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Mark Allen Shepherd (born January 7, 1961) is an actor, best known for his role as Morn on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He also appeared as Morn (uncredited) in one episode each of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager .
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Mark Allen Shepherd plays Morn, a humanoid alien from the Ionite Nebula that frequents the space station at Deep Space Nine. He’s found to be quite the regular at Quark’s bar.
Mark Allen Shepherd was born on 7 January 1961 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Babylon Vista (2001) and FedCon XXII (2013).
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Mark Allen Shepherd was born on 7 January 1961 in Rockville Centre, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Babylon Vista (2001) and FedCon XXII (2013).
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Mark Allen Shepherd (born 7 January 1961; age 63) is a background performer, an actor and artist from Rockville Centre, New York who is best known for his portrayal of Morn in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Throughout the seven year run of Deep Space Nine, Shepherd never received official credit and appeared in other background roles as well. He also portrayed Morn in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager.
Shepherd received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island which he attended between 1979 and 1984. After graduation, he moved to Southern California and studied at the California Institute of the Arts, focusing on music, film, theater, performance, and interdisciplinary arts between 1986 and 1990.
Shepherd is also an accomplished artist, and he has created numerous abstract impressionist paintings, mixing media types into photo mosaics. In his artwork, he likes exploring abstract concepts as energy, consciousness, perception, and multi-dimensionality. Indeed, twenty-three of his works have been used as set dressing on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, including paintings in the quarters of Kira Nerys, Julian Bashir, Jadzia Dax, and Jake Sisko.
Shepherd appeared as Morn in every season of Deep Space Nine in heavy makeup, which took nearly two hours to apply. Once in costume, Shepherd was known to spend fourteen hours a day filming. His makeup artist was Vincent Niebla, who earned an Emmy Award for his work on Deep Space Nine. Although his character never uttered a word, Morn became a recurring character in the series, and even had an entire episode written about him. (DS9: "Who Mourns for Morn?") Interestingly, Shepherd appeared, without makeup, in this episode, and is asked to take Morn's seat at the bar when Morn is presumed dead.
An action figure of Morn was released by Playmates Toys. Shepherd was interviewed in 1996 in Star Trek Monthly issue 19 and in 1998 by Sue Schneider in Star Trek Monthly issue 46, titled "Voice of the Barfly". Another interview was printed in the 1995 magazine The Official Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine issue 11, by Larry Nemecek and titled "Mark Allen Shepherd: Morn". Shepherd also gave interviews for the "Hidden file 10" on the DS9 Season 6 DVD and for "Morn Speaks" on the DS9 Season 7 DVD.
Shepherd is a co-founder of Plural Dolt, an absurd music theater group based in Los Angeles since 1987, as well as a musician who released the CDs "Morn to be Wild" (2005) and "Space Walk" (2005). He is also a frequent guest at science fiction conventions.
Recurring appearances
•DS9: as Morn •"Emissary" (Season 1) •"A Man Alone" •"Past Prologue" •"Babel" •"Captive Pursuit" •"Q-Less" •"Dax" •"The Passenger" •"Move Along Home" •"The Nagus" •"Vortex" •"Battle Lines" •"The Storyteller" •"Progress" •"If Wishes Were Horses" •"The Forsaken" •"Dramatis Personae" •"Duet" •"In the Hands of the Prophets" •"The Siege" (Season 2) •"Melora" •"Rules of Acquisition" •"Sanctuary" •"Rivals" •"The Alternate" •"Playing God" •"Profit and Loss" •"The Wire" •"The Jem'Hadar" •"The House of Quark" (Season 3) •"Fascination" •"Prophet Motive" •"Visionary" •"Explorers" •"Family Business" •"Shakaar" •"Facets" •"The Way of the Warrior" (Season 4) •"The Visitor" •"Rejoined" •"Starship Down" •"Little Green Men" •"Homefront" •"Sons of Mogh" •"Bar Association" •"Accession" •"Rules of Engagement" •"Body Parts" •"Apocalypse Rising" (Season 5) •"Trials and Tribble-ations" •"The Assignment" •"Let He Who Is Without Sin..." •"Rapture" •"In Purgatory's Shadow" •"Doctor Bashir, I Presume" •"A Simple Investigation" •"Business as Usual" •"Ferengi Love Songs" •"Empok Nor" •"In the Cards" •"Call to Arms" •"A Time to Stand" (Season 6) •"Behind the Lines" •"Favor the Bold" •"You Are Cordially Invited" •"Resurrection" •"Statistical Probabilities" •"The Magnificent Ferengi" •"Who Mourns for Morn?" •"One Little Ship" •"Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night" •"Inquisition" •"His Way" •"The Reckoning" •"Valiant" •"Profit and Lace" •"Time's Orphan" •"The Sound of Her Voice" •"Tears of the Prophets" •"Image in the Sand" (Season 7) •"Afterimage" •"Take Me Out to the Holosuite" •"Chrysalis" •"Once More Unto the Breach" •"The Emperor's New Cloak" •"Field of Fire" •"Chimera" •"Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang" •"Penumbra" •"The Dogs of War" •"What You Leave Behind" •DS9: as Human DS9 resident •"A Man Alone" •"Vortex" •"The Storyteller" •"If Wishes Were Horses" •"The Forsaken" •"Dramatis Personae" •"Duet" •"Melora" •"Necessary Evil" •"Sanctuary" •"Whispers"
•DS9 Season 6 DVD special feature "Hidden File 10", interviewed on 3 April 2003
•DS9 Season 7 DVD special feature "Morn speaks", interviewed on 3 April 2003
Apr 12, 2011 · Mark Allen Shepherd’s story is one of Star Trek’s coolest, quirkiest and most unusual tales. For the entire seven-year run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Shepherd played Morn, the alien barfly who frequented Quark
Mark Allen Shepherd plays Morn, a humanoid alien from the Ionite Nebula that frequents the space station at Deep Space Nine. He’s found to be quite the regular at Quark’s bar. Morn is a ladies man, even Dax has commented that she finds the few hairs on the top of Morn’s head attractive.
