Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952-12-09
- Works
- 14
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Luling - Texas - USA
Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor and voice artist who is best known for his role as the Klingon Worf from the Star Trek franchise. Dorn was born in Luling, Texas, the son of Allie Lee (née Nauls) and Fentress Dorn, Jr. He grew up in Pasadena, California. He studied radio and television production at the Pasadena City College. From there he pursued a career in music as a…
Known for
- Armorsaurs — Karter Klay2025
- Butterfly in the Sky — Self (archive footage)2024
- The D-Con Chamber — Self2024
- Star Trek: Picard - The IMAX Live Series Finale Event — Captain Worf2023
- Glowzies — General Thomson2023
- Krapopolis — Babak (voice)2023
- The Shuttlepod Show — Self2022
- Agent Revelation — Alastair2021
- Woman in Motion — Self2021
- Dogs in Space — Pistachio Soup (voice)2021
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20
- Total plays
- 75
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 84,886x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 47,605x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 43,750x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1952-12-09 ) December 9, 1952 (age 73) , Luling, Texas , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Pasadena City College
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1976–present
- Spouse
- Jennifer Joseph (m. 2007)
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Key dates
- Born
- 9 December 1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michiel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Luling
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Michael Dorn (53939174085).jpg
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Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor best known for his role as the Klingon character Worf in the Star Trek franchise, appearing in all seven seasons of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994), and later reprising the role in seasons four through seven of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995–1999) and season three of Star Trek: Picard (2023). Dorn has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other Star Trek actor in the franchise's history, spanning five films and 284 television episodes.
Outside of the Star Trek franchise, Dorn has appeared in the television series CHiPs (1979–1982), and has had voice roles as Coldstone and Taurus in the animated series Gargoyles (1994–1997), Kalibak in the DC Animated Universe, the eponymous protagonist of I Am Weasel (1997–2000), Mata Nui in Bionicle media, Lord Darkar in the Nickelodeon dub of Winx Club (2011), Castle (2009–2016) as a psychotherapist, Captain Mozar in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2015–2016) and Battle Beast in Invincible (2021–present).
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