I took so much from that. My teacher said to me, Stay after class. I was there to tell you that your wife and your son had been killed. More at IMDbPro Contact info Agent info Resume Born May 5, 1942 Add to list Awards 1 nomination Photos 20 Known for Total Recall 7.5 Everett 1990 Tango & Cash 6.4 Lopez 1989 The actor made his debut on the series playing the uncredited part of Badar NDD, the lead Antican in the episode Lonely Among Us. Do you know the Spike Lee film, When Bajor was under Cardassian occupation many of its citizens joined an underground resistance group in the hopes of driving the aliens from their planet. I want to talk to you, so I did. You can meet the most powerful people in the world and theyve got those same qualities somewhere inside of them where their own children can melt their hearts.. As a teenager he was very withdrawn and kept his emotions bottled up, a result of abuse he suffered as a child. Julius Caesar, The Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, Othello, She Stoops to Conquer, Waiting for Godot and Hamlet are just some of the countless productions in which Alaimo has appeared. Very well written. You have to adjust to that surrealness. Im sure at that point, too, for Rick Berman and those people, it was all or nothing. It had such a system in place. Gul Dukat Rules: Marc Alaimo adds humanity to his Cardassian antagonist Always Young Indy: At last, Sean Patrick Flanery recalls his adventures past Addeddate 2014-04-30 18:17:18 Identifier starlog_magazine-255 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1jh6601f Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Ppi 300 Scanner Jeffrey Combs: The point is, they didnt know that. While the primary filming took place in 1983, it took 37 years to finish and release "Grizzly II: Revenge." ", However, she does wish Jadzia had not been written off permanently. Shes a much more fun character, and I can play her forever, because Im at an age where thats totally believable. The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion Wars, "AREA ACTOR FINDS BREAKOUT ROLE IN MAKEUP ON 'STAR TREK' SHOW. They were lovely to us. He was also a member of various theatre companies in New York and touring companies across the country before making the move to Los Angeles in 1973. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . i wouldnt call it overacting have you ever seen him interviewed? I think she just turns him on, you know, and Nana Visitor, certainly, is behind that. Majel Barrett has weaved in and out of Star Trek history as the voice of the computer, Nurse Chapel, Number One, Lwaxana Troi, and Gene Roddenberry's real-life wife. I was a little reluctant. In the sixth-season episode, On occasion Gul Dukat will do something that will slightly mellow the majors opinion of him. However, not every Deep Space Nine actor was enamored with their part on the show. Unlike Jeff with Weyoun, you were walking into a known race. I decide to mess with him and on a break, I come up to him at the craft table in my Ferengi makeup and say, [funny voice] Mr Alaimo, I am such a big fan of yours! He is trying to talk to Ira, who knew I was going to do this. Jeffrey Combs: In my very first episode he was the only one who came to me and said, Listen, welcome, any time you want to run lines, I dont care how many times, come find me. ", Nicole de Boer came into the series late as Ezri Dax to replace Terry Farrell's Jadzia Dax. Its crazy, I rewatched a portion of the documentary What We Left Behind a week ago and just so happen to watch Biggs and Combs parts in the doc. Marc Alaimo is an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I hated it. So, they would fly me on my day off on Monday from New York to L.A., and Jeff and I would shoot all our scenes in one day and fly back to New York to do the show. It took me a long while to realize that I was a part of the show.". He grew up on Deep Space Nine, and he still looks back fondly on his experience as a child actor on Star Trek. That was you? They were constantly having me say things that annoyed the shit out of Casey, and vice versa. Casey, you mentioned how you were introduced as Dukats right hand. He grew up on Deep Space Nine, and he still looks back fondly on his experience as a child actor on Star Trek. Much as Im keen to see new and diverse actors in Trek, both these actors have shown that they could make creative contributions. Casey Biggs: They saw we had good chemistry together to begin with, and they were both really great characters in their respective universes. Stories like that are usually reserved for the regulars and I was flattered that they wrote it for me. 14 October 1997: Episode focus: "Bar Association". He remembered, "I thought it was a one-time thing. He spent most of this time, however, working in classical repertory theatre. Before he captured hearts and became a household name, Alaimo, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a hard childhood. You should have quit. In addition to the documentary, he has also been a part of many conventions, including The 55-Year Mission Tour and the Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. She is a very attractive woman so its easy to play those scenes where he comes on to her.. Things took hours, but they were all so deliberate and they knew their jobs and they made you feel secure. it was a dream come true for me. Not sure if theyd be interested to get into the new and heavier prostheses. Nice to hear that Hans Beimler created Damar, since his namesake/grandfather was also a famous resistance fighter. Alaimo, Shimerman and Meany.jpg 3,648 2,736; 673 KB. It was one of the most enjoyable roles for me to have played. He said, I want you to read this play, Our Town, by Thornton Wilder. Not only did he convince me to read it but he got me to play the part of the stage manager in our high school show. I get to