I had met [Star Trek casting director] Junie Lowry-Johnson when I was working with her brother, director Dick Lowry, on a made-for-television movie called The Gambler, Part III - The Legend Continues. 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. He remembered, "They told me nothing! I liked Leeta in many ways, but if I were offered a new role in Trek, Id be happiest if it were entirely opposite of who she was. And both of you were on Enterprise. Casey Biggs: They saw we had good chemistry together to begin with, and they were both really great characters in their respective universes. Oh, thats good. Media in category "Marc Alaimo" The following 9 files are in this category, out of 9 total. He grew up on Deep Space Nine, and he still looks back fondly on his experience as a child actor on Star Trek. Posted by: 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. As a teenager he was very withdrawn and kept his emotions bottled up, a result of abuse he suffered as a child. They did. He is known for his villainous roles. He never does anything thats truly unredeemable or completely black. There really wasnt an opportunity for me to get particularly close to any of the cast or crew that worked on the series. 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. 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. Emerald was one of Cleopatra's favorite gems. Did you study Marc Alaimos performance, did you try to differentiate yourself as a different kind of Cardassian? it was a dream come true for me. See Nicole de. So they began writing these wonderful situations for Dukat where he could be seen as being sensitive or irrational or intellectual. Once its on film its done. Dukat eventually joins forces with the Dominion to fight against the Federation but the war ends up costing him more than he bargains for. In 1993, Alaimo began playing his recurring role of the Cardassain Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They knew that. Without these little happy accidents, we wouldnt be talking at all. This is a group dedicated to the great actor Mr Marc Alaimo, his fantastic career and, in particular, one of his best roles - that of Gul Dukat (Deep Space 9). At the time it was just another job. Jeffrey Combs: It was a role of a lifetime for Marc Alaimo. I dont know about you Jeff, but on Enterprise I felt those guys were scared. He remembered, "The studio tried to fire me every year for the first three years. 14 October 1997: Episode focus: "Bar Association". Alaimo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin . 18 comments so far. I didnt think that it would ever turn into what it has turned into, though. She asked if they could get together again and talk, but when she saw him on set, she couldnt get past the Dukat character and what that represented for the Kira character. He's already in makeup and I can't see him as anything else. Alaimo is a classically trained theatre actor, and performed as part of the Marquette University Players and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the 1960s in everything from Shakespeare and the classics to world premiere productions. He can be evil, mean, charming, lovable, funny, vulnerable and, yes, even sexy. He played several characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation (Star Trek: TNG), starting in the first season. Besides his work in Sacrifice of Angels and the aforementioned Indiscretion Alaimo is particularly pleased with his performance in the sixth-season episode Waltz. About the moment he was going to kill me, I said, Marc, its me. Marc may have a sense of humor some times, but you never know when it is going to be there. I totally understand.' Morale is always different, but it seemed to be familiar too. Marc Alaimo was born on 5th May 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his family history and educational background is unknown. 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. 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. The writers were putting you two together all the time. Marc Alaimo's age is 80. I had never been on stage before. I just love the idea that I was playing a character that a lot of people would say is doing bad things, but I love the idea I am playing it the other way. Thanks! I want to talk to you, so I did. He remembered, "I thought it was a one-time thing. Did you ever talk to him about that? I dont know what to do about it. I get to express so many different aspects of myself in him that I dont always get a chance to do in real life. I was the most annoying fan who wouldnt go away. While working on the series he appeared in the film "Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult." Highest rated movies [Interview] William Shatner: Criticism from TOS cast is from people "Bitter and Embittered" - slams George Takei for 'Blackening My Name': "a handful of day players . That is a really terrific piece. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993). 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. There you go. If you know Ira Behr, he is a freaking renegade. Casey Biggs: They take a lot. Sadly, the amount of money he could bring in was barely enough to survive. Alaimo, Biggs, and Combs do Shakespeare performances together. 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. Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. "I had done it before and I was aware of the difficulties of the makeup. While the fans had mixed reactions about her character, de Boer had a great time joining the cast. 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. Fans and co-star Andrew Robinson who was on the panel with him and was at the time planning a return to acting himself expressed support for the actor and encouraged him to continue acting.[3]. The only thing I could watch about Cardassians was a couple of episodes of Next Generation, in which Marc Alaimo and David Warner played Cardassians, and that was somewhat helpful, but not really . Marc Alaimo (2010).jpg 576 720; 269 KB. You never know whats going to happen when youre doing films or television. 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. Did either of you have a clue you would be back so often? Ira told me he went home and told his wife, You are not going to believe who came in today! And Avery is a renegade. Though working on Deep Space Nine was a dream come true for many actors, others were happy to leave it behind. Goddammit, I got to, I dont wanna, but I have do it. They could have easily killed me off. Lilies expresses purity of heart, majesty and honor. What episode were you in? comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment . 