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.
Movie Appearances
Tricks of the Trade
as Criminal
1988
The Lost World
as Professor George Edward Challenger
1998
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
as Raanu (voice)
2009
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
as Roy
2023
Wedding Swingers
as Dr. Hans Meeker
2018
What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?
as Older Man (in subway)
2004
What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole
as Old Man
2006
The Hitcher
as Interrogation Sergeant
1986
Fanboys
as Anteaus (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
Snide and Prejudice
as Eckart
1997
Like Father Like Son
as Trigger's Dad
1987
Dead and Deader
as Coroner Flutie
2006
Dream Man
as Staatsanwalt Van Horn
1995
Stardust Memories
as Eulogy Audience
1980
Arena
as Weezil
1989
Death Warrant
as Dr. Gottesman
1990
Insanitarium
as Hawthorne
2008
Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
as General Skarr / Pirate #7 (voice)
2007
Breathing Hard
as Conrad
2001
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas
as General Skarr (voice)
2005
TV Appearances
Alice
1976
Boston Public
as Honorable Judge David Semel
2000
Sledge Hammer!
1986
Seinfeld
as Stan the Caddy
1989
Numb3rs
as Patrick Holden
2005
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Quark
1993
Remington Steele
as Nestor Bartholomew
1982
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Quark
1987
Ally McBeal
as Judge Walworth
1997
L.A. Law
as Timothy Wiseboro
1986
Joan of Arcadia
as Ronald Harbison
2003
The Guardian
as Judge Smitrovich
2001