Armin Shimerman played the Ferengi barkeep on DS9.
He was Born on the 5th November 1949, the son of immigrant parents and
raised in a farming town in New Jersey USA,
Shimerman's family moved to LA when he was 16 years old.
He was enrolled in a drme group by his mother to meet new people. Upon
graduation from the University of California at LA, he was chosen as one of 8 apprentices out of close to a 1000 for the distinguished Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.
Shimerman appeared in many regional theatre productions for the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, the
Mark Taper Forum, the American Shakespeare Festival, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and
the Indiana Repertory Theatre. After moving to New York, he landed roles in a Broadway
production of Richard Rodger's musical, "I Remember Mama," "Broadway", "St. Joan" and Joe
Papp's production of "Three Penny Opera"
Shimerman then returned to his adopted hometown of LA and his achievements continued as he
appeared in recurring roles in 2 CBS series. He has also guest starred over 65 times on such TV
shows as LA Law, Married: With Children, Civil Wars and Seinfeld. Perhaps the most memorable
of Shimerman's guest appearances was in Star Trek: The Next Generation when he made his
debut as the Wedding Box in the episode "Haven". Later that season, Armin returned to the set of
Star Trek: The Next Generation where he portrayed Letek, the 1st Ferengi in a Star Trek series, in
the episode "The Last Outpost."
During the third season of DS9, Shimerman worked on the film "An Eye for an Eye"
with Ed Harris. He has also co-starred with Andrew McCarthy, Patsy Kensit and Star Trek: The
Next Generation alumna Denise Crosby in the film Dream Man.
Teaching his unique Shakespearean acting approach to students throughout LA keeps
Shimerman busy in his spare time. He has instructeded at the High School of Performing Arts, the
Theatricum Botanicum, the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, the College of Idaho, UCLA. He has also
spent time as a scribe, writing "The Merchant Prince," as well as two Star Trek novels, "Wheels
within Wheels" and "The 34th Rule."
