Casey Biggs

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Casey Biggs
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Biggs in 2003
Born
Casey Patrick Biggs

(1955-04-04) April 4, 1955 (age 69)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Education Juilliard School (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active1978–present
Known for Damar ( Star Trek: Deep Space Nine )
Spouses
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(m. 1985;div. 1987)​
Brigit Binns
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(m. 2004)​

Casey Patrick Biggs (born April 4, 1955) is an American actor, best known throughout the Star Trek community for starring as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . He has appeared in over eighty film and television and stage productions. [1]

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Early life

Biggs was born on April 4, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. When he was very young, he was a foster child. [2] He decided to pursue acting when he was a student at Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1973. [3] He received a BFA from Juilliard in 1977; studied acting at the Toledo Repertory Theatre. [2]

Career

In January 1996, Biggs was in the made-for-TV movie A Promise to Carolyn. [4] In 1996, he was nominated for the role of Damar in the science fiction show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . Seemingly a minor character in his first appearance, Damar later became one of the major figures in the show, leading the entire Cardassian Union and having a major influence on the show's events. [2] Biggs later returned to the Star Trek universe, making a guest appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise in the season 3 episode "Damage" as an Illyrian captain.

Biggs's other TV roles include the soap operas Ryan's Hope as Fenno Moore from 1988 to 1989, and General Hospital as Chad Wainwright in 1990. [5] [6] Another television role was on the 1990s TV series Stat . He has appeared in movies such as The Pelican Brief , Broken Arrow , Dragonfly and the Star Trek documentary Trekkies 2 .

Biggs has made many guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from Father Dowling Mysteries , Matlock , The Young Riders , ER , Snoops , CSI: Miami , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Person of Interest and Crossing Jordan . In 2017 Biggs taught a class in directing and acting at The New School for Drama. [7] Biggs appeared in the HBO docudrama Too Big To Fail on the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as Wells Fargo chairman Richard Kovacevich. In 2018, he returned to General Hospital as Dr. Lasaris. [5]

Personal life

Biggs was married to Roxann Dawson from 1985 to 1987. Dawson later played B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager . Their marriage ended before either of them were cast in Star Trek. [8] [9]

Select filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1978 Death Drug Melvin Exploitation film directed by Oscar Williams [10]
1988 Alamo: The Price of Freedom William Barret Travis
[11] [12]
1993 The Pelican Brief Eric East
 [13] [14]
1995 Bodily Harm Michael Cates Thriller film directed by James Lemmo [15]
1996 Broken Arrow Novacek Action film directed by John Woo [16]
1997 Shadow Conspiracy Stokes Political thriller film directed by George P. Cosmatos [17]
2002 Dragonfly Neil Darrow Supernatural thriller film directed by Tom Shadyac
2022 Amsterdam Augustus Vandenheuvel Mystery comedy film directed by David O. Russell

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1978 Flying High Dale Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter H. Hunt [18]
The Great WallendasGene HallowMade-for-TV movie directed by Larry Elikann [19]
The Beasts Are on the Streets RickMade-for-TV movie directed by Peter R. Hunt [20]
1978–79 Flying High Dale
1980 Brave New World Beta lighthouse guard
 [21] [22]
1985America's Musical TheaterBill CrackerEpisode: "Happy End"
The Equalizer MasonEpisode: "The Equalizer" (Pilot)
1989 Ryan's Hope Fenno MooreContract role
Father Dowling Mysteries CharlesEpisode: "The Pretty Baby Mystery"
Matlock Ernie D'AmatoEpisodes:
The Young Riders Richard GentryEpisode: "Blind Love"
1990AppearancesHarry TraceMade-for-TV movie directed by Win Phelps [23]
General Hospital Chad Wainwright [5] [6]
1991 Shades of L.A. Boyd HoaglandEpisode: "Dead Dogs Tell No Tales"
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story LeeMade-for-TV movie directed by John Korty [24] [25] [26]
Jake and the Fatman Ruben AragonEpisode: "Pretty Baby"
Stat Dr. Lewis Doniger
 [27]
1994One Woman's CourageBarry CameronMade-for-TV movie directed by Charles Robert Carner [28]
Melrose Place Guest Episode: "It's a Bad World After All"
Murder, She Wrote Max CharlesEpisode: "Dear Deadly"
The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa John FowlerMade-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1995 Live Shot Lt. Larry LevinsteinEpisode: "Day One"
1996A Promise to CarolynTravis ColtonMade-for-TV movie directed by Jerry London [4] [29]
Profiler Senator Jameson HuntEpisode: "I'll Be Watching You"
The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake DadMade-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1996–99 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Damar and related charactersTwenty-three (23) episodes, starting with Return to Grace (Season 4) and ending with the series finale What You Leave Behind (Season 7). Includes two episodes as a hologram of Damar ( Statistical Probabilities and In The Pale Moonlight ) and one episode as "Dr Wykoff", in addition to already playing Damar ( Shadows and Symbols ).
1997 Martin Mr. Rollins
Two VoicesJoshua NortonMade-for-TV movie directed by Peter Levin [30]
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise Illyrian CaptainEpisode: "Damage"
2012 Major Crimes Brian BarlowEpisode: "Citizens Arrest"
2012 Shameless DavidEpisode: “Summertime”
2013 Elementary Alan BeckerEpisode: "Blood is Thicker"
2014 Person of Interest Ken DavisEpisode: "Allegiance"
2018–presentGeneral HospitalDr. Lasaris [5] [6]
2019 Madam Secretary Mr. ChamplinEpisode: "Strategic Ambiguity (S5:E12)"
2023 The Rookie Ed TeskaEpisode: "S.T.R."

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