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I-CON 31 Announces Casey Biggs, J.G. Hertzler, and Robert Leeshock

January 28, 2012, 7:00 pm

Casey Biggs was born on April 4, 1955 in Toledo, Ohio. Biggs decided to pursue acting while in high school, even though he was a fairly talented football player. Through various connections, he auditioned for and was accepted to the Juilliard School. He graduated from Juilliard in 1977 with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts. From there, he had various guest roles on television, and was in several plays and musicals. In 1995, he came to play Damar, Gul Dukat’s right-hand man, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He played Damar for 23 episodes. Since then, he founded the Casey Biggs Scholarship Fund for foster children, and continues to direct and act in stage performances.

J.G. Hertzler was born on March 18, 1949 in Savannah, Georgia. He holds the record for most unique Star Trek characters, starting with Vulcan Captain Storil in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine pilot, “Emissary.” His longest-portrayed and most well-known character was the Klingon General Martok, clocking in at 24 episodes. He also played Roy Ritterhouse, Laas, and a patron in Vic’s Lounge in DS9, a Hirogen hunter on Voyager, Klingon lawyer Advocate Kolos and another Klingon commander on Enterprise, Larot and Lurok in the video games Star Trek: Klingon and Elite Force II, respectively, Koval in Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, and will play Henry Mudd in Star Trek: Phase II (formerly Star Trek: New Voyages). In addition to his various Trek roles, he was also in Quantum Leap, Zorro, Highlander: The Series, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Roswell, amongst other shows.

Robert Leeshock was born in Clifton, New Jersey. He enrolled at Cornell University in 1980 as an Arts and Science major, and graduated in 1984 with a degree in Materials Science Engineering. Turning his attention to acting, Robert embarked on a successful television career in the 1990s, appearing as a regular on the original Beverly Hills: 90210 and ultimately landing a leading role in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict for the series' second through fourth seasons. This experience, coupled with his love of science fiction, has inspired him to executive produce and star in GODMACHINE, a futuristic sci-fi short which proposes a new twist in the long-standing debate of what constitutes life.

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