For the next 15 years Alaimo appeared in virtually every episodic police and action show, usually as a heavy who is taken down before the final act. It could be an awful script with a boring plot and either of these guys would make it shine somehow :). Maybe his persona is why they portrayed him the way they did. About Us | Contact | Privacy Policy | Fact Checking Copyright 2023, Whatever Happened To Cirroc Lofton, 'Jake Sisko' From Star Trek: Deep, Whatever Happened To Chase Masterson, 'Leeta' on Star Trek: Deep Space, Whatever Happened To Armin Shimerman, 'Quark' From Star Trek: Deep, Whatever Happened to Alexander Siddig, 'Doctor Bashir' on Star Trek:, Whatever Happened To Hana Hatae, 'Molly O'Brien' From Star Trek: Deep, Whatever Happened To Max Grodenchik, 'Rom' From Star Trek: Deep Space. Once its on film its done. However, an exciting filmography event took place in 2020. Some of his favorite subjects include sci-fi, history, and obscure facts about 90's television. Damar has a drink of kanar while Weyoun looks on in Strange Bedfellows. 9. Links to the full interviews:Fan Expo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OUKG6nmytAScifinewsDE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRffeVUNFBA However, Dukat is an opportunist, so he plays both his good and bad sides to get exactly what he wants.. In this story Sisko is injured when a shuttle carrying him and Dukat crash-lands on a deserted planet. He added, "Later, for Gowron, I thought there were some really, really good scenes, especially some of the scenes with Avery [Brooks].". I dont know about you Jeff, but on Enterprise I felt those guys were scared. I dunno but Brooks had a tendency to overact at times. I must tell you I loved doing the episode Sacrifice of Angels this past season because it relates very closely to the situation between me and my daughter, which is the result of a divorce. I told them they should have told me as I took another job. When you get a film or television script you have to subconsciously know where the arc is for your character emotionally, psychologically and physically because you might be shooting the last scene first. Major Kira was like Disneyland for an actor. Marc Alaimo (2010).jpg 576 720; 269 KB. I was a little reluctant. Casey Biggs: We just have great chemistry, dont we Jeff? However, during high school, Alaimo met a man who would change his entire life, a drama teacher named Mr. Welsh. 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. And both of you were on Enterprise. Marc Alaimo's birthstone is Emerald. ", He continued: "So, playing that subtext, living with that subtext, presenting that subtext behind a mask of affability, of friendliness, of congeniality, I think that was both the challenge and the pleasure of the character.". I keep trying to tell you. With roles in feature films including The Last Starfighter, Naked Gun, The Final Insult, Tango & Cash, Total Recall and the 1988 film, The Dead Pool. Made a huge development but in a very believable way staying true to Damars core values while even though loyalities were shifting dramatically. Thats just wonderful fodder. I did the whole thing of walking up the scaffold, seeing the rope, having it put around my neck and actually letting go and dying. By the time I finished and got up off the floor the girls were crying and the guys were stunned because they couldnt believe what I had done. hes whacked not in a bad way. Sadly, Dukat can not afford to damage his reputation by returning home with Ziyal so he contemplates killing her. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. Nobody is better than Marc Alaimo as Gul DukatI guess it was a similar thing for me . Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - A Martinez (Profiler) | Casey Biggs: What was interesting is in the sixth season I was doing a play in New York and I took the part, but they didnt tell me I was written in for like thirteen episodes. Hans Beimler is the one that supposedly created my character and he said it just getting bigger and bigger because they were taking stuff. ", The cast was also welcoming to their new castmate. Casey, you mentioned how you were introduced as Dukats right hand. That is one of the delights of getting to play a character for seven years", Aron Eisenberg stepped into the role of the much younger Nog, not knowing he was going to be a recurring character. Much as Im keen to see new and diverse actors in Trek, both these actors have shown that they could make creative contributions. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. He is known for his work on The Closer, Major Crimes, Invasion, Traveler, Fear The Walking Dead and for writing the final episode of Colombo. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). The faade of goodwill, even though you know he will stab you in the back, is interesting. What episode were you in? They scaled back his makeup at his request, and they also took his feelings about Worf into account. Alaimo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . They gave me a lot of responsibility so I was glad to see that everything actually worked when it was all put together. In conversation I mentioned to her that I had a classical theatre background, so she had me come in to read for The Next Generation and I got the job, says the actor happily. Casey Biggs: And the wonderful thing was, with one of the first shows I did, Armin said, Come on, you want to rehearse? Not a lot of people do that on television. It was really hard for me. He was also featured in the 2006 video game Call of Juarez, and its 2009 prequel Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, both times as the voice of the gunslinging Ray McCall. Marc Alaimo as Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He went on, "They never stopped amazing me. 