Armin Shimerman

Personal Info

Birthday

November 5, 1949

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Lakewood - New Jersey - USA

Armin Shimerman

Biography

Armin Shimerman 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

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Castle

Seinfeld

Stargate SG-1

Regular Show

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Filmography

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