American actor who played the enigmatic Cardassian tailor and former spy Elim Garak on Deep Space Nine and later directed episodes of the franchise.
Andrew Robinson is an American actor, born in 1942, who first made his name as the serial killer Scorpio in Dirty Harry and later starred in the horror film Hellraiser. He also served as director of the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California.
On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Robinson played Elim Garak, the exiled Cardassian tailor whose past as an operative of the Obsidian Order was revealed piece by piece, including his ties to Enabran Tain. Though a recurring character, Garak appeared from the first season to the finale and became one of the show's most celebrated figures, especially through his friendship with Julian Bashir and his role in In the Pale Moonlight.
Robinson began directing with the Deep Space Nine episode Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places and went on to direct episodes of Voyager. He also wrote A Stitch in Time, a novel told as Garak's own memoir.