Casey Biggs

Casey Patrick Biggs (born April 4, 1955) is an American actor, best known throughout the Star Trek community for starring as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has appeared in over eighty film and television and stage productions.^[1]

Casey Biggs
Biggs in 2003
Born	Casey Patrick Biggs (1955-04-04) April 4, 1955 (age 69) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Juilliard School (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–present
Known for	Damar (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Spouses	Roxann Dawson ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 1987)​ Brigit Binns ​ (m. 2004)​

Early life

Biggs was born on April 4, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. When he was very young, he was a foster child.^[2] He decided to pursue acting when he was a student at Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1973.^[3] He received a BFA from Juilliard in 1977; studied acting at the Toledo Repertory Theatre.^[2]

Career

In January 1996, Biggs was in the made-for-TV movie A Promise to Carolyn.^[4] In 1996, he was nominated for the role of Damar in the science fiction show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Seemingly a minor character in his first appearance, Damar later became one of the major figures in the show, leading the entire Cardassian Union and having a major influence on the show's events.^[2] Biggs later returned to the Star Trek universe, making a guest appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise in the season 3 episode "Damage" as an Illyrian captain.

Biggs's other TV roles include the soap operas Ryan's Hope as Fenno Moore from 1988 to 1989, and General Hospital as Chad Wainwright in 1990.^[5][6] Another television role was on the 1990s TV series Stat. He has appeared in movies such as The Pelican Brief, Broken Arrow, Dragonfly and the Star Trek documentary Trekkies 2.

Biggs has made many guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from Father Dowling Mysteries, Matlock, The Young Riders, ER, Snoops, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Person of Interest and Crossing Jordan. In 2017 Biggs taught a class in directing and acting at The New School for Drama.^[7] Biggs appeared in the HBO docudrama Too Big To Fail on the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as Wells Fargo chairman Richard Kovacevich. In 2018, he returned to General Hospital as Dr. Lasaris.^[5]

Personal life

Biggs was married to Roxann Dawson from 1985 to 1987. Dawson later played B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager. Their marriage ended before either of them were cast in Star Trek.^[8][9]

Select filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Death Drug	Melvin	Exploitation film directed by Oscar Williams	[10]
1988	Alamo: The Price of Freedom	William Barret Travis	Short historical drama film directed by Kieth Merrill Based on George A. McAlister's book of the same name	[11][12]
1993	The Pelican Brief	Eric East	Legal political thriller directed, written, and co–produced by Alan J. Pakula Based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham	[13][14]
1995	Bodily Harm	Michael Cates	Thriller film directed by James Lemmo	[15]
1996	Broken Arrow	Novacek	Action film directed by John Woo	[16]
1997	Shadow Conspiracy	Stokes	Political thriller film directed by George P. Cosmatos	[17]
2002	Dragonfly	Neil Darrow	Supernatural thriller film directed by Tom Shadyac
2022	Amsterdam	Augustus Vandenheuvel	Mystery comedy film directed by David O. Russell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1978	Flying High	Dale	Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter H. Hunt	[18]
	The Great Wallendas	Gene Hallow	Made-for-TV movie directed by Larry Elikann	[19]
	The Beasts Are on the Streets	Rick	Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter R. Hunt	[20]
1978–79	Flying High	Dale
1980	Brave New World	Beta lighthouse guard	Made-for-TV movie directed by Burt Brinckerhoff Based on the novel with the same name by Aldous Huxley	[21][22]
1985	America's Musical Theater	Bill Cracker	Episode: "Happy End"
	The Equalizer	Mason	Episode: "The Equalizer" (Pilot)
1989	Ryan's Hope	Fenno Moore	Contract role
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Charles	Episode: "The Pretty Baby Mystery"
	Matlock	Ernie D'Amato	Episodes: "The Hunting Party: Part 1" "The Hunting Party: Part 2"
	The Young Riders	Richard Gentry	Episode: "Blind Love"
1990	Appearances	Harry Trace	Made-for-TV movie directed by Win Phelps	[23]
	General Hospital	Chad Wainwright		[5][6]
1991	Shades of L.A.	Boyd Hoagland	Episode: "Dead Dogs Tell No Tales"
	Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story	Lee	Made-for-TV movie directed by John Korty	[24][25][26]
	Jake and the Fatman	Ruben Aragon	Episode: "Pretty Baby"
	Stat	Dr. Lewis Doniger	Main cast Remake of the 1977 sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street	[27]
1994	One Woman's Courage	Barry Cameron	Made-for-TV movie directed by Charles Robert Carner	[28]
	Melrose Place	Guest	Episode: "It's a Bad World After All"
	Murder, She Wrote	Max Charles	Episode: "Dear Deadly"
	The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa	John Fowler	Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1995	Live Shot	Lt. Larry Levinstein	Episode: "Day One"
1996	A Promise to Carolyn	Travis Colton	Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry London	[4][29]
	Profiler	Senator Jameson Hunt	Episode: "I'll Be Watching You"
	The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake	Dad	Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles
1996–99	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Damar and related characters	Twenty-three (23) episodes, starting with Return to Grace (Season 4) and ending with the series finale What You Leave Behind (Season 7). Includes two episodes as a hologram of Damar (Statistical Probabilities and In The Pale Moonlight) and one episode as "Dr Wykoff", in addition to already playing Damar (Shadows and Symbols).
1997	Martin	Mr. Rollins	Episode: "California, Here We Come: Part 1" Credited as Casey Bigg
	Two Voices	Joshua Norton	Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Levin	[30]
2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Illyrian Captain	Episode: "Damage"
2012	Major Crimes	Brian Barlow	Episode: "Citizens Arrest"
2012	Shameless	David	Episode: “Summertime”
2013	Elementary	Alan Becker	Episode: "Blood is Thicker"
2014	Person of Interest	Ken Davis	Episode: "Allegiance"
2018–present	General Hospital	Dr. Lasaris		[5][6]
2019	Madam Secretary	Mr. Champlin	Episode: "Strategic Ambiguity (S5:E12)"
2023	The Rookie	Ed Teska	Episode: "S.T.R."

