Til that wallace shawn, who plays grand nagus zek in star. The grand nagus rules the ferengi alliance with his vast portfolia from the chamber of opportunity in the tower of commerce, located in the ferengi capital, the sacred marketplace. Zek explains that he faked his death as a test for krax. Zek, the grand nagus of the ferengi alliance, arrives on the station and seems to take an interest in quark, but it is not clear why. This item playmates star trek deep space nine grand nagus zek 4. Grand negus zek is ready to retire and he names quark the host as grand negus of the frengi alliance, a galaxy spanning trading empire of the frengies. He has appeared in a variety of television series, including recurring roles as grand nagus zek in star trek. Star trek deep space nine s 01 e 11 the nagus recap tv. Zek had named rom as his successor in part because he expected rom to continue those reforms. Over time ive come to realize that the ferengi, little trolllike profiteers, are one of the more underrated species that populate one of my favorite universes. The nagus spent three days on the station preparing for a trade expedition to the gamma quadrant, and quark took advantage of his proximity to the fiscal leader by doing what he.
The grand nagus of the ferengi alliance is the head of government and head of state for the ferengi alliance. Terrified, he goes to zek, who basically tells him that threats come with the job. Whether in its original novel form written by william goldman, or the dry and. That was when grand nagus zek had docked his new vessel, wealth, at deep space nine. Grand nagus zek, the ruler of ferenginar, arrives, announced by his son krax, and accompanied by maihardu, his hupyrian bodyguard. With no one ready to assume his throne, zek reluctantly becomes grand nagus once again and takes on the task of. While ill agree that grand nagus zek is a great asset to the ferengi, i think that ultimately depends on when in his life this all takes place. Now, a year after roms appointment, females were all over the ferengi business world. She drove him to distraction with her untraditional ways. The former grand nagus of the ferengi alliance was at least 100 years old, and had a mute hupyrian servant, maihardu, constantly at his side. In one of the final episodes of ds9, though, zek officially retires and appoints. Wallace shawn, who played grand nagus zek in star trek. Actorplaywrightessayist wallace shawn is best known for his role in the princess bride inconceivable.
Zek attempted retirement shortly after the discovery of the wormhole near bajor. Playmates star trek deep space nine grand nagus zek 4. I like ds9, but the first role i remember wallace from is the princess bride. The role added to his impressive list of previous and future memorable characters, including father abruzzi heaven help us, vizzini the. Chek says he and his businessmen want to talk about ferenginar, and they want me there. Deep space nine episode the nagus gave fans their first taste of playwrightauthorproduceractor wallace shawn as grand nagus zek. He has had recurring roles as the grand nagus zek in star trek. Zek was the grand nagus of the ferengi alliance throughout most of the 24th century. There was an expression i remembered reading in a christian book that always stuck with me.
Nowhere else can you find in one place the amazing mandy patinkin criminal minds, dead like me, homeland, wallace shawn grand nagus zek from ds9, rex from toy story, and a million other voices, the underappreciated and evertalented cary elwes herculesxena, and personal favorite, the pentagon wars, robin wright run forest, run, plus a. The head honcho of the entire ferengi alliance is there to examine the possible business opportunities that the. He has had recurring roles as the grand nagus zek on star trek. He arrived on ds9 and during a business meeting announced quark would be his successor, and then appeared to have died. While quark is asking more advice, zek quietly passes away, leaving the new grand nagus to figure it all out for himself. After quark finishes telling morn a joke, grand nagus zek, the ruler of. All right, the class assignment was to write an essay about continuity. Wallace michael shawn born november 12, 1943 is an american character actor, voice artist. Prophet motive is the 62nd episode of the television series star trek. Wallace shawn talks acting, princess bride and toy. Deep space nine warp factor series 2 action figure.
Outside of star trek, shawn is perhaps best known for his portrayal of vizzini in the princess bride, the acclaimed 1987. Shawn played vizzini in the princess bride 1987, grand nagus zek in star trek. The bar is closed to honor zek s passing, and the ferengi group holds the funeral service there. Getting into it with the grand nagus, wallace shawn star trek.
