
Armin Shimerman
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2024
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager as Self
2024The D-Con Chamber as Self
2023Star Trek: very Short Treks as Quark (voice)
2023The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands as Roy
2022The Shuttlepod Show as Self
2021The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek as Self
2021Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie as Dr. Nefarious (voice)
2020Star Trek Day as Self
2020Star Trek: Lower Decks as Quark (voice)
2020Unbelievable!!!!! as Male Moesha
2020Close Enough as Phil (voice)
2019That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars as Self
2019The Circuit
2018The Rookie as Judge Paloma
2018What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
2018Wedding Swingers as Dr. Hans Meeker
2018Golden Boy as Cagan
20185th Passenger as Myers
2017Followed Back as Dr. Lane
2016Justice League Action as Zilius Zox (voice)
2016Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse as Thomas
2016Timeless as David Rittenhouse
201650 Years of Star Trek as Self
2016Ratchet & Clank as Dr. Nefarious (voice)
2015We Bare Bears as Additional Voices (voice)
2014The Sublime and Beautiful
2014Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files as J. Hewitt Kemp
2013Uncle Grandpa as Additional Voices (voice)
2013Tales of Metropolis as Brainiac (voice)
2013DC Super-Pets as Jokerfish (voice)
2013DC Super-Pets as Superman (voice)
2013DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro" as Brainiac (voice)
2013Farm League as Aquamandrill (voice)
2013Farm League as Crainiac / Moo Face (voice)
2012Perception as Dr. Cutler
2012Sword of the Atom as Commander / Solider (voice)
2012Sword of the Atom as Taren / Commander / Deraegis (voice)
2012Sword of the Atom as Taren (voice)
2012DC Nation Shorts as Superman (voice)
2012DC Nation Shorts as Jokerfish (voice)
2012Dropping Evil as CEO / 'Boss Man'
2011For Christ's Sake as The Pope
2011Franklin & Bash as Stu Weston
2011Atlas Shrugged: Part I as Dr. Potter
2010Regular Show as Mr. Murphy (voice)
2010Regular Show as Zingo #3 / Guy #1 (voice)
2010Regular Show as Waiter / Gopher Person / Guy (voice)
2010Regular Show as Nightmare Alien (voice)
2010Regular Show as Buttonwillow (voice)
2010Regular Show as Dr. Henry (voice)
2009Bionicle: The Legend Reborn as Raanu (voice)
2009Warehouse 13 as Charlie Martin
2009Castle as Benjamin Donnelly
2009Fanboys as Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008Leverage as Dr. Patemkin
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Calculator (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Professor (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Psycho Pirate (voice)
2008Underfist: Halloween Bash as General Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)
2008Insanitarium as Hawthorne
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen as General Skarr (voice)
2007Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier as Self
2007Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure as General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
2006Dead and Deader as Coroner Flutie
2006What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole as Old Man
2005Ben 10 as Slix (voice)
2005Meet The Santas as Ernest
2005Billy and Mandy Save Christmas as General Skarr (voice)
2005South of Nowhere as Dr. Crawford
2005Invasion
2005Invasion as Josh Breims
2005The Works as Gerald
2005Numb3rs as Patrick Holden
2005Committed as Super
2004Boston Legal as Judge Brian Hooper
2004Justice League Unlimited as Dr. Milo (voice)
2004What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? as Older Man (in subway)
2004Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus as Ernest
2003Joan of Arcadia as Ronald Harbison
2003The Handler as Maxwell Rosenheim
2003Nip/Tuck as Ocularist
2003Evil Con Carne as General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2003Tremors as Cecil Carr
2001The Tick as The Terror
2001Citizen Baines
2001Thieves
2001The Agency as Dr. Oliver
2001The Guardian as Judge Smitrovich
2001Crossing Jordan as Dr. McCain
2001Just Ask My Children as Prison Psychiatrist
2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as General Skarr
2001Grim & Evil
2001Evil Con Carne as General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
2001Breathing Hard as Conrad
2000Boston Public as Honorable Judge David Semel
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Oscar
2000The Invisible Man as Tommy Walker / Augustin Gaither
1999The Auteur Theory as Detective Blank
1999The West Wing as Richard III
1999Judging Amy as Anthony Cara
1999Rocket Power
1998Charmed as The Wizard
1998Martial Law as Daniel Darius
1998The Lost World as Professor George Edward Challenger
1997Ally McBeal as Judge Walworth
1997Stargate SG-1 as Anteaus
1997Space Cadets as Self
1997Snide and Prejudice as Eckart
1997Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Principal Snyder
1997The Practice as Judge Garth Moskin
1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations as Self
1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
1996Bruno the Kid
1996Eye for an Eye as Judge Arthur Younger
1995Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Quark
1995Dream Man as Staatsanwalt Van Horn
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Quark
1994ER as Levine
1994Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation as Self
1993Slaughter of the Innocents as Dr. Mort Seger
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes as Himself
1993Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Quark
1991Brooklyn Bridge
1990Good Grief
1990Cop Rock
1990Death Warrant as Dr. Gottesman
1990Miracle Landing as Rick, Maui Tower Operator
1990Grand as Dr. Kasmurski
1989Big Man on Campus as Dr. Oberlander
1989Alien Nation
1989Seinfeld as Stan the Caddy
1989Arena as Weezil
1989She Knows Too Much as Plahte
1988Tricks of the Trade as Criminal
1988Dangerous Curves as Boggs
1988The Verne Miller Story as Mortician
1987Like Father Like Son as Trigger's Dad
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Quark
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Letek
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as DaiMon Bractor
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Gift-Box Face
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987Duet as Dr. Jordan / Jury Foreman
1987Married... with Children as Mr. Lovejoy
1987Blind Date as French Waiter
1986Sledge Hammer!
1986L.A. Law as Timothy Wiseboro
1986L.A. Law as Ernie Frye
1986It's Garry Shandling's Show as Doctor
1986The Hitcher as Interrogation Sergeant
1985Stoogemania as Larry II
1983Trauma Center as Bernard Hopper
1982Remington Steele as Nestor Bartholomew
1982Cagney & Lacey as Officer Green
1981Hill Street Blues
1980Stardust Memories as Eulogy Audience
1979The Facts of Life
1979Women at West Point as Maj. Logan
1976Alice
—Holograms All the Way Down as Quark




