David B. Levinson

Real world article

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David B. Levinson
Birth name:	David B. Levinson
Date of birth:	14 October 1948
Roles:	Background actor Stand-in
Character(s):	Broik Multiple characters

David B. Levinson (born 14 October 1948; age 75) is an actor who was the main stand-in for Armin Shimerman and played the recurring background role of Broik throughout the run of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with his only on-screen credit being in "The Dogs of War". In addition he portrayed several other background parts and received no credit for almost all of his appearances. One of his costumes as Broik was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay [1]^(X) as well as his Sisko's Creole Kitchen waiter costume. [2]^(X)

Levinson appeared in the pilots of three Star Trek series: TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", DS9: "Emissary" and VOY: "Caretaker". He also appeared in the finales of two Star Trek series: TNG: "All Good Things..." and DS9: "What You Leave Behind".

Other acting work includes the television comedy The Cheech Show (1988), the Cheers episodes "A Bar Is Born" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Lee Allen, Rebecca Soladay, John Rice, Melba Gonzalez, Michael Wilkinson, Lorine Mendell, Natalie Wood, and Casey Kono) and "The Two Faces of Norm" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Keith Rayve, Joel Schultz, Lorine Mendell, Melba Gonzalez, Ivonne Perez, Michael Zurich, Michael Braveheart, and Rebecca Soladay), Predator 2 (1990, with Kevin Peter Hall, Henry Kingi, Sr., Lilyan Chauvin, Michael Papajohn, Charlie Haugk, Manny Perry, Phil Weyland, Michael Wiseman, and Wyatt Weed), the television series Tales from the Crypt, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993, with John Neville, Tim Russ, Carel Struycken, Jeffrey Nordling, F. Murray Abraham, Francis Guinan, Cassandra Byram, Craig Benton, Alex Daniels, and Frank Welker), the Family Matters episode "Odd Man In" (1997), the crime movie Bob's Video (2000, with Christopher Ogden and Corey Burton), the crime comedy Saving Silverman (2001, with Mark Wagner, Noby Arden, and John MacDonald), and the comedy Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018, with John Balma, Suzy Sincock, Janell Haney, and Oliver Keller).

Star Trek appearances

Post-atomic trial spectator
TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "All Good Things..."
(uncredited)

Renegade Ferengi
TNG: "Rascals"
(uncredited)

Broik
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager
Recurring character

Ferengi bidder
DS9: "Q-Less"
(uncredited)

Tilonian inmate
TNG: "Frame of Mind"
(uncredited)

Sisko's Creole Kitchen waiter
DS9: "Homefront", "Paradise Lost", "Image in the Sand"
(uncredited)

Transport passenger
DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite", "Prodigal Daughter"
(uncredited)

Vic's Lounge patron
DS9: "What You Leave Behind"
(uncredited)

Appearances as Broik

(This list is currently incomplete.)

• DS9: (all uncredited except "The Dogs of War")
  • "Emissary"
  • "A Man Alone"
  • "Past Prologue"
  • "Captive Pursuit"
  • "Q-Less"
  • "The Passenger"
  • "Move Along Home"
  • "Vortex"
  • "Progress"
  • "If Wishes Were Horses"
  • "The Siege"
  • "Cardassians"
  • "Melora"
  • "Rules of Acquisition"
  • "Necessary Evil"
  • "Second Sight"
  • "Sanctuary"
  • "Rivals"
  • "The Alternate"
  • "Armageddon Game"
  • "Playing God"
  • "Profit and Loss"
  • "The Maquis, Part I"
  • "The Wire"
  • "The Jem'Hadar"
  • "The Search, Part II"
  • "The Abandoned"
  • "Meridian"
  • "Fascination"
  • "Life Support"
  • "Destiny"
  • "Prophet Motive"
  • "Visionary"
  • "Explorers"
  • "Family Business"
  • "Shakaar"
  • "Facets"
  • "The Way of the Warrior"
  • "Hippocratic Oath"
  • "The Visitor"
  • "Rejoined"
  • "Homefront"
  • "Crossfire"
  • "Bar Association"
  • "Accession"
  • "Rules of Engagement"
  • "Hard Time"
  • "Shattered Mirror"
  • "The Muse"
  • "Body Parts"
  • "Broken Link"
  • "Things Past"
  • "Soldiers of the Empire"
  • "Blaze of Glory"
  • "Empok Nor"
  • "In the Cards"
  • "Call to Arms"
  • "A Time to Stand"
  • "Sons and Daughters"
  • "Behind the Lines"
  • "Favor the Bold"
  • "Sacrifice of Angels"
  • "Statistical Probabilities"
  • "The Magnificent Ferengi"
  • "Who Mourns for Morn?"
  • "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
  • "Inquisition"
  • "Profit and Lace"
  • "Image in the Sand"
  • "Afterimage"
  • "Take Me Out to the Holosuite"
  • "Chrysalis"
  • "Treachery, Faith and the Great River"
  • "Once More Unto the Breach"
  • "Covenant"
  • "Field of Fire"
  • "Chimera"
  • "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
  • "Penumbra"
  • "Tacking Into the Wind"
  • "The Dogs of War"
• VOY: "Caretaker"

Stand-in work

• DS9:
  • "Meridian" – stand-in for Armin Shimerman
  • "A Simple Investigation" – stand-in for Armin Shimerman
• VOY: "Caretaker" – stand-in for Armin Shimerman

External link

• David B. Levinson at the Internet Movie Database