Biography for
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Date of Birth

9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA

Height

6' 2½" (1.89 m)

Trade Mark

His deep voice

Towering height

The role of Lieutenant Commander Worf on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).

Trivia

Owns and operates an old Air Force T-33 trainer jet, one of the first jet aircraft in the United States inventory; it is often referred to as his "starship".

Is an accomplished pilot and the owner of several aircraft. He has flown with the Blue Angels and the United States Air Force Precision Flight team.

Provides the voice of the Captain on the icebox.com series, "Starship Regulars".

Owns and flies an old F-86 Sabre jet that he acquired from the South African Air Force. He flies out of Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, California.

Has appeared on-screen in more Star Trek episodes and movies as the same character, than anyone. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Seasons 4-7, Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)).

Along with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Marina Sirtis, Colm Meaney and Jeffrey Combs, he is one of only six actors to appear in the finales of two different "Star Trek" series. ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993))

Has stated that his favorite episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) is "The Drumhead".

Along with Armin Shimerman, he is one of only two actors to appear in eleven different seasons of "Star Trek" ("Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) Seasons One through Seven and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Seasons Four through Seven.)

Played the same character, Worf, on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) for eleven non consecutive years from 1987-1994 and 1995-1999.

He currently serves as a member of the Air Force Aviation Heritage Foundation.

Has appeared with Rene Auberjonois in five different productions: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), "Aladdin" (1994), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), "The Savage Dragon" (1995) and "Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys" (1996).

Previously appeared with four of his future "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) co-stars on "Star Trek" before joining the cast of that series. He appeared with Colm Meaney in many episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), Armin Shimerman in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episodes "Haven", "The Last Outpost", "Peak Performance" and "Firstborn", Rene Auberjonois in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and Alexander Siddig in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) episode "Birthright, Part I" (although he and Siddig did not share any scenes).

Made a grand total of 282 "Star Trek" appearances. He appeared in 176 of the 178 episodes of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), 101 of the 176 episodes of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and Star Trek: Nemesis (2002). He also directed the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episodes "In the Cards", "Inquisition" and "When it Rains..." and the "Star Trek: Enterprise" (2001) episode "Two Days and Two Nights".

Voice grew deeper, as a result of inflecting a bass tone for his character Lt. Commander Worf.

Developed a mild skin condition for his years of wearing his "Next Generation" make up, for which the departments use a different type for alien effects.

The Klingon proverb his Worf character is fond of: "It is a good day to die!" has been included in the StarCraft computer game dialog when the flying Corsair unit has completed production.

Played a lot of cops in his early career, and got tired of it very quickly.

Once lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s.

At a science fiction convention, he told the audience that he thinks of Worf as Hamlet.

The part of Worf was a last minute decision and had no written character as such. Dorn was told to 'create his own' character and was given the history, being rescued by humans etc. The rest is down to him.

He has played the same character (Lieutenant / Lt. Commander Worf) in four different television series: "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987), "Webster" (1983), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Family Guy" (1999).