René Auberjonois
Auberjonois at the Galileo7-Convention in Neuss, Germany, 2004
Born	René Murat Auberjonois June 1, 1940 (1940-06-01) (age 68) New York City, New York, United States
Spouse(s)	Judith Mahalyi (October 19, 1963–present)

René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940) is a Tony Award-winning American actor, known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the movie version of M*A*S*H and for creating a number of characters in long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award), Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and, currently, attorney Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented The United States of America —commonly referred to as the John Patrick Francis Mulcahy, commonly called Father Mulcahy, is a principal character from the Film M*A*S*H, played by Rene Auberjonois See also M*A*S*H (TV series, M*A*S*H MASH is a American satirical Dark comedy Film directed by Robert Altman A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979 to April 19, 1986 on ABC Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Paul Lewiston is a fictional character in the ABC Television Network series Boston Legal. Boston Legal is an American Legal drama - Comedy created by David E He also has had a long and successful stage acting career.

Biography

Early life

Auberjonois was born in New York City. The City of New York His mother was Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline (née Murat), a descendant of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoléon. Joachim-Napoléon Murat (born Joachim Murat) ( Gioacchino Napoleone Murat) ( March 25 1767 &ndash October 13 1815) The following is a list of monarchs of Sicily. Counts of Sicily Sicily was granted pending its Christian reconquest to Robert Guiscard as "duke" The Kingdom of Naples was an informal name of the Polity officially known as the Kingdom of Sicily which existed on the mainland of the southern Italian Maria Annunziata Carolina (Marie Annonciade Caroline Murat ( Née Bonaparte; 25 March 1782 &ndash 18 May 1839) better Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. His father, Fernand Auberjonois (1910–2004), was a Cold War-era foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, and his grandfather, also named René Auberjonois, was a Swiss post-Impressionist painter. Fernand Auberjonois ( September 25 1910, Valeyres-sous-Montagny, near Lausanne, Switzerland &ndash August 27, 2004 Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Post-Impressionism is the term coined by the British artist and Art critic Roger Fry in 1910 to describe the development of French art since Manet. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e He has one brother, as well as, from his mother's first marriage, two half-sisters. ^[1]

Auberjonois's family moved to Paris after World War II, where at an early age he decided to become an actor. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

After a few years in France, the family moved back to the U. S. and joined an artists' colony in Rockland County, New York, whose other residents included Burgess Meredith, John Houseman, and Helen Hayes. Rockland County is a County located in the US state of New York, 12 miles north-northwest of New York City. Oliver Burgess Meredith ( November 16, 1908 He graduated from Hoosac School in 1926 John Houseman ( September 22, 1902 — October 31, 1988) was an Oscar -winning American Actor Helen Hayes ( October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award -winning American Actress, whose The environment confirmed Auberjonois's decision to act, and he made important contacts that were to advance his career. One of the most influential contacts Auberjonois made during this period was Houseman, who gave him his first job in the theater at sixteen years of age as an apprentice. They worked together again later, when Auberjonois taught under Houseman at the Juilliard School, and Auberjonois stated in a 1993 interview that Houseman was the person who had most influenced his career. The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. The Auberjonois family also lived in London, England, where Auberjonois completed high school while studying theatre. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. To complete his education, Auberjonois attended and graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU) is a private Research University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United

Auberjonois married Judith Mihalyi on October 19, 1963. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They have two children, Tessa and Remy, both of whom are also actors.

Theatre

After college, Auberjonois worked with several different theatre companies, beginning at the prestigious Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He then traveled between Los Angeles and New York working in numerous theatre productions. Arena Stage is a theatre production company in Southwest Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Auberjonois helped found the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music Repertory Company in New York. American Conservatory Theater ( ACT) is a large non-profit theater company in San Francisco California, that offers both classical and contemporary theater productions The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Mark Taper Forum is a 739 seat Thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center built by Welton Becket and Associates Brooklyn Academy of Music ( BAM) is a major performing arts venue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant garde

Eventually, Auberjonois landed a role on Broadway in 1968, and ended up appearing in three plays at once: as Fool to Lee J. Cobb's King Lear (the longest running production of the play in Broadway history), as Ned in A Cry of Players (opposite Frank Langella), and as Marco in Fire!. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Lee J Cobb ( December 8, 1911 – February 11, 1976) was an American Actor. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works Frank A Langella Jr (born January 1, 1938, according to the Internet Movie Database) is an American stage and film Actor The next year, he earned a Tony Award for his performance as Sebastian Baye alongside Katharine Hepburn in Coco. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12 1907 – June 29 2003 was an American actress of film television and stage Coco is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn. ^[2] Other Tony nominations were for Neil Simon's The Good Doctor (1973, opposite Christopher Plummer); as The Duke in Big River (1984), winning a Drama Desk Award; and, memorably, as Buddy Fidler/Irwin S. Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American Playwright and Screenwriter The Good Doctor is a comedy with music written by Neil Simon. Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer, CC (born December 13 1929 is a Canadian Theater, Film and Television actor. Big River The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a musical with a book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller. The Drama Desk Award, created in 1955, is an award which recognizes shows produced on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-off-Broadway, and Irving) in City of Angels (1989), written by Larry Gelbart and Cy Coleman. City of Angels is a Musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits For the fictional principal Seymour Kaufman see Room 222. Cy Coleman ( June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American ^[2]

