Robert Picardo was born on October 27, 1953 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. At Yale, he landed a role in Leonard Bernstein's Mass and at age 19, he played a leading role in the European premiere of Mass. Later, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Drama from Yale University. He appeared in the David Mamet play Sexual Perversity in Chicago and, with Diane Keaton, in The Primary English Class. In 1977, he made his Broadway debut in the comedy hit, Gemini, with Danny Aiello, and also appeared in Bernard Slade's Tribute, Beyond Therapy as well as Geniuses and The Normal Heart, for which he won a Drama-Logue Award. Then, he became involved in television, where he soon was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Coach Cutlip on the series, The Wonder Years (1988). Robert appeared in several other series: China Beach (1988), Frasier (1993), Ally McBeal (1997), Home Improvement (1991), The Outer Limits (1995) and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996). In 1995, he got the role of the holographic doctor on Star Trek: Voyager (1995), where he also directed two episodes. He also got roles in The Howling (1981), Star 80 (1983), Get Crazy (1983), Oh, God! You Devil (1984), Innerspace (1987), Munchies (1987), Samantha (1991), White Mile (1994), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Small Soldiers (1998), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2010), and so on.