Armin Shimerman

Armin Shimerman is an American actor born in Lakewood, New Jersey on November 5th, 1949. He is best known for playing the role of alien bartender Quark on the sci-fi television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His first role in a horror film was the 1986 thriller The Hitcher where he played the part of an interrogation sergeant. On the WB Network television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he played Principal R. Snyder. He appeared on nineteen episodes of the series between 1997 and 1999. In 2002, he played the Wizard in the "We're Off to See the Wizard" of Charmed. The following year he played Cecil Carr in the "A Little Paranoia Among the Friends" episode of Tremors: The Series. In 2006, he appeared in Dead & Deader as Coroner Flutie and in 2008, he played the role of Hawthorne in the direct-to-video film Insanitarium.

Notes & Trivia

 * Was the first actor ever to play a Ferengi on Star Trek: The Next Generation.


 * In Dead & Deader, Shimerman plays a character named Coronor Flutie. Bob Flutie was the name of the principal who preceded Shimerman's R. Snyder on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.