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My Take
Ronald D. Moore is, to me, one of television's great architects of intelligent science fiction. Cutting his teeth on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, he learned to put genuine human conflict at the center of the genre, then blew the doors open with his reimagined Battlestar Galactica, a series that used spaceships to interrogate war, faith, and what it means to survive. The 1995 Hugo and his later Peabody confirm what fans already knew. With Outlander and For All Mankind he has stayed at the top of his craft for decades. I deeply admire writers who can make speculative worlds feel achingly real.
Overview
Ronald Dowl Moore (born July 5, 1964) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek, as well as on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, for which he won a Peabody Award, and on Outlander, based on the novels of the same name by Diana Gabaldon. In 2019, he created and wrote the series For All Mankind for Apple TV+.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ronald D. Moore
- Name (Japanese)
- ロナルド・D・ムーア
- Reading
- ろなるど・D・むーあ
- Born
- July 5, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dragon
- Origin
- Chowchilla, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- screenwriter / actor / basketball player / film director / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Cornell University
Awards & achievements
- 1995 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Star Trek: The Next Generation | — | |
| Notable work | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | — | |
| Notable work | Battlestar Galactica | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.