Editing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (section)

==Cast==
{{Main|List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine cast members}}

===Main cast===
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! style="width:15%;"|Actor !! Character !! Position !! Appearances !! Character's species !! Rank
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| rowspan="2"|[[Avery Brooks]] || [[Benjamin Sisko]] || Commanding Officer || Seasons 1–7 || Human || {{Unbulleted list|Commander (Seasons 1–3)|Captain (Seasons 3–7)}}
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| colspan="5"| Benjamin Sisko is the [[Starfleet]] officer placed in charge of ''Deep Space Nine''. At the start of the series, he is a grieving widower (his wife having been killed by the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] at the [[Battle of Wolf 359]]) and the father of a preteen son, Jake. He and [[Jadzia Dax]] discover the Bajoran wormhole, which the Bajorans believe is the home of the [[Bajoran Prophets|Prophets]], their gods and protectors. The Bajorans hail Sisko as the Emissary of the Prophets, an exalted religious status that initially makes him uncomfortable, but that he gradually comes to embrace. At the end of the third season, he is promoted to captain, and he eventually becomes a key leader of Federation forces against the Dominion. The seventh season reveals that Sisko's mother was possessed by one of the Prophets long enough to ensure he was born.
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| rowspan="2"| [[René Auberjonois]] || [[Odo (Star Trek)|Odo]] || Chief of Security || Seasons 1–7 || [[Changeling (Star Trek)|Changeling]] || [[Constable]] (unofficial)
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| colspan="5"| Constable Odo is the station's chief of security. He is a Changeling, a liquid life form capable of assuming any shape he wishes, though he normally takes the form of an adult male [[humanoid]]. His origins are initially unknown; he was discovered by the Bajorans some years before the beginning of the series and subjected to painful experimentation until they realized he was sentient. He longs to find his people, but when he finally does, he learns they are the authoritarian rulers of the Dominion. Odo is torn between his longing to be with his people and his opposition to the Dominion's totalitarian imperialism. He comes to love the Bajoran Kira.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Alexander Siddig]] || [[Julian Bashir]] || Chief Medical Officer || Seasons 1–7 || Human || Lieutenant, junior grade (Seasons 1–3)<br />Lieutenant (Seasons 4–7)
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| colspan="5"| Julian Bashir is the station's chief medical officer. Somewhat tactless and arrogant initially, he develops friendships with several of the station's residents, particularly Miles O'Brien and the mysterious Cardassian tailor and ex-spy [[Elim Garak|Garak]]. Later, his high intelligence and physical skill are revealed to be the result of illegal genetic enhancements his parents obtained for him as a child because he was falling behind his classmates. Siddig was credited as Siddig el Fadil, a shortened form of his birth name, for the first three seasons, before adopting the stage name Alexander Siddig, after discovering that viewers did not know how to pronounce his name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sidcity.net/story-library/trekexpo-062505.shtml |title=Trek Expo Tulsa, Oklahoma |publisher=sidcity.net (official site) |date=June 25, 2005 |access-date=July 8, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626111713/http://www.sidcity.net/story-library/trekexpo-062505.shtml |archive-date=June 26, 2008 }}</ref> Siddig continued to be credited as Siddig el Fadil when he directed.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]] || [[Jadzia Dax]] || Chief Science Officer || Seasons 1–6 || [[Trill (Star Trek)|Trill]] || {{Unbulleted list|Lieutenant (Seasons 1–3)|Lieutenant commander (Seasons 4–6)}}
