Keith Szarabajka

Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka at FedCon XXI in May 2012
Born	December 2, 1952 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Education	John Hersey High School
Alma mater	University of Chicago Trinity University
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1979-present
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Jay Stewart (1994-2005; divorced; 2 sons)

Keith Szarabajka ([ʂaraˈbajka]; born December 2, 1952) is an American actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles include Mickey Kostmayer on The Equalizer, Daniel Holtz, the Vampire Hunter on WB's Angel, Harlan Williams in the 1991 Stephen King miniseries Golden Years and Gerard Stephens in The Dark Knight. He Is also known for portraying Detective Herschel Biggs in the 2011 crime thriller video game L.A. Noire, which also included his likeness.

Early life

Szarabajka was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer.^[1]

He attended Campion Jesuit High School in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and the University of Chicago, as well as Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. He studied acting further at the Organic Theater in Chicago from 1972 to 1978. During this time, he co-wrote "Bleacher Bums" along with, among others, Joe Mantegna and Stuart Gordon. In 1982, he had a supporting role in the Costa-Gavras film Missing.

Career

His acting resume is extensive, appearing in numerous television programs including The Equalizer, Profit, The X-Files, Becker, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Charmed, Roswell, 24, Max Steel, The Inside, and Law & Order. In 1994 he portrayed Matthew Stoner in Babylon 5 episode "Soul Mates". He is known for his role as Mickey Kostmayer in the 1980s show The Equalizer, as well as for his recurring role as vampire hunter Daniel Holtz in the cult series Angel, the spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He played the lead role in Stephen King's Golden Years.

Szarabajka has also contributed his voice to several audio books, notably Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins, for which he won the 2001 Audie Award for Best Fiction, unabridged; Fear Nothing and Seize the Night by Dean Koontz; several roles in a Grammy nominated audio dramatization of The Maltese Falcon,^[2][3] Rising Sun by Michael Crichton; Nelson Algren's Walk on the Wild Side; and The Mark of Zorro opposite Val Kilmer.^[4] Szarabajka is also the voice of Russman in Call of Duty Black ops 2. Additionally, he provided the voice for antagonist Dmitri Yuriev in the Xenosaga series and for The Master of Whispers in the game Guild Wars: Nightfall and for Emile Dufraisne in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent; in addition he played the role of Detective Gerard Stephens in the Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight and voiced Dr. Terrence Kyne for the animated sci-fi horror movie Dead Space: Downfall based on the Dead Space video game. He also voiced a minor character in Condemned 2: Bloodshot named Inferi. He also is the Archangel Azrael in Darksiders: Wrath of War and played a very small role in Dragon Age: Origins as a nameless dwarf collecting nugs, a voiceset for male dwarf characters, and several other minor characters. He plays the Reaper Harbinger, the main villain of the video game Mass Effect 2, as well as a few minor characters. In 2008, he voiced Venom in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows. In 2010, he voiced the Autobot Ironhide in Transformers: War for Cybertron as well as its 2012 sequel Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and Mr. Freeze in Young Justice. He also provides the voice for Gilgamesh in the video game, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. He also provided the voice for Joshua Graham in Honest Hearts, downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas.

His most recent roles include the narrator Detective Herschel Biggs in the video game LA Noire, the Chaos Advisor and Captain Apollo Diomedes in Relic Entertainment's Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution, Laserbeak in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bastion in X-Men Destiny, several voices in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Ronan the Accuser in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, the Living Laser in Ultimate Spider-Man, Azrael The Narrator in Darksiders, the Crowfather in Darksiders II, the Witch-king of Angmar in Guardians of Middle-earth, Russman in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the Ur-Didact in Halo 4, General Spencer Mahad in Dead Space 3, and Cornelius Slate in BioShock Infinite.^[5]

He is also voiced Flameslinger in the Skylanders reboot of the franchise.

Filmography

Film

List of film performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1980	Simon	Josh
1982	Missing	David Holloway
1984	Protocol	Crowe
1985	Warning Sign	Tippett
1985	Marie	Kevin McCormack
1987	Walker	Timothy Crocker
1988	The Misfit Brigade	Old Man
1989	Staying Together	Kevin Burley
1992	Under Cover of Darkness	Clayton Dooley
1993	A Perfect World	Terry Pugh
1994	Andre	Billy Baker
1998	Dancer, Texas Pop. 81	Squirrel's Father
2002	We Were Soldiers	Diplomatic Spook
2002	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	Poacher	Voice role	[6]
2008	The Dark Knight	Stephens
2008	Dead Space: Downfall	Dr. Kyne (voice)	Voice role	[6]
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Laserbeak		[6]
2012	Argo	Adam Engell
2013	The Insomniac	Ted Lemont
2015	Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts	Silverback	Voice role

