• Name: Jeffrey Combs
  • Date of Birth: September 09, 1954
  • Place of Birth: Oxnard, California, USA
Mini-bio: Jeffrey Combs was born on September 9th, 1954 in Oxnard, California. He grew up in Lompoc, California with a plethora of siblings both older and younger. He attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Pe...( read more)rforming Arts in Santa Maria, and the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent about four years in regional theater performing at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, the Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson, the California Shakespearean Festival, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa among others. In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his family. As a horror film leading actor, Combs is probably best known for portraying Herbert West in the cult horror film Re-Animator (1985). Re-Animator was based on H.P. Lovecraft's famous novel brought together by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna, the producer and financier of the film. Combs stayed in the realm of cult films with both Gordon and Yuzna to return when making From Beyond (1986), and Bride of Re-Animator (1990) also from Lovecraft novels. He has also been in some supporting roles in _Pit and the Pendulum, The (1990) (V)_, the strange FBI Agent with Michael J. Fox in The Frighteners (1996), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and the remake of the William Castle thriller, House on Haunted Hill (1999).
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Replace this image with an actor photoJeffrey Combs mini-bio: Jeffrey Combs was born on September 9th, 1954 in Oxnard, California. He grew up in Lompoc, California with a plethora of siblings both older and younger. He attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, and the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle. He spent about four years in regional theater performing at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, the Arizona Theatre Company in Tucson, the California Shakespearean Festival, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa among others. In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles, where he lives with his family. As a horror film leading actor, Combs is probably best known for portraying Herbert West in the cult horror film Re-Animator (1985). Re-Animator was based on H.P. Lovecraft's famous novel brought together by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna, the producer and financier of the film. Combs stayed in the realm of cult films with both Gordon and Yuzna to return when making From Beyond (1986), and Bride of Re-Animator (1990) also from Lovecraft novels. He has also been in some supporting roles in _Pit and the Pendulum, The (1990) (V)_, the strange FBI Agent with Michael J. Fox in The Frighteners (1996), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) and the remake of the William Castle thriller, House on Haunted Hill (1999).

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  • pixcreative
    I agree he is good in horror movies but as a Star Trek fan I enjoy very much his work as the many caracters he has been playing over the years. Specially Shran the Andorian, the last one he played was wonderfull. Please don't be rude ... not everybody has the same taste!
    posted 568 days ago
  • drdomino
    Herbert West!
    posted 741 days ago
  • morbidcannibal
    who cares about his star trek roles!! THIS GUY IS DR. HERBERT WEST! FROM RE-ANIMATOR! ENOUGH SAID.
    posted 856 days ago
  • namalynn
    This guy has done some amazing work in the horror genre as well as in the sci-fi scene. He brings all of his characters to life. A delight to any screen he's on.
    posted 867 days ago
  • strawberrydaquiris
    Hey, he was also in Meridian. That was his first role on DS9 thank you very much
    posted 874 days ago
  • Sussudio
    He first appeared in ST:DS9 as a character "Tiron", then he regualarly appeared as "Brunt" and "Weyoun" (He also appeared as a human in "Far beyond the stars").

    He played the character "Penk" in an episode of ST: Voyager.

    He played a Ferengi "Krem" in an episode of ST: Enterprise as well as re-occuring character "Shran".

    :-)

    posted 945 days ago
  • TheNeilyness
    Weyoun
    Brunt
    and some alien wrestling official

    his 3 star trek roles
    posted 973 days ago

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