Armin Shimerman

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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

The Rookie

Judge Paloma

Charmed

The Wizard

Seinfeld

Stan the Caddy

Regular Show

Mr. Murphy (voice)

Regular Show

Zingo #3 / Guy #1 (voice)

Regular Show

Waiter / Gopher Person / Guy (voice)

Regular Show

Nightmare Alien (voice)

Regular Show

Buttonwillow (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2024	To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager MOVIE	Self
2024	The D-Con Chamber TV	Self
2023	Star Trek: very Short Treks TV	Quark (voice)
2023	The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands MOVIE	Roy
2022	The Shuttlepod Show TV	Self
2021	Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie MOVIE	Dr. Nefarious (voice)
2020	Star Trek Day TV	Self
2020	Star Trek: Lower Decks TV	Quark (voice)
2020	Unbelievable!!!!! MOVIE	Male Moesha
2020	Close Enough TV	Phil (voice)
2019	That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars MOVIE	Self
2019	The Circuit MOVIE	Self
2018	The Rookie TV	Judge Paloma
2018	What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine MOVIE	Self
2018	Wedding Swingers MOVIE	Dr. Hans Meeker
2018	Golden Boy MOVIE	Cagan
2018	5th Passenger MOVIE	Myers
2017	Followed Back MOVIE	Dr. Lane
2016	Justice League Action TV	Zilius Zox (voice)
2016	Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse MOVIE	Thomas
2016	Timeless TV	David Rittenhouse
2016	50 Years of Star Trek MOVIE	Self
2016	Ratchet & Clank MOVIE	Dr. Nefarious (voice)
2015	We Bare Bears TV	Additional Voices (voice)
2014	The Sublime and Beautiful MOVIE	Self
2014	Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files TV	J. Hewitt Kemp
2013	Uncle Grandpa TV	Additional Voices (voice)
2013	Tales of Metropolis TV	Brainiac (voice)
2013	DC Super-Pets TV	Jokerfish (voice)
2013	DC Super-Pets TV	Superman (voice)
2013	DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro" MOVIE	Brainiac (voice)
2013	Farm League TV	Aquamandrill (voice)
2013	Farm League TV	Crainiac / Moo Face (voice)
2012	Perception TV	Dr. Cutler
2012	Sword of the Atom TV	Commander / Solider (voice)
2012	Sword of the Atom TV	Taren / Commander / Deraegis (voice)
2012	Sword of the Atom TV	Taren (voice)
2012	DC Nation Shorts TV	Superman (voice)
2012	DC Nation Shorts TV	Jokerfish (voice)
2012	Dropping Evil MOVIE	CEO / 'Boss Man'
2011	For Christ's Sake MOVIE	The Pope
2011	Franklin & Bash TV	Stu Weston
2011	Atlas Shrugged: Part I MOVIE	Dr. Potter
2010	Regular Show TV	Mr. Murphy (voice)
2010	Regular Show TV	Zingo #3 / Guy #1 (voice)
2010	Regular Show TV	Waiter / Gopher Person / Guy (voice)
2010	Regular Show TV	Nightmare Alien (voice)
2010	Regular Show TV	Buttonwillow (voice)
2010	Regular Show TV	Dr. Henry (voice)
2009	Bionicle: The Legend Reborn MOVIE	Raanu (voice)
2009	Warehouse 13 TV	Charlie Martin
2009	Castle TV	Benjamin Donnelly
2009	Fanboys MOVIE	Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008	Leverage TV	Dr. Patemkin
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV	Calculator (voice)
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV	Psycho Pirate (voice)
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold TV	Professor (voice)
2008	Underfist: Halloween Bash MOVIE	General Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)
2008	Insanitarium MOVIE	Hawthorne
2007	Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen MOVIE	General Skarr (voice)
2007	Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier MOVIE	Self
2007	Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure MOVIE	General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
2006	Dead and Deader MOVIE	Coroner Flutie
2006	What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole MOVIE	Old Man
2005	Ben 10 TV	Slix (voice)
2005	Meet The Santas MOVIE	Ernest
2005	Billy and Mandy Save Christmas MOVIE	General Skarr (voice)
2005	South of Nowhere TV	Dr. Crawford
2005	Invasion TV	Self
2005	Invasion TV	Josh Breims
2005	The Works MOVIE	Gerald
2005	Numb3rs TV	Patrick Holden
