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 Since Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Aliamo has not had many acting credits. STAR TREK and its various marks are trademarks of CBS Studios Inc. 2023 CBS Studios Inc./Paramount Pictures Corp. 2006-2023 SciFanatic Network | Legal/Privacy Info, Copyright 2023 | MH Newsdesk by MH Themes, Watch Picard And Riker Reverse Their Classic Roles In Star Trek: Picard Episode 303 Clip, J.J. Abrams Talks Compelling Story For Star Trek 4; Chris Pine Expresses Frustration Over Wait, The Future Of Star Trek TV Remains Unclear As Paramount Announces Streaming Spending Cuts, Jonathan Frakes And Patrick Stewart Talk Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Finale And Spinoff Hopes, Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 3 Coming To DVD & Blu-ray In April. After the passing of his father when Alaimo was young, he would become the breadwinner for his household. Many believed he was even designed for jail. So Id say the line, because thats my job and Im paid to do that, but I said it in a way that hopefully it drifted off and no one really noticed it. Marc Alaimo (born Michael Joseph Alaimo; May 5, 1942) is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. Visitor realized that she actually hated Dukat and not Aliamo! Both his arc and my arc were fabulous. At one point in the past, long before TNG when we were young puppies, had been paired up to do an improv for a movie. They did. Max Grodenchik ended up playing Quark's kind-hearted brother, Rom, but he originally auditioned for the role of Quark himself. He is known for his villainous roles. 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. That to me is far more frightening than someone who is scowling and intimidating and in your face because it is much more insidious. 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You have to adjust to that surrealness. They liked the way I looked in Quarks bar, so they made me an alcoholic for two years What you have to know is, all you have to do is give me and Jeffrey the ball, and we will run with it. Weve all got a dark side to our nature but in a civilized culture you try to restrain or control that part of your personality. 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". You dont know what the hell this character is thinking. 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 Case and I are both peers, same age, went through theater training together. Later he would play the first Cardassian, Gul Macet, in the episode titled "The Wounded" and a French-speaking poker player in the episode "Times Arrow" in 1991. Like I said, I had one scene in Quarks bar and say, Give me the kanarno no, the good stuff. And then I got into a fight with Quark, and they liked that chemistry with me and Quark and all that. Shimerman went on to play Quark, the Ferengi bartender in " Star Trek: Deep Space. 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. Im not the kind of actress who likes to be typecast or pigeonholed. I had an acting teacher and he would say, There is nothing more interesting than playing the opposite.. If you read the script you may love it.' It is said that even their home had no furnishings. Do you know the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing? He grew up on Deep Space Nine, and he still looks back fondly on his experience as a child actor on Star Trek. I always sat very forward in my couch when he was on the screen expecting something special to happen(and boy it did most of the time!). So, perhaps something meaty, where their characters can interact occasionally, but light on the prostheses would work. 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. See Shannon Elizabeth Now at 49. Casey Biggs: Thats because nobody can afford me. Marc Alaimo is significantly older than Nana Visitor, and let's be honest here. Well, you guys have been paired up for a virtual event this weekend. When he's not writing, he's probably wondering how Frank Dux got 52 consecutive knockouts in a single tournament. Sadly, Dukat can not afford to damage his reputation by returning home with Ziyal so he contemplates killing her. Wherever he is his presence dominates and he just sort of takes over the proceedings and thats exactly what happens during his first meeting with Sisko in his [Dukats former and Siskos current] office. But Marc was very good at it. After high school, Alaimo attended Marquette University and was a member of the Marquette University Players and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater during the 1960s. Some actors got their breakthrough roles in Deep Space Nine, or they got to play a more complicated and authoritative character than most of their other roles allowed. Though she did not know much about Star Trek going into her role, she found it a rewarding experience. It was amazing the turnaround they gave him that I doubt anybody saw coming. As the franchises favorite villain, it is exciting to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the show came to life, as well as the actors reminiscing about their time on the show. 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. However, not every Deep Space Nine actor was enamored with their part on the show. The horror flick is brimming with other stars, including his Deep Space Nine costar, Louise Fletcher (Kai Winn Adami), as well as other notable actors including, Charlie Sheen, Laura Dern, and George Clooney. 