express so many different aspects of myself in him that I dont always get a chance to do in real life. I just love the idea that I was playing a character that a lot of people would say is doing bad things, but I love the idea I am playing it the other way. Links to the full interviews:Fan Expo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OUKG6nmytAScifinewsDE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRffeVUNFBA Case and I are both peers, same age, went through theater training together. Its amazing we are getting SO many interviews these days from actors in past shows from DS9 to ENT and a reminder how loved all these characters and shows still are. That had been a path that had been trodden down and all you have to do follow along Armin [Shimerman] and Max [Grodnchiks] footsteps. Not just how things were played. It was amazing the turnaround they gave him that I doubt anybody saw coming. Im not counting on it, but I would love it. That allowed them to bring me back. Visitor realized that she actually hated Dukat and not Aliamo! I don't banter very much with Marc. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star . Goddammit, I got to, I dont wanna, but I have do it. Casey Biggs: They take a lot. He never does anything thats truly unredeemable or completely black. Alexander Siddig had a rough time playing Julian Bashir, especially when the writers made Dr. Bashir genetically enhanced. Jeffrey Combs: Let me answer that. It was an amazing experience. It means they like and respect my work and that makes a huge difference.. Marc Alaimo (2).jpg 1,119 1,492; 902 KB. So, we knew not only how to play our own, but react to what the other is doing. However, during high school, Alaimo met a man who would change his entire life, a drama teacher named Mr. Welsh. I didnt really have too much time to think about it, which is good because I probably would have been more freaked out and realized the magnitude of the fandom. Aliamo is a part of the Deep Space Nine documentary "What We Left Behind." They gave me a lot of responsibility so I was glad to see that everything actually worked when it was all put together. Thats why I was an actor. Gul Dukat was a recurring character that appeared in 33 episodes of that series. They were the most professional cast and crew imaginable. Youve done more than enough for me, so its quite OK that youre done with me. Looking back at your histories on Deep Space Nine, you guys had this fun rivalry. The weird part is you walk onto a soundstage and you worked on that soundstage for many episodes and it is now all gone, but it is all new. Without these little happy accidents, we wouldnt be talking at all. In Deep Space Nines sixth-season finale Tears of the Prophets, Gul Dukat uses newly acquired knowledge about the Bajoran sacred orbs and the Prophets to set off a series of events which will reverberate throughout the shows seventh and last season. After mastering the stage and the small screen, Alaimo would soon take on the big one! By: Anthony Pascale When he was not cast for Quark, he thought the opportunity had passed until he got a call asking him to guest star. Our heroes on the show never get to really be bad. The actor spent four years studying everything from ballet to voice technique to classical theatre with Jesuit priests at Milwaukees Marquette University. Being in the makeup trailer was something out of science fiction, really. He would later divorce Karla and remarry a woman named Lorie Bollinger in August 2010. Compared to their higher-profile costars like Patrick Stewart or Jonathan Frakes, who have made millions and managed to hold onto them these five former Star Trek actors are surprisingly poor. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I told them they should have told me as I took another job. It was marvelous. The live event uses StageIt, with tickets priced as pay what you can.They will both also be doing a limited virtual meet and greet on June 10 with 10 slots being auctioned off. Casey Biggs: Thats because nobody can afford me. Jeffrey, Manny Coto has said when he planned for what could have been the fifth season of Enterprise he was planning on bringing you in more, possibly even as a regular. I think my best performances are generally in the theatre because there is a beginning, a middle and an end, says Alaimo. Lets do this one thing. If you found this page interesting or useful, please share it. Dukat was unselfish when it came to his daughter and I think were all like that. While almost every actor on Deep Space Nine discusses the good time they had creating the show, a few actors had significant grievances that made them glad they could leave the show behind them and move on to other work. Marc Alaimo is an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Gul Dukat on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. After reading this, I'm curious to read more about this subject and like to read a following interview from someone who also knows much about all details and things of the classical theatre pursuits. Photo copyright of Paramount Pictures. Some of his favorite subjects include sci-fi, history, and obscure facts about 90's television. He also appeared in the 1990 film Total Recall. Nick is a Senior Staff Writer for Ned Hardy. About the moment he was going to kill me, I said, Marc, its me. Marc may have a sense of humor some times, but you never know when it is going to be there. I dont know about you Jeff, but on Enterprise I felt those guys were scared. I spent a day seriously considering whether I wanted to get involved with this, because there probably will be some damage to my skin because of it." I do keep saying Jeffrey Combs and Casey Biggs should be cast in the impending new Trek shows. If youve got egg on your face, well, too bad. I had done theater with him and he suggested that I play Brunt. You cant go back and reshoot it. A few actors got to play landmark roles that defied expectations of race and gender or originated the first of a new alien race introduced into canon. However, I eventually got to add to what they gave me in the scripts. Though she did not know much about Star Trek going into her role, she found it a rewarding experience. He played several characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation (Star Trek: TNG), starting in the first season. