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Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987), Mr. Hall in Clueless (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in Young Sheldon (2018–2024), and voicing Rex in the Toy Story franchise (1995–present).
Zek (Wallace Shawn. [25]) is the Grand Nagus (leader) of the Ferengi Alliance throughout most of the 24th century. Zek pretends to retire shortly after the discovery of the wormhole near Bajor. He arrives on DS9 and names Quark as his successor, and then appears to die. However, it is all just a test to see if his son Krax is ready to take over ...
"The Nagus" is the 11th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, a space station located adjacent to a stable wormhole between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants of the Milky Way Galaxy, near the planet Bajor.
Wallace Shawn as Zek, Grand Nagus until his retirement in 2375; Mark Allen Shepherd as Morn, freighter captain and bar patron; James Sloyan as Mora Pol, a Bajoran scientist who studied Odo; Melanie Smith as Tora Ziyal, daughter of Dukat, and an artist until her death in 2374; Tiny Ron Taylor as Maihar'du, attendant to Grand Nagus Zek
Grand Nagus Zek, the "financial leader" of the Ferengi race and Quark's idol, arrives on the station and shows Quark and Rom his new project: he has rewritten the Rules of Acquisition, the sacred business proverbs by which the Ferengi live. In the new book, Zek encourages Ferengi everywhere to renounce selfishness and greed and become kind and ...
Rom eventually succeeded Zek as Grand Nagus, largely through the machinations of Ishka. Quark's relationship with his mother Ishka was tumultuous at best. She drove him to distraction with her untraditional ways. Ishka insisted upon wearing clothing and making profit. She was the financial mastermind in the family.
Upon discovering that Zek has instituted a number of reforms, including promoting workers’ rights, environmental protection and outlawing monopolies, Quark is so disgusted that he threatens to turn down the job. Upon Zek's arrival, Quark discovers that he was never the intended heir of the Grand Nagus; it was Quark's brother Rom (Max ...
The Ferengi leader Grand Nagus Zek (who is also Ishka's lover) offers a reward of 50 bars of gold-pressed latinum for her rescue. Quark and his brother Rom decide to assemble an all-Ferengi commando team to rescue her, claiming that the reward is 20 bars so they can keep a larger share.