Jeffrey Alan Combs (born 9 September, 1954 in Oxnard, California) is the character actor better known for his horror film roles & his appearances swimming a total of characters in the Star Trek franchise.

Combs was raised inside Lompoc, California, attended Santa Monica's Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and down the road developed his acting talent in the Professional Actor's Training Program at the University of Washington.

Fallowing spending many years performing inside wendy house right along a West Coast, Combs moved to Los Angeles in 198& had his foremost role in the 1981 film, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, playing an interne. His foremost horror film role come a next month inside Frightmare, which set a path for the good deal of his career in the genre.

Combs' most famous film role is Dr. Herbert West, a character in Re-Animator which he has reprised in the film's two sequels. His virtually all recent film credits include FeardotCom (2002), House on Haunted Hill (1999), and I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).

In television, Combs has enjoyed critical & popular profits sustaining his alien characters on the various modern Star Trek incarnations, beginning in 1994 using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in 2000 by using Star Trek: Voyager, and inside 2001 by using Star Trek: Enterprise. Combs originally auditioned for the role of Commander William Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but misused intent on Jonathan Frakes, though producers kept him within mind for casting in the late series. His preferred & big role up to now has been a multi-episode, multi-year Vorta clone Weyoun on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. On a equivalent series he experienced the revenant role when the Ferengi Brunt. In Star Trek: Enterprise Combs got the super popular recurring role when Shran, an Andorian military officer (Enterprise producer Manny Coto once mentioned in an locate that he hoped to produce Shran & Combs the regular on the indicate, experienced the series been renewed for a fifth year). Additionally Combs mass produced a few non-recurring appearances, including Mulcahey and Tiron on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Penk on Star Trek: Voyager, and a Ferengi Krem in Star Trek: Enterprise.

His virtually all recent television appearance get on science fiction series The 4400 in August 2005, in what could get the revenant role. Potentially Trek fans unacquainted with Combs' mortal face immediately recognized him due to his distinctive voice.

Indeed, Combs has done extensive voice operate for the Batman: The Animated Series. Among more characters, Combs voiced The Scarecrow. Combs presently voices The Question in Justice League Unlimited.

In September 11, 2001, a man named Jeffrey Coombs (note a more 'o' in the surname) was aboard hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, which was later crashed into the World Trade Center. sustaining been confused with a rider on a jet, Combs the actor was pronounced dead by news media outlets & got to announce publicly that he was however alive.

Selected Filmography
Re-Animator (1985} - Dr. Herbert West The Frighteners Bride of Re-Animator (1989} - Dr. Herbert West Beyond Re-Animator (2003} - Dr. Herbert West