Jeffrey Combs Jeffrey Alan Combs is an actor who has the distinction of portraying eight different characters on " Star Trek " , most notably those of Brunt and the various Weyoun s on and the Andorian Shran on . He is one of only five actors to play seven or more different characters in the " Star Trek " franchise , the others being Randy Oglesby , J . G . Hertzler , Vaughn Armstrong and Thomas Kopache . Coincidentally , Combs has appeared on " Star Trek " with all four of those actors . Personal life . Born in Oxnard , California , Combs was raised in Lompoc , CA along with many older and younger siblings . He graduated from Lompoc High School in 1972 , after which he honed his acting talents at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria , CA and the Professional Actor ' s Training Program at the University of Washington in Seattle , Washington . Career . Films . In 1980 , after spending four years performing for regional theater , Combs moved to Los Angeles where he landed roles in the films " Whose Life Is It Anyway ? " and " Honky Tonk Freeway " , both released in 1981 . Actress Teri Garr , who appeared on , starred in the latter film . Combs is widely recognized as an actor of science fiction and horror movies . His first experience with both genres came in 1983 when he appeared in the science fiction comedy " The Man with Two Brains " , a film which also featured fellow " Trek " guest stars James Cromwell , David Warner , and Earl Boen . A few months later , he was seen in the horror film " Frightmare " , co - starring guest actor Scott Thomson . Combs has since starred in many movies in the horror and science fiction genres , specifically those based on the works of writer . His most well - known Lovecraftian role ( and , indeed , his most famous film role in general ) is that of Dr . Herbert West in the 1985 cult classic " Re - Animator " . He reprised this role in two more films , " Bride of Re - Animator " in 1990 and " Beyond Re - Animator " in 2003 . He is currently slated to play West again in " House of Re - Animator " . Other Lovecraftian films starring Combs include 1986 ' s " From Beyond " ( with " DS9 " guest star Ted Sorel ) and 1994 ' s " Lurking Fear " ( with " TNG " guest star Vincent Schiavelli ) . Combs ' association with Lovecraft was such that he actually played the author in the 1993 horror anthology " Necronomicon " , which featured fellow " Trek " alumni Dennis Christopher , Gary Graham , Richard Lynch , and David Warner . His most recent Lovecraftian film was " The Dunwich Horror " , co - starring Dean Stockwell and set for release in October 2008 . Outside of the Lovecraftian universe , Combs portrayed a Catholic Cleric in the 1991 film " The Pit and the Pendulum " , also starring Stephen Lee as well as veteran science fiction actor . Combs was further notable for playing the title role of " Doctor Mordrid " in 1992 , on which he co - starred with Brian Thompson . Another notable role is that of crazed FBI agent Milton Dammers in the 1996 horror film , " The Frighteners " , which co - starred fellow " DS9 " guest performer Julianna McCarthy . Combs ' other non - Lovecraftian sci - fi and horror films include " Robot Jox " ( starring " Enterprise " co - star Gary Graham ) , " Guyver " ( with Michael Berryman , Dennis Madalone , Brian Simpson , and Spice Williams ) , " Trancers II " ( with Richard Lynch ) , " Fortress " ( co - starring Kurtwood Smith and Tom Towles ) , " I Still Know What You Did Last Summer " ( along with fellow " Enterprise " guest actor Bill Cobbs ) , the 1999 remake of " House on Haunted Hill " ( starring " Next Generation " guest actress Famke Janssen ) , and " Contagion " ( with Megan Gallagher ) . More recent horror movie credits include 2006 ' s " Abominable " ( in which he co - starred with Matt McCoy and Phil Morris ) , the 2007 remake of " The Wizard of Gore " ( which co - starred Brad Dourif ) , and the upcoming " Dark House " ( with Diane Salinger and Don Stark ) . Combs has of course ventured in other genres besides horror or sci - fi . He played " Dinosaur Bob " in the 1994 thriller " Love and a . 