Biografia

Was the first actor, ever, to play a Ferengi on "Star Trek", as "Letek" on the Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração (1987) episode, The Last Outpost (1987). Five years later, he was offered the role of "Quark" on Jornada nas Estrelas: Deep Space Nine (1993), the first Ferengi character in the main cast of any Star Trek series and a role that he would play for seven years.

When the first wave of the Jornada nas Estrelas: Deep Space Nine (1993) action figures were released, he did a commercial for the figures dressed as Quark, his character on the series. It showed him in his bar, picking up each character figure and quickly talking about it.

Was on the set of Jornada nas Estrelas: Deep Space Nine (1993) during a large earthquake in Los Angeles. He rushed to go home to check on his family, so he did not have time to get his makeup removed. His Ferengi makeup "scared the living shit out of people" as he says at conventions.

Former A Bela e a Fera (1987) co-star Ron Perlman gave him advice on how to emote effectively under full-head prosthetic appliances when he landed the role of Quark on Jornada nas Estrelas: Deep Space Nine (1993).

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Michael Ansara, Richard Poe and Mark Allen Shepherd, he is one of only seven actors to play the same character in three different live-action "Star Trek" series. He played Quark in Jornada nas Estrelas: A Nova Geração (1987), Jornada nas Estrelas: Deep Space Nine (1993) and Jornada nas Estrelas: Voyager (1995).