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. Before he captured hearts and became a household name, Alaimo, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a hard childhood. Casey Biggs: They saw we had good chemistry together to begin with, and they were both really great characters in their respective universes. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He remembered, "I thought it was a one-time thing. 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. And they didnt. He's already in makeup and I can't see him as anything else. They said, Weve got this great character, would you do it? And I really didnt want to get into makeup and stuff, and they said, No, it is going to be a whole new character and a new race. I had one episode and they were done with itI was thinking it was great, they were bringing in a new race and I was going to be a foil for [Captain Archer]. Even with so many other notable performances, Aliamo found his stride and fame when he began working with the infamous television franchise of Star Trek. So, how would you guys contrast the atmosphere on the set between DS9 and the other Trek shows? Thats not for me. Yet it was all I wanted to do. If you found this page interesting or useful, please share it. I remember Shran from Enterprise. Main It was pretty damn seamless and easy, wasnt it Case? During a Q&A panel at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention in 2015, Alaimo revealed he is still willing to work as an actor but was out of touch with the industry and had no agency representing him at that time. 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. Casey Biggs: And the funny part was before that episode I didnt even know I had a wife or son. Marc Alaimo (2010) 02.jpg 576 720; 148 KB. 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. That was fun. Jeffrey you even began as Tiron, a one-off alien. 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. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star . 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. So, I thought every episode I was doing might be my last episode. I think he said that in an interview after the show was canceled. Star Trek: 6 Actors Who Regretted Being On Deep Space Nine (And 14 Who Adored It), The Last of Us Episode 8 Trailer Reveals Original Joel Actor's New Role, 1923's Teonna Actor Speculates On How She's Related To Yellowstone's Duttons, Happy Days' Original Title Would've Killed The Classic Show. Jeff, you also played on Voyager. Never ever did I think Id be back for almost every episode the first three seasons or so, I thought, 'Well, nice, they gave me another one. Looking back at your histories on Deep Space Nine, you guys had this fun rivalry. I didnt realize that fate and synchronicity played a part here. Golden memories and it keeps going. There really wasnt an opportunity for me to get particularly close to any of the cast or crew that worked on the series. They were personalities with understandable motivations. Glad you are here. Its like your first day of school and you dont know anybody, and for someone to come up like that really does release a lot of the anxiety. Firstly, what was it like drinking all that syrup? ", As the series went on, he was pleasantly surprised to find out how central Nog was to many later episodes. At the time it was just another job. Marc Alaimo (born Michael Anthony Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor. Dukat is already unpredictable. 6. Und du wirst weiterleben After that I played a one-armed man in the Eugene ONeill play The Cross, which we did for a state competition. These two actors and longtime friends shared many scenes together on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; when TrekMovie had a chance to talk to them, their fun chemistry was on display right from the start. There were three different actresses who played Ziyal and I never knew who I was going to be facing. He was one of the first actors to test out the Ferengi makeup, and he helped the makeup artists tweak the process. Jeffrey Combs: Let me answer that. 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. 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. Perhaps they both would welcome a part as humans for a change. Its the one that got away. 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. He holds the honor of playing one of the first two . However, in the theatre if something suddenly hits you after the curtain comes down you can still say to yourself, Hey, I think Ill try that tomorrow night, and it can change everything. After graduating Alaimo moved to New York City where he won the part of Virgil Paris on the daytime soap opera Another World - Somerset. Jeffrey Combs: [laughs] Exactly! I think when I began playing Dukat their [the shows producers] objective was to have an aggressive, fairly one-dimensional Cardassian, explains Alaimo. ", Nicole de Boer came into the series late as Ezri Dax to replace Terry Farrell's Jadzia Dax. 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]. Fans love the unpredictability and temperament of Dukat. If youve got egg on your face, well, too bad. 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. Star Trek is such a well-run franchise. 