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René is best known in his roles as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Constable Odo, and Benson's Clayton Endicott III (co-starring with Star Trek: Voyager's Ethan Phillips). Current / Recent Work Rene recently made a guest appearance in an episode of Enterprise. Bio René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940, in New York City. The Auberjonois family moved to Paris shortly after World War II. After leaving Paris, the Auberjonois family moved into an artist's colony in upstate New York.
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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.