Armin Shimerman

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Lakewood - New Jersey - USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

05 November 1949, 76 years old

Known For

The Hitcher

Fanboys

Ratchet & Clank

Death Warrant

Blind Date

Stardust Memories

Eye for an Eye

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

Self

2024

The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands

Roy

2023

Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie

Dr. Nefarious (voice)

2021

Unbelievable!!!!!

Male Moesha

2020

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars

Self

2019

The Circuit

2019

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Self

2018

Wedding Swingers

Dr. Hans Meeker

2018

Golden Boy

Cagan

2018

5th Passenger

Myers

2018

Followed Back

Dr. Lane

2017

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse

Thomas

2016

50 Years of Star Trek

Self

2016

Ratchet & Clank

Dr. Nefarious (voice)

2016

The Sublime and Beautiful

2014

DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro"

Brainiac (voice)

2013

Dropping Evil

CEO / 'Boss Man'

2012

For Christ's Sake

The Pope

2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Dr. Potter

2011

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn

Raanu (voice)

2009

Fanboys

Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)

2009

Underfist: Halloween Bash

General Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)

2008

Insanitarium

Hawthorne

2008

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen

General Skarr (voice)

2007

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

Self

2007

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)

2007

Dead and Deader

Coroner Flutie

2006

What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole

Old Man

2006

Meet The Santas

Ernest

2005

Billy and Mandy Save Christmas

General Skarr (voice)

2005

The Works

Gerald

2005

What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?

Older Man (in subway)

2004

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus

Ernest

2004

Just Ask My Children

Prison Psychiatrist

2001

Evil Con Carne

General Skarr/Stomach (voice)

2001

Breathing Hard

Conrad

2001

The Auteur Theory

Detective Blank

1999

The Lost World

Professor George Edward Challenger

1998

Snide and Prejudice

Eckart

1997

The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations

Self

1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

Self

1996

Eye for an Eye

Judge Arthur Younger

1996

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior

Quark

1995

Dream Man

Staatsanwalt Van Horn

1995

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation

Self

1994

Slaughter of the Innocents

Dr. Mort Seger

1993

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes

Himself

1993

Death Warrant

Dr. Gottesman

1990

Miracle Landing

Rick, Maui Tower Operator

1990

Big Man on Campus

Dr. Oberlander

1989

Arena

Weezil

1989

She Knows Too Much

Plahte

1989

Tricks of the Trade

Criminal

1988

Dangerous Curves

Boggs

1988

The Verne Miller Story

Mortician

1988

Like Father Like Son

Trigger's Dad

1987

Blind Date

French Waiter

1987

The Hitcher

Interrogation Sergeant

1986

Stardust Memories

Eulogy Audience

1980

Holograms All the Way Down

Quark

Unknown

Stoogemania

Larry II

1985

Women at West Point

Maj. Logan

1979