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. Were they picking up on something you guys were developing on your own? Jeffrey Combs: It was a role of a lifetime for Marc Alaimo. Max Grodenchik ended up playing Quark's kind-hearted brother, Rom, but he originally auditioned for the role of Quark himself. ", The cast was also welcoming to their new castmate. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was a bold, progressive series that took on social issues and complex relationships between its characters, and many of the actors who portrayed those beloved characters pride themselves on their roles to this day. It is however known that his television roles and interest in acting spewed up only after he was 30 years of age starting from 1972. Now called Deep Space Nine, it is under the command of Commander Sisko (Avery Brooks) who has been ordered by Starfleet to negotiate with Bajor to become part of the Federation. Later, he would become a member of various theatre companies in New York and touring theater companies before eventually taking the leap to move to Los Angeles in 1973. I havent seen her in a long time and we really dont have much of a relationship, so it was easy to relate to Ziyal in that way as well and I believe it worked for the character. Jeff, you also played on Voyager. Its all going to be fine. He has the distinction of two firsts on Star Trek: TNG, playing the first Romulan, Commander Tebok, in the 1988 episode "The Neutral Zone", and the first Cardassian (in any Star Trek series), Gul Macet, in the 1991 episode, "The Wounded". Discover Marc Alaimo's Wikipedia Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Casey Biggs: We just have great chemistry, dont we Jeff? Chase Masterson took on the character of Dabo girl Leeta, a background character who slowly grew in importance as she enmeshed herself in life at Quark's bar. According to Alaimo, Dukat may be transferring the feelings he had for Kira Meru to her daughter Nerys. Alaimo and the Starland crew dined together after dark one night high atop the Sydney Tower skyscraper in its sumptuous 360 Bar & Dining space, a revolving restaurant. I thought when he killed Gul Dukats daughter the character wasnt going to last much longer or stay in evil henchman role from that point on. Jeffrey Combs: Case and I understand that to make a scene interesting or a character interesting, there always has to be some kind of conflict. Many believed he was even designed for jail. Untiland Ren directed that episode as wellwhen I stopped. He found it was an easy decision to return to the role, but he did have reservations at first. He's already in makeup and I can't see him as anything else. My teacher said to me, Stay after class. He is known for his villainous roles. During his run on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, he would become one of the franchises favorite villains. He's delightful, but when he's on the set, he is Dukat. Although this next year will probably be Dukats swan song, Alaimo cannot wait to get back to wreaking havoc on Sisko and company one last time. Movies. Antican, Avery Brooks, Badar N'D'D, Bajor, Cardassian, Dick Lowry, Entertainment, Frederick LaRouque, Gul Dukat. I think he said that in an interview after the show was canceled. Once its on film its done. And I had starred in the very first dramatic IMAX film and it was about the Alamo [1988s Alamo: The Price of Freedom]. Though she worked her way through a variety of characters, she had a fondness for Lwaxana Troi, whom she portrayed on both The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Jeffrey Combs: For me, I looked at it this way. The actor spent four years studying everything from ballet to voice technique to classical theatre with Jesuit priests at Milwaukees Marquette University. So when that thing came along about enhancing me, I felt they were really trying cynically to make me more like Data and I felt betrayed. They were very supportive if something came up. Thank you. Interviews with Nana Visitor and Duncan Regehr. Before landing in the role of Dukat, Alaimo played several other characters in Star Trek. Casey Biggs: They sort of lied to me about that. They were angry because I wasnt doing what they wanted me to do or expected me to do.". Or something else? ", However, his role as Weyoun made more of an impact. Jeffrey Combs: I had been with Alaimo as Weyoun, but Alaimo didnt know I was playing Brunt. The character has become a fan favorite and still holds reverence even all these years later, thanks to the impeccable performance from Alaimo. They allow me to take a lot of chances and do some really interesting things with Dukat, adds the actor. She later stated that she did not regret leaving the show, explaining, "I was tired of waking up at four in the morning. The whole thing with Dukats daughter has always been a little confusing to me, admits Alaimo. You felt like you had an ally, and you did with Armin. Alaimos costar Nana Visitor was convinced she did not like to work with Marc Alaimo. They gave me such great stuff that I never really felt I wasnt challenged, nor did I ever feel that they were dropping the ball on the character. As a teenager he was very withdrawn and kept his emotions bottled up, a result of abuse he suffered as a child. There were three different actresses who played Ziyal and I never knew who I was going to be facing. Working in film can often be