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. If any role came up, they gave it to him. Marc Alaimo As Badar N'D'D. Marc Alaimo is best known for his astonishing role as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's big-bad Gul . During Star Trek: The Next Generation, he played the first Romulan, Commander Tebok, in the episode titled "The Neutral Zone" in 1988. While he divorced her in May of 1979, he remarried Karla Grosesclos in August 1984. Ahhh the good old days when Star Trek characters had actual depth, personality and arcs even the baddies! He spent most of this time, however, working in classical repertory theatre. That allowed them to bring me back. I can do one television movie and suddenly Ive performed in front of more people than all my years in the theatre, but the stage is still a magic place to be, muses Alaimo. He appeared on the television series The Incredible Hulk starring Bill Bixby. ", Armin Shimerman's portrayal of Quark provided most of the light-heartedness and comedy in Deep Space Nine, but Shimerman is glad he cannot always be attached to the character. In today's Sci-Fi Blast From The Past, veteran stage and screen actor Marc Alaimo talks about playing the duplicitous Cardassian Gul Dukat in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. So, we knew not only how to play our own, but react to what the other is doing. I must tell you I loved doing the episode. Im very grateful that they trust me enough to write an episode like that for me. I get to express so many different aspects of myself in him that I dont always get a chance to do in real life. Get this, I had auditioned, and we had been paired up. 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. His life turned around one day thanks to an astute teacher who saw a great deal of potential in the troubled youth. We came in second and I got special mention because I was so out there as an actor, he chuckles. He remarked, "It feels like a dream now. First of all, it is called typecasting. And second of all, he loved that shit. I think he said that in an interview after the show was canceled. Menu. They called Ira in to say, How can we fix it? And Ira being Ira said they had to change everything. Casey Biggs: Yeah, you always want to play the opposite. She Played Nadia In American Pie. All of these things came out in the character through the writing and in my way of playing him. The best thing to play is the reluctant hero. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Both these actors would be great in a recurring role. He was definitely in the best possible way, looking out for everything and making sure it was all as good as it could possibly be. I thought he deserved a better response in the documentary than he received. My teacher said to me, Stay after class. He never does anything thats truly unredeemable or completely black. That was fun. Again, this is why DS9 is held up in such regard today. Casey Biggs: You know we have been doing this Rat Pack thing for about ten years. He said, I want you to read this play. There were three different actresses who played Ziyal and I never knew who I was going to be facing. He remembered, "I thought it was a one-time thing. But as personalities Brooks as well as Bakula impressed me most of all the Star Trel leads. Before landing in the role of Dukat, Alaimo played several other characters in Star Trek. They were very supportive if something came up. | Chiller Announces Casting For Brian Keene's Ghoul . Im sure at that point, too, for Rick Berman and those people, it was all or nothing. Dukat was unselfish when it came to his daughter and I think were all like that. So, I was always trying to be the patriot. I told them they should have told me as I took another job. Were they picking up on something you guys were developing on your own? 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. 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. I want to talk to you, so I did. Interviews with Nana Visitor and Duncan Regehr. TNG Data hustles Marc Alaimo (Dukat) (Time's Arrow) trekclip123 154K views 10 years ago Star Trek DS9 - In the Cards - Weyoun interrogates Jake and Nog Magikarp 381 views 3 months ago "What We. His task is made no easier by Dukat, who reappears every now and then to upset things. The thing I love about Dukat is that you never know what hes going to do next. He also played a poker player who speaks French to Data in the episode "Time's Arrow". He remarked, "It feels like a dream now. Because they hadnt figured out their formula yet. I went in, though, did the audition and got the part and Dukats been a marvelous extension for me as an actor.. Alaimo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, according to him, although he did the best job of dying when he and his friends played war, he never thought about acting as a profession. Never were just evil villians. That had been a path that had been trodden down and all you have to do follow along Armin [Shimerman] and Max [Grodnchiks] footsteps. "I had done it before and I was aware of the difficulties of the makeup. You also have to understand how the rest of the story is going to play out in order to get to this point and that can be a little disconcerting and sometimes even disappointing. Jeffrey Combs as Brunt in DS9s Family Business. 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. 14 October 1997: Episode focus: "Bar Association". 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. 