45 " and appeared as Gilroy in the 1995 gangster picture " Dillinger and Capone " . This latter film co - starred fellow " Trek " veterans F . Murray Abraham , Stephen Davies , Catherine Hicks , Clint Howard , Bert Remsen , and Time Winters . Combs was also seen in the 1996 thriller " Felony " ( co - starring Charles Napier and David Warner ) , the 1998 crime drama " Caught Up " ( with Tony Todd ) , and the 2005 thriller " Edmond " . Additionally , in 1997 , Combs and his " DS9 " co - stars Rene Auberjonois and Armin Shimerman appeared together in the drama " Snide and Prejudice " ( along with Mick Fleetwood ) . Television . Outside of " Star Trek " , Combs has made guest appearances on several other television series . In 1987 , he appeared on an episode of " Beauty and the Beast " , a series which starred actor Ron Perlman . Also in 1987 , he was seen on " Houston Knights " , on which TOS actress Madlyn Rhue was a regular . Further expanding his science fiction credits , Combs has worked on " The Flash " ( with Dick Miller ) , " Babylon 5 " ( with Andreas Katsulas , Bill Mumy and David L . Crowley ) , " Perversions of Science " ( with Jeff Corey , Ron Perlman , and David Warner ) , and the 2000s version of . He also played the recurring role of Kevin Burkhoff on the cult science fiction series " The 4400 " . Other series on which he has appeared include " Freddy ' s Nightmares " , " Hunter " ( in an episode with Kenneth Marshall ) , " Life Goes On " ( with David Graf and Bill Smitrovich ) , " The Single Guy " ( starring Olivia d ' Abo and Mark Moses ) , " Martial Law " ( with Neal McDonough and T . J . Storm ) , " CSI : Crime Scene Investigation " , and " Cold Case " . In 1996 , Combs had a role in the TV movie " Norma Jean & Marilyn " . Also starring in this movie were Ashley Judd , Steven Culp , David Drew Gallagher , Alex Henteloff , and John Rubinstein . In 2005 , Combs appeared in two made - for - TV horror movies : " Voodoo Moon " and " Hammerhead : Shark Frenzy " . Combs is also a sought - after voice actor , appearing in numerous animated television shows . He has most prominently worked as a voice actor for animation set in the DC Animated Universe , specifically as The Scarecrow in " The New Batman Adventures " ( appearing in the same episode with Charles Rocket ) and The Question in several episodes of " Justice League " , alongside Clancy Brown , Robert Foxworth , Virginia Madsen , and Charles Napier . He also voiced the Scarecrow for the video game " Batman : Rise of Sin Tzu " , which also featured Cary - Hiroyuki Tagawa , Loren Lester , and Ron Perlman ) . He recently voiced the Autobot Ratchet in Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ' s " Transformers : Prime " animated series , and The Leader in " Avengers : World ' s Mightiest Heroes " . In 2015 , Combs guest starred in the first season of " Gotham " , which would later feature James Frain and Alexander Siddig . Association with " Trek " . Combs auditioned for the role of William T . Riker on , but lost the part to Jonathan Frakes . Frakes remembered Combs and cast him as Tiron while directing the episode . ( " DS9 Season 5 DVD , Special " Hidden File 10 " " ) Combs has since earned himself quite a number of appearances on " Star Trek " , guest starring in thirty - one episodes of " Deep Space Nine " , one episode of , and eleven episodes of . In , Combs played both Weyoun and Brunt , becoming one of only three " Star Trek " actors ever to play two unrelated characters in the same episode ( the others being Patrick Stewart in , in which he played both Jean - Luc Picard and Michael Williams , and Brian Markinson in , in which he played both Pete Durst and Sulan ) , and the only one credited for playing both characters in that episode . He did it a second time while playing Weyoun and an unnamed Holosuite Guest in , the final episode of DS9 . He has also appeared in two " Star Trek " series finales : DS9 ' s and ENT ' s . The species that he played on " Star Trek " include three Ferengi , a Vorta , a Norcadian , and an Andorian . He also played an imaginary Human in . The name of Tiron ' s race was never revealed . Combs has said that out of all the Trek roles he has played , Weyoun is his favorite character . Trivia . After the September 11 terrorist attacks , a " Jeffrey Coombs " ( note the spelling ) was listed as one of the casualties that day . Combs ' fan club and family were deluged with letters and sympathy cards from distraught fans who incorrectly assumed that he had died . Combs quickly moved to reassure fans that he was still alive but was very grateful for their concern and sympathized with the friends and family of Coombs . When interviewed in in 1998 about his two recurring roles on " " , Combs said that he preferred Weyoun chiefly because he had much more " freedom " to define the character with each appearance , whereas playing Brunt ( or any Ferengi character ) was simply a matter of following Armin Shimerman ' s example . In an interview , Manny Coto claimed that , had " Star Trek : Enterprise " been given a fifth season , Shran would have joined the crew of the starship " Enterprise " permanently , making Jeffrey Combs a regular " Star Trek " cast member . In his first appearance in " Star Trek " ( in " " episode ) Combs ' character orders Andorian Ale , while in his last " Star Trek " appearance , he plays the Andorian commander Shran in the series finale .