Other Broadway appearances include Malvolio in Twelfth Night (1972); Mr. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Samsa in Metamorphosis opposite Mikhail Baryshnikov (1989); Professor Abronsius in Dance of the Vampires, Michael Crawford's unsuccessful rewrite of Tanz der Vampire; and Jethro Crouch in Sly Fox (2004, for which he was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award). Metamorphosis is a Biological process by which an Animal physically develops after Birth or hatching involving a conspicuous and relatively Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German language version is named is a musical remake of a 1967 Michael Crawford, OBE (born 19 January 1942) is an English Actor and Singer. Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German language version is named is a musical remake of a 1967 Sly Fox is a comedic play by Larry Gelbart, based on Ben Jonson 's Volpone ( The Fox) updating the setting from Renaissance The Outer Critics Circle Awards are presented annually for theatrical achievements both on and Off-Broadway and were begun during the 1949-1950 theater season Auberjonois has also appeared many times at the Mark Taper Forum, notably as Malvolio in Twelfth Night and as Stanislavski in Chekhov in Yalta, although his performance as Richard III was not a success. Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Constantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski (Константин Richard III is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1591 As a member of the Second Drama Quartet, Auberjonois toured with Ed Asner, Dianne Wiest, and Harris Yulin. Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has enjoyed a successful career on stage television and film and has won Harris Yulin (born November 5, 1937) is an American Actor who has appeared in dozens of Hollywood and television films He also appeared in the Tom Stoppard and Andre Previn work, Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, at the Kennedy Center and the Metropolitan Opera. Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born 3 July 1937 is a British Screenwriter playwright WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> André Previn ( Andreas Ludwig Priwin) KBE (b The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the John F The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera.

Auberjonois has also directed many theatrical productions.

Films

After M*A*S*H, Auberjonois's movie roles have included the gangster Tony in Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) and Reverend Oliver in The Patriot (2000). Ronald Holgate is an American Actor and Opera singer, perhaps best known as Richard Henry Lee in the original Broadway production 1776 is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. This is a list of the winners and nominations of Tony Award for the' Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Coco is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by André Previn. Keene Curtis ( February 15, 1923 – October 13, 2002) was an American Character actor. The Rothschilds is a musical with a book by Sherman Yellen, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock. Police Academy 5 Assignment Miami Beach is the 1988 installment in the Police Academy series launched in 1984. The Patriot is a 2000 War film directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat, and starring Mel Gibson. He has had some rather exotic cameos in a number of films, including Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor patterned after Tim Burton, in Batman Forever, and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a bird in Robert Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud. Timothy "Tim" William Burton (born August 25 1958 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and Set designer, notable for the quirky See also Batman Forever (score, Batman Forever (soundtrack, Batman Forever (video game, Batman Forever The Arcade Game Batman Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with Brewster McCloud is a 1970 movie directed by Robert Altman; it centers on a young recluse who lives in a fallout shelter of the Houston He cameod as Colonel West in the 1991 Star Trek film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country is the sixth feature film based on the Star Trek Science fiction Television series. Other notable film appearances have included McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, starring Warren Beatty), The Hindenburg (1975, co-starring George C. Scott), the first remake of King Kong (1976), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Eulogy, The Feud, and Inspector Gadget (1999). Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout George Campbell Scott (October 18 1927 - September 22 1999 was an American stage and film Actor, director, and producer. King Kong is the name of a fictional giant ape from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933 Eyes of Laura Mars is a 1978 Thriller film starring Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones and directed by Irvin Kershner A eulogy is a speech or writing in Praise of a person or thing Inspector Gadget is an Animated television series about a clumsy absent-minded and oblivious Detective, Inspector Gadget who is a human being with Auberjonois also portrayed the character of Straight Hollander in the 1993 Miramax film The Ballad of Little Jo, In 2004 he did the voice for "Bio-Constrictor" for the Direct-to-DVD movie Max Steel: Endangered Species. The Ballad of Little Jo is a 1993 film inspired by the true story of a society woman who tries to escape the stigma of bearing a child out of wedlock by going out Max Steel Endagered Species is a 2004 Direct-to-DVD film based on the tv series Plot In this movie Psycho and Bio-Con join forces to transform humanity

