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== ''Star Trek'' interviews == |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
Revision as of 03:37, 19 January 2013
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Mark Allen Shepherd (born 7 January 1961; age 63), an actor from Rockville Centre, New York, is best known for his portrayal of the character of Morn, the Lurian freighter captain who frequented Quark's on Deep Space 9 in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, even though his name never appeared in the official credits. In addition, he appeared in at least two other background roles, a Human and a Bajoran.
Shepherd received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island which he attended between 1979 and 1984. After graduation, he moved to Southern California and studied at the California Institute of the Arts, focusing on music, film, theater, performance, and interdisciplinary arts between 1986 and 1990.
Shepherd is also an accomplished artist, and he has created numerous abstract impressionist paintings, mixing media types into photo mosaics. In his artwork, he likes exploring abstract concepts as energy, consciousness, perception, and multi-dimensionality. Indeed, twenty-three of his works have been used as set dressing on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, including paintings in the quarters of Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir, Jadzia Dax, and Jake Sisko. [1] [2]
Shepherd appeared as Morn in every season of Deep Space Nine in heavy makeup, which took nearly two hours to apply. Once in costume, Shepherd was known to spend fourteen hours a day filming. His make-up artist was Vincent Niebla, who earned an Emmy Award for his work on Deep Space Nine. [3] [4] Although his character never uttered a word, Morn became a recurring character in the series, and even had an entire episode written about him. (DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?") Interestingly, Shepherd appeared, without makeup, in this episode, and asked to take Morn's seat at the bar when Morn is presumed dead.
An action figure of Morn was released by Playmates Toys. Shepherd was interviewed for Star Trek Monthly twice, in 1996 in issue 19 and in 1998 by Sue Schneider in issue 46, titled "Voice of the Barfly". Another interview was printed in the 1995 magazine The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine, issue 11, by Larry Nemecek and titled "Mark Allen Shepherd: Morn". Shepherd also gave interviews for the "Hidden file 10" on the DS9 Season 6 DVD and for "Morn Speaks" on the DS9 Season 7 DVD.
Shepherd is a co-founder of Plural Dolt, an absurd music theater group based in Los Angeles since 1987, as well as a musician who released the CDs "Morn to be Wild" (2005) [5] and "Space Walk" (2005). [6] He is also a frequent guest at science fiction conventions. [7]
Outside Star Trek, Shepherd portrayed Lenny in the 2001 comedy Babylon Vista and a killer in the 2007 adventure Slow Motion Addict.
In 2009, Shepherd voiced the role of Alex Miller on the fan produced audio series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.
Star Trek appearances
Recurring appearances
- DS9: as Morn
- "Emissary" (Season 1)
- "Past Prologue"
- "A Man Alone"
- "Babel"
- "Captive Pursuit"
- "Q-Less"
- "Dax"
- "The Passenger"
- "Move Along Home"
- "The Nagus"
- "Vortex"
- "Battle Lines"
- "The Storyteller"
- "Progress"
- "If Wishes Were Horses"
- "The Forsaken"
- "Dramatis Personae"
- "Duet"
- "In the Hands of the Prophets"
- "The Siege" (Season 2)
- "Melora"
- "Rules of Acquisition"
- "Sanctuary"
- "Rivals"
- "The Alternate"
- "Playing God"
- "Profit and Loss"
- "The Wire"
- "The Jem'Hadar"
- "The House of Quark" (Season 3)
- "Fascination"
- "Prophet Motive"
- "Visionary"
- "Explorers"
- "Family Business"
- "Shakaar"
- "Facets"
- "The Way of the Warrior" (Season 4)
- "The Visitor"
- "Rejoined"
- "Starship Down"
- "Little Green Men"
- "Homefront"
- "Sons of Mogh"
- "Bar Association"
- "Accession"
- "Rules of Engagement"
- "Body Parts"
- "Apocalypse Rising" (Season 5)
- "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
- "The Assignment"
- "Trials and Tribble-ations"
- "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
- "Rapture"
- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
- "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
- "A Simple Investigation"
- "Business as Usual"
- "Ferengi Love Songs"
- "Empok Nor"
- "In the Cards"
- "Call to Arms"
- "A Time to Stand" (Season 6)
- "Behind the Lines"
- "Favor the Bold"
- "You Are Cordially Invited"
- "Resurrection"
- "Statistical Probabilities"
- "The Magnificent Ferengi"
- "Who Mourns for Morn?"
- "One Little Ship"
- "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
- "Inquisition"
- "His Way"
- "The Reckoning"
- "Valiant"
- "Profit and Lace"
- "Time's Orphan"
- "The Sound of Her Voice"
- "Tears of the Prophets"
- "Image in the Sand" (Season 7)
- "Afterimage"
- "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
- "Chrysalis"
- "Once More Unto the Breach"
- "The Emperor's New Cloak"
- "Field of Fire"
- "Chimera"
- "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
- "Penumbra"
- "The Dogs of War"
- "What You Leave Behind"
- DS9: as Human DS9 resident
- "A Man Alone"
- "Vortex"
- "The Storyteller"
- "If Wishes Were Horses"
- "The Forsaken"
- "Dramatis Personae"
- "Duet"
- "Melora"
- "Necessary Evil"
- "Sanctuary"
- "Whispers"
Star Trek interviews
- DS9 Season 6 DVD special feature "Hidden File 10", interviewed on 3 April 2003
- DS9 Season 7 DVD special feature "Morn speaks", interviewed on 3 April 2003
External links
- Morn - official site
- Mark Allen Shepherd at MySpace.com
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- Mark Allen Shepherd at Wikipedia