René Auberjonois
René Murat Auberjonois (June 1, 1940 – December 8, 2019 , Height: 6' 0" [1.83 meters]) was an American actor and director who was known for his versatile and nuanced performances across stage, television, and film. He was particularly celebrated for his portrayal of Constable Odo on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), a role that earned him critical acclaim and a dedicated fan following. Auberjonois's stage career took off in the 1960s, and he quickly gained recognition for his captivating performances. In 1969, he originated the role of Sebastian Baye in the André Previn-Alan Jay Lerner musical Coco, opposite Katharine Hepburn. His performance earned him both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, solidifying his position as a leading actor on Broadway. Auberjonois's success on stage paved the way for a prolific television and film career. He appeared in numerous television shows, including Maude, Benson, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. His portrayal of Constable Odo, a shapeshifting alien security officer on Deep Space Nine, earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and became one of his most iconic roles. In film, Auberjonois starred in a diverse range of projects, including Joe Versus the Volcano (1984), Silverado (1985), and The Abyss (1989). He also lent his voice to animated projects, including the Disney film Lilo & Stitch (2002) and the series Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006). His work on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine remains particularly cherished, as he breathed life into the complex and enigmatic character of Constable Odo. Auberjonois's legacy extends beyond his acting accomplishments, as he was also a respected director and a passionate advocate for the arts. His contributions to the entertainment industry will continue to be appreciated for generations to come.
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Star Trek: Prodigy as Odo (voice)
- 2020 · First Cow as Man with Raven
- 2019 · Windows on the World as Maury
- 2019 · Raising Buchanan as President James Buchanan
- 2019 · The Circuit as
- 2018 · What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Self
- 2016 · Way Out on a Limb as Self
- 2016 · Certain Women as Albert
- 2016 · Blood Stripe as Art
- 2015 · This Is Happening as Cal Plotz
- 2014 · The Librarians as Mr. McGuire
- 2014 · Planes: Fire & Rescue as Concierge (voice)
- 2013 · Evermore as Grandpa
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Dr. George Papanikolaou
- 2013 · Wander Over Yonder as Maurice (voice)
- 2013 · The Captains Close Up as Self
- 2013 · The Sixth Gun as Von Allen / Montcrief
- 2012 · 1600 Penn as Winslow Hannum
- 2012 · Ben 10: Omniverse as Azmuth (voice)
- 2012 · Get a Life! as Himself
- 2011 · The Captains as Self
- 2011 · The Looney Tunes Show as Pepé Le Pew (voice)
- 2010 · Young Justice as Mark Desmond (voice)
- 2010 · Pound Puppies as McLeish (voice)
- 2010 · BlackBoxTV Presents as Rudy
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Coroner Claypool
- 2009 · Archer as Mannfred (voice)
- 2009 · Archer as Cardinal Giancarlo Morelli (voice)
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Hugo Miller
- 2009 · Le Door as Le Door
- 2008 · Hornswiggle as Hornswiggle (voice)
- 2008 · Random! Cartoons as Hornswiggle / Apeman #2 (voice)
- 2008 · Dispatches from Nicaragua as
- 2007 · Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! as Alphonse LaFleur (voice)
- 2007 · Saving Grace as
- 2007 · Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as James Parton (voice)
- 2007 · Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo as (voice)
- 2007 · Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 2 : Le fantôme de la télé as (voice)
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Colonel Ron Massey
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Dr. Larry Meyers
- 2005 · Family Guy Presents... Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story as Odo (voice)
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Neil Sheridan
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Mechanist (voice)
- 2005 · Avatar: The Last Airbender as Gan Jin Leader (voice)
- 2004 · Eulogy as Parson Banke
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Paul Lewiston
- 2003 · Xiaolin Showdown as Master Fung (voice)
- 2003 · Trials and Tribble-ations: Uniting Two Legends as Himself
- 2002 · Tarzan & Jane as (voice)
- 2002 · Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · Woodrow Wilson as voice
- 2001 · Justice League as Kanjar-Ro / Galius Zed / Guardian of Oa (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Desaad / General Steppenwolf / Minion (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Galius Zed / Kalanorian (voice)
- 2001 · Star Trek: Enterprise as Ezral
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Renard Dumont (voice)
- 2001 · The Princess Diaries as Philippe Renaldi (uncredited)
- 2001 · Burning Down the House as Pierre
- 2001 · Disney's House of Mouse as
- 2000 · Joseph: King of Dreams as Butler (voice)
- 2000 · The Patriot as Reverend Oliver
- 2000 · The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne as
- 2000 · Geppetto as Prof Buonragazzo
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as James Callender
- 2000 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as James Callender
- 2000 · The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as Chef Louis (voice)
- 2000 · Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
- 1999 · Xyber 9: New Dawn as Xyber 9 (voice)
- 1999 · We All Fall Down as Tim
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Judge Jackson Keeler
- 1999 · Inspector Gadget as Artemus Bradford
- 1999 · Family Guy as Odo (voice)
