Armin Shimerman

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Armin Shimerman
Birth date:	November 5, 1949 (age 74)
Birth place:	Lakewood, New Jersey
Occupation:	Voice actor Actor Author Teacher
Education:	University of Los Angeles
Religion:	Jewish
Parents:	Herbert Shimerman Susan Shimerman
Spouse(s):	Kitty Swink (m. 1981)

Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is a teacher, author and a voice actor for Regular Show.

Early life and career

He was born in Lakewood, New Jersey, the son of immigrant parents Herbert, a house painter, and Susan, an accountant. He and his family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was 16 years old. In an effort to have her son make friends, his mother enrolled him in a drama group. After graduating from the University of Los Angeles, he appeared on Broadway in Threepenny Opera, a musical, as a member of the ensemble, for 8 months. He then acted in the play Saint Joan as Baudricourt's Steward for 2 months. Finally, he was in the musical I Remember Mama as Mr. Thorkleson for 3 months. He portrayed Ferengi Letek beginning in Star Trek: The Next Generation and the Ferengi Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, as well as appearing on L.A. Law, Seinfeld, Married... with Children, The Practice, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Boston Legal. He has also provided the voices of General Skarr in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy and Evil Con Carne as well as Dr. Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series.

Voice credits

This section may be incomplete

Season 3

• "The Best VHS in the World" - Buttonwillow McButtonwillow

Season 4

• "Cool Cubed" - Dr. Henry

Season 5

• "Video 101" - Mr. Murphy
• "Catching the Wave" - Dr. Henry
• "Bachelor Party! Zingo!!" - Guy 1, Zingo 3

Season 6

• "Daddy Issues" - Waiter, Gopher Person, Guy
• "The End of Muscle Man" - Dr. Henry

Season 8

• "The Dream Warrior" - Carl

Personal life

When not acting Shimerman teaches at the High School of Performing Arts and his alma mater, the University of Los Angeles. He has also authored three books: The Merchant Prince, and has made two Star Trek novels: Wheels within Wheels and The 34th Rule. Shimerman is Jewish. He has been married to actress Kitty Swink since May 1981. They reside in an undisclosed location.

External links

• Wikipedia article on Armin Shimerman
• Armin Shimerman's Scribd
• Armin Shimerman's Twitter