Andrew Robinson(I)
- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Andrew Jordt Robinson was born in New York City and attended the
University of New Hampshire, later receiving his B.A. in English from
the New School for Social Research in NYC. After graduation, he spent a
year in England at the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts on a
Fulbright Scholarship. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Mr. Robinson
performed a wide variety of theater, movie and television roles. These
included the infamous Scorpio killer in
Dirty Harry (1971), a stint on
Ryan's Hope (1975), which earned
him an Emmy nomination, and the title role in a TV movie about
Liberace. He was chosen for the
continuing guest role of "Elim Garak", the Cardassian tailor/spy on
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993),
after first reading for the part of "Odo"! In the early 90s, Mr.
Robinson helped found The Matrix Theatre Company in Los Angeles. In
addition to acting in several of the company's productions, in 1995 and
1996 his direction of "Endgame" and "The Homecoming" at the Matrix
earned him two Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. This led to his
TV directing debut on
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993),
and Mr. Robinson has since gone on to direct episodes of
Star Trek: Voyager (1995).
1997-1998 directorial projects at The Matrix were "Dangerous Corner"
and "A Moon for the Misbegotten".
