Andrew Robinson (actor)

Andrew Robinson
Robinson at an ExpoTrek Convention in Hannover, Germany, 2000
Born	Andrew Jordt Robinson (1942-02-14) February 14, 1942 (age 74) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Andy Robinson
Occupation	Actor Director of the Master of Fine Arts Acting program at the University of Southern California
Years active	1969–present
Spouse(s)	Irene Robinson (1970–present); 1 child

Andrew Jordt "Andy" Robinson (born February 14, 1942) is an American actor and director of the Master of Fine Arts acting program at the University of Southern California. Originally a stage actor, he works predominantly in supporting roles on television and in low-budget films. He has portrayed the serial killer Scorpio in the crime film Dirty Harry (1971), Larry Cotton in the horror film Hellraiser (1987), and Elim Garak on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999). He and his wife Irene have a daughter, actress Rachel Robinson, who also appeared in Deep Space Nine.

Robinson was born in New York City. His middle name, Jordt, was given to him to honor his grandfather, though he did not begin using it in his professional credits until the 1996 Deep Space Nine episode, "Body Parts". His father was a soldier in World War II and was killed when Robinson was three years old. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Hartford, Connecticut where he was raised with her family. In his later childhood, Robinson had become a juvenile delinquent and was eventually sent to St. Andrew's School, a boarding school for troubled children in Rhode Island.

After graduating from high school, Robinson attended the University of New Hampshire. After he picketed the school's ROTC program his degree was withheld by the university, so he transferred to The New School for Social Research in New York City and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He originally intended to become a journalist but went into acting after earning a Fulbright Scholarship. After graduating, he went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on the scholarship.