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name: "Armin Shimerman"
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born: "5 November 1949"
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# Armin Shimerman

Actor. Born 5 November 1949 in Lakewood - New Jersey - USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 November 1949, Lakewood - New Jersey - USA
- **Active:** 1989–1993
- **Also known as:** Armin Shimmerman, Arman Shimmerman

## Biography

Armin Shimerman is an American actor born on 5 November 1949 in Lakewood, New Jersey. He is best known for playing the Ferengi bartender Quark in all seven seasons of the television series *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993–1999). He had previously appeared as other Ferengi characters in episodes of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*.

Shimerman trained at UCLA and apprenticed at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. His other notable television roles include Principal Snyder in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997–1999) and Stan the Caddy in *Seinfeld* (1996). He has provided voices for video games including Dr Nefarious in the *Ratchet & Clank* series and Andrew Ryan in *BioShock* (2007). He co-authored the *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* novel *The 34th Rule* (1999) with David R. George III. Shimerman has been married to actress Kitty Swink since 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), Fi1m 85, as Quark — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, as Stan the Caddy — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Also known for

- *The Rookie* (2018), Judge Paloma
- *Charmed* (1998), The Wizard
- *Regular Show* (2010), Mr. Murphy (voice), Zingo #3 / Guy #1 (voice), Waiter / Gopher Person / Guy (voice), Nightmare Alien (voice), Buttonwillow (voice), Dr. Henry (voice)
- *Castle* (2009), Benjamin Donnelly
- *Stargate SG-1* (1997), Anteaus
- *We Bare Bears* (2015), Additional Voices (voice)
- *Ben 10* (2005), Slix (voice)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), Oscar

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