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. Visitor said, "When I read the script, I thought, Thats a mans role. And I did a lot of those. The irony that both roles started so small like Damar (who literally had just one line when he appeared as Biggs said) to Weyoun dying in his first episode didnt even hint that both roles would be so pivotal to the entire show later. Our heroes on the show never get to really be bad. I ended up playing four different roles, which at the time was very unusual because they didnt like to use the same actors over and over again. Fletcher remarked, "DS9 was one of the best memories of my working life, of my day-to-day working life. Antican, Avery Brooks, Badar N'D'D, Bajor, Cardassian, Dick Lowry, Entertainment, Frederick LaRouque, Gul Dukat. You can follow this conversation by subscribing to the comment feed for this post. They were angry because I wasnt doing what they wanted me to do or expected me to do.". Because Dukat cannot be morally upstanding like Sisko he doesnt get the respect from him that he believes he deserves, and that bothers the Cardassian.. They cant help it. And yes, I love the chemistry between the two characters. Credit where its due, this was thoroughly enjoyable. And I had starred in the very first dramatic IMAX film and it was about the Alamo [1988s Alamo: The Price of Freedom]. When he was not cast for Quark, he thought the opportunity had passed until he got a call asking him to guest star. Jeffrey Combs: Let me answer that. 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. He also voiced the role in the video game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Dominion Wars. However, he felt the Deep Space Nine writers did not know what to do with the character. I would venture to say that a lot of the things that happened to Odo, they would not have been able to tell you at the beginning of the journey that thats where the journey was going to go. Love this charakters and actors. Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old? Avery and I still have a strong connection. 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. He explained, "I loved being so evil and yet being so good-natured and pleasant about it. Marc mentioned at a 2015 Star Trek convention that he would like to continue to act, however he is out of touch with the industry.. 6. James Darren passed on the role of holographic singer Vic Fontaine more than once, but he found that the role was much more than he first expected. Lets do this one thing. Towards the middle I think they started getting it. Im not counting on it, but I would love it. As a result, Aliamo finished school with outstanding marks and was even the school president! In many aspects, it was very familiar. Its the one that got away. Remember Jeff, you were in that scene. I was a little reluctant. They do sort of pull those things on you. Aliamo has had his fair share of Hollywood romances. 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 believe that is Jeffrey now joining us. That much of the truth of Garak was like a glacier: you saw only the tip of the glacier, but then, underneath the tip, was the very complicated truth of his life. Nobody could believe that Id actually done it. Marc defined it. Marc has over 30 years of investment banking, private equity, and operational experience. She is a very attractive woman so its easy to play those scenes where he comes on to her.. She would have been in her mid-30s when the show began, and he would have been in his early 50s. He has a son from his first marriage, Michael Antony Alaimo (born 1971), who is a writer, story editor and producer known for The Closer, Major Crimes, Invasion, Traveler, and for penning "Columbo Likes the Nightlife," the final episode of Columbo. 9. Ill do it as an actor, but the thought of anybody thinking of me that way is bothersome. If you do that you have to know how you got there before you do it. However, an exciting filmography event took place in 2020. That was lucky because you knew they loved you to fly you. 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. 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. Und du wirst weiterleben Jeffrey Combs: The point is, they didnt know that. He appeared as Gul Dukat for 33 episodes of the series. Alaimo, Shimerman and Meany.jpg 3,648 2,736; 673 KB. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. ", 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.". At the time it was just another job. Although the major rejects almost everything that Dukat stands for he cannot help being oddly attracted to her. 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. Once its on film its done. When he was the bond villain in that episode our man bashir I thought that was perfect casting because he liked to ham it up. And they didnt. It was pretty damn seamless and easy, wasnt it Case? They all knew their jobs. However, for others, Deep Space Nine betrayed their expectations, put them through discomfort and exhaustion, or forever tied them with a role from which they would rather distance themselves. Much as Im keen to see new and diverse actors in Trek, both these actors have shown that they could make creative contributions. ", Marc Alaimo played the charismatic Gul Dukat, an antagonist who fans loved and Alaimo appreciated for his depth of character. He worked at a motorbike factory to bring in money for his family. It just so happens that my friend Ren AuberjonoisI love him to death, to the ends of the Earth and beyonhe was getting ready to direct his very first episode, it was a Ferengi episode. The faade of goodwill, even though you know he will stab you in the back, is interesting. I dont know what kind of lover he would make, though. Casey Biggs: With me, Ira Behr, the executive producer, he was obsessed with the Alamo. The moment I walked in the room I had the job, but I didnt know that. Being in the makeup trailer was something out of science fiction, really. Discover Marc Alaimo's Wikipedia Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He's already in makeup and I can't see him as anything else. Thanks! 