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Armin Shimerman

Armin Shimerman

Born: 1949-11-05 • Lakewood - New Jersey - USA

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.

Filmography
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager poster
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024 • Self
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands poster
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
2023 • Roy
Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie poster
Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie
2021 • Dr. Nefarious (voice)
Unbelievable!!!!! poster
Unbelievable!!!!!
2020 • Male Moesha
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That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019 • Self
The Circuit poster
The Circuit
2019
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine poster
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018 • Self
Wedding Swingers poster
Wedding Swingers
2018 • Dr. Hans Meeker
Golden Boy poster
Golden Boy
2018 • Cagan
5th Passenger poster
5th Passenger
2018 • Myers
Followed Back poster
Followed Back
2017 • Dr. Lane
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse poster
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016 • Thomas
50 Years of Star Trek poster
50 Years of Star Trek
2016 • Self
Ratchet & Clank poster
Ratchet & Clank
2016 • Dr. Nefarious (voice)
The Sublime and Beautiful poster
The Sublime and Beautiful
2014
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DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro"
2013 • Brainiac (voice)
Dropping Evil poster
Dropping Evil
2012 • CEO / 'Boss Man'
For Christ's Sake poster
For Christ's Sake
2011 • The Pope
Atlas Shrugged: Part I poster
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011 • Dr. Potter
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn poster
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
2009 • Raanu (voice)
Fanboys poster
Fanboys
2009 • Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Underfist: Halloween Bash poster
Underfist: Halloween Bash
2008 • General Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)
Insanitarium poster
Insanitarium
2008 • Hawthorne
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen poster
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007 • General Skarr (voice)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier poster
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 • Self
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure poster
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
2007 • General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
Dead and Deader poster
Dead and Deader
2006 • Coroner Flutie
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole poster
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
2006 • Old Man
Meet The Santas poster
Meet The Santas
2005 • Ernest
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas poster
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
2005 • General Skarr (voice)
The Works poster
The Works
2005 • Gerald
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? poster
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
2004 • Older Man (in subway)
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus poster
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
2004 • Ernest
Just Ask My Children poster
Just Ask My Children
2001 • Prison Psychiatrist
Evil Con Carne poster
Evil Con Carne
2001 • General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
Breathing Hard poster
Breathing Hard
2001 • Conrad
The Auteur Theory poster
The Auteur Theory
1999 • Detective Blank
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The Lost World
1998 • Professor George Edward Challenger
Snide and Prejudice poster
Snide and Prejudice
1997 • Eckart
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The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996 • Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond poster
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 • Self
Eye for an Eye poster
Eye for an Eye
1996 • Judge Arthur Younger
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior poster
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995 • Quark
Dream Man poster
Dream Man
1995 • Staatsanwalt Van Horn
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation poster
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994 • Self
Slaughter of the Innocents poster
Slaughter of the Innocents
1993 • Dr. Mort Seger
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes poster
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993 • Himself
Death Warrant poster
Death Warrant
1990 • Dr. Gottesman
Miracle Landing poster
Miracle Landing
1990 • Rick, Maui Tower Operator
Big Man on Campus poster
Big Man on Campus
1989 • Dr. Oberlander
Arena poster
Arena
1989 • Weezil
She Knows Too Much poster
She Knows Too Much
1989 • Plahte
Tricks of the Trade poster
Tricks of the Trade
1988 • Criminal
Dangerous Curves poster
Dangerous Curves
1988 • Boggs
The Verne Miller Story poster
The Verne Miller Story
1988 • Mortician
Like Father Like Son poster
Like Father Like Son
1987 • Trigger's Dad
Blind Date poster
Blind Date
1987 • French Waiter
The Hitcher poster
The Hitcher
1986 • Interrogation Sergeant
Stoogemania poster
Stoogemania
1985 • Larry II
Stardust Memories poster
Stardust Memories
1980 • Eulogy Audience
Women at West Point poster
Women at West Point
1979 • Maj. Logan
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Holograms All the Way Down
— • Quark