2005	Committed TV	Super
2004	Boston Legal TV	Judge Brian Hooper
2004	Justice League Unlimited TV	Dr. Milo (voice)
2004	What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? MOVIE	Older Man (in subway)
2004	Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus MOVIE	Ernest
2003	Joan of Arcadia TV	Ronald Harbison
2003	The Handler TV	Maxwell Rosenheim
2003	Nip/Tuck TV	Ocularist
2003	Evil Con Carne TV	General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2003	Tremors TV	Cecil Carr
2002	For the People TV	Dr. O'Neill
2001	The Tick TV	The Terror
2001	Citizen Baines TV	Self
2001	Thieves TV	Self
2001	The Agency TV	Dr. Oliver
2001	The Guardian TV	Judge Smitrovich
2001	Crossing Jordan TV	Dr. McCain
2001	Just Ask My Children MOVIE	Prison Psychiatrist
2001	Grim & Evil TV	Self
2001	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy TV	General Skarr
2001	Evil Con Carne MOVIE	General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2001	Breathing Hard MOVIE	Conrad
2000	Boston Public TV	Honorable Judge David Semel
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV	Oscar
2000	The Invisible Man TV	Tommy Walker / Augustin Gaither
1999	The Auteur Theory MOVIE	Detective Blank
1999	The West Wing TV	Richard III
1999	Judging Amy TV	Anthony Cara
1999	Rocket Power TV	Self
1998	Charmed TV	The Wizard
1998	Martial Law TV	Daniel Darius
1998	The Lost World MOVIE	Professor George Edward Challenger
1997	Ally McBeal TV	Judge Walworth
1997	Stargate SG-1 TV	Anteaus
1997	Space Cadets TV	Self
1997	Snide and Prejudice MOVIE	Eckart
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV	Principal Snyder
1997	The Practice TV	Judge Garth Moskin
1996	The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations MOVIE	Self
1996	Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond MOVIE	Self
1996	Bruno the Kid TV	Self
1996	Eye for an Eye MOVIE	Judge Arthur Younger
1995	Dumb and Dumber TV	Casaba / Questioner #3 (voice)
1995	Dumb and Dumber TV	Varp (voice)
1995	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior MOVIE	Quark
1995	Dream Man MOVIE	Staatsanwalt Van Horn
1995	Star Trek: Voyager TV	Quark
1994	ER TV	Levine
1994	Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation MOVIE	Self
1993	Slaughter of the Innocents MOVIE	Dr. Mort Seger
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes MOVIE	Himself
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine TV	Quark
1991	Brooklyn Bridge TV	Self
1990	Good Grief TV	Self
1990	Cop Rock TV	Self
1990	Death Warrant MOVIE	Dr. Gottesman
1990	Miracle Landing MOVIE	Rick, Maui Tower Operator
1990	Grand TV	Dr. Kasmurski
1989	Big Man on Campus MOVIE	Dr. Oberlander
1989	Alien Nation TV	Cyril Roman
1989	Seinfeld TV	Stan the Caddy
1989	Arena MOVIE	Weezil
1989	She Knows Too Much MOVIE	Plahte
1988	Tricks of the Trade MOVIE	Criminal
1988	Dangerous Curves MOVIE	Boggs
1988	The Verne Miller Story MOVIE	Mortician
1987	Like Father Like Son MOVIE	Trigger's Dad
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation TV	Quark
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation TV	Letek
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation TV	DaiMon Bractor
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation TV	Gift-Box Face
1987	Beauty and the Beast TV	Self
1987	Duet TV	Dr. Jordan / Jury Foreman
1987	Married... with Children TV	Mr. Lovejoy
1987	Blind Date MOVIE	French Waiter
1986	Sledge Hammer! TV	Self
1986	L.A. Law TV	Timothy Wiseboro
1986	L.A. Law TV	Ernie Frye
1986	It's Garry Shandling's Show TV	Doctor
1986	The Hitcher MOVIE	Interrogation Sergeant
1985	Stoogemania MOVIE	Larry II
1984	The Four Seasons TV	Dental Examiner
1983	Trauma Center TV	Bernard Hopper
1982	Remington Steele TV	Nestor Bartholomew
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Officer Green
1981	Hill Street Blues TV	Self
1980	Stardust Memories MOVIE	Eulogy Audience
1979	The Facts of Life TV	Self
1979	Women at West Point MOVIE	Maj. Logan
1976	Alice TV	Self
	Holograms All the Way Down MOVIE	Quark

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