| Gabriel Koerner | |
| Birth Name: | Gabriel Charles Koerner |
| Birth Date: | June 14, 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Waterbury, Connecticut |
| Occupation: | Visual effects artist, actor |
Gabriel Charles Köerner (born June 14, 1982, in Waterbury, Connecticut) is a visual effects artist and well-known Star Trek fan ("Trekkie"). Köerner appeared as a profilee in the documentary Trekkies (1997) and its sequel Trekkies 2 (2004),[1] and went on to make guest appearances on The Drew Carey Show,[2] as the "Star Trek Geek" on Beat the Geeks, and as an aficionado of Star Trek memorabilia in season 5 of Storage Wars.[3] As a VFX artist, he fulfilled his lifelong Star Trek dream by working on the series finale of . He was a member of the teams that earned a Visual Effects Society Award nomination for Outstanding Models and Miniatures and a 2005 Emmy Award nomination for modeling work on the Sci-Fi Channel remake of Battlestar Galactica (2004).[4] He also worked on the live-action film Speed Racer (2008).
Various scenes in Trekkies that feature Köerner were filmed in his then hometown of Bakersfield, California.