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DS9's most unusual guest star?

I vote for Iggy Pop. He was great in that role. I didn't know that he was a Star Trek fan until he did show up in that episode.

Harris Yulin was great as Aamin Marritza too.
 
I still can't think of Harris Yulin without thinking of his hilarious turn in Ghostbusters 2. :guffaw:
 
I can't think of Harris Yulin without thinking of his spectacular death scene in Scarface. Maybe this sounds like I have a morbid sense of humour, but I always get a huge laugh from him yelling "FUCK YOU!" at the guy who shoots him, right before being shot. I mean, what's the point of swearing at someone who's going to kill you anyway? It makes more sense to just close your eyes and accept your faith, but he just had to go out in defiance like that. :)

"Maybe you can handle yourself one of dem first class tickets to the resurrection. So long, Mel...have a good trip". :lol:
 
Iggy Pop - he was really cool as a Vorta and I wouldn't have minded seeing him again in the part.
 
Iggy Pop.

"I'd love to hear more, but if your son doesn't show up soon, I'm afraid I'm going to have to kill you." :rommie:

(IIRC, Shat and company didn't get paid for the footage reuse in 'Trials.')

I would hope not! Why should they? Greedy bastards

Iggy Pop as a Vorta was definitely the best.
 
While I did like Iggy Pop as the Vorta Yelgrun, my favorite unusual guest star is Wallace Shawn as Grand Nagus Zek. -- RR
 
The most unusual guest star? Stephen McHattie as the Romulan Senator Vreenak. Nobody tried to make him a sterling character. When his shuttle was sabotaged it really got you to thinking about Machiavellian means and ends. Somehow, this guy got a lot of sympathy without trying to wring it out of the viewer.
 
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^Pretty sure Clint Howard never showed up in DS9...

Iggy Pop here as well, just for the sheer '_Who_ is in this episode?' factor.
 
This thread inspired me to watch "The Magnificent Ferengi" for the first time and I'm glad it did, because I really enjoyed the episode. Thanks for the encouragement, folks! To be honest, I am a little disappointed by Iggy Pop in it after all the hype here. He was great and all, but the way you people are constantly voting for it, one would think it's the greatest performance ever! Still, I dug how he acted so differently than the other Vorta we've seen..the others always sounded so smug and overbearing, whereas Iggy was much more subtle...his delivery was always really dry, so he always sounded irritated, but dignified, rather than whiny. A really neat and unique interpretation of a Vorta, I suppose that's a big reason why so many of you were so thrilled with it.
 
Gabriell Union had a small part in Sons and daughters. She is one of the Klingons. Also I can't remember the name of the ep but it's the one where Sisko falls for the mysterious woman who turns out to be the lead scientist wife. I want to say her name was Sherri Richardson but I am not sure.

Iggy Pop was god and so was the guy who played Kevan
 
Gotta be Iggy Pop. Loved him as a Vorta.

Sure beats Joe Piscipo(sp) and Andy DICK

Gotta be Iggy, he was great in that part.

But not even Iggy Pop--Iggy F*cking Pop!--could make Trek cool.

Score one for Trek! :beer:

Agreed, however if you're a Science fiction fan in the UK and you want to watch ST, SG or Futurama on SKY you will have to suffer though Iggy Pop selling out and 'performing' some godsdamn awful adverts about online car insurance.:mad:
He tells us that we can 'do it online' the dirty blighter!

Not his finest work and an insult to the collective intelligence of all sentient life in the multiverses.
 
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