Armin Shimerman
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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
Credits
Fanboys (2009)
as Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Hitcher (1986)
as Interrogation Sergeant
Death Warrant (1990)
as Dr. Gottesman
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009)
as Raanu (voice)
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World (2026)
as Self
Ratchet & Clank (2016)
as Dr. Nefarious (voice)
Wedding Swingers (2018)
as Dr. Hans Meeker
Eye for an Eye (1996)
as Judge Arthur Younger
Blind Date (1987)
as French Waiter
Pellett (—)
as Victor
Stoogemania (1985)
as Larry II
The Works (2005)
as Gerald
Stardust Memories (1980)
as Eulogy Audience
Like Father Like Son (1987)
as Trigger's Dad
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
as Dr. Potter
Insanitarium (2008)
as Hawthorne
Evil Con Carne (2001)
as General Skarr/Stomach (voice)
5th Passenger (2018)
as Myers
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (2007)
as General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
Dropping Evil (2012)
as CEO / 'Boss Man'
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)
as Older Man (in subway)
The Auteur Theory (1999)
as Detective Blank
The Sublime and Beautiful (2014)
Actor
Snide and Prejudice (1997)
as Eckart
Dead and Deader (2006)
as Coroner Flutie
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary (1993)
as Quark
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas (2005)
as General Skarr (voice)
Arena (1989)
as Weezil
50 Years of Star Trek (2016)
as Self
Slaughter of the Innocents (1993)
as Dr. Mort Seger
Meet The Santas (2005)
as Ernest
For Christ's Sake (2011)
as The Pope
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
as Self
Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004)
as Ernest
Big Man on Campus (1989)
as Dr. Oberlander
Ratchet and Clank: Life of Pie (2021)
as Dr. Nefarious (voice)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior (1995)
as Quark
Miracle Landing (1990)
as Rick, Maui Tower Operator
Holograms All the Way Down (—)
as Quark
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)
as Old Man
Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen (2007)
as General Skarr (voice)
Followed Back (2017)
as Dr. Lane
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier (2007)
as Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond (1996)
as Self
Unbelievable!!!!! (2020)
as Male Moesha
Underfist: Halloween Bash (2008)
as General Skarr / Candy Skeleton / Rat / Creepy Gnome (voice)
Tricks of the Trade (1988)
as Criminal
Journey's End - The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)
as Self
The Verne Miller Story (1988)
as Mortician
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager (2024)
as Self
She Knows Too Much (1989)
as Plahte
Women at West Point (1979)
as Maj. Logan
Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse (2016)
as Thomas
Dream Man (1995)
as Staatsanwalt Van Horn
Just Ask My Children (2001)
as Prison Psychiatrist
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes (1993)
as Himself
Dangerous Curves (1988)
as Boggs
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations (1996)
as Self
Golden Boy (2018)
as Cagan
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands (2023)
as Roy
That Guy... Who Was In That Thing 3: Trek Stars (2019)
as Self
Breathing Hard (2001)
as Conrad
The Lost World (1998)
as Professor George Edward Challenger
The Circuit (2019)
Actor
DC Nation - Tales of Metropolis - "Bizarro" (2013)
as Brainiac (voice)