Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton) came of age onStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, and here’s how old the son of Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) was throughoutDS9’s 7 seasons and beyond. Jake was a series regularStar Trek: Deep Space Ninecastmember, although he only appeared in 71 episodes. Wary of the mistakesStar Trek: The Next Generationmade with Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton),DS9’s writers carefully developed Jake, turning him into a lovable, bright, and well-adjusted teenagerwho found his niche as a writer.
As a boy, Jake came aboard Deep Space Nine with his father, then-Commander Sisko, following the death of his mother, Jennifer Sisko (Felecia M. Bell) duringStar Trek: The Next Generation’s Battle of Wolf 359.Jake is the only human main character in aStar Trekseries who never joined Starfleet. Instead, Jake became a reporter from behind enemy lines duringStar Trek: Deep Space Nine’s Dominion War. Jake was also the best friend of Nog (Aron Eisenberg), the first Ferengi in Starfleet. Jake’s last appearance was the series finale ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nineas a young adult, but how old was he?
Jake Sisko’s Age Throughout Star Trek: DS9
Jake Came Of Age On The Deep Space Nine Space Station
Jake Sisko was born in 2355, which makes him 14 in 2369 when Commander Sisko took command of the Deep Space Nine space stationin the series premiere ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Emissary.“Star Trek: Deep Space Nineaired for 7 seasonswith a year of real-time equating to a full season of the series.Star Trek: Deep Space Nineended with its series finale, “What You Leave Behind,” in 2375, which means Jake is 20 years old.
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Cirroc Lofton was born on Jun 16, 2025, which also made him 14 whenStar Trek: Deep Space Ninepremiered in January 1993.Cirroc played Jake Sisko at the same age he was in real lifethroughoutStar Trek: Deep Space Nine’s 7 seasons, unlike manyStar Trekactors who are older than their characters. Tony Todd played Jake Sisko as an adult and an elderly man in the classicStar Trek: Deep Space Nineseason 4 episode, “The Visitor.”
How Old Is Jake Sisko In Star Trek: Picard?
Jake Is An Adult In Star Trek’s 25th Century
Three Star Trek on Paramount+ TV series are set in the years and decades afterStar Trek: Deep Space Nineended in 2375. The furthest point of the 25th century seen inStar Trekis thefinale ofStar Trek: Picardseason 3, which concluded with an epilogue set in 2402.At the end ofPicardseason 3, Jake Sisko is 47 years old, 10 years older than his father, Captain Sisko was, when Benjamin took command of Deep Space Nine in 2369, and 3 years older than Captain Sisko was when the Emissary became one with the Prophets of Bajor at the end ofDS9.
If Jake Sisko were the reporter grilling Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) about the Mars Attack inStar Trek: Picard’s series premiere, set in 2399, Jake would have been 45 years old.
The animated seriesStar Trek: Lower DecksandStar Trek: Prodigytake place in the 2280s, 6-10 years afterStar Trek: Deep Space Nineended.Star Trek: Lower Deckstakes place between 2380-2381, which places Jake Sisko at ages 25-26.Star Trek: Prodigytakes place a few years later, starting in 2383 withStar Trek; Prodigyseason 2 endingin 2385.Jake Sisko is about 30 in 2385when rogue synthetics attacked Mars, as seen inStar Trek: Picard.
Will Jake Sisko Return To Star Trek?
We’re Still Waiting For Jake Sisko’s Star Trek Comeback
Jake Sisko’s last canonical appearance was in 1999 in the series finale ofStar Trek: Deep Space Nine. Despite multipleStar Trekprojects on Paramount+since Star Trek: Discovery premiered in 2017,Jake has not made aStar Trekcomeback.Star Trek: Lower DecksandStar Trek: Prodigydidn’t tap Cirroc Lofton to voice Jake Sisko again, andStar Trek: Picard’s 3 seasons didn’t include any appearance by a live-action Jake Sisko.
Cirroc Lofton is an active and beloved member of the Star Trek community, and he’s open to playing Jake Sisko once more.
The upcoming seasons ofStar Trek: Strange New Worldsand the made-for-streaming movieStar Trek: Section 31are set before Jake Sisko was born, which means Cirroc Lofton can’t reprise his signature character. A slim possibility exists inStar Trek: Starfleet Academy,set in the 32nd century, where Jake can appear, perhaps as a hologram, 800 years after he lived. Meanwhile, Cirroc Lofton is an active and beloved member of the Star Trek community, and he’s open to playing Jake Sisko once more, especially if there’s ever aStar Trek: Deep Space Ninereunion.
