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Victor Lundin Biography

Birth Name:Victor Lundin

Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession Actor, Soundtrack, Writer, Producer

Fast Facts

  • Attended the University of Miami's School of Music in 1953
  • Attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, graduating in 1969 with a B․A․ in Communications Arts and Literature
  • Attended UCLA for a semester in the 1960s
  • Attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia in 1954
  • Attended the Northwestern School of Drama & Music in 1955
  • Was already singing and acting in school musicals by age 8
  • Often played the role of tough guy in films and TV, including portraying one of the Penguin's henchmen in "Batman․"
  • Was also an opera singer, trained by lauded opera singers from Italy as well as the Metropolitan Opera
  • Is notably the first actor in the "Star Trek" franchise to portray a Klingon