Television

List of television performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1985–89	The Equalizer	Mickey Kostmayer
1991	Golden Years	Harlan Williams
1992–97	Law & Order	Neil Gorton, Harry Sibelius
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Colonel Waters	Episode: "Transylvania, January 1918"
1994	3×3 Eyes	Professor Fujii, Ryouko	Voice role English version
1994	Under Suspicion	Wayne McCabe	Episode: "Child Molester: Part 2"
1994	Babylon 5	Matthew Stoner	Episode: "Soul Mates"
1995–96	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Dean, Racquet Player #1, Skritch, Corpus	Voice role
1996	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Christianson	Episode: "Circle of Light"
1996–97	Profit	Charles Henry "Chaz" Gracen
1996	The Burning Zone	Gordon Kinnock	Episode: "Lethal Injection"
1996	Walker, Texas Ranger	Hendricks	Episode: "Redemption"
1996	Early Edition	Paul	Episode: "After Midnight"
1997	Spy Game	Shank, The President
1998	Timecop	Cromwell	Episode: "The Future, Jack, the Future"
1998–99	The Wild Thornberrys	Kip, additional voices	Voice role	[6]
1998	The Angry Beavers	Spootimus, Maximus	Voice role Episode: "Friends, Romans, Beavers!/Big Round Sticky Fish Thingy"
1998	Vengeance Unlimited	Dr. Alan Walker	Episode: "Victim of Circumstance"
1999	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Powell Weltmeister	Episode: "Honey, I'm King of the Rocket Guys"
1999	Diagnosis: Murder	Flynn	Episode: "Never Say Die"
1999	Godzilla: The Series	Philippe Roaché	Voice role Episode: "An Early Frost"
1999	Thanks	Reverend Goodacre
2000	Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles	Lt. Rockford	Voice role Episode: "D-Day"
2000	Pacific Blue	Malcolm Cross	Episode: "A Thousand Words"
2000	Becker	Wayne	Episode: "The Roast That Ruined Thems"
2000	Party of Five	Oliver	Episode: "Blast from the Past"
2000	Touched by an Angel	Barkley Stubbs	Episode: "The Face on the Bar Room Floor"
2000	Star Trek: Voyager	Teero	Episode: "Repression"
2000	The X-Files	Anthony Tipet	Episode: "Via Negativa"
2001	Roswell	Dan Lubetkin
2001	The Division	Brett Harper	Episode: "Absolution"
2001	Kate Brasher	Bryce Taylor	Episode: "Simon"
2001–02	The Zeta Project	Krick	Voice role
2001–02	Angel	Daniel Holtz
2001	Heavy Gear: The Animated Series	Serge Garpenlov	Voice role
2001	Max Steel	Luke DeMarco, Psycho	Voice role
2001	Batman Beyond	Bracelet Kobra	Voice role Episode: "Unmasked"	[6]
2002	Star Trek: Enterprise	Damrus	Episode: "Rogue Planet"
2002	She Spies	Liev Schrieber	Episode: "Fondles"
2002	ER	Mr. DeLuca	Episode: "One Can Only Hope"
2002	Crossing Jordan	Peter Nash	Episode: "Don't Look Back"
2003	The Mummy: The Animated Series	Fodden King	Voice role Episode: "The Cold"
2003	Teen Titans	Trigon	Voice role Episode: "Nevermore"	[6]
2003	Charmed	Zahn	Episode: "Soul Survivor"
2004	Megas XLR	Ator	Voice role Episode: "Ice Ice Megas"	[6]
2005	Unscripted	Limo Driver	Episode #1.7
2005	Numbers	Cricket/Frank Milton	Episode: "Sabotage"
2005	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Additional voices	Voice role Episode: "Imprisoned"
2005	24	Robert Morrison
2005	A.T.O.M.	Dragon		[6]
2005	Into the West	Gov. L. Stanford	Episode: "Hell on Wheels"
2006	The Inside	Arlen Dallas	Episode: "Gem"
2008	Eleventh Hour	Agent Whittier	Episode: "Savant"
2008	Prison Break	David Baker	Episode: "The Legend"
2008–10	Cold Case	Patrick Doherty	Episode: "Street Money"
2009	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Randy	Episode: "Disarmed and Dangerous"
2010–11	Sons of Anarchy	Viktor Putlova
2010	Terriers	DEA Agent Samuel Weisdorf	Episode: "Agua Caliente"
2010–11	Young Justice	Mr. Freeze		[6]
2011	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Warden, Con #1, P.A. Voice		[6]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Ronan the Accuser	Voice role Episode: "Welcome to the Kree Empire"	[6]
2012	Ultimate Spider-Man	Living Laser, Computer	Episode: "Flight of the Iron Spider"	[6]
2012	Elementary	Wade Crewes	Episode: "One Way to Get Off"
2013	Criminal Minds	Detective Marty Friedman	Episode: "All That Remains"
2014	Castle	James Grady	Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West"
2014–15	Star Wars Rebels	Cikatro Vizago, Transport Captain, Imperial Officer #1, Old Man	Voice role	[7]
2016	Supernatural	Donatello Redfield	Episode: "All in the Family"