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. [both laugh] Thats why I am a better actor, I looked like I liked it, but it was terrible! Each episodes a nice little gift and thank you for that. Jeffrey Combs: Thats really unusual. Morale is always different, but it seemed to be familiar too. Theyre in range sir, fire. Then the director came up to me as I was sitting there pretending to push buttons and he says to me, They have big plans for this character. I thought, dont tell me that, I have four pounds of rubber on my face. Marc Alaimo's birth flower is Lily of the valley. And Avery is a renegade. 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. Because they hadnt figured out their formula yet. Never were just evil villians. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. He grew up on Deep Space Nine, and he still looks back fondly on his experience as a child actor on Star Trek. If any role came up, they gave it to him. She encouraged fans to express their interest in the character so Roddenberry would let her return, and she got the chance to reprise the role on Deep Space Nine. | Chiller Announces Casting For Brian Keene's Ghoul . Plenty of other options too. 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. Long before he began menacing the Alpha Quadrant as Gul Dukat on, Despite the fact that he had already appeared as a Cardassian on, I think Dukat has tremendous respect for Sisko because he gets things done the right way. Youll be in your car on the way home and suddenly the key to the scene presents itself, but its usually too late. 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. However, not every Deep Space Nine actor was enamored with their part on the show. Ive had a pretty long career in a lot of different areas but Deep Space Nine has become this wonderful little feather in my cap and Im thankful for that. His task is made no easier by Dukat, who reappears every now and then to upset things. See Shannon Elizabeth Now at 49. So, perhaps something meaty, where their characters can interact occasionally, but light on the prostheses would work. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. When Rene Auberjonois started in the role of Odo, he was first drawn to the unsolved mystery of Odo's origins, but he later realized that he loved finding out more about his character as Odo's story unfolded. De Boer added, "They totally embraced it. They were angry because I wasnt doing what they wanted me to do or expected me to do.". I think hes the most exciting character on the programsimply because the writers can take him in so many different directions. Jeffrey Combs: Yeah, we are old pals. Shimerman went on to play Quark, the Ferengi bartender in " Star Trek: Deep Space. With a bleak home life, many thought he was destined to turn to the street and live a life of crime. Hans Beimler, Kamerad., great interview ds9 had so many great characters you could do 20 more of these interviews and not repeat yourselves the show is so fresh for me as im wrapping up a rewatch and coincidentally last night saw the episode where damar says the line about weyoun number 9. Ira told me he went home and told his wife, You are not going to believe who came in today! 14 October 1997: Episode focus: "Bar Association". One thanksgiving, Visitor would invite Alaimo to her home for the holiday. And I had starred in the very first dramatic IMAX film and it was about the Alamo [1988s Alamo: The Price of Freedom]. There you go. Jeffrey Combs: I had been with Alaimo as Weyoun, but Alaimo didnt know I was playing Brunt. The moment I walked in the room I had the job, but I didnt know that. I dont know what to do about it. Its kind of a compliment but it also hurts. He's delightful, but when he's on the set, he is Dukat. Menu. It was clear Weyoun was going to be a fan favorite when he showed up and was so quirky and fun to watch but Damar really surprised people I think. So they began writing these wonderful situations for Dukat where he could be seen as being sensitive or irrational or intellectual. So is there someone else with specefic knowledge of theatre who wants to make an interview with Mr. Alaimo with further details about that subject? The producers sort of resisted that, but they said, Yeah, sure. That started a recurrence with Brunt and then they came to me with Weyoun. He explained, "It was kind of wonderful for an actor to have a character that looks like that. When he's not writing, he's probably wondering how Frank Dux got 52 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament. He has had my son Buster and me over at his house and we spent the day with him. 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. What happened when we came together, we just worked really well off each other. Goddammit, I got to, I dont wanna, but I have do it. ", She added, "It would be a joy to play her again and itd be a joy to see her as a mature commander, as a colonel on the station. I believe that is Jeffrey now joining us. When I first came on, there was a lot of comedy That wasnt who Gowron was, at all, but it certainly was what the Ferengi were, and they went off and developed the Ferengi extraordinarily well. It's just something visceral in me that goes right into Kira." Stories like that are usually reserved for the regulars and I was flattered that they wrote it for me. In the fourth-season episode Indiscretion, he asks Kira to accompany him on a search for long lost Bajoran prisoners of war, but she soon discovers that Dukat has a personal reason for going on the mission. Jeffrey Combs as Shran in Star Trek: Enterprise. I had never been on stage before. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title.