
Armin Shimerman
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Tricks of the Trade
1988

The Lost World
1998

Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
2009

The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
2023

Wedding Swingers
2018

What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
2004

What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
2006

The Hitcher
1986

Fanboys
2009

Snide and Prejudice
1997

Like Father Like Son
1987

Dead and Deader
2006

Dream Man
1995

Stardust Memories
1980

Arena
1989

Death Warrant
1990

Insanitarium
2008

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
2007

Breathing Hard
2001

Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
2005

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995

Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation
1994

Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2011

Dangerous Curves
1988

Evil Con Carne
2001

The Verne Miller Story
1988

The Auteur Theory
1999

For Christ's Sake
2011

Holograms All the Way Down
—

Miracle Landing
1990

Ratchet & Clank
2016

Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
2007

Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus
2004

Blind Date
1987

The Sublime and Beautiful
2014

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes
1993

Unbelievable!!!!!
2020

She Knows Too Much
1989

The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996

The Circuit
2019

50 Years of Star Trek
2016

Eye for an Eye
1996

Meet The Santas
2005

Dropping Evil
2012

Just Ask My Children
2001

Slaughter of the Innocents
1993

Big Man on Campus
1989

Underfist: Halloween Bash
2008

5th Passenger
2018

Golden Boy
2018

What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007

Stoogemania
1985

Followed Back
2017

DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro"
2013

Women at West Point
1979

Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie
2021

That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars
2019

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse
2016

The Works
2005

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996

Alice
1976

Boston Public
2000

Sledge Hammer!
1986

Seinfeld
1989

Numb3rs
2005

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993

Remington Steele
1982

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Ally McBeal
1997

L.A. Law
1986

Joan of Arcadia
2003

The Guardian
2001

The Facts of Life
1979

Judging Amy
1999

Star Trek: Voyager
1995

Beauty and the Beast
1987

Crossing Jordan
2001

Charmed
1998

Rocket Power
1999

Committed
2005

Nip/Tuck
2003

Space Cadets
1997

Grim & Evil
2001

Hill Street Blues
1981

Invasion
2005

The Practice
1997

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Evil Con Carne
2003

Tremors
2003

Stargate SG-1
1997

The Invisible Man
2000

Martial Law
1998

ER
1994

Boston Legal
2004

Leverage
2008

We Bare Bears
2015

The Handler
2003

Citizen Baines
2001

Cop Rock
1990

The Tick
2001

Brooklyn Bridge
1991

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001

Thieves
2001

Ben 10
2005

Good Grief
1990

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1997

The Shuttlepod Show
2022

Justice League Unlimited
2004

Castle
2009

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Perception
2012

South of Nowhere
2005

The Rookie
2018

The West Wing
1999

Warehouse 13
2009

Married... with Children
1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Star Trek Day
2020

Duet
1987

Close Enough
2020

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Grand
1990

Timeless
2016

L.A. Law
1986

Franklin & Bash
2011

Regular Show
2010

Regular Show
2010

Regular Show
2010

Regular Show
2010

Regular Show
2010

Regular Show
2010

Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020

Invasion
2005

Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987

Uncle Grandpa
2013

Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023

Justice League Action
2016

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008

DC Nation Shorts
2012

DC Nation Shorts
2012

The D-Con Chamber
2024

Trauma Center
1983

It's Garry Shandling's Show
1986

Tales of Metropolis
2013

Sword of the Atom
2012

Sword of the Atom
2012

Sword of the Atom
2012

Farm League
2013

Farm League
2013

DC Super-Pets
2013

DC Super-Pets
2013

Bruno the Kid
1996

Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014

The Agency
2001

Alien Nation
1989

The Four Seasons
1984

For the People
2002

Dumb and Dumber
1995

Dumb and Dumber
1995