Person

Armin Shimerman

Acting · Born 1949-11-05 · Lakewood - New Jersey - USA

Biography

Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor and voice actor. Shimerman is known for playing the Ferengi bartender Quark in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Principal Snyder in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kramer's caddy Stan on Seinfeld, voicing Dr. Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series, and Andrew Ryan, one of the antagonists of BioShock. He also played Dr. Potter in the 2011 movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged.

Known for

Filmography

2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: VoyagerSelf
2024The D-Con ChamberSelf
2023Star Trek: very Short TreksQuark (voice)
2023The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary IslandsRoy
2022The Shuttlepod ShowSelf
2021Ratchet and Clank: Life of PieDr. Nefarious (voice)
2020Star Trek DaySelf
2020Star Trek: Lower DecksQuark (voice)
2020Unbelievable!!!!!Male Moesha
2020Close EnoughPhil (voice)
2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek StarsSelf
2019The Circuit
2018The RookieJudge Paloma
2018What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space NineSelf
2018Wedding SwingersDr. Hans Meeker
2018Golden BoyCagan
20185th PassengerMyers
2017Followed BackDr. Lane
2016Justice League ActionZilius Zox (voice)
2016Diani and Devine Meet the ApocalypseThomas
2016TimelessDavid Rittenhouse
201650 Years of Star TrekSelf
2016Ratchet & ClankDr. Nefarious (voice)
2015We Bare BearsAdditional Voices (voice)
2014The Sublime and Beautiful
2014Nikki & Nora: The N&N FilesJ. Hewitt Kemp
2013Uncle GrandpaAdditional Voices (voice)
2013Tales of MetropolisBrainiac (voice)
2013DC Super-PetsJokerfish (voice)
2013DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro"Brainiac (voice)
2013Farm LeagueAquamandrill (voice)
2012PerceptionDr. Cutler
2012Sword of the AtomCommander / Solider (voice)
2012DC Nation ShortsSuperman (voice)
2012Dropping EvilCEO / 'Boss Man'
2011For Christ's SakeThe Pope
2011Franklin & BashStu Weston
2011Atlas Shrugged: Part IDr. Potter
2010Regular ShowMr. Murphy (voice)
2009Bionicle: The Legend RebornRaanu (voice)
2009Warehouse 13Charlie Martin
2009CastleBenjamin Donnelly
2009FanboysAnteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008LeverageDr. Patemkin
2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldCalculator (voice)
2008Underfist: Halloween BashGeneral Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)
2008InsanitariumHawthorne
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenGeneral Skarr (voice)
2007Star Trek: Beyond the Final FrontierSelf
2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey AdventureGeneral Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
2006Dead and DeaderCoroner Flutie
2006What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit HoleOld Man
2005Ben 10Slix (voice)
2005Meet The SantasErnest
2005Billy and Mandy Save ChristmasGeneral Skarr (voice)
2005South of NowhereDr. Crawford
2005Invasion
2005The WorksGerald
2005Numb3rsPatrick Holden
2005CommittedSuper
2004Boston LegalJudge Brian Hooper
2004Justice League UnlimitedDr. Milo (voice)
2004What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?Older Man (in subway)
2004Single Santa Seeks Mrs. ClausErnest
2003Joan of ArcadiaRonald Harbison
2003The HandlerMaxwell Rosenheim
2003Nip/TuckOcularist
2003Evil Con CarneGeneral Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2003TremorsCecil Carr
2002For the PeopleDr. O'Neill
2001The TickThe Terror
2001Citizen Baines
2001Thieves
2001The AgencyDr. Oliver
2001The GuardianJudge Smitrovich
2001Crossing JordanDr. McCain
2001Just Ask My ChildrenPrison Psychiatrist
2001Grim & Evil
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyGeneral Skarr
2001Evil Con CarneGeneral Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2001Breathing HardConrad
2000Boston PublicHonorable Judge David Semel
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationOscar
2000The Invisible ManTommy Walker / Augustin Gaither
1999The Auteur TheoryDetective Blank
1999The West WingRichard III
1999Judging AmyAnthony Cara
1999Rocket Power
1998CharmedThe Wizard
1998Martial LawDaniel Darius
1998The Lost WorldProfessor George Edward Challenger
1997Ally McBealJudge Walworth
1997Stargate SG-1Anteaus
1997Space CadetsSelf
1997Snide and PrejudiceEckart
1997Buffy the Vampire SlayerPrincipal Snyder
1997The PracticeJudge Garth Moskin
1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ationsSelf
1996Star Trek: 30 Years and BeyondSelf
1996Bruno the Kid
1996Eye for an EyeJudge Arthur Younger
1995Dumb and DumberCasaba / Questioner #3 (voice)
1995Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the WarriorQuark
1995Dream ManStaatsanwalt Van Horn
1995Star Trek: VoyagerQuark
1994ERLevine
1994Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next GenerationSelf
1993Slaughter of the InnocentsDr. Mort Seger
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the ScenesHimself
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - EmissaryQuark
1993Star Trek: Deep Space NineQuark
1991Brooklyn Bridge
1990Good Grief
1990Cop Rock
1990Death WarrantDr. Gottesman
1990Miracle LandingRick, Maui Tower Operator
1990GrandDr. Kasmurski
1989Big Man on CampusDr. Oberlander
1989Alien NationCyril Roman
1989SeinfeldStan the Caddy
1989ArenaWeezil
1989She Knows Too MuchPlahte
1988Tricks of the TradeCriminal
1988Dangerous CurvesBoggs
1988The Verne Miller StoryMortician
1987Like Father Like SonTrigger's Dad
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationQuark
1987Beauty and the BeastPascal
1987DuetDr. Jordan / Jury Foreman
1987Married... with ChildrenMr. Lovejoy
1987Blind DateFrench Waiter
1986Sledge Hammer!Malcolm Dench
1986L.A. LawTimothy Wiseboro
1986It's Garry Shandling's ShowDoctor
1986The HitcherInterrogation Sergeant
1985StoogemaniaLarry II
1984The Four SeasonsDental Examiner
1983Trauma CenterBernard Hopper
1982Remington SteeleNestor Bartholomew
1982Cagney & LaceyOfficer Green
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Stardust MemoriesEulogy Audience
1979The Facts of Life
1979Women at West PointMaj. Logan
1976Alice
—Holograms All the Way DownQuark
—PellettVictor

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