Editing Armin Shimerman (section)

==Early life==
Shimerman was born into a Jewish family<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/geekheeb/item/top_5_jewish_moments_in_trek_20090507/ Jewish Journal: "Top 5 Jewish moments in ‘Trek’" by Adam Wills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009175458/http://www.jewishjournal.com/geekheeb/item/top_5_jewish_moments_in_trek_20090507 |date=October 9, 2016 }} May 7, 2009</ref><ref>[http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/71432/ Jewish Journal: "Jews Get Geek on at Comic-Con" by Adam Wills] July 22, 2009</ref> in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey|Lakewood, New Jersey]], on November 5, 1949, the son of accountant Susan and house painter Herbert Shimerman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/85/Armin-Shimerman.html |title=Armin Shimerman Biography (1949–) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=2012-08-02}}</ref> When he was 15, he moved with his family to [[Los Angeles]], where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He attended [[Santa Monica High School]] and was active in drama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/352?page=160|title=Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> As a senior, he played leading roles in school productions of ''[[Hamlet]]'', ''[[The Crucible]]'', and ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' before graduating in 1967.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/352?page=48|title=Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/352?page=75|title=Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online}}</ref> After graduating from [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], he was selected to apprentice at the [[Old Globe Theater]] in [[San Diego]]. He began pursuing a career in theater and eventually moved to New York City, where he was a member of the [[Impossible Ragtime Theater]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.startrek.com/article/quark-from-deep-space-nine-part-2|title=Quark from Deep Space Nine - Part 2|website=www.startrek.com|access-date=June 10, 2019}}</ref> Returning to Los Angeles, he took roles in two [[CBS]] series to launch his television acting career.