Jeffrey Alan Combs (born September 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Herbert West in the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator (1985) and portraying a number of characters in the Star Trek universe, most notably… Jeffrey Alan Combs (born September 9, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Herbert West in the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation Re-Animator (1985) and portraying a number of characters in the Star Trek universe, most notably Brunt and the various Weyouns on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–1999), and Shran on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005).
Combs has been a prominent figure within the horror genre through most of his career, acting in eight films directed by Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon such as From Beyond (1986), The Pit and the Pendulum (1991), and Castle Freak (1995). Other horror film appearances include Necronomicon (1993), Peter Jackson's The Frighteners (1996), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), House on Haunted Hill (1999), and Would You Rather (2012). As a voice actor, Combs is best known as the voice of Question on Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006) and Ratchet on Transformers: Prime (2010–2013).
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