Star Trek: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Gul Dukat

President, Emperor, First Minster, Emissary? We prefer Gul; so much more hands on.

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[ernestcline]

Dukat is a prime example of the fact that the most interesting, frightening, and deadly villains see themselves as heroes.

[AshPrimeDCFC]

One of the best villains in any medium. Outside of Trek, it's criminal how little praise he gets.

[deanthemachine]

The thing I appreciate so much with the writing of Dukat is that whether his actions be good or bad, the most important thing is his ego and intense desire to have people admire, love, or praise him. Once he fully breaks mentally with the death of Ziyal and the loss of his status on Cardassia, his desire for love turns to merciless anger and rejection. It feels organic and understandable. We don’t have many villains in media, much less Trek, with that depth and nuance nowadays

[realBurny]

If you have a villainous character, that you are able to understand and that is also played by an actor, which you admire for acting and hate for the character itself - it's just perfect. Thank you, Marc Alaimo.

[jacara]

I rank Dukat as the best Star Trek villain. He was evil, but not evil just to be evil. He had his reasons, he had his motivations and experiences. He probably was one of the most realistic characters on the show.

[MiamiSunrise]

Dukat is very likely my favorite Star Trek villain. Business always picked up when he was a focal point of an episode, a true testament to his writing and Alaimo's ability to act. I just loved the whole alliance between Cardassia and the Dominion and how Dukat played off of Jeffrey Combs especially in their military level encounters with the federation.

[AndrewDRed]

A phrase I saw used recently was "a gallon of Cardassian swagger."

Fits him and Damar pretty perfectly.

[sabrinasspellbookspens]

It's funny with Dukat because you know he's a villain from the beginning. You know what he's capable of and what he's done. But you still can't help but love him and you're still shocked when he betrays you. Loved it. The Cardassians were why I loved DS9 so much.

[moviemaniacdjp]

The part about Waltz made me recall a gaff on the DS9 documentary What We Left Behind where Nana and Ira were discussing the possibility of having had Kira have a romance with a Cardassian. Nana meant to say "anyone except Dukat." But she accidentally said "anyone except Marc Alaimo."

[ethinos]

DS9 did very well with their Cardassian characters. Gul Dukat, Damar, and (my favorite) Garak were all great and well developed.

[antonnurwald]

Holy F, seven hours??? This adds a whole new level of respect for actors like him, Robinson and Shimerman

[JarlOfSwot]

DS9 is my favorite of the Trek series. I loved all the characters (even the baddies) because they were so well written. Recurring characters like Dukat, Damar and Weyoun had fascinating story arcs. When you put that much effort into the character detail like that the overall story arc is so much better.

[fromthedumpstertothegrave]

Ive always been a Garak man but watching this and Dukat/Alimos hand waving theatrical posturing style reminded me how great he was too.

[golach]

One of the best Star Trek characters, ever. Played so well by Marc Alaimo.

[Jayjay-qeum]

"Cardassia will be made whole. All that we have lost will be ours again. And anyone who stands in our way will be destroyed. This I vow with my life's blood: for my son, for all our sons." -- Dukat

[kevinasay]

DS9 writers did an amazing job . It kept me guessing the entire run. It is absolutely my favorite character and also my favorite series.

[goat]

Ducat's arc throughout DS9's run is one of the most complicated, varied and nuanced that I've ever seen. The actor AND the writers created this masterpiece of a character. Marc and Andy (Robinson, AKA Garak) brought the entire Cardassian race to life, fleshing out two very different characters whose roots were in the same society. I fully enjoyed them both.

[eddieroche]

Spent most of my childhood thinking his first name was Gul lol

[chrisstetsko]

DS9 allowed the periphery characters to grow and develop. Damar went from Dukat's henchman, to a puppet dictator under the Dominion, to a martyred war hero.

Weyoun always reminded me of "Mr Scratch" (aka minion of the Devil) from 'The Devil and Daniel Webster'. Slimy backstabber with a silver-forked tongue.

Nog was annoying brat who grew up and became a very popular character that did something that even Wesley Crusher couldn't do....graduate Starfleet Academy.

Garak, nuff said 😉

Martok went from Gowron's henchman to Chancellor, and adopting Worf into his House.

And who didn't cheer for Rom at the end of the series after all of the crap he suffered through?

Lastly, even Morn got his chances to shine, without ever having to say a word.

[LucianLacroix]

No one else could have played Gul Dukat. Brilliant performance.