| Lee Arenberg | |
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 Arenberg in May 2007 |
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| Born | July 18, 1962 Palo Alto, California |
| Occupation | Film, television actor |
Lee Arenberg (born July 18, 1962) is an American actor, best known for his role as Pintel, one of Captain Barbossa's crew of miscreants, in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Career
He has guest starred on all the Star Trek spin-offs Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. In both his first and last appearances ("The Nagus" and "United"), he coincidently played a character named Gral (one was a Ferengi and the other a Tellarite). In 1992 Lee appeared on the TV series Night Court. Arenberg also played the recurring role of bookie Mike Moffit in two episodes of Seinfeld. In one episode, he and George Costanza had a parking dispute, while in another his thumbs were accidentally broken while trying to repair Jerry Seinfeld's car trunk. He also guest starred in the fifth season of Friends in an episode titled "The One with the Inappropriate Sister". He had a bit part as a bumbling Hold-up Man in Robocop 3. Lee also played Dr. Moyer in the first episode of the third season of Scrubs. Dr. Moyer becomes the victim of 'New Elliot's' personality as she coolly and confidently dismantles his abrasive personality. During the episode, Dr. Moyer has a temper tantrum where he repeatedly yells "My machines!" which became heavily featured on YTMND. He also starred as the dwarf Elwood Gutworthy in Dungeons and Dragons (2000), and the pirate Pintel in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.He guest starred as "Hair Plugs" in Grounded For Life (2001).
Arenberg's character Pintel is expected to return in the fourth "Pirates" film.
Personal life
Arenberg was born in Palo Alto, California. In his leisure time, he enjoys golf, cooking, blues harmonica, video games, and pitching for his softball team Bubblin' Crude, which is made up of other actors, many of whom are friends from high school. He is involved with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and other children's health causes, and animal rights organizations, participating regularly in fund raising efforts on behalf of those charitable causes.
External links
- Lee Arenberg at the Internet Movie Database
- Lee Arenberg at Allmovie
- Lee Arenberg at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
- Official site
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