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Marc Alaimo
Alaimo in 2009
Born	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Other names	"The Neck"
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1971–2010
Spouses	Doris Hepfner ​ (div. 1979)​ Karla Groseclos ​ ​ (m. 1984, divorced)​ Lorie Bollinger ​ (m. 2010)​
Children	2

Marc Alaimo is an American actor known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villainGul Dukat in the TV seriesStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Alaimo was born inMilwaukee, Wisconsin. He has a son from his first marriage, Michael Antony Alaimo, who is awriter,story editor andproducer known forThe Closer,Major Crimes,Invasion,Traveler, and for penning "Columbo Likes the Nightlife," the final episode ofColumbo.^[1]

Alaimo is a classically trained theatre actor, and performed as part of the Marquette University Players and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the 1960s in everything from Shakespeare and the classics to world premiere productions. He was also a member of various theatre companies in New York and touring companies across the country before making the move to Los Angeles in 1973. Some of his theatrical roles includeIago inOthello, Rodolpho inArthur Miller'sA View From the Bridge and Lucky inSamuel Beckett'sWaiting for Godot.^{[citation needed]}

Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. He has appeared, mostly as villains, in shows such asThe Doctors,Kojak,Gunsmoke,Baretta,The Six Million Dollar Man,The Bionic Woman,Starsky & Hutch,Knight Rider,Quincy,The Greatest American Hero,The Incredible Hulk,Quantum Leap,Family Guy,Walker, Texas Ranger,Wonder Woman,The Rockford Files,Hill Street Blues,Barnaby Jones, andThe A-Team. Alaimo has appeared in some feature films including the 1984 science fiction movieThe Last Starfighter (portraying the human guise of an alien assassin),Naked Gun33+1⁄3: The Final Insult,Tango & Cash, and the 1988 filmThe Dead Pool. He also appeared as Curtis Block in the television movieCase Closed and as a security officer on Mars in theArnold Schwarzenegger movieTotal Recall.^[2]

He played several characters inStar Trek: The Next Generation (Star Trek: TNG), starting in the first season. He has the distinction of two firsts onStar Trek: TNG, playing the firstRomulan, Commander Tebok, in the 1988 episode "The Neutral Zone", and the firstCardassian (in anyStar Trek series), Gul Macet, in the 1991 episode, "The Wounded". He also played a poker player who speaks French toData in the episode "Time's Arrow". In 1993, Alaimo began playing Cardassian characterGul Dukat inStar Trek: Deep Space Nine. Gul Dukat was a recurring character that appeared in 33 episodes of that series.

Alaimo also appeared in a season two episode of21 Jump Street. He was also featured in the 2006 video gameCall of Juarez, and its 2009 prequelCall of Juarez: Bound in Blood, both times as the voice of the gunslinging Ray McCall. In 2010 he voiced The Dean in theFamily Guy episode "The Splendid Source".

During a Q&A panel at the Star Trek Las Vegas Convention in 2015, Alaimo revealed he was still willing to work as an actor but was out of touch with the industry and had no agency representing him at that time. Fans and co-starAndrew Robinson who was on the panel with him and was at the time planning a return to acting himself expressed support for the actor and encouraged him to continue acting.^[3]

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