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| colspan="5"| Jadzia Dax is the station's science officer. A member of the [[Trill (Star Trek)|Trill]] species, the humanoid Jadzia shares a [[symbiosis|symbiotic]] existence with a long-living "symbiont" named [[Dax (Star Trek)|Dax]], who has already experienced seven prior lives "joined" with other Trills. The previous host, [[Curzon Dax]], a larger-than-life diplomat and womanizer, was a mentor and close friend to Sisko. That friendship is continued with Jadzia, whom Sisko familiarly calls "old man". She marries Worf during the show's sixth season. When Terry Farrell declined to renew her contract at the end of that season, her character was killed off, and Ezri Dax was introduced as Dax's next host. 
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| rowspan="2"| [[Cirroc Lofton]] || [[Jake Sisko]] || {{Unbulleted list|Student (Seasons 1–5)|Journalist (Seasons 5–7)}} || Seasons 1–7 || Human || Civilian
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| colspan="5"| Jake is Benjamin Sisko's son. He at first resents the idea of living on an old Cardassian space station, but soon adapts to life on the station and develops a deep friendship with [[Nog (Star Trek)|Nog]], a [[Ferengi]] who is the station's only other resident close to his age. His father wants him to join Starfleet, but Jake yearns to be a writer, eventually becoming a reporter with the Federation News Service. Over the seven seasons, Jake and Nog grow from children into young adults, with storylines showing their rites of passage, successes, and mishaps.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Colm Meaney]] || [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]] || Chief Operations Officer || Seasons 1–7 || Human || Senior chief petty officer
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| colspan="5"| Miles O'Brien is the Chief of Operations, responsible for keeping the station in working order. The character originated as a recurring role on ''The Next Generation''; on ''Deep Space Nine'', he became the first main character on a ''Star Trek'' series to be a [[non-commissioned officer]]. He and Julian Bashir are close friends. He is married to botanist and teacher [[Keiko O'Brien|Keiko]]; they have a daughter, [[Molly O'Brien (Deep Space Nine)|Molly]], and later a son, [[Kirayoshi O'Brien|Kirayoshi]], born in the fifth season. As an "uncomplicated" family man, he is often used by the writers as an "[[everyman]]" character struggling with various science-fictional hardships.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Armin Shimerman]] || [[Quark (Star Trek)|Quark]] || Bar owner || Seasons 1–7 || Ferengi || Civilian
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| colspan="5"| Quark is the proprietor of a bar on ''Deep Space Nine''. Like most Ferengi, he holds the acquisition of [[Profit (economics)|profit]] to be the highest goal, and his frequently shady moneymaking schemes bring him into conflict with Odo. His cynical, profit-driven worldview is often used as a critique or counterpoint to the idealism of the Federation — although he does display a moral code on occasion, electing to save lives at the cost of profit. Sisko considers Quark an anchor to the merchant community and society in general aboard the station. He pressures Quark not to relocate after the Cardassians are driven out, giving him very generous financial terms to stay and keep his business in operation.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Nana Visitor]] || [[Kira Nerys]] || First Officer || Seasons 1–7 || [[Bajoran]] || {{Unbulleted list|Major (Seasons 1–6)|Colonel (Season 7)|Commander (Season 7)}}
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| colspan="5"| Kira Nerys is the Bajoran military's liaison to ''Deep Space Nine'' and Sisko's [[second-in-command]]. During the Cardassian occupation of Bajor, she was a [[guerrilla]] fighter in the Bajoran resistance. She is initially suspicious of the Federation's intentions toward her planet, but grows to trust and befriend the rest of the crew. She is deeply religious, and sometimes finds it awkward having the Emissary of the Prophets as her commanding officer. [[Ro Laren]], a character from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', was the first choice of the producers for Sisko's first officer, but [[Michelle Forbes]] did not want to commit to a television series.<ref name="frontiers">Source: "New Frontiers". DVD extra included with ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Complete Second Season''.</ref>
