1. Armin Shimerman was born on November 5,1949 and is an American actor known for his role as Quark the Ferengi in the Star Trek franchise, appearing as the character in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
21 Facts About Armin Shimerman
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Armin Shimerman attended Santa Monica High School and was active in drama.
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Armin Shimerman began pursuing a career in theater and eventually moved to New York City, where he was a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater.
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Armin Shimerman is known for his work as the Ferengi bar owner Quark in the long-running television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, though his involvement with the Star Trek franchise began with appearances as other Ferengi characters in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes "The Last Outpost" and "Peak Performance".
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Armin Shimerman played Quark in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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Armin Shimerman reprised the role of Quark in the 1998 film Star Trek: Insurrection, but only in deleted scenes.
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Armin Shimerman has starred as Anteaus in Stargate SG-1 as one of the Nox, an evil wizard in Charmed, appeared as Stan the caddy in an episode of Seinfeld, and as Dr Patemkin on Leverage.
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Armin Shimerman has appeared in the first seven episodes as Judge Brian Hooper in the third season of Boston Legal, joining fellow Star Trek actors William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, and Ethan Phillips.
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Armin Shimerman made an appearance as "The Terror" in the first The Tick live-action series.
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Armin Shimerman appeared in the series Numb3rs episode "Provenance" as Patrick Holden.
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Armin Shimerman has made appearances in various television series such as Babes as Mr Ian Anderson, Married.
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Armin Shimerman then lent his voice talent to BioWare for their games Jade Empire and Mass Effect.
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Armin Shimerman voiced Dr Emil Narud, Mohandar, and Dr Emil Narud in its human form in the 2010 RTS video game StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and the 2013 expansion StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, respectively.
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Armin Shimerman voiced the role of Quark in various Deep Space Nine video games, such as Harbinger and the Fallen and reprised the role in the 2018 expansion Star Trek Online: Victory is Life.
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Armin Shimerman voiced Ben Robbins and the Shopkeeper in the first two episodes of Rocket Power from 1999 to 2000.
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Armin Shimerman voiced Raanu along with the villager and a village leader in the straight-to-DVD animated film Bionicle: The Legend Reborn.
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Armin Shimerman reprised his roles as Dr Nefarious and Andrew Ryan and voiced a Vox Populi enemy in the crossover fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
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Armin Shimerman has co-written a series of books in which he provides a science-fictional basis for the life of John Dee.
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Armin Shimerman thought aspects of both himself and his Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character, Quark, were in the novel's interpretation of John Dee.
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Armin Shimerman has been teaching Shakespeare for years, and as an adjunct professor for the University of Southern California.
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Armin Shimerman serves as Shakespeare scholar for productions in and around the Los Angeles area.