incoherent. Michael Dorn had already played Worf for years on Star Trek: The Next Generation when he was asked to join the cast of Deep Space Nine. One such individual is Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor), who goes on to become Bajoran liaison to Starfleet and first officer aboard Deep Space Nine. Because of the prosthetics, though, I was fairly unrecognizable, so I just changed my voice to create a new character., Despite the fact that he had already appeared as a Cardassian on The Next Generation Alaimo was not the first choice when it came time to cast the part of Gul Dukat. As an actor you go, Wait, I have a daughter! You would have played it. One of my favorite lines is, You better be careful, or I will be talking to Weyoun number nine. [both laugh], Jeffrey Combs: Yeah, they were wonderful writers. They have been genetically altered to be that. They scaled back his makeup at his request, and they also took his feelings about Worf into account. ", The anonymity of makeup had its price, however. Casey Biggs: I could have played scenes differently. Because of this there was never a real bond set up between the actress and myself, so the relationship we had was always sort of subjective. I had never been on stage before. First of all, it is called typecasting. And second of all, he loved that shit. Tebok / Badar N'D'D, Dean of the Secret Order of Dirty Joke Writers, This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 03:23. I had met [Star Trek casting director] Junie Lowry-Johnson when I was working with her brother, director Dick Lowry, on a made-for-television movie called The Gambler, Part III - The Legend Continues. On television he has guest-starred on such programs as The Six Million Dollar Man, The A-Team, Charlies Angels and Quantum Leap, while his feature film work includes roles in The Dead Pool, Tango & Cash, Total Recall and Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult. Entertaining and informative stuff and great fun to read. Posted by: The faade of goodwill, even though you know he will stab you in the back, is interesting. The moment I walked in the room I had the job, but I didnt know that. Major Kira was like Disneyland for an actor. Did you study Marc Alaimos performance, did you try to differentiate yourself as a different kind of Cardassian? Id just come in, do my job and leave. In the fourth-season episode, The whole thing with Dukats daughter has always been a little confusing to me, admits Alaimo. [both laugh] Thats why I am a better actor, I looked like I liked it, but it was terrible! Didnt the first Weyoun get killed off and they suddenly said, Why did we kill him off?, Jeffrey Combs: That was a mistake. In 2010 he voiced The Dean in the Family Guy episode "The Splendid Source". Casey Biggs: Oh yeah, you arent even a good enough actor to drink that and pretend you like it. I believe that is Jeffrey now joining us. Marc Alaimo tells the story how Avery Brooks punched him into the hospital during filming the DS9 finale. He commented, "When I read the pilot script, it was the presentation of a man dealing with loss and raising a son, and how he handled those situations, that really got my attention. Jeffrey Combs: I never talked to him about that. He worked at a motorbike factory to bring in money for his family. They knew that. For example, Combs as the Federations Secretary of State or POTUFPs Chief of Staff; Biggs as a Starfleet captain or admiral, or the head of Starfleet Intelligence. Most recently, Marc was co-head of Investment Banking at Oppenheimer & Co, where he also formed the Software & Services team that executed over 120 financing and M&A transactions valued in excess of $15 billion. Nana Visitor was excited to be cast as Major Kira, a strong, authoritative female lead character. Both roles were so complex and layered and you got amazing arcs out of them. He also appeared as Curtis Block in the television movie Case Closed and as a security officer on Mars in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall.[1]. And that is because they really took a lot of cues from dailies. Well, I did a mime of a man being hanged. Jeffrey Combs: I think Casey would agree with me when I say it is kind of like you are on the Ford assembly line putting cars together. See Nana Visitor, She Played 'Ezri Dax' on Stark Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nobody is better than Marc Alaimo as Gul DukatI guess it was a similar thing for me when I was playing a Ferengi. When Bajor was under Cardassian occupation many of its citizens joined an underground resistance group in the hopes of driving the aliens from their planet. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Jeffrey Combs: With the Tiron character I thought, good I now auditioned two or three times and finally got it, so good I got a one-er here. He guest-starred in a Family Guy episode in which he played "The Dean". Casey Biggs: Did you know him before that? At the time it was just another job. Im still in the middle of rewatching DS9 at the moment. She asked if they could get together again and talk, but when she saw him on set, she couldnt get past the Dukat character and what that represented for the Kira character. Shimerman went on to play Quark, the Ferengi bartender in " Star Trek: Deep Space. TrekMovie.com is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp. or the Star Trek franchise. Kann dir das Wort drauf geben Aliamo has had his fair share of Hollywood romances. 7. I loved the time that I spent with those people and my time with Avery [Brooks], and that still resonates to this day. Jeffrey Combs: Did we work together? Alaimo said, "As an actor, of course, Ive played a lot of [criminals] and gangsters who did terrible things, but at this point in my life, I dont enjoy doing something that mean and despicable. 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