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| rowspan="2"| [[Michael Dorn]] || [[Worf]] || {{Unbulleted list|Strategic Operations Officer|First Officer, USS ''Defiant''}}|| Seasons 4–7 || [[Klingon]] || Lieutenant commander
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| colspan="5"| The fourth season saw the addition of Dorn to the cast to boost ratings, reprising his role as the [[Klingon]] Worf, whom he had played for seven years on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<ref name="charting">Source: "Charting New Territory". DVD extra included with ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Complete Fourth Season''. Of Worf, writer and producer [[Robert Hewitt Wolfe]] said in an October 20, 2002, interview that the [[Paramount Pictures|studio]] decided ''DS9''{{'}}s ratings were sagging at the end of the third season, and he and the other writers were asked to give viewers a new reason to watch. Their answer was to make Worf a part of the cast.</ref> Worf transfers to Deep Space Nine when a brief war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire breaks out and stays on as Strategic Operations Officer and later as a liaison to the Klingon Empire. His character arc centers on negotiating his dual identity as a Klingon and a Starfleet officer. He marries Jadzia Dax in the sixth season.
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| rowspan="2"| [[Nicole de Boer]] || [[Ezri Dax]] || Counselor || Season 7 || Trill || {{Unbulleted list|Ensign (Season 7)|Lieutenant, junior grade (Season 7)}}
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| colspan="5"| After the abrupt departure of Terry Farrell, Ezri Dax was added to the series as the next host of the Dax symbiont, a young Trill Starfleet [[Mental health counselor|counselor]]. Unprepared and untrained to be joined, she is often frustrated by aspects of the symbiotic relationship and the eight lifetimes' worth of memories she inherits. She struggles with her memories of Jadzia's love for Worf, as she finds herself attracted to Dr. Bashir.
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===Supporting cast===
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! style="width:15%;"|Actor !! Character !! Character description !! Appearances !! Species
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| [[Marc Alaimo]] || [[Dukat (Star Trek)|Dukat]] || The former Cardassian prefect of Bajor during the occupation, later leader of the Cardassian Union after allying with the Dominion || Seasons 1–7 || Cardassian
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| [[Aron Eisenberg]] || [[Nog (Star Trek)|Nog]] || Quark's nephew, a close friend to Jake Sisko, who becomes the first Ferengi to join Starfleet || Seasons 1–7 || Ferengi 
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| [[Max Grodénchik]] || [[Rom (Star Trek)|Rom]] || Quark's brother and Nog's father, who initially works at Quark's bar before quitting to become a maintenance engineer on ''Deep Space Nine'' || Seasons 1–7 || Ferengi
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| [[Andrew Robinson (actor)|Andrew J. Robinson]] || [[Elim Garak]] || A disgraced Cardassian spy living in exile on Deep Space Nine, where he works as a tailor and strikes up a friendship with Bashir || Seasons 1–7 || [[Cardassian]] 
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| [[Rosalind Chao]] || [[Keiko O'Brien]] || A botanist, who briefly becomes a schoolteacher on Deep Space Nine and then returns to her previous career. She is married to Miles O'Brien. || Seasons 1–7 || Human 
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| [[Wallace Shawn]] || [[Grand Nagus Zek|Zek]] || Grand Nagus (leader) of the Ferengi Alliance || Seasons 1–3 & 5–7 || Ferengi
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| [[Philip Anglim]] || [[Bareil Antos]] || A progressive Vedek (a high-ranking Bajoran cleric) who becomes Kira's lover || Seasons 1–3 & 6 || Bajoran 
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| [[Louise Fletcher]] || [[Winn Adami]] || A conniving, ambitious Vedek who is selected to become Kai, the spiritual leader of Bajor || Seasons 1–7 || Bajoran 
