Cast
| Main Cast | |||||
| Actor | Character | Position | Appearances | Character's Species | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Brooks | Benjamin Sisko | Commanding Officer | Seasons 1-7 | Human | Commander (Seasons 1-3) Captain (Seasons 3-7) |
| Benjamin Sisko is the Starfleet officer placed in charge of Deep Space Nine. At the start of the series, he is a grieving widower (his wife having been killed by the Borg at the Battle of Wolf 359) and the father of a pre-teenage son, Jake. He and Jadzia Dax discover the Bajoran wormhole, which the Bajorans believe is the home of the Prophets, their gods and protectors. The Bajorans hail Sisko as the Emissary of the Prophets, an exalted religious status that initially makes him very uncomfortable. Due to his exemplary leadership, at the end of the third season, he is promoted from commander to captain and becomes a key leader of Federation forces against the Dominion. We also find out that his biological mother was a Prophet who possessed a woman who was his father's first wife, who (after Sisko's birth) left the woman's body and when she came to herself, she just left Sisko's father. Sisko was actually raised by his stepmother and his father; however, he was led to believe his stepmother was actually his (as he called her) "Mama". | |||||
| Nana Visitor | Kira Nerys | First Officer | Seasons 1-7 | Bajoran | Major (Seasons 1-6) Colonel (Season 7) Commander (Season 7) |
| Kira Nerys is a Bajoran militia officer, former guerrilla fighter during the Cardassian Occupation of Bajor, and, as the station's Bajoran liaison officer, Sisko's second-in-command. She is initially suspicious of the Federation's intentions toward her planet, but grows to trust and befriend the rest of the crew. Like most Bajorans, she is deeply religious, which makes it awkward having the Emissary as her commander. Ro Laren, a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation, was the first choice of the producers for Sisko's first officer, but Michelle Forbes did not want to commit to a television show. | |||||
| Rene Auberjonois | Odo | Chief of Security | Seasons 1-7 | Changeling | Constable (unofficial) |
| Constable Odo is the station's incorruptible chief of security. He is a Changeling, capable of assuming any shape he wishes, but usually assumes a shape of a male adult humanoid. He was found in the Denorius Belt, brought back to the planet Bajor by the Cardassians (who maintained a military occupation of Bajor), and raised in a laboratory by a Bajoran scientist, Doctor Mora. Odo yearns to find his own people, but when he finally does, he is less than pleased to discover that they rule the Gamma Quadrant with an iron fist. | |||||
| Alexander Siddig | Julian Bashir | Chief Medical Officer | Seasons 1-7 | Human | Lieutenant, junior grade (Seasons 1-3) Lieutenant (Seasons 4-7) |
| Julian Bashir is the station's chief medical officer. Although Human, his parents had him illegally genetically enhanced when he was a child because he could not keep up with his peers. Somewhat tactless, he nevertheless develops friendships with several of the station's residents, particularly Miles O'Brien and, more ambiguously, a mysterious Cardassian named Garak. Siddig appears in the opening credits as Siddig el Fadil, a shortened form of his birth name, for the first three seasons. He was credited as Alexander Siddig after he married co-star Nana Visitor, which placed their names together in the alphabetical cast credits, although his stated reason for the name change was that he discovered that viewers did not know how to pronounce his name. Siddig continued to be credited as Siddig el Fadil when he directed. | |||||
| Terry Farrell | Jadzia Dax | Chief Science Officer | Seasons 1-6 | Trill | Lieutenant (Seasons 1-3) Lieutenant Commander (Seasons 4-6) |
| Jadzia Dax is the station's Trill science officer. She shares her life and thoughts with a long-living symbiont named Dax, who has already experienced seven prior lives "Joined" with other Trills. The previous host, a larger-than-life federation diplomat and womanizer Curzon Dax, had been a close friend of and mentor to Sisko, who often refers to Jadzia as "old man" as a friendly joke. She eventually marries Worf during the course of the war with the Dominion. Jadzia is killed by Gul Dukat at the end of Season 6. | |||||
| Nicole de Boer | Ezri Dax | Counselor | Season 7 | Trill | Ensign (Season 7) Lieutenant, junior grade (Season 7) |
| Ezri Dax was added to the show after the abrupt departure of Terry Farrell. Farrell's character was killed off and the writers introduced Ezri as a young Trill Starfleet officer and the next host of the Dax symbiont. Unprepared and untrained for the role, she is often frustrated by aspects of the symbiotic relationship and the eight lifetimes worth of memories she inherits. She also confronts the memories of Jadzia's love for Worf as well as her own attraction to Dr. Bashir. | |||||
| Michael Dorn | Worf | Strategic Operations Officer First Officer - USS Defiant |
Seasons 4-7 | Klingon | Lieutenant Commander |
