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Rene Auberjonois(1940-2019)

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  • Director
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Rene Auberjonois
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First Cow (2019)
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René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City, to Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline (Murat), who was born in Paris, and Fernand Auberjonois, who was Swiss-born. René was born into an already artistic family, which included his grandfather, a well-known Swiss painter, and his father, a Pulitzer-nominated writer and Cold War-era foreign correspondent. The Auberjonois family moved to Paris shortly after World War II, and it was there that René made an important career decision at the age of six. When his school put on a musical performance for the parents, little René was given the honor of conducting his classmates in a rendition of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?". When the performance was over, René took a bow, and, knowing that he was not the real conductor, imagined that he had been acting. He decided then and there that he wanted to be an actor. After leaving Paris, the Auberjonois family moved into an Artist's Colony in upstate New York.

At an early age, René was surrounded by musicians, composers and actors. Among his neighbors were Helen Hayes, Burgess Meredith and John Houseman, who would later become an important mentor. Houseman gave René his first theater job at the age of 16, as an apprentice at a theater in Stratford, Connecticut. René would later teach at Juilliard under Houseman. René attended Carnegie-Mellon University and studied theater completely, not only learning about acting but about the entire process of producing a play. After graduating from CMU, René acted with various theater companies, including San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum. In 1969, he won a role in his first Broadway musical, "Coco" (with Katharine Hepburn), for which he won a Tony Award.

Throughout his life, René acted in a variety of theater productions, films and television presentations, including a rather famous stint as Clayton Endicott III on the comedy series Benson (1979), not to mention seven years on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) as Odo. René also performed dramatic readings of a variety of books on tape, and appeared in projects like The Patriot (2000), starring Mel Gibson, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000), and NBC's Frasier (1993) and ABC's The Practice (1997).
BornJune 1, 1940
DiedDecember 8, 2019(79)
BornJune 1, 1940
DiedDecember 8, 2019(79)
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  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

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Rene Auberjonois in The Christmas Star (1986)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois in Raising Buchanan (2019)
Rene Auberjonois in Raising Buchanan (2019)

Known for

Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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TV Series
  • Constable Odo
  • Curzon Dax
  • Douglas Pabst
Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally Kellerman, and Jo Ann Pflug in M*A*S*H (1970)
M*A*S*H
7.4
  • Father John Mulcahy
  • 1970
Candice Bergen, William Shatner, and James Spader in Boston Legal (2004)
Boston Legal
8.5
TV Series
  • Paul Lewiston
The Patriot (2000)
The Patriot
7.2
  • Reverend Oliver
  • 2000

Credits

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Actor

  • Cortex
    • Post-production
  • The Tom and Jerry Show (2014)
    The Tom and Jerry Show
  • First Cow (2019)
    First Cow
    • (as René Aubergenois)
  • Rene Auberjonois and Amanda Melby in Raising Buchanan (2019)
    Raising Buchanan
  • Windows on the World (2019)
    Windows on the World
  • The Circuit: Star Crew (2019)
    The Circuit: Star Crew
  • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
    Madam Secretary
  • Rusty Schwimmer, Remy Auberjonois, Rene Auberjonois, Radium Cheung, Louis Jenkins, Ken Marks, Greta Oglesby, Ashlie Atkinson, Julie Christeas, Jeremy L Kotin, Mason Jennings, Kate Nowlin, Chris Sullivan, Tom Lipinski, Cassia Maher, Kirsten Gregerson, Schuyler Weiss, Reed Sigmund, Emily Zimmer, Sunde Auberjonois, Jeremy Johnson, David Clay, Benson Ramsey, Scotty Nelson, and Taliesan Cox in Blood Stripe (2016)
    Blood Stripe
  • Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, and Lily Gladstone in Certain Women (2016)
    Certain Women
  • Adrian Pasdar, Bumper Robinson, Fred Tatasciore, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Troy Baker, and Roger Craig Smith in Avengers Assemble (2012)
    Avengers Assemble
    • (voice)
  • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015)
    Skylanders: SuperChargers
    • (voice, as Rene Aberjonois)
  • Judd Nelson, Cloris Leachman, Rene Auberjonois, James Wolk, Mickey Sumner, Emily Tremaine, and Mike Wade in This Is Happening (2015)
    This Is Happening
  • Buddy: Tech Detective (2015)
    Buddy: Tech Detective
    • (voice)
  • Rebecca Romijn, Lindy Booth, Christian Kane, John Larroquette, and John Harlan Kim in The Librarians (2014)
    The Librarians
  • Ben 10: Omniverse (2012)
    Ben 10: Omniverse
    • (voice)
  • Lizzy Caplan, Michael Sheen, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Annaleigh Ashford in Masters of Sex (2013)
    Masters of Sex

Director

  • Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • Marblehead Manor (1987)
    Marblehead Manor

Soundtrack

  • Michael Rapaport, Eric McCormack, and John DiMaggio in Pound Puppies (2010)
    Pound Puppies
  • Jeff Bergman, Kristen Wiig, and Kwesi Boakye in The Looney Tunes Show (2011)
    The Looney Tunes Show
  • The Wonderful World of Disney (1997)
    The Wonderful World of Disney
  • Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    • (uncredited)
  • Jodi Benson in The Little Mermaid (1989)
    The Little Mermaid
    • (uncredited)
  • Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)
    Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
  • Pound Puppies (1985)
    Pound Puppies
  • Missy Gold, Robert Guillaume, Caroline McWilliams, James Noble, Lewis J. Stadlen, and Inga Swenson in Benson (1979)
    Benson
    • (uncredited)

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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
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The Little Mermaid: Diamond Edition
Geppetto
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Geppetto
Geppetto
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Geppetto

Personal details

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    • June 1, 1940
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • December 8, 2019
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(metastatic lung cancer)
    • October 19, 1963 - December 8, 2019 (his death, 2 children)
    • Tessa Auberjonois
    • (Grandparent)
  • Other works
    Narrator for Roger Zelazny's "Unicorn Variation" on audio cassette.
  • Publicity listings
    • 12 Interviews
    • 5 Articles
    • 4 Magazine Cover Photos

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    His mother was Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (November 13, 1913 - May 10, 1986) and on her side, René was the great-great-great-grandson of Joachim [Napoléon] Murat, King of Naples and King of Sicily, formerly Grand-Duke of Berg and Kleve, and of his wife (Marie Annonciade) Caroline Bonaparte, sister of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France.
  • Quotes
    My wife, Judith, is the best person in the world.

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