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Casey Biggs

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]

Casey Biggs
Biggs in 2003
Born
Casey Patrick Biggs

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

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
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

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1978 Flying High Dale Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter H. Hunt [18]
The Great Wallendas Gene Hallow Made-for-TV movie directed by Larry Elikann [19]
The Beasts Are on the Streets Rick Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter R. Hunt [20]
1978–79 Flying High Dale
1980 Brave New World Beta lighthouse guard
[21][22]
1985 America's Musical Theater Bill Cracker Episode: "Happy End"
The Equalizer Mason Episode: "The Equalizer" (Pilot)
1989 Ryan's Hope Fenno Moore Contract role
Father Dowling Mysteries Charles Episode: "The Pretty Baby Mystery"
Matlock Ernie D'Amato Episodes:
The Young Riders Richard Gentry Episode: "Blind Love"
1990 Appearances Harry Trace Made-for-TV movie directed by Win Phelps [23]
General Hospital Chad Wainwright [5][6]
1991 Shades of L.A. Boyd Hoagland Episode: "Dead Dogs Tell No Tales"
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story Lee Made-for-TV movie directed by John Korty [24][25][26]
Jake and the Fatman Ruben Aragon Episode: "Pretty Baby"
Stat Dr. Lewis Doniger
[27]
1994 One Woman's Courage Barry Cameron Made-for-TV movie directed by Charles Robert Carner [28]
Melrose Place Guest Episode: "It's a Bad World After All"
Murder, She Wrote Max Charles Episode: "Dear Deadly"
The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa John Fowler Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1995 Live Shot Lt. Larry Levinstein Episode: "Day One"
1996 A Promise to Carolyn Travis Colton Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry London [4][29]
Profiler Senator Jameson Hunt Episode: "I'll Be Watching You"
The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake Dad Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1996–99 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Damar and related characters Twenty-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 Voices Joshua Norton Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Levin [30]
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise Illyrian Captain Episode: "Damage"
2012 Major Crimes Brian Barlow Episode: "Citizens Arrest"
2012 Shameless David Episode: “Summertime”
2013 Elementary Alan Becker Episode: "Blood is Thicker"
2014 Person of Interest Ken Davis Episode: "Allegiance"
2018–present General Hospital Dr. Lasaris [5][6]
2019 Madam Secretary Mr. Champlin Episode: "Strategic Ambiguity (S5:E12)"
2023 The Rookie Ed Teska Episode: "S.T.R."

References

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  1. ^ "Casey Biggs to offer six-week master acting class". Paso Robles Daily News. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Case Biggs: Biography". CaseyBiggs.com. United States. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  3. ^ Blake, Erica (September 13, 2006). "Actor Casey Biggs to share experiences with UT students". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  4. ^ a b McCarthy, John P. (January 14, 1996). "A Promise to Carolyn". Variety. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d Cushman, Dustin (July 12, 2018). "General Hospital Casting Calls, Auditions & Dayplayer Roles". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c Eades, Chris (July 27, 2018). "Everything You Need to Know About Dr. Lasiris on GENERAL HOSPITAL". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States: Bauer Media Group. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Faculty A-Z". newschool.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  8. ^ "Star Trek Catching Up With Casey Biggs, Part 2". Startrek.com. April 7, 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  9. ^ STARTREK.COM STAFF (April 6, 2012). "Catching Up With Casey Biggs, Part 2". StarTrek.com. With all due respect, I never really cared for Enterprise very much, in terms of what the writing was.
  10. ^ "Death Drug". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  11. ^ "Alamo: The Price of Freedom". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  12. ^ McAlister, George A. (1988). Alamo-- The Price of Freedom : A History of Texas (2nd ed.). Martinsburg, West Virginia: Docutex, Inc. ISBN 978-0924307003. OCLC 22733567.
  13. ^ "The Pelican Brief". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  14. ^ Grisham, John (1992). The Pelican Brief (1st ed.). New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385421980.
  15. ^ "Bodily Harm". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  16. ^ "Broken Arrow". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  17. ^ "Shadow Conspiracy". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  18. ^ "Flying High". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  19. ^ "The Great Wallendas". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  20. ^ "The Beasts Are on the Streets". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  21. ^ "Brave New World". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  22. ^ Huxley, Aldous (2006) [1932]. Brave New World (Reprint ed.). New York City: Harper Perennial (Orig-pub: Chatto & Windus). ISBN 978-0060850524. OCLC 20156268.
  23. ^ "Appearances". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  24. ^ "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  25. ^ King, Susan (January 20, 1991). "Corbin Bernsen's Wake-Up Role : New NBC Movie Opened 'L.A. Law' Actor's Eyes to Minority Injustices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  26. ^ Tucker, Ken (June 16, 2000). "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story". Entertainment Weekly. New York City. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
  27. ^ Goldberg, Lee (2015). Television Fast Forward: Sequels & Remakes of Cancelled Series 1955-1992. Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1511590761.
  28. ^ "One Woman's Courage". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  29. ^ "A Promise to Carolyn". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  30. ^ "Two Voices". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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