With that in mind, ive decided to list my top ten favorite ferengicentric. The nook book ebook of the worlds of star trek deep space nine, volume three. The role added to his impressive list of previous and future memorable characters, including father abruzzi heaven help. Early on in ds9, zek is introduced in a story where he uses quark to test his son kraxs worthiness to become grand nagus. Maihardu is the servant and the bodyguard of grand nagus zek. The buried age following the discovery of the bajoran wormhole in 2369, zek saw the immense profit to be. He tells quark that he wants to use quarks bar for a conference, where he announces that quark will be his successor. I walked in to find the rather comical sight of quark holding the grand nagus staff and looking like zek had bashed him over the head with it. The ferengi leader, grand nagus zek, comes to the station. In the episode, grand nagus zek comes to the station to present quark with a revised copy of the rules of acquisition, which is. Zek was a 24th century ferengi man, the grand nagus of the ferengi alliance from at least 2355 until 2375.
Grand nagus zek was added to the crew on 24aug2016. Grand nagus zek plans to establish a ferengi business presence in the gamma quadrant and wants to purchase a large amount of tulaberry wine from a species called the dosi. Actor, voice artist and playwright wallace shawn will be at the upcoming steel city con. Rom eventually succeeded zek as grand nagus, largely through the machinations of ishka. George iii have crafted an excellent tale that fits very well into the deep space nine continuity, and forces the reader to look at the ferengi in a way that is alltoo rare. The nagus promises him, and the female, that they be spending the remainder of thei. His plays include obie awardwinning aunt dan and lemon 1985, the designated mourner 1996 and grasses of a thousand colors 2008. American character actor and writer wallace shawn has one of those fun, mischievously homely faces. Never go up against a ferengi when money is on the line. He was assisted by his loyal hupyrian servant maihardu. Some of his comic convention fans know him as the voice of rex, the timid tyrannosaur in the toy story franchise, and a few recognize him behind the extensive prosthetics as grand nagus. In spite of this episodes origins as effectively a pastiche of the godfather yet another slavish reference to old hollywoodtheres even a scene nicked from the francis ford coppola film shot for shot, i found the ferengi summit grand nagus zek calls in quarks bar to be delightfully reminiscent of, say, some selfimportant ceo indulging. Later in the series, she begins a romantic relationship with grand nagus zek and eventually persuades him to begin changing the regulations that govern ferengi business, with farreaching consequences for that society.
Grand nagus of the ferengi alliance memory beta, non. Ds9 se1ep10 quark is chosen as new grand negus youtube. The grand nagus is generally the richest man in the heavily capitalistic ferengi society. Zek enlists quark as his representative and quark asks pel, one of his ferengi waiters, to be his assistant. Quark s relationship with his mother ishka was tumultuous at best. Grand nagus zek talk with commander sisko and major kira.
Deep space nine, stuart best in murphy brown, jeff engels in the cosby show, dr. Getting into it with the grand nagus, wallace shawn. My top 10 favorite ferengi episodes therefore i geek. American character actor and writer wallace shawn has one of those fun, mischievously homely faces just made to entertain. He appeared in the 1985 music video for chaka khans this is my night. The best known, of course, is never get involved in a land war on vulcan. Leeta is a recurring character on deep space nine, portrayed by chase masterson. Star trek deep space nine season 2 rules of acquisition. Quark s nephew, nog, also briefly worked in his uncles bar, before departing for starfleet academy. Shawn made the wily ferengi leader his own over seven appearances on ds9 thats one each season.
He walked over to the back of the bar and pulled down. When we see him in deep space nine, hes been running the ferengi alliance for nearly all of the 24th century and the years are starting to pile up. My brother has continued the reforms that grand nagus zek put forward before he retired. Deep space nine and is the sixteenth episode of the third season. Howard stiles in crossing jordan, arnie ross in taxi, and a reprisal of his role as mr. His book essays was published in 2009 by haymarket books. Modern character actors part 2 star trek characters, star trek. Being the huge star trek nerd that i am, ive watched nearly every episode ever made. Star trek deep space nine s 01 e 11 the nagus recap tv tropes. Deep space nine, cyrus rose in gossip girl 20082012, and dr. Grand nagus zek was a ranked reward in the paused the prime directive event, as well as the unlikely heroes event that replaced it. He wanted to see if his son had the lobes to succeed him, and he failed miserably. Krax plots to kill quark in order to seize the throne. The epitome of all that his race holds dear, zek was as rude, blunt, arrogant, presumptive and greedy as his own wiles and position will allow.