René Auberjonois Biography

René Auberjonois was a busy actor on stage and screen for thirty years before he played Odo, the shape-shifting constable on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-99). He followed that in 2004 by taking the role of venerable lawyer Paul Lewiston on the jokey drama Boston Legal (co-starring William Shatner).

René Auberjonois started out on stage, winning a Tony award opposite Katharine Hepburn in the musical Coco (1969-70). He gained notice in the Robert Altman films  M*A*S*H, (1970, as Father Mulcahy) and McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, starring Warren Beatty).

On television he became a reliable character actor and a regular voice actor for cartoons, including The Smurfs (1981), Mighty Max (1991) and Bruce Willis‘ Bruno the Kid (1996). He also was a regular player on TV’s Benson (1980-86). Among many other roles, he voiced Chef Louis in the animated Disney hit The Little Mermaid (1989).