References

1. "Casey Biggs to offer six-week master acting class". Paso Robles Daily News. 2018-03-20. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
2. "Case Biggs: Biography". CaseyBiggs.com. United States. Archived from the original on June 9, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
3. Blake, Erica (September 13, 2006). "Actor Casey Biggs to share experiences with UT students". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
4. McCarthy, John P. (January 14, 1996). "A Promise to Carolyn". Variety. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
5. Cushman, Dustin (July 12, 2018). "General Hospital Casting Calls, Auditions & Dayplayer Roles". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
6. Eades, Chris (July 27, 2018). "Everything You Need to Know About Dr. Lasiris on GENERAL HOSPITAL". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States: Bauer Media Group. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
7. "Faculty A-Z". newschool.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved January 1, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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9. STARTREK.COM STAFF (April 6, 2012). "Catching Up With Casey Biggs, Part 2". StarTrek.com. With all due respect, I never really cared for Enterprise very much, in terms of what the writing was.
10. "Death Drug". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
11. "Alamo: The Price of Freedom". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
12. McAlister, George A. (1988). Alamo-- The Price of Freedom : A History of Texas (2nd ed.). Martinsburg, West Virginia: Docutex, Inc. ISBN 978-0924307003. OCLC 22733567.
13. "The Pelican Brief". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
14. Grisham, John (1992). The Pelican Brief (1st ed.). New York City: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385421980.
15. "Bodily Harm". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
16. "Broken Arrow". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
17. "Shadow Conspiracy". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
18. "Flying High". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
19. "The Great Wallendas". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
20. "The Beasts Are on the Streets". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
21. "Brave New World". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
22. Huxley, Aldous (2006) [1932]. Brave New World (Reprint ed.). New York City: Harper Perennial (Orig-pub: Chatto & Windus). ISBN 978-0060850524. OCLC 20156268.
23. "Appearances". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
24. "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
25. King, Susan (January 20, 1991). "Corbin Bernsen's Wake-Up Role : New NBC Movie Opened 'L.A. Law' Actor's Eyes to Minority Injustices". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
26. Tucker, Ken (June 16, 2000). "Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story". Entertainment Weekly. New York City. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
27. Goldberg, Lee (2015). Television Fast Forward: Sequels & Remakes of Cancelled Series 1955-1992. Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace. ISBN 978-1511590761.
28. "One Woman's Courage". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
29. "A Promise to Carolyn". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
30. "Two Voices". Turner Classic Movies. United States. Retrieved August 9, 2018.

External links

• Casey Biggs at IMDb 
• Casey Biggs at AllMovie
• Interview with Casey Biggs & The Enterprise Blues Band on Slice of SciFi