- 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Merrick Dash (voice)
- 1998 · An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island as Dithering (voice)
- 1997 · Extreme Ghostbusters as
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Alar
- 1997 · Snide and Prejudice as Dr. Sam Cohen
- 1997 · Cats Don't Dance as Flanigan (voice)
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge F. Mantz
- 1997 · Los Locos as Presidente
- 1996 · The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Jean Jaures / Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (voice)
- 1996 · The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations as Self
- 1996 · Richie Rich as Richard Rich, Chef Pierre, Professor Keenbean
- 1996 · Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys as Gardener / Alien Gladioluses (voice)
- 1996 · Nash Bridges as
- 1995 · The Savage Dragon as Horde (voice)
- 1995 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior as Odo
- 1995 · Batman Forever as Dr. Burton
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Dlavan
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Aladdin as Nefir Hasenuf (voice)
- 1993 · Marsupilami as Chef Louie (voice)
- 1993 · Frasier as William Tewksbury
- 1993 · The Ballad of Little Jo as Streight Hollander
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Behind the Scenes as Himself
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Emissary as Odo
- 1993 · Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Odo
- 1992 · The Sands of Time as Prime Minister
- 1992 · Raw Toonage as Chef Louie (voice)
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. March (voice)
- 1992 · Wild Card as Jake Spence
- 1992 · Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life as Marquis
- 1992 · The Player as René Auberjonois
- 1992 · Lucky Luke as Mr. Edgar Rockbottom / Mendez
- 1992 · The Lost Language of Cranes as Geoffrey Lane
- 1991 · Eerie, Indiana as The Donald
- 1991 · Absolute Strangers as Quinn
- 1990 · Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Pierre (voice)
- 1989 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
- 1989 · The Little Mermaid as Louis (voice)
- 1989 · The Feud as Reverton
- 1989 · Doogie Howser, M.D. as
- 1989 · Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Professor Genius (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Alexander Hamilton (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Woodrow Wilson (voice)
- 1988 · Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach as Tony
- 1988 · Longarm as Gov. Lew Wallace
- 1987 · Walker as Maj. Siegfried Hennington
- 1987 · My Best Friend Is a Vampire as Modoc
- 1987 · DuckTales as Dr. Nogood (voice)
- 1986 · A Smoky Mountain Christmas as Ned
- 1986 · The Christmas Star as Sumner
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Kevin Richardson
- 1986 · Wildfire as
- 1986 · Matlock as
- 1986 · 3:15 the Moment of Truth as Horner
- 1986 · Blacke's Magic as
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as
- 1984 · Challenge of the GoBots as
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Prof. Harry Papasian
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Homicide Captain Walker Thorn
- 1984 · Snorks as Dr. Strangesnork
- 1983 · Sleeping Beauty as King Boris
- 1982 · The Smurfs Christmas Special as Stranger (voice)
- 1982 · The Last Unicorn as The Skull (voice)
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as King Boris
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as King Ulrich
- 1982 · The Tale of the Frog Prince as King Ulrich
- 1982 · The Kid From Nowhere as Howard
- 1980 · More Wild Wild West as Capt. Sir David Edney
- 1980 · Where the Buffalo Roam as Harris
- 1980 · Beyond Westworld as Power
- 1980 · Tenspeed and Brown Shoe as
- 1979 · Once Upon a Midnight Scary as Ichabod Crane
- 1979 · Hart to Hart as Donald Springfield
- 1979 · Benson as Clayton Endicott III
- 1979 · The Wild Wild West Revisited as Capt. Sir David Edney
- 1979 · Stockard Channing: In Just Friends as
- 1979 · Mrs. Columbo as
- 1978 · Eyes of Laura Mars as Donald Phelps
- 1978 · The Dark Secret of Harvest Home as Jack Stump
- 1977 · Man from Atlantis as Havergal
- 1977 · The Rhinemann Exchange as Dr. Eugene Lyons
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Terrence
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Freddie Fortune
- 1976 · Baa Baa Black Sheep as Matthew Hooper
- 1976 · King Kong as Roy Bagley
- 1976 · The Big Bus as Father Kudos
- 1976 · Panache as Panache
- 1976 · The Bionic Woman as
- 1975 · The Hindenburg as Major Napier
- 1975 · Upcoming Season as Roberts
- 1975 · Wonder Woman as Kimball
- 1975 · Ellery Queen as
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
- 1975 · The Jeffersons as
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Masters
- 1974 · Harry O as
- 1974 · Harry O as Rabbit (1 episode)
- 1974 · Rhoda as
- 1974 · King Lear as Edgar
- 1974 · The Lives of Benjamin Franklin as
- 1973 · Incident at Vichy as Monceau, An Actor
- 1973 · The Birdmen as Halden Brevik / Olav Volda
- 1973 · Shirts/Skins as Sidney Krebs
- 1973 · Super Friends as Desaad (voice)
- 1972 · Images as Hugh
- 1972 · Pete 'n' Tillie as Jimmy Twitchell
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1971 · Once Upon a Dead Man as Andre Stryker
- 1971 · McCabe & Mrs. Miller as Sheehan
- 1971 · Great Performances as Edgar
- 1971 · Teenage Tease as
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · Brewster McCloud as The Lecturer
- 1970 · M*A*S*H as Father Mulcahy
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · Petulia as Fred Six (uncredited)
- 1964 · Lilith as Howie (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Jetsons as (voice)
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Cortex as Parks