Armin Shimerman

Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949, Lakewood, New Jersey) is an American actor. Shimerman is best known for playing Principal Snyder and the Ferengi bartender Quark in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine respectively.
When Shimerman was 15 his family moved to Los Angeles, where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He later graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, then was selected to apprentice at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. He pursued a dramatic career in theater, eventually moving to New York. He later returned to Los Angeles where he received roles in two CBS series, launching a career in television acting.
Armin Shimerman is best known for his role as the Ferengi bar owner Quark in the long running television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, though his involvement with the Star Trek franchise began when he played another Ferengi character in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Last Outpost", which first introduced the Ferengi. As the character Quark, Shimerman became one of Star Trek's most widely-known characters, and he appeared several times on