Jerry O'Connell is such an advocate for the Star Trek universe, you'd forget he's only been a part of it a relatively short time. In fact, he joined in 2020 after his wife was first introduced as Una in Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, so it's funny she wasn't the first to congratulate him when he landed his role in Lower Decks.
The actor voiced Jack Ransom in Lower Decks throughout its run, with the character eventually becoming a Captain in the finale. He's held his Starfleet rank over the head of his wife, Rebecca Romijn, for years, and maybe that's because she wasn't even the first to congratulate him when he joined the Star Trek world, at least via text. He explained to EW that it was actually an old co-star, who is also a part of the sci-fi universe:
