Reiner Schöne
- Actor
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A tall, German actor with a constant villainous and cunning gaze in his
eyes is Reiner Schone. Born in Germany on January 19, 1942, Reiner
studied acting at the German National Theatre Weimar. He started his
acting career in the '60s and since then has enjoyed his share of
longevity in television and film. He work goes between European and
western films and television series. Among his performance, Reiner is
best known in films such as The Eiger Sanction (1975) starring Clint Eastwood. In television, he is best associated with episodes from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), MacGyver (1985), and Babylon 5 (1993). In 1997, he appeared
as the villain Shinnok in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), the sequel to
the movie based off the popular martial arts video game. Afterwards,
Reiner continued darting back and forth between western and German
productions. He is married and at one time moved to Los Angeles,
California before moving in 2002 to Berlin, Germany where he lives now.