Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn ( born December 9, 1952 in Luling, Texas) is an American actor, voice actor and director.
- 3.1 as a director
- 3.2 Synchronous voice work
Life
Michael Dorn grew up in Pasadena, California. He studied radio and television production technology at Pasadena City College. From there, he started a musical career. He has performed with various rock bands.
The actor has a number of aircraft, including an old Air Force T-33 Shooting Star trainer jet, an F -86 Sabre and a Sabreliner twin- engine jet.
Career
Making his first appearance as an actor Michael Dorn mid-1970 as a guest in the TV show WEB The producer was impressed with his work so that he introduced him to an agent. This mediated contact with the acting coach Charles Conrad, where he took lessons for six months. His first film role came in 1976 when he played the role of Apollo Creed's bodyguard in Rocky. From 1977 to 1983 he starred in the television series CHiPs as a patrolman Jebediah Turner alongside Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox.
Star Trek
His most famous role to date was that of the Klingon Worf in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In several interviews, said Dorn, he is interested in the role because he wanted to get rid of the image of the " nice guy " which he had previously built up with his television roles.
When auditioning for the role he had acted as he imagined a Klingon warrior. When he was called, he marched into the room, stared and shook hands with the interviewer violently. Then he left the room without a word and slammed the door behind him. The director should have called then: "The perfect Klingon. I want him! "
Dorn was in more episodes of the series as the same character to see than any other Star Trek actor. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the last of the Star Trek movies with the cast of the original series, he played the grandfather of his character. This was the counsel for Kirk and McCoy at their show trial on Qo'noS.
He also worked as a director and directed from 1997 to 1999 three episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and in 2002 an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.
Other roles
Due to the Star Trek series Michael Dorn gained international notoriety and was consequently roles in other projects such as the Christmas movie The Santa Clause 2 and its sequel, in which he played the role of the Sandman. He also embodied in Ali a pilot. He is also active as a voice actor for animated series. His voice he lent among other I.M. Weasel in the animated series I Am Weasel, REGIS Mark V and Number 13 in Megas XLR, Cold Stone and Taurus in Gargoyles, Kalibak and John Henry Irons / Steel in Superman: The Animated Series and the Fright Knight in Danny Phantom, still, he starred in two episodes in Outer Limits - The unknown dimension.
Dorn also appeared in several computer games, so in Emperor: Battle for Dune, a game which is loosely based on Frank Herbert's Dune novels. In it he played the Duke of the House Atreides. Furthermore, he said Dr. John in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers, Special Agent Frank Horrigan and Marcus the Mutant Sheriff in Fallout 2 and the spaceship captain Commander Dana in Mission Critical.
Promotional appearances for Dorn had a shampoo Neutrogena brand and a car brand. In addition, he was with the stars from Star Trek: listening to The Next Jonathan Frakes and Patrick Stewart in the episode Peter 's Got Woods series Family Guy and you drew a guest character in his image in the South Park Episode 83 ( Season 6, Episode 4: Fun with Veal ), that he is not synchronized itself.
On August 7, 2012, he started on Kickstarter, a crowdfunding project entitled Through the Fire with the goal of 750,000 U.S. dollars for a film project to collect, which he wanted to realize together with other former Star Trek actors. But it did not come together enough money, so the project was abandoned.
Filmography (selection)
As a director
- Deep Space Nine: The map ( In the Cards )
- Inquisition
- Misfortunes never come singly ( When It Rains ... )
- Val Who Cried Wolf