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. Free Online Library", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marc_Alaimo&oldid=1130819280, Pages using infobox person with multiple spouses, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Episode: "The Record Ride for the Pony Express", Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. and the Bandstand Mystery", John Scalesi / Gillette / Barbarosa / Officer Baker, Episode: "Mystery of the Solid Gold Kicker", Episode: "Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular", Episode: "One of the Girls from Accounting", Episode: "Fear and Loathing with Russell Buckins", Frederick LaRouque / Gul Macet / Cmdr. 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. 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. It was like playing a symphony for the 99th time. They have a daughter. It was always kind of different, but at the same time familiar. Some of his favorite subjects include sci-fi, history, and obscure facts about 90's television. ". 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. His last on screen acting appearance was on Deep Space Nine and his last voice acting credit was in 2010 for Family Guy, where he lent his voice to the Dean of the Secret Order of Dirty Joke Writers. Anne | A problem to deal with or solve to put up with. Shimerman credits Jonathan Frakes with convincing him to take the role. They have been genetically altered to be that. 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. In 1993, Alaimo began playing his recurring role of the Cardassain Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. And Avery is a renegade. I think they picked up on the fact that I was more versatile, perhaps, than they had at first thought. He is known for being a TV Actor. Marc Alaimo was born on 5th May 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his family history and educational background is unknown. Great interview, it was interesting and fun to read. They were personalities with understandable motivations. 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. We all trust each other so well, we never know what is going to come out of our mouths on the stage. American actor who played the role of Gul Dukat in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He's delightful, but when he's on the set, he is Dukat. They could have easily killed me off. 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.. Working in film can often be incoherent. I didnt even know this until much later on but they brought in someone else to do Gul Dukat. I cant think of a more three dimensional villain than Gal-Dukat in Trek history, the character had so many layers. I passed three times. Gul Dukat was a recurring character that appeared in 33 episodes of that series. Dukat is already unpredictable. Jeffrey Combs: It was a role of a lifetime for Marc Alaimo. Any time I could get my teeth into something, that was my flow state. 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. 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. Jeffrey Combs: First of all, I would like to say right off the top, I dont usually share my time with interviews with anybody. 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. Are there any other Star Trek: Deep Space Nine actors who adored or regretted their roles? You felt like you had an ally, and you did with Armin. 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. Thats just wonderful fodder. However, during high school, Alaimo met a man who would change his entire life, a drama teacher named Mr. Welsh. Looking back at your histories on Deep Space Nine, you guys had this fun rivalry. Jeffrey Combs: It was a role of a lifetime for Marc Alaimo. 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. Both of you started mid-series on Deep Space Nine. Keep up with all the Star Trek interviews at TrekMovie.com. She explained, "If playing Leeta did anything that impacts my current career, its that Im attracted to playing characters who are much darker, earthier, deeper than she was allowed to show. With my situation, Damar was Dukats right hand. Its all going to be fine. 13 September 1997: Episode focus: "Sons of Mogh". 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. I took so much from that. See Nana Visitor, She Played 'Ezri Dax' on Stark Trek: Deep Space Nine. ", 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. Jeffrey Combs: Bribery works! Casey Biggs: I never miss a performance. However, Dukat is an opportunist, so he plays both his good and bad sides to get exactly what he wants.. According to Alaimo, Dukat may be transferring the feelings he had for Kira Meru to her daughter Nerys. In the sixth-season episode Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night Kira uses the Bajoran Orb of Time to travel back in time to witness Dukats relationship with her mother. Rachael Leigh Cook Says It Was A Huge Mistake To Pass On This Superhero Movie, Leonardo DiCaprios Worst Movie Is So Terrible It Has a 0% Rotten Tomatoes Score, This Rock Icon Was On An Episode Of DS9 And Many Star Trek Fans Had No Idea, The True Story of Why James Cameron Tried To Disown His First Movie, 5 Highly Underrated Futurama Episodes That Many Fans Have Overlooked.
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