Armin Shimerman Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a 2023 Marina Del Rey Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film
• Quote: "I'm always playing rather strange characters because I look strange․ One of the nice things about doing games is that I can play very different characters․"
• Quote: "(On the Trek mythology) "It is the myth of our modern times․ I feel honored to be part of that․ And, if I'm the Loki character in this mythology, then I feel very honored to be part of that․""
• Quote: "Theater is what I believe must be continued․․․I believe the most visceral, the most exciting experience you can have is watching a play unfold right in front of you, and the connection, the relationship between the audience and the actors is primary - much more than in any other medium․"
• Has done voiceover work for various video game characters, including Dr․ Nefarious in "Ratchet & Clank" and the antagonist Andrew Ryan in "Bioshock․"
• Became the first actor to play a Ferengi in the "Star Trek" series
• Became one of only two actors at the time to appear in eleven different seasons of the "Star Trek" series
• Founded the Alien Voices science-fiction theatre group with Leonard Nimoy and John DeLancie
• Has written a series of novels on his fictional character Dr․ John Dee
• Was a National Officer in the Screen Actors Guild for six years
• Became one of only four actors at the time to appear in two different "Star Trek" pilot episodes ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Star Trek: Voyager")
• Had aspirations to become a lawyer but went the acting route