Armin Shimerman
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Armin Shimerman is an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and voicing characters in numerous animated series and video games.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Armin Shimerman canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6406417 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armin Shimerman Context triple: [Francis Griffin, voiceActor, Armin Shimerman]
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A.
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
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C.
Joseph Levitch
Joseph Levitch, better known as Jerry Lewis, was an American comedian, actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian famed for his slapstick humor and influential work in film and television.
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D.
Jerry Belson
Jerry Belson was an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for his work on television comedies such as "The Odd Couple" and for coining the phrase "Never assume, because when you assume, you make an ass out of 'u' and 'me'."
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E.
Joseph Kroll
Joseph Kroll was a 19th-century German restaurateur and impresario whose entertainment venue in Berlin evolved into the renowned Kroll Opera House.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Armin Shimerman Target entity description: Armin Shimerman is an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and voicing characters in numerous animated series and video games.
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A.
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff was an American musical director, conductor, and composer best known for his work on numerous Hollywood film scores during the mid-20th century.
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B.
Murray Schisgal
Murray Schisgal was an American playwright and screenwriter known for his offbeat comedies and for co-writing the acclaimed film "Tootsie."
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C.
Joseph Levitch
Joseph Levitch, better known as Jerry Lewis, was an American comedian, actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian famed for his slapstick humor and influential work in film and television.
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D.
Jerry Belson
Jerry Belson was an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for his work on television comedies such as "The Odd Couple" and for coining the phrase "Never assume, because when you assume, you make an ass out of 'u' and 'me'."
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E.
Joseph Kroll
Joseph Kroll was a 19th-century German restaurateur and impresario whose entertainment venue in Berlin evolved into the renowned Kroll Opera House.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
animation
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film ⓘ television ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) ⓘ
linked to:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Seinfeld ⓘ Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ Star Trek: The Next Generation ⓘ Stargate SG-1 ⓘ Warehouse 13 ⓘ |
| basedIn | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1949-11-05 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ |
| familyName | Shimerman ⓘ |
| genre |
fantasy
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science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Armin ⓘ |
| hasEthnicBackground | Jewish ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Armin Shimerman ⓘ |
| notableFor | portraying the Ferengi bartender Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Quark (character)
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linked to:
Quark
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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director ⓘ voice actor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Lakewood, New Jersey, United States
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linked to:
Lakewood Township, New Jersey, United States
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| portrayed | Quark ⓘ |
| spouse | Kitty Swink ⓘ |
| voicedCharacter |
Andrew Ryan
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Dr. Nefarious ⓘ General Skarr ⓘ Quark (in video games) ⓘ
linked to:
Quark
characters in BioShock series ⓘ characters in Mass Effect series ⓘ characters in Ratchet & Clank series ⓘ characters in animated television series ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Armin Shimerman Description of subject: Armin Shimerman is an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and voicing characters in numerous animated series and video games.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.