Robert Picardo

Biography for Robert Picardo

Robert Picardo was born on 27th October 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, where he spent his whole childhood. He graduated from the William Penn Charter school and attended Yale University. At Yale, he landed a role in Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" and at the age of 19, he played a leading role in the European premiere of "Mass". Later, he graduated with a B.A. in Drama from Yale University. He appeared in the David Mamet play "Sexual Perversity in Chicago and with Diane Keaton in "The Primary English Class".

In 1977, he made his Broadway debut in the comedy hit "Gemini" with Danny Aiello and also appeared in Bernard Slade's "Tribute", "Beyond Therapy" as well as "Geniuses" and "The Normal Heart" for which he won a Drama-Logue Award.

Then, he became involved in televison, where he soon was nominated for an Emmy award for his role as Mr. Cutlip on the series "The Wonder Years" (1988). Bob appeared in several series: "Frasier" (1993), "Ally McBeal" (1997), "Home Improvement" (1991), "The Outer Limits" (1995) and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996). In 1995, he got the role as "The Doctor" on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) where he also directed two episodes. He also got roles in Doubletalk (1975), Star 80 (1983), Get Crazy (1983), Oh, God! You Devil (1984), Innerspace (1987), Munchies (1987), China Beach (1988) (TV), Samantha (1992), White Mile (1994) (TV), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Small Soldiers (1998), _2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey (2004) (TV)_ and so on.

He resides in L.A. with his wife Linda, and their two daughters.

After two years of medical studies in Yale, Robert Picardo won a role in the musical "Mass", by Leonard Bernstein, and even plays a first role during the European tour.

He continued his career in Broadway with "Gemini" and "Tribute", and won a dramalogue for all of his work. This success is confirmed when he turns on television, with an appointment to the Emmy Awards and a prize for viewers for his roles in "The Wonder Years" (the favorite years) and "China Beach".

Robert Picardo is an American actor born October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for his role as the holographic medical officer on the Stellar Vaisseau USS travels in the science fiction series Star Trek: travel. He has also played in many movies and television series, including China Beach, The Wonder Years, Stargate SG-1 and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

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Filmography

Trivia

• From the East Falls section of Philadelphia
• Graduate of Penn Charter School, class of 1971
• Originally attended Yale as a Pre-Med major
• Is an acomplished singer and has put out a CD of parody songs.
• Is the only "Star Trek" regular to have ever written an episode of "Star Trek": the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) Season Six episode "Life Line".
• Had originally auditioned for the role of Neelix on "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995).
• Along with George Takei and Robert Duncan McNeill, he is one of only three "Star Trek" regulars to wear all three "Star Trek" uniform colours. He wore the blue (medical) uniform in every episode of "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) in which he appears, the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?" and Star Trek: First Contact (1996), the gold (operations/security) uniform in the _"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) episode 'The Swarm' and the "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) episode 'Doctor Bashir, I Presume?' and the red (command) uniform in the "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) episode 'Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy'.
• Has appeared in episodes of two different series entitled "Prototype": "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) and "Stargate SG-1" (1997).
• Has appeared in episodes of two different series entitled "The Gift" and "One Small Step": "China Beach" (1988) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995).
• Is a fan of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) on which he plays the recurring character of Agent Richard Woolsey.

Quotes

"If Picard can baldly go, why not Picardo?"

On how the success of "Stargate SG-1" (1997) has surpassed that of "Star Trek" in recent years: "I am always amazed when I travel abroad that Stargate has become huge. It's huge in Britain. It's far eclipsed Star Trek. It's now huge in Germany. I understand they're making big inroads in other countries."

His thoughts on Star Trek: "I came to the Star Trek franchise a little late. I got into it, I married a woman who's a big Star Trek fan, so, even though I was not into it when I was a kid, in order to court my wife I had to go to Star Trek movies. You know, I think she had a thing for Captain Kirk, right when she was hitting puberty -- which is really when they get you! And, uh, I really grew to understand and appreciate the quality of Star Trek storytelling. And then, when I joined the Voyager franchise, and really became knowledgeable about Star Trek -- and watched more and more of the other shows, that preceded us -- I think that I became a Star Trek fan in my own right, as well as a Star Trek actor." (5-4-2006)

Family

• Spouse : Linda Picardo (? - present) 2 children

Author of the card

• Creation date: 01/07/2003 by abdest