Gul Dukat is the main antagonist of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A member of the fictional Cardassian species, he is introduced as the former overseer of the series' namesake space station but goes on to become the leader of his species' governing body, the Cardassian Union. At times an enemy while at others an ally of the series' protagonist, Benjamin Sisko, Dukat appears in 35 of the series' 176 episodes, beginning with the...
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Gul Dukat is the main antagonist of the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. A member of the fictional Cardassian species, he is introduced as the former overseer of the series' namesake space station but goes on to become the leader of his species' governing body, the Cardassian Union. At times an enemy while at others an ally of the series' protagonist, Benjamin Sisko, Dukat appears in 35 of the series' 176 episodes, beginning with the pilot episode, "Emissary", and ending with the series finale, "What You Leave Behind". He is portrayed by Marc Alaimo throughout.
The Cardassians were introduced to the Star Trek universe in the Next Generation episode "The Wounded". In that episode, Marc Alaimo played a Cardassian named Macet. While the similarities between Macet and Dukat were never explained when Dukat was cast for Deep Space Nine, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine relaunch novel Demons of Air and Darkness features Macet, who explains to Kira Nerys, "Skrain Dukat was my...
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