Television

In addition to being a regular on three TV shows in three different genres (Benson (situation comedy); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (science fiction); and Boston Legal (legal drama)), Auberjonois has been a guest star on many different television series, including The Rockford Files, Charlie's Angels, The Jeffersons, The Outer Limits, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, Frasier, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, Star Trek: Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, and The Practice (for which he received another Emmy nomination, playing a different character than the one he has played on The Practice spinoff Boston Legal). Benson is an American television sitcom which aired from September 13, 1979 to April 19, 1986 on ABC Boston Legal is an American Legal drama - Comedy created by David E The Rockford Files is an American Detective ( Private investigator) Television Drama that had its first run on the Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency and is one of the first shows to showcase women For the album by Progressive Metal band Voivod see The Outer Limits (album. Matlock was a long-running American Television Legal drama. The show ran from September 23, 1986 to May Murder She Wrote is a television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Judging Amy is an American television Drama that aired from September 19, 1999 until May 3, 2005 Chicago Hope is an American Emmy Award -winning CBS Medical drama series created by David E Star Trek Enterprise (simply titled Enterprise prior to season three is a Science fiction Television program created by Brannon The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston Television movie credits include Disney's Geppetto, Gore Vidal's The Kid, the remake of the classic, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the miniseries Sallie Hemings: An American Scandal (2000). Gore Vidal (born October 3 1925 ˌgɔər vɪˈdɑːl or /vɪˈdæl/ is an American Novelist, Screenwriter, Playwright, He received a third Emmy Award nomination for his performance in ABC's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Auberjonois has also lent his voice as Janos Audron in three of the Legacy of Kain games, Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 and Defiance, and he voiced several roles on Batman: The Animated Series, Avatar the Last Airbender, Xiaolin Showdown, Justice League Unlimited, and Max Steel. Legacy of Kain is a series of Video games developed initially by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 is a Video game that was released on the PlayStation 2 and PC. Legacy of Kain is a series of Video games developed initially by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics. Legacy of Kain Defiance is a Video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos. Batman The Animated Series (often shortened Batman TAS or BTAS) is an American, two time Emmy Award winning Avatar The Last Airbender (also known in some countries as Avatar The Legend of Aang) is an Emmy award -winning American Xiaolin Showdown is an American Animated television series that aired on Kids WB and was created by Christy Hui. Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Max Steel is a Sci-Fi / Action, CGI, Animated series which originally aired on February 25 2000 - June 23 2002 on Kids WB for Season

Auberjonois has directed some TV shows, including Marblehead Manor and several episodes of Deep Space Nine listed below.

Radio and other voice work

Auberjonois has also been active in radio drama. Among other programs, he read "The Stunt" by Mordechai Strigler for the NPR series Jewish Stories From the Old World to the New. He has also recorded a number of novels on tape. As for film voice-overs, he was heard in Disney's The Little Mermaid (receiving top billing as Chef Louis), and as The Skull in The Last Unicorn. The Little Mermaid is a 1989 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation with a pencil test beginning on September 23, 1988 and The Last Unicorn is a 1982 Fantasy film based on the novel written by Peter S He reprised an animated version of his character Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in a cutaway joke in Family Guy's Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. Odo, played by René Auberjonois, is a main character on the science fiction television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine. Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin The Untold Story is a direct-to-DVD animated Film set in Family Guy 's The cutaway featured Odo threatening Stewie's alleged relative Quark Griffin. Quark, son of Keldar and Ishka, is a Fictional character in the television series Star Trek Deep Space Nine, played by Armin Shimerman He also did the voice of Vanity Smurf from the Smurfs series in the 1980's, and was the voice of Peter Parker on the 1972 Buddha Records Spiderman LP "From Beyond the Grave" (BDS 5119), a radio-style narrative replete with sound effects and rock and roll song interludes provided by "The Webspinners", in which the characters of The Vulture, The Lizard, The Green Goblin, The Kingpin and Dr. Strange also appeared. Rene also provided the voice for Janos Audron, an ancient vampire in the Legacy of Kain Video game series, he was in Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2, and Legacy of Kain: Defiance. Legacy of Kain is a series of Video games developed initially by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. Legacy of Kain Soul Reaver 2 is a Video game that was released on the PlayStation 2 and PC. Blood Omen 2 is a Video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos. Legacy of Kain Defiance is a Video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos.

Deep Space Nine directorial credits

• "Prophet Motive"
• "Family Business"
• "Hippocratic Oath"
• "Indiscretion"
• "The Quickening"
• "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
• "Ferengi Love Songs"
• "Waltz"
• "Strange Bedfellows"

References

External links

• René Auberjonois at the Internet Movie Database
• René Auberjonois (actor) at Allmovie
• René Auberjonois at the Voice Chasers Database
• René Auberjonois at TV.com
• René Auberjonois at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rene Auberjonois article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
• René's Home Page
• Auberjonois' profile at the Boston Legal site
• Auberjonois' profile at the StarTrek.com website
• Profile and interview at TV Guide
• Hear Sam Downie interviewing René, on Sam Downie's Tech:Casts Podcast series