# Casey Biggs

Casey Patrick Biggs (born April 4, 1955) is an American actor, best known throughout the Star Trek community for starring as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He has appeared in over eighty film and television and stage productions.

## Early life

Biggs was born on April 4, 1955, in Toledo, Ohio. When he was very young, he was a foster child. He decided to pursue acting when he was a student at Central Catholic High School and graduated in 1973. He received a BFA from Juilliard in 1977; studied acting at the Toledo Repertory Theatre.

## Career

In January 1996, Biggs was in the made-for-TV movie A Promise to Carolyn. In 1996, he was nominated for the role of Damar in the science fiction show Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Seemingly a minor character in his first appearance, Damar later became one of the major figures in the show, leading the entire Cardassian Union and having a major influence on the show's events. Biggs later returned to the Star Trek universe, making a guest appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise in the season 3 episode "Damage" as an Illyrian captain.
Biggs's other TV roles include the soap operas Ryan's Hope as Fenno Moore from 1988 to 1989, and General Hospital as Chad Wainwright in 1990. Another television role was on the 1990s TV series Stat. He has appeared in movies such as The Pelican Brief, Broken Arrow, Dragonfly and the Star Trek documentary Trekkies 2.
Biggs has made many guest appearances on TV shows, some of those appearances range from Father Dowling Mysteries, Matlock, The Young Riders, ER, Snoops, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Person of Interest and Crossing Jordan. In 2017 Biggs taught a class in directing and acting at The New School for Drama. Biggs appeared in the HBO docudrama Too Big To Fail on the financial crisis of 2007–2008 as Wells Fargo chairman Richard Kovacevich. In 2018, he returned to General Hospital as Dr. Lasaris.

## Personal life

Biggs was married to Roxann Dawson from 1985 to 1987. Dawson later played B'Elanna Torres in Star Trek: Voyager. Their marriage ended before either of them were cast in Star Trek.

## Select filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Death Drug | Melvin | Exploitation film directed by Oscar Williams |
| 1988 | Alamo: The Price of Freedom | William Barret Travis | Short historical drama film directed by Kieth Merrill Based on George A. McAlister's book of the same name |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Eric East | Legal political thriller directed, written, and co–produced by Alan J. Pakula Based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham |
| 1995 | Bodily Harm | Michael Cates | Thriller film directed by James Lemmo |
| 1996 | Broken Arrow | Novacek | Action film directed by John Woo |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Stokes | Political thriller film directed by George P. Cosmatos |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Neil Darrow | Supernatural thriller film directed by Tom Shadyac |
| 2022 | Amsterdam | Augustus Vandenheuvel | Mystery comedy film directed by David O. Russell |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1978 | Flying High | Dale | Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter H. Hunt |
| 1978 | The Great Wallendas | Gene Hallow | Made-for-TV movie directed by Larry Elikann |
| 1978 | The Beasts Are on the Streets | Rick | Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter R. Hunt |
| 1978–79 | Flying High | Dale | |
| 1980 | Brave New World | Beta lighthouse guard | Made-for-TV movie directed by Burt Brinckerhoff Based on the novel with the same name by Aldous Huxley |
| 1985 | America's Musical Theater | Bill Cracker | Episode: "Happy End" |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Mason | Episode: "The Equalizer" (Pilot) |
| 1989 | Ryan's Hope | Fenno Moore | Contract role |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Charles | Episode: "The Pretty Baby Mystery" |
| 1989 | Matlock | Ernie D'Amato | Episodes: "The Hunting Party: Part 1" "The Hunting Party: Part 2" |
| 1989 | The Young Riders | Richard Gentry | Episode: "Blind Love" |
| 1990 | Appearances | Harry Trace | Made-for-TV movie directed by Win Phelps |
| 1990 | General Hospital | Chad Wainwright | |
| 1991 | Shades of L.A. | Boyd Hoagland | Episode: "Dead Dogs Tell No Tales" |
| 1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Lee | Made-for-TV movie directed by John Korty |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Ruben Aragon | Episode: "Pretty Baby" |
| 1991 | Stat | Dr. Lewis Doniger | Main cast Remake of the 1977 sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street |
| 1994 | One Woman's Courage | Barry Cameron | Made-for-TV movie directed by Charles Robert Carner |
| 1994 | Melrose Place | Guest | Episode: "It's a Bad World After All" |
| 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Max Charles | Episode: "Dear Deadly" |
| 1994 | The Last Chance Detectives: Mystery Lights of Navajo Mesa | John Fowler | Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles |
| 1995 | Live Shot | Lt. Larry Levinstein | Episode: "Day One" |
| 1996 | A Promise to Carolyn | Travis Colton | Made-for-TV movie directed by Jerry London |
| 1996 | Profiler | Senator Jameson Hunt | Episode: "I'll Be Watching You" |
| 1996 | The Last Chance Detectives: Escape from Fire Lake | Dad | Made-for-TV movie directed by Stephen Stiles |
| 1996–99 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Damar and related characters | Twenty-three (23) episodes, starting with Return to Grace (Season 4) and ending with the series finale What You Leave Behind (Season 7). Includes two episodes as a hologram of Damar (Statistical Probabilities and In The Pale Moonlight) and one episode as "Dr Wykoff", in addition to already playing Damar (Shadows and Symbols). |
| 1997 | Martin | Mr. Rollins | Episode: "California, Here We Come: Part 1" Credited as Casey Bigg |
| 1997 | Two Voices | Joshua Norton | Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Levin |
| 2004 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Illyrian Captain | Episode: "Damage" |
| 2012 | Major Crimes | Brian Barlow | Episode: "Citizens Arrest" |
| 2012 | Shameless | David | Episode: “Summertime” |
| 2013 | Elementary | Alan Becker | Episode: "Blood is Thicker" |
| 2014 | Person of Interest | Ken Davis | Episode: "Allegiance" |
| 2018–present | General Hospital | Dr. Lasaris | |
| 2019 | Madam Secretary | Mr. Champlin | Episode: "Strategic Ambiguity (S5:E12)" |
| 2023 | The Rookie | Ed Teska | Episode: "S.T.R." |