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| [[Salome Jens]] || [[Female Changeling]] || Spokesperson for the Founders of the Dominion, who later oversees the war effort in the Alpha Quadrant || Seasons 3–4 & 6–7 || [[Changeling (Star Trek)|Changeling]]
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| [[Kenneth Marshall]] || [[Michael Eddington]] || A Starfleet security officer on Deep Space Nine who betrays the Federation and joins the [[Maquis (Star Trek)|Maquis]] || Seasons 3–5 || Human 
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| [[Robert O'Reilly]] || [[Gowron]] || Chancellor of the Klingon Empire || Seasons 3–5 & 7 || Klingon
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| [[Chase Masterson]] || [[Leeta]] || A "Dabo girl" at Quark's bar who marries Rom in Season 6 || Seasons 3–7 || [[Bajoran]] 
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| [[Penny Johnson Jerald]] || [[Kasidy Yates]] || A civilian freighter captain who becomes Sisko's love interest || Seasons 3–7 || Human
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| rowspan="2"| [[Jeffrey Combs]] || [[Liquidator Brunt|Brunt]] || A "liquidator" for the Ferengi Commerce Authority who becomes an antagonist to Quark. || Seasons 3–7 || Ferengi 
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| [[List of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters#Weyoun|Weyoun]] || A Dominion administrator, negotiator, and military commander, eventually in charge of the Dominion forces in the Alpha Quadrant; he is replaced several times by clones, as various Weyouns perish. || Seasons 4–7 || [[Vorta]] 
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| {{Unbulleted list|[[Andrea Martin]]|[[Cecily Adams]]}} || [[Ishka]] || Quark's mother, a highly successful businesswoman who agitates for civil rights for Ferengi females (who are not allowed to go into business) || Seasons 3 & 5–7 || Ferengi 
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| [[J. G. Hertzler]] || [[Martok]] || An influential Klingon general who commands the Klingon forces in the Dominion War, later Chancellor of the Empire. || Seasons 4–7 || [[Klingon]] 
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| {{Unbulleted list|[[Cyia Batten]]|[[Tracy Middendorf]]|[[Melanie Smith (actress)|Melanie Smith]]}} || [[Tora Ziyal]] || Dukat's half-Bajoran daughter || Seasons 4–6 || Bajoran-Cardassian 
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| [[Casey Biggs]] || [[Damar (Star Trek)|Damar]] || Dukat's aide, who succeeds Dukat as leader of Cardassia and then leads the Cardassian rebellion against the Dominion || Seasons 4–7 || Cardassian 
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| [[Barry Jenner]] || [[William Ross (Star Trek)|William Ross]] || Commander of Starfleet forces in the Dominion War || Seasons 6–7 || Human 
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| [[James Darren]] || [[Vic Fontaine]] || A [[holodeck|holographic]] simulation of a 1960s Las Vegas lounge singer who offers helpful personal advice and entertainment for the crew. || Seasons 6–7 || Hologram
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===Recurring characters===
{{Main|List of recurring Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters}}
[[File:Alaimo, Shimerman and Meany.jpg|thumb|[[Marc Alaimo]], [[Armin Shimerman]], and [[Colm Meaney]], who portrayed the characters of [[Dukat (Star Trek)|Gul Dukat]], [[Quark (Star Trek)|Quark]], and [[Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)|Miles O'Brien]], respectively]]
The series' setting — a space station rather than a starship — fostered a rich assortment of recurring characters. It was not unusual for secondary characters to play as much of a role in an episode as the regular cast, if not more. For example, "[[The Wire (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|The Wire]]" focused principally on the recurring character [[Elim Garak]], while in "[[It's Only a Paper Moon (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|It's Only a Paper Moon]]", the central characters were Nog and [[Vic Fontaine]], with the regular characters in supporting roles.

