Rene Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City, USA. He is a Tony Award-winning American character actor.

He starred in 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. Auberjonois is a reliable character actor whose film credits include M*A*S*H, (1970) and McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971).

On television he has been 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).

He also appeared in the remake of King Kong (1976), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), Eulogy, The Feud, Inspector Gadget (1999) and The Patriot (2000).

Filmography

• "Boston Legal" (69 episodes, 2004-2007)
• Chill Out, Scooby-Doo! (2007)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• "Random! Cartoons" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Duck Dodgers" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Avatar: The Last Airbender" (2 episodes, 2005)
• Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story (2005)
• Geppetto's Secret (2005)
• "Xiaolin Showdown" (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
• Eulogy (2004)
• "Justice League" (6 episodes, 2001-2003)
• "The Mummy: The Animated Series" (2 episodes, 2003)
• "The Legend of Tarzan" (10 episodes, 2001-2003)
• Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
• "House of Mouse" (4 episodes, 2001-2002)
• Tarzan & Jane (2002)
• Neko no ongaeshi (2002)
• "Enterprise" (1 episode, 2002)
• Command & Conquer: Renegade (2002)
• New Legends (2002)
• "The Practice" (2 episodes, 2000-2002)
• Blood Omen II: Legacy of Kain (2002)
• "Judging Amy" (4 episodes, 2001-2002)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II (2001)
• The Princess Diaries (2001)
• "Frasier" (2 episodes, 2001)
• "Nash Bridges" (1 episode, 2001)
• Burning Down the House (2001)
• "The Wild Thornberrys" (1 episode, 2000)
• Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen (2000)
• We All Fall Down (2000)
• The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
• "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" (2 episodes, 2000)
• "Stargate SG-1" (1 episode, 2000)
• The Patriot (2000)
• Geppetto (2000)
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
• "The West Wing" (1 episode, 1999)
• Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999)
• "Chicago Hope" (1 episode, 1999)
• Inspector Gadget (1999)
• "Poltergeist: The Legacy" (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
• "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (173 episodes, 1993-1999)
• "Xyber 9: New Dawn" (1999)
• An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island (1998)
• "The Outer Limits" (1 episode, 1998)
• "Tracey Takes On..." (1 episode, 1998)
• "Extreme Ghostbusters" (1 episode, 1997)
• Snide and Prejudice (1997)
• "Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys" (1 episode, 1997)
• Cats Don't Dance (1997)
• Los Locos (1997)
• "Richie Rich" (1996)
• "The Burning Zone" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Bruno the Kid" (1996)
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Harbinger (1996)
• "The Savage Dragon" (1996)
• Batman Forever (1995)
• "Mighty Max" (3 episodes, 1994)
• "Aladdin" (1994)
• "Marsupilami" (1994)
• "Lucky Luke" (1993)
• "Matlock" (3 episodes, 1992-1993)
• The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)
• "The Pirates of Dark Water" (21 episodes, 1991-1993)
• The Sands of Time (1992)
• "Batman" (2 episodes, 1992)
• Wild Card (1992)
• "Eerie, Indiana" (1 episode, 1992)
• Ned Blessing: The True Story of My Life (1992)
• "Civil Wars" (1 episode, 1992)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• "Ashenden" (1991)
• The Lost Language of Cranes (1991)
• Absolute Strangers (1991)
• The Feud (1990)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1989)
• The Little Mermaid (1989)
• Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
• Billy the Kid (1989)
• "Billy the Kid" (1989)
• "L.A. Law" (1 episode, 1988)
• "Superman" (1 episode, 1988)
• "DuckTales" (1 episode, 1988)
• My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
• Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
• Longarm (1988)
• "Murder, She Wrote" (2 episodes, 1987-1988)
• Walker (1987)
• A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986)
• The Christmas Star (1986)
• "Wildfire" (1986)
• "Benson" (134 episodes, 1980-1986)
• 3:15 (1986)
• "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" (1986)
• "It's Punky Brewster" (1985)
• "Snorks" (1984)
• "Challenge of the GoBots" (1984)
• "SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show" (1984)
• "Reilly: Ace of Spies" (1983)
• "Faerie Tale Theatre" (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
• Teenage Tease (1983)
• The Last Unicorn (1982)
• The Kid from Nowhere (1982)
• "Smurfs" (1981)
• More Wild Wild West (1980)
• Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
• "Beyond Westworld" (1 episode, 1980)
• "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" (1 episode, 1980)
• "Mrs. Columbo" (2 episodes, 1979)
• "Charlie's Angels" (2 episodes, 1976-1979)
• "Hart to Hart" (1 episode, 1979)
• The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)
• "Family" (1 episode, 1979)
• "Wonder Woman" (1 episode, 1979)
• "The Rockford Files" (1 episode, 1979)
• "CBS Library" (1 episode, 1979)
• "Starsky and Hutch" (1 episode, 1978)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• "Richie Brockelman, Private Eye" (1 episode, 1978)
• "The Dark Secret of Harvest Home" (1978)
• "The Man from Atlantis" (1 episode, 1977)
• "Rosetti and Ryan" (1 episode, 1977)
• "The Bionic Woman" (1 episode, 1977)
• "The Rhinemann Exchange" (1977)
• "Rhoda" (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
• "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1 episode, 1976)
• "Delvecchio" (1 episode, 1976)
• King Kong (1976)
• The Big Bus (1976)
• Panache (1976)
• The TVTV Show (1976)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• "The Rookies" (1 episode, 1975)
• "Saturday Night Live" (1 episode, 1975)
• "The Bob Newhart Show" (1 episode, 1975)
• "Ellery Queen" (1 episode, 1975)
• "The Jeffersons" (1 episode, 1975)
• "Harry O" (1 episode, 1975)
• King Lear (1974)
• "NET Playhouse" (2 episodes, 1966-1974)
• Incident at Vichy (1973)
• Shirts/Skins (1973)
• Pete 'n' Tillie (1972)
• "Love, American Style" (1 episode, 1972)
• "The Flintstones Comedy Hour" (1972)
• Images (1972)
• "Night Gallery" (1 episode, 1971)
• The Birdmen (1971)
• Once Upon a Dead Man (1971)
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)
• "The Mod Squad" (1 episode, 1971)
• Brewster McCloud (1970)
• MASH (1970)
• Petulia (1968)
• Lilith (1964)
• "The Jetsons" (1962)

Awards

• Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical "Big River" 1985
• Tony Featured Actor in a Musical "Coco" 1970