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Michael Dorn is an American actor and film director. Born in Luling, Texas, in 1952, he is of African American ethnicity. He began his work period in 1976. Dorn is educated at Pasadena City College.
He is a male human who speaks, writes, and signs in English. His native language is English. His professional departments include acting. He has worked in both television and film capacities.
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Film & TV
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
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michiel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Luling
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Pasadena City College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Michael Dorn (53939174085).jpg
- Height
- 1.90
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- Michael Dorn
- date of birth
- 1952-12-09
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- social media followers
- 326319
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
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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