Biography

Was the first actor, ever, to play a Ferengi on "Star Trek", as "Letek" on the Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) episode, The Last Outpost (1987). Five years later, he was offered the role of "Quark" on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), the first Ferengi character in the main cast of any Star Trek series and a role that he would play for seven years.

When the first wave of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) action figures were released, he did a commercial for the figures dressed as Quark, his character on the series. It showed him in his bar, picking up each character figure and quickly talking about it.

Was on the set of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) during a large earthquake in Los Angeles. He rushed to go home to check on his family, so he did not have time to get his makeup removed. His Ferengi makeup "scared the living shit out of people" as he says at conventions.

Former Beauty and the Beast (1987) co-star Ron Perlman gave him advice on how to emote effectively under full-head prosthetic appliances when he landed the role of Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, he is one of only seven actors to play the same character in three different live-action "Star Trek" series. He played Quark in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).