# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/armin-shimerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:52:45.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/armin-shimerman"
name: "Armin Shimerman"
slug: "armin-shimerman"
description: "Armin Shimerman is an American actor who played Quark the Ferengi in the Star Trek franchise, appearing as the character in all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He also had a recurring role as Principal Snyder in the first three seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999), and voiced General Skarr and other characters in the animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2007), Doctor Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank video-game series, and Andrew Ryan in the BioShock video-game series."
tagline: "American actor (born 1949)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Armin_Shimerman_GalaxyCon_Nashville_052026-12.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.01242723526718556
  historical:           21.751088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "ShimermanArmin"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001734/"
    handle:    "nm0001734"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.arminshimerman.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump