Alexander Rozhenko

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Alexander Rozhenko is a character in the Star Trek fictional universe.

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Alexander Rozhenko was the son of Worf and K'Ehleyr. Alexander's birth date is variously stated as 2366 or 2359, although Worf did not know of Alexander's birth until 2367.

Following K'Ehleyr's death the same year, Worf accepted Alexander, but sent him to Earth to be raised by Worf's adoptive parents, the Rozhenkos. After about a year, the Rozhenkos decided that Alexander needed his father, and he was sent to live with Worf on the Enterprise. The two usually did not see eye-to-eye, with Worf trying to help Alexander reach his Klingon potential and Alexander heavily resisting. In 2370, when Alexander was approaching the Age of Ascension, an adult Alexander from the future, at first identifying himself as K'mtar, came back in time to help young Alexander understand the importance of the ritual and accepting his Klingon heritage, although the young Alexander did not know that the man was in fact himself. Eventually, Alexander moved in with his grandparents again.

But Alexander grew unhappy on Earth and felt resentment against his father, as he felt abandoned. He enlisted in the Klingon Defense Force and was assigned to the Bird of Prey Rotarran; on this ship, he served with his father in the Dominion War in 2374. Despite the friction between the two, Alexander eventually joined his father in the House of Martok in an onboard ceremony. Alexander was soon transferred to the battle cruiser Ya'Vang. He acted as sword-bearer at his father's wedding to Jadzia Dax.

Alexander uses Worf's legal Earth surname, Rozhenko, though his father does not.

The rapid growth of Alexander during the course of TNG and DS9, from birth to the equivalent of a six year old, apparently in only one year, and then from a child to a rebellious teenager in only a few years, suggests either that Klingons experience accelerated growth as children (though this has yet to be confirmed in any other canon story), or is simply a case of the rapid aging commonly seen in children featured in serialized television.

There is some uncertainty as to the character's birthdate. In order to rationalize Alexander's apparent age, some sources have suggested that he was born in 2359; this is contradicted by various semi-official sources that give the 2366 date, including the biography for the character at startrek.com. The character's birth date is canonically specified on screen only as a stardate (43205, which supports the 2366 date).

In the episode "Reunion", Alexander was played by Jon Steuer. In subsequent episodes as a child, he was played by Brian Bonsall. The teenaged Alexander was played by Marc Worden, and the adult Alexander from the future was played by James Sloyan.

In the novels of the Star Trek Expanded Universe, Alexander grows dissatisfied with military life and retires from the Klingon Defense Force. He takes over his father's position as Federation ambassador to the Klingon Empire.