The cast of _Taxi_ probably never did that. Tom Hanks Once Sneaked Onto the Star Trek Enterprise ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4485267/tom-hanks-star-trek-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4485267/tom-hanks-star-trek-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Tom Hanks Once Sneaked Onto the Star Trek Enterprise","datePublished":"2016-09-09T14:29:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:21.165Z","description":"Who wouldn't take the chance to sit in Captain Kirk's chair?","url":"https://time.com/4485267/tom-hanks-star-trek-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Star Trek","Tom Hanks","jimmy kimmel live"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4485267/tom-hanks-star-trek-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Tom Hanks Once Sneaked Onto the Star Trek Enterprise"}}]}] ```