In 2005, he appeared on the TV series Invasion, alongside other Star Trek actors such as his DS9 co-star Cirroc Lofton. Shimerman has been lending his voice to the characters of General Skarr and Hector's Stomach on the Cartoon Network series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. In 2006, he co-starred with Star Trek: Enterprise actor John Billingsley in the TV movie Dead & Deader. He was seen in an episode of Seinfeld, starring Star Trek: Voyager guest actor Jason Alexander. Shimerman's other TV credits include guest appearances on Stargate SG-1, Ally McBeal, The Practice, Sliders, Charmed, The West Wing, ER, Nip/Tuck, and Warehouse 13. Other Star Trek alumni who appeared on the series were Roger Perry, Kenneth Tigar, Paul Comi, Robert DoQui, Eve Smith, William Windom, Nicholas Coster, Clyde Kusatsu, Nehemiah Persoff, Clive Revill, Robert Hooks, and Ian Wolfe. In 1985, Shimerman made a brief appearance in the seventh season premiere episode of The Facts of Life. His character on 'Buffy' was killed by a transformed Mayor Wilkins, played by Trek guest star Harry Groener. Shimerman also became a regular on Brooklyn Bridge during that show's first season (1991-92), playing Uncle Bernie.īeyond Star Trek, however, he is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Principal Snyder on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Dr. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), Who's the Boss?, Alien Nation (starring Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, and Michele Scarabelli), and Married. From 1987 through 1989, he was a recurring player on the TV series Beauty and the Beast, which starred Star Trek Nemesis actor Ron Perlman and Tony Jay.

Shimerman ultimately moved back to Los Angeles, where he acquired guest spots on such television shows as Cagney & Lacey, Remington Steele, and The Facts of Life. Thorkelson in the musical I Remember Mama in 1979. Shimerman next performed in the play Saint Joan from December 1977 through February 1978 and played the role of Mr. ' Peak Performance' co-star Roy Brocksmith was also a part of that play's cast. Shimerman's Broadway debut came when he played part of an ensemble and served as an understudy in the musical Threepenny Opera, which ran for 306 performances from 1 May, 1976 through 23 January, 1977. Shimerman participated in numerous regional theater productions before moving to New York and landing roles on the Broadway stage. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Shimerman was one of eight people out of nine hundred applicants chosen to become an apprentice at the prestigious Old Globe Theater in San Diego, California. There, his mother enrolled him into a drama group to help her son meet new people. Born to immigrant parents in Lakewood, New Jersey, Shimerman and his family moved to Los Angeles at the age of sixteen.

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