Several Cardassian characters figure prominently in ''DS9'', particularly Gul Dukat, a senior member of the Cardassian military involved in the occupation of Bajor, played by [[Marc Alaimo]]. A complex character, Dukat undergoes several transformations before ultimately resolving as a profoundly evil character, and Sisko's archenemy, by the show's conclusion. A StarTrek.com article about ''Star Trek''{{'}}s greatest villains described Gul Dukat as "possibly the most complex and {{Sic|hide=y|fully|-}}developed bad guy in ''Star Trek'' history".

Elim Garak, portrayed by [[Andrew Robinson (actor)|Andrew Robinson]], is the only Cardassian who remains on the space station when the Federation and the Bajorans take over. Although he maintains that he is merely a simple tailor, Garak is a former agent of the [[Obsidian Order]], the feared Cardassian [[secret police]]; his skills and contacts on Cardassia prove invaluable on several occasions, and he becomes a pivotal figure in the war with the Dominion.

[[Damar (Star Trek)|Damar]] ([[Casey Biggs]]) is introduced in the fourth season as an aide to Gul Dukat, and he rises in stature as Dukat regains prominence. He becomes the leader of the Cardassian Union when Dukat has an emotional breakdown, but dissatisfied with Cardassia's relationship with the Dominion, Damar forms and leads an insurgency against the Dominion, playing a vital role in its eventual defeat.

[[File:Visitor and Auberjonois by Beth Madison, 2.jpg|thumb|[[Nana Visitor]] and [[René Auberjonois]], who portrayed the characters of [[Kira Nerys]] and [[Odo (Star Trek)|Odo]], respectively]]
[[Jeffrey Combs]] has stated that he had auditioned for the role of [[William Riker]] on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', but when [[Jonathan Frakes]] (who won the part) later directed the ''DS9'' episode "[[Meridian (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Meridian]]", he recommended Combs for a part.<ref name="combs">Combs, Jeffrey. Interview conducted January 30, 2003. Included as a "Hidden File" with ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine – The Complete Third Season''.</ref> Combs made his ''Star Trek'' and ''DS9'' debut as a one-episode alien named Tiron, before being cast as two recurring characters, the Ferengi [[Liquidator Brunt|Brunt]] and the [[Vorta]] [[Weyoun]]. He went on to appear in 31 episodes of ''DS9''. In "[[The Dogs of War (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|The Dogs of War]]", he became one of the few ''Star Trek'' actors to play two unrelated roles (Brunt and Weyoun) in the same episode. He would later play the recurring role of Shran on ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''.

In addition to Quark and his brother Rom ([[Max Grodénchik]]), several other Ferengi had recurring roles, including their shrewd mother [[Ishka]] ([[Andrea Martin]], later [[Cecily Adams]]), who eventually engineers a social revolution on Ferenginar; Rom's son Nog ([[Aron Eisenberg]]), the first Ferengi to join Starfleet; and [[Grand Nagus Zek]] ([[Wallace Shawn]]), the Ferengi leader. The Bajoran character [[Leeta]] ([[Chase Masterson]]), who works at Quark's bar and later marries Rom, is sometimes involved in the Ferengi storyline.

The [[Klingon]] Empire plays a significant role in ''DS9''. Aside from Worf, recurring Klingon characters include Chancellor [[Gowron]] ([[Robert O'Reilly]]), leader of the Empire, who was introduced on ''The Next Generation'', and General [[Martok]] ([[J. G. Hertzler]]), a leader of the Klingon forces in the Dominion War, who succeeds Gowron as Chancellor when Gowron is killed by Worf late in the series. [[Kor (Star Trek)|Kor]], a Klingon character from ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', appears in three ''DS9'' episodes; one of them, "[[Blood Oath (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)|Blood Oath]]", unites Kor with two other Klingons from the original series: [[Koloth]] and [[Kang (Star Trek)|Kang]]. [[John Colicos]], [[William Campbell (film actor)|William Campbell]], and [[Michael Ansara]] reprised their original series roles.

[[Morn (Star Trek)|Morn]] is a minor character who is a fixture in Quark's establishment, sitting at the bar over the course of seven years. It became a running joke that though the other characters remark on how talkative and funny he is, he never speaks a word on camera. Morn did have a line in the script for pilot episode "Emissary", but it was cut due to run-time considerations, after which the creators conceived the joke that he never talks.<ref name="ErdmannP42">Edrmann and Block (2000) [https://books.google.com/books?id=kDe3VS07YSMC&pg=PA42 page 42]</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 29, 1995 |last=Spelling |first=Ian |title=The Man Behind 'DS9' Alien Barfly Morn |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-12-29-9512290329-story.html |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |quote=Morn and Shepherd have both made their mark without spouting a line of dialogue. }}</ref>