General Chang is the main antagonist in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a feature film released in 1991.
Chang, who is portrayed by Christopher Plummer, is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur in 2293. He is depicted as being a fan of William Shakespeare, quoting him frequently, much to the chagrin of the Enterprise crew. Also noteworthy, the character is almost completely bald, a trait not seen among Klingons before the release of Star Trek VI.
Plummer's depiction of this character has been praised in the Star Trek franchise.
Time magazine rated Chang the second-best villain of the Star Trek franchise in 2016. In 2019, SyFy rated Chang as the eighth-greatest Klingon of the Star Trek franchise, praising Plummer's performance as well as an exceptional Klingon court scene with Captain Kirk (played by William Shatner) and Doctor McCoy (DeForest Kelley).
See also
- Errand of Mercy (a television episode which aired in March 1967, introducing the Klingon aliens in Star Trek)
- Shakespeare and Star Trek
- The Klingon Hamlet