Armin Shimerman is an American actor, voice-over artist, and author. He is known as the Ferengi bartender, Quark, on CBS’ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Judge Brian Hooper on ABC’s Boston Legal, Principal Snyder on WB’s/UPN’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Pascal on CBS’ Beauty and the Beast.

Film credits include Ratchet and Clank, For Christ’s Sake, Meet the Santas, What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?, The Works, Breathing Hard, Star Trek: Insurrection, The Lost World, and The Hitcher.

Theatre credits include his Broadway debut as Charles Filch/Ed in Threepenny Opera and Mr. Thorkelsonin I Remember Mama (Vivian Beaumont Theatre)and Thomas de Courcelles/Othersin Saint Joan (Circle in the Square Theatre); and regionally, as Count Leo Tolstoy in The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord (Geffen Playhouse) and Marius Byleveld in The Road to Mecca and Richard Harkin in The Seafarer (Lyceum Theatre).