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. So I know he was appreciating what I was doing. That was great. It was pretty damn seamless and easy, wasnt it Case? Sci-Fi Blast From The Past - A Martinez (Profiler) | Siskos attempts to contact Deep Space Nine are thwarted by Dukat whose hallucinations are prodding him to kill the captain. Jeffrey Combs: It was a role of a lifetime for Marc Alaimo. And she was always cute, and he was. ", As the series went on, he was pleasantly surprised to find out how central Nog was to many later episodes. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Jeffrey you even began as Tiron, a one-off alien. Cirroc Lofton started playing Jake Sisko when he was fourteen years old. So, I was always trying to be the patriot. Jeffrey Combs: We had mutual friends in town. He explained, "They said I was going to be playing a singer and I said, 'No, thats too much on the nose. After that I played a one-armed man in the Eugene ONeill play The Cross, which we did for a state competition. 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. She says something like "I wanted to do anything but have an affair with Marc Alaimo." On occasion Gul Dukat will do something that will slightly mellow the majors opinion of him. Jeffrey Combs: I think Casey would agree with me when I say it is kind of like you are on the Ford assembly line putting cars together. The weird part is you walk onto a soundstage and you worked on that soundstage for many episodes and it is now all gone, but it is all new. 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. It was amazing the turnaround they gave him that I doubt anybody saw coming. It was one of the most enjoyable roles for me to have played. But I was around really talented people who were the best at what they do.". Bless whoever said, We can clone him.. So I come to the studio one day and get into my Brunt makeup and Marc is shooting a scene. in uns und unserm Streben Marc Alaimo (2010) 02.jpg 576 720; 148 KB. Sadly, Dukat can not afford to damage his reputation by returning home with Ziyal so he contemplates killing her. Get this, I had auditioned, and we had been paired up. I decided right away that he was a very pleasant fellow, very placid. I love the theatre - its my soul - but I like everything that doing television and film affords me, too, he adds. Nobody could believe that Id actually done it. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Looking back at your histories on Deep Space Nine, you guys had this fun rivalry. 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. 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. 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. Movies. Im not quite sure whats on his mind when it comes to Kira. 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. And yes, I love the chemistry between the two characters. Firstly, what was it like drinking all that syrup? I want to pass.' Well, thats Sisko, but Dukat doesnt have that sort of patience or moral discipline, I suppose, to try to always do the right thing. Lets do this one thing. Theyre all such pros, so it was a thrill to work with such great character actors, veteran actors, you know? Nobody is better than Marc Alaimo as Gul DukatI guess it was a similar thing for me when I was playing a Ferengi. You have nothing to worry about! Jeffrey Combs: I had been with Alaimo as Weyoun, but Alaimo didnt know I was playing Brunt. Alaimo also appeared in a season two episode of 21 Jump Street. Marc Alaimo Paramount/CBS Digital "Deep Space Nine" has the honor of being the home of Star Trek's greatest villain - Gul Dukat, played by Marc Alaimo. Jeffrey Combs: In my very first episode he was the only one who came to me and said, Listen, welcome, any time you want to run lines, I dont care how many times, come find me. 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. Major Kira was like Disneyland for an actor. Youve done more than enough for me, so its quite OK that youre done with me. They gave me such great stuff that I never really felt I wasnt challenged, nor did I ever feel that they were dropping the ball on the character. And they gave Damar a sense of humor. 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. After graduating Alaimo moved to New York City where he won the part of Virgil Paris on the daytime soap opera Another World - Somerset. 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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.. Damar was a hell of a character. However, not every Deep Space Nine actor was enamored with their part on the show. 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. That was lucky because you knew they loved you to fly you. ", He continued: "Certainly the fact you have a black man in a command position is very important. 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. A pinnacle performance. Do you know the Spike Lee film, When Bajor was under Cardassian occupation many of its citizens joined an underground resistance group in the hopes of driving the aliens from their planet. ", 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.". He has also patented a 3D chess set in 2002. American actor who played the role of Gul Dukat in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He was pleasantly surprised when the producers continued to ask him the come back. Interview with Marc Alaimo. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? I thought when he killed Gul Dukats daughter the character wasnt going to last much longer or stay in evil henchman role from that point on. Nana Visitor was excited to be cast as Major Kira, a strong, authoritative female lead character. I spent a day seriously considering whether I wanted to get involved with this, because there probably will be some damage to my skin because of it." Thats just wonderful fodder. Long before he began menacing the Alpha Quadrant as Gul Dukat on Deep Space Nine Alaimo appeared as not one but four different characters on Star Trek:The Next Generation. Well, I did a mime of a man being hanged. Although this next year will probably be Dukats swan song, Alaimo cannot wait to get back to wreaking havoc on Sisko and company one last time. Marc Alaimo's birth flower is Lily of the valley. Ahhh the good old days when Star Trek characters had actual depth, personality and arcs even the baddies! The actor made his debut on the series playing the uncredited part of Badar NDD, the lead Antican in the episode Lonely Among Us. Trekmovie mods, thank you for this interview. Most of his characters have been villains, like his infamous role in the Star Trek franchise. He spent most of this time, however, working in classical repertory theatre. Jeffrey Combs: Oh the one time I was an understudy. That was you? 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