Marc Alaimo

Marc Alaimo is an American actor known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Early and personal life Alaimo grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has a son from his first marriage, Michael Antony Alaimo, 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.

Career 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 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. Some of his theatrical roles include Iago in Othello, Rodolpho in Arthur Miller's A View From the Bridge and Lucky in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.

Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. He has appeared, mostly as villains, in shows such as The Doctors, Kojak, Gunsmoke, Baretta, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Starsky & Hutch, Knight Rider, Quincy, The Greatest American Hero, The Incredible Hulk, Quantum Leap, Family Guy, Walker, Texas Ranger, Wonder Woman, The Rockford Files, Hill Street Blues, Barnaby Jones, and The A-Team. Alaimo has appeared in some feature films including the 1984 science fiction movie The Last Starfighter (portraying the human guise of an alien assassin), Naked Gun : The Final Insult, Tango & Cash, and the 1988 film The Dead Pool. He also appeared as Curtis Block in the television movie Case Closed and as a security officer on Mars in the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall.

He played several characters in Star Trek: The Next Generation (Star Trek: TNG), starting in the first season. 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". He also played a poker player who speaks French to Data in the episode "Time's Arrow". In 1993, Alaimo began playing Cardassian character Gul Dukat in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Gul Dukat was a recurring character that appeared in 35 episodes of the series.

Alaimo also appeared in a season two episode of 21 Jump Street. 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. In 2010 he voiced The Dean in the Family Guy episode "The Splendid Source".

During a Q&A panel at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention in 2015, Alaimo revealed he was still willing to work as an actor but was out of touch with the industry and had no agency representing him at that time.

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Soldier TV movie; uncredited 1975 Cage Without a Key Workman TV movie A Matter of Wife... and Death Angie 1976 Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde Preston, The Pusher 1977 The 3,000 Mile Chase Richards TV movie Which Way Is Up? Frankie 1978 Mean Dog Blues Transfer Guard 1979 Hardcore Ratan A Great Ride Barry High Midnight Gratzek TV movie 1980 Seems Like Old Times B.G. 1981 The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire Sandros TV movie Broken Promise Joe Clawson 1982 The Ambush Murders Garza 1984 No Man's Land Clay Allison The Last Starfighter Hitchhiker 1985 Command 5 Lear Businessman TV movie 1986 Avenging Force Charlie Lavall 1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings Lou Morello TV movie The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues Private Bob Butler 1988 Case Closed Curtis Block TV movie The Dead Pool Embarcadero Bodyguard #2 1989 Arena Rogor Tango & Cash Lopez 1990 Total Recall Captain Everett 1992 Quicksand: No Escape Lieutenant Harold Towers TV movie Rosemary Unknown Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story Sheriff Walton 1993 Rio Diablo Jud Everly Donato and Daughter Detective Petsky 1994 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult Trucker The Fence Rudy Baralli 2020 Grizzly II: Revenge Luke filmed in 1983

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