Jun 1, 1940

New York City, New York, USA

René Murat Auberjonois is an
American character actor. After portraying Father Mulcahy (nickname
Dago Red) in the movie version of M*A*S*H, he became well-known for
his television work as Clayton Endicott III on the sitcom Benson, and
as Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He made a guest appearance on
Stargate SG-1 as Alar in the season four episode "The Other Side".
Currently, he plays attorney Paul Lewiston on the David E. Kelley-
created Boston Legal.

Movie roles he has... ... (read more...) played over the years include Col. West in Star
Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, the gangster Tony in Police
Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, Reverend Oliver in The Patriot and
the voice of the Chef Louis in Disney's The Little Mermaid. He has
had some rather exotic cameos in a number of films, including playing
Dr. Burton, a mental asylum doctor patterned after Tim Burton, in
Batman Forever, and a bird expert who gradually transforms into a
bird in Altman's 1970 film Brewster McCloud.
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He has guest-starred on many series including The Rockford Files,
Charlie's Angels, Matlock, Frasier, Star Trek: Enterprise and The
Practice (as a different character than the one he plays on Practice
spinoff Boston Legal). Auberjonois has also lent his voice as Chef
Louis in Disney's The Little Mermaid, and as Janos Audron in two of
the Legacy of Kain games, Soul Reaver 2 and Defiance and he voiced
several roles on Batman: The Animated Series, Avatar the Last
Airbender and Justice League Unlimited. 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.

Auberjonois has directed many theatrical productions and some TV
shows, including several episodes of DS9.