1. Jeffrey Alan Combs was born on September 9,1954 and is an American actor.
16 Facts About Jeffrey Combs
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Jeffrey Combs is best known for starring as Herbert West in the Re-Animator film series and portraying multiple characters in the Star Trek universe, most notably the serially cloned character Weyoun and Brunt on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Thy'lek Shran on Star Trek: Enterprise.
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Jeffrey Combs was born in Oxnard, California, the fifth of nine children born to Jean Owens and Eugene "Gene" Jeffrey Combs, and raised in Lompoc.
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Jeffrey Combs then attended Santa Maria's Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and later developed his acting skills in the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington.
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In 1980, after several years performing in playhouses on the West Coast, Jeffrey Combs moved to Los Angeles.
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Jeffrey Combs landed his first role in the film Honky Tonk Freeway, playing an unnamed drive-in teller.
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Jeffrey Combs has had roles in many science fiction television series.
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Jeffrey Combs starred as the telepath Harriman Gray in first-season episode "Eyes" of Babylon 5.
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Jeffrey Combs narrated the 25th anniversary of Re-Animator at the 2010 FanTasia.
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In July 2009, Jeffrey Combs returned to his stage roots and reprised his role as Edgar Allan Poe in a one-man theatrical show, Nevermore.
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Jeffrey Combs starred with Andrew Divoff in the 2012 Screen Media Films release Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation, a prequel to the 2006 film Night of the Living Dead 3D directed by Jeff Broadstreet.
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On television, Jeffrey Combs enjoyed popular success playing a number of alien characters on the various modern Star Trek incarnations, beginning with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in 1994, and continuing to Star Trek: Voyager in 2000, Star Trek: Enterprise in 2001 and Star Trek: Lower Decks in 2021.
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Jeffrey Combs has played nine onscreen roles in the Star Trek universe.
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Jeffrey Combs has said that Weyoun was his favorite Star Trek role, and that he had considerable input in developing the character.
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Jeffrey Combs wanted the characters to appear in the same scene, but the logistics and expense worked against it.
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On Enterprise, Jeffrey Combs had a recurring role as Shran, an Andorian military officer.