| The fourth season saw the addition of Michael Dorn, who had recently finished seven years on Star Trek: The Next Generation as the Klingon Worf, in order to boost ratings. Worf transfers to Deep Space 9 when the brief war between the Federation and the Klingon Empire breaks out, and stays on as Strategic Operations officer and later as a liaison to the Klingon Empire. He eventually marries Jadzia Dax. | |||||
| Colm Meaney | Miles O'Brien | Chief Operations Officer | Seasons 1-7 | Human | Senior Chief Petty Officer |
| Miles O'Brien is the Chief of Operations, keeping the station in working order. He is married to botanist and teacher Keiko. They have a daughter, Molly, and later a son, Kirayoshi. O'Brien is the first main non-commissioned Starfleet character, reprising a supporting role in The Next Generation. | |||||
| Cirroc Lofton | Jake Sisko | Student (Seasons 1-5) Journalist (Seasons 5-7) |
Seasons 1-7 | Human | Civilian |
| Jake is Benjamin Sisko's son. He decides not to follow in his father's footsteps, desiring to be a writer and reporter instead. He at first resents the idea of living on an old Cardassian space station, but soon learns to adapt. He develops a deep friendship with Nog, a Ferengi who is the station's only other inhabitant in his age group. Jake eventually becomes a reporter with the Federation News Service. Throughout the seven seasons, both Jake and Nog evolve from young children into young men with storylines showing their rites of passage, successes, and mishaps. | |||||
| Armin Shimerman | Quark | Bar Owner | Seasons 1-7 | Ferengi | Civilian |
| Quark is the owner of a bar. Like most of his species (with the notable exception of his brother Rom), he is extremely greedy and willing to do whatever it takes to acquire more latinum. This almost invariably brings him into conflict with Odo. Quark does, however, display a moral code on several occasions during the series, electing to save lives rather than obtaining monetary benefit. Sisko also considers Quark an anchor to the merchant community and social potpourri of the station and repeatedly took steps to keep him in operation on the station. | |||||
| Supporting Cast | |||||
| Rosalind Chao | Keiko O'Brien | Teacher (Seasons 1-3) Botanist (Seasons 3-7) |
Seasons 1–7 | Human | Civilian |
| Max Grodénchik | Rom | Assistant Bar Manager (Seasons 1-4) Maintenance Engineer (Seasons 4-7) |
Seasons 1-7 | Ferengi | Civilian (Seasons 1-4) Crewman (Seasons 4-7) |
| Aron Eisenberg | Nog | Bar Worker (Seasons 1-4) Starfleet Cadet (Season 4-6) Operations Officer (Seasons 6-7) |
Seasons 1–7 | Ferengi | Civilian (Seasons 1-4) Cadet (Seasons 4-6) Ensign (Seasons 6-7) Lieutenant, Junior Grade (Season 7) |
| Andrew J. Robinson | Elim Garak | Tailor | Seasons 1–7 | Cardassian | Civilian |
| Chase Masterson | Leeta | Dabo Girl Sociologist |
Seasons 4–7 | Bajoran | Civilian |
| Marc Alaimo | Dukat | Military Advisor (Seasons 1-5) Cargo Ship Captain (Season 4) Leader of the Cardassian Union (Seasons 5-7) |
Seasons 1–7 | Cardassian | Gul (Seasons 1-5) Legate (Seasons 5-7) |
| Penny Johnson Jerald | Kasidy Yates | Freighter Captain | Seasons 3–7 | Human | Civilian |
| Louise Fletcher | Winn Adami | Vedek (Seasons 1-2) Kai (Seasons 2-7) |
Seasons 1–7 | Bajoran | Civilian |
| Majel Barrett | Lwaxana Troi | Federation Ambassador | Seasons 1,3,4 | Betazoid | Ambassador |
| Mark Allen Shepherd | Morn | None | Seasons 1–7 | Lurian | Civilian |
| J. G. Hertzler | Martok | Commander of Klingon Forces, DS9 (Seasons 4-7) Leader of the Klingon High Council (Season 7) |
Seasons 4–7 | Klingon | General (Seasons 4-7) Chancellor (Season 7) |
| Kenneth Marshall | Michael Eddington | Chief of Starfleet Security, DS9 (Seasons 3-5) Maquis (Season 5) |
Seasons 3–5 | Human | Lieutenant Commander (Seasons 3-5) Civilian (Season 5) |
| Casey Biggs | Damar | Cardassian Officer (Seasons 4-7) Leader of the Cardassian Union (Season 7) |
Seasons 4–7 | Cardassian | Glinn (Seasons 4-6) Gul (Season 6-7) Legate (Season 7) |
| Robert O'Reilly | Gowron | Leader of the Klingon High Council | Seasons 3-5,7 | Klingon | Chancellor |
| Philip Anglim | Bareil Antos | Vedek | Seasons 1-3,6 | Bajoran | Civilian |
| Camille Saviola | Opaka Sulan | Kai | Seasons 1,2,4 | Bajoran | Civilian |
| Jeffrey Combs | Brunt | Liquidator, FCA | Seasons 3–7 | Ferengi | Civilian |
| Weyoun | Second in Command of Dominion Forces in the Alpha Quadrant | Seasons 4-7 | Vorta | Dominion Diplomat | |
| Cyia Batten Tracy Middendorf Melanie Smith |
Tora Ziyal | Student | Seasons 4–6 | Bajoran/Cardassian | Civilian |
| Salome Jens | Female Changeling | Founder of the Dominion | Seasons 3,4,6,7 | Changeling | Founder |
| Barry Jenner | William Ross | Allied Forces Commander, DS9 | Seasons 6–7 | Human | Vice Admiral |
| James Darren | Vic Fontaine | Entertainer | Seasons 6-7 | Hologram | N/A |
| Duncan Regehr | Shakaar Edon | First Minister, Bajor | Seasons 3–5 | Bajoran | Civilian |
| Wallace Shawn | Zek | Grand Nagus | Seasons 1-3,5-7 | Ferengi | Civilian |
| Andrea Martin Cecily Adams |
Ishka | Entrepreneur | Seasons 3,5-7 | Ferengi | Civilian |
| Brock Peters | Joseph Sisko | Restaurant Owner | Seasons 4,6,7 | Human | Civilian |
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