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Name: Rene Auberjonois
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Date of Birth:
June 01, 1940
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Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Mini-bio:
René Murat Auberjonois is an American character actor. After portraying Father Mulcahy (nickname Dago Red) in the movie version of M*A*S*H, he became well-known for his television work as Clayton Endi...( read more)cott III on the sitcom Benson, and as Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He made a guest appearance on Stargate SG-1 as Alar in the season four episode "The Other Side". Currently, he plays attorney Paul Lewiston on the David E. Kelley- created Boston Legal.Movie roles he has played over the years include Col. West in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the gangster Tony in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Reverend Oliver in The Patriot and the voice of the Chef Louis in Disney's The Little Mermaid. He has had some rather exotic cameos in a number of films, including playing Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor patterned after Tim Burton, in Batman Forever, and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a bird in Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud.
He has guest-starred on many series including The Rockford Files, Charlie's Angels, Matlock, Frasier, Star Trek: Enterprise and The Practice (as a different character than the one he plays on Practice spinoff Boston Legal). Auberjonois has also lent his voice as Chef Louis in Disney's The Little Mermaid, and as Janos Audron in two of the Legacy of Kain games, Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance and he voiced several roles on Batman: The Animated Series, Avatar the Last Airbender and Justice League Unlimited. Auberjonois has also been active in radio drama; among other programs, he read "The Stunt" by Mordechai Strigler for the NPR series Jewish Stories From the Old World to the New.Auberjonois has directed many theatrical productions and some TV shows, including several episodes of DS9.