Video games

List of video game performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1996	Soviet Strike	President Yeltsin
1998	Grim Fandango	Bowlsley
2000	Star Wars: Force Commander	Dewback Trooper, Infiltrator, TIE Fighter Pilot
2000	Escape from Monkey Island	Reverend Rasputin
2001	Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge	Additional voices
2002	Pirates: The Legend of Black Kat	Hawke
2002	Earth and Beyond	Professor Nostradamaus Smythe
2003	Enter the Matrix	Additional voices
2003	Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge	Kahn		[6]
2003	Gladius	Additional voices
2003	James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing	Arkady Yayakov
2004	Spider-Man 2: The Game	Wolverine	Game Boy Edition
2004	Tales of Symphonia	Efreet		[6]
2004	The Bard's Tale	Additional voices
2004	Viewtiful Joe 2	Jet Black, Emperor of Gedow the Blackon		[6]
2005	Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse	Boss, Dmitri Yuriev, Captain Vanderkam		[6]
2005	Madagascar	Reggie the Rhino, Cop, Big Louie		[6]
2005	Darkwatch: Curse of the West	Additional voices
2005	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown	Additional voices
2005	EverQuest II: Desert of Flames	Additional voices
2005	Ultimate Spider-Man: The Game	Wolverine
2005	Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble	Jet Black
2006	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials	Emile Dufraisne
2006	Guild Wars	Master of Whispers
2006	Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra	Dmitri Yuriev, Helmerr, Erde Kaiser Sigma		[6]
2006	Company of Heroes	Additional voices
2006	Splinter Cell: Double Agent	Emile Dufraisne		[6]
2006	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Additional voices
2006	Gothic 3	Xardas
2007	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars	Additional voices
2007	Transformers: The Game	Decepticons		[6]
2007	Mass Effect	Lilihierax
2007	Titan Quest: Immortal Throne	Additional voices
2008	Condemned 2: Bloodshot	Inferi, Patron, Speedballer Thugs
2008	Dead Space	Dr. Terrence Kyne		[6]
2008	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Eddie Brock/Venom		[6]
2009	Red Faction Guerrilla	Additional voices
2009	Dragon Age: Origins	Nug Wrangler Boermor, Shaper Assistant Milldrate, Cristof<, Smart Dwarf Male, Jertrin, Herbalist Widron, Shady Corebit, Orphanage Demon, Fixer Gredin, Hospice Supervisor, Howe Estate Guard, Dwarven Soldier, Dust Town Thug Leader, Shady Patron, Harrowmont Fanatic
2009	Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight	Additional voices
2010	Darksiders	Azrael
2010	Mass Effect 2	Harbinger, Delan, Elias Kelham
2010	BioShock 2	Reed Wahl
2010	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising	Captain Apollo Diomedes, Wraithguard		[6]
2010	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Ironhide		[6]
2010	Minerva's Den	Reed Wahl
2010	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	Additional voices
2010	Quantum Theory	Franz, Xex		[8]
2010	Fallout: New Vegas	Joshua Graham	Honest Hearts DLC	[6]
2010	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Unknown U.S. Marines	Voice can be heard in level called "SOG"; "They must have a fucking division hid out there"
2011	Dead Space 2	Additional voices
2011	L.A. Noire	Herschel Biggs
2011	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution	Chaos Voice of God, Diomedes, Wraithguard, Wraithlord
2011	Dragon Age II	Bartrand Tethras, Maraas
2011	Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising	Captain Apollo Diomedes
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Gilgamesh		[6]
2011	X-Men: Destiny	Bastion
2011	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	Urgost
2011	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Erandur, Dark Elves
2011	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Additional voices
2012	Asura's Wrath	Kalrow		[6]
2012	Mass Effect 3	Additional voices
2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	Additional voices
2012	Darksiders II	The Crowfather, The Scribe, Wicked K, Nephilim Whisper		[6]
2012	Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	Ironhide
2012	Doom 3 BFG Edition	Alpha Team: Sgt Roycewick
2012	Skylanders: Giants	Flameslinger
2012	Halo 4	Didact/Doctor Alexander		[6]
2012	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Russman		[6]
2013	Dead Space 3	Spencer Mahad
2013	BioShock Infinite	Cornelius Slate		[6]
2013	Saints Row IV	Clawz
2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	The Kraang		[6]
2013	Skylanders: Swap Force	Flameslinger
2014	The Elder Scrolls Online	Hircine, Abbot Durak, Abzag the Monster, additional voices
2014	WildStar	Colonel Audax, Maelstrom, Noximind
2014	Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	Ironhide, Autobot Titan, Decepticon Sniper		[6]
2014	Skylanders: Trap Team	Flameslinger
2014	Tales from the Borderlands	Rudiger		[6]
2015	Final Fantasy Type-0 HD	Gilgamesh		[6]
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Firefighter Daniell, Firefighter Scott, The Order		[9]
2015	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Soldiers/Extras		[10]
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Flameslinger		[11]
2015	Fallout 4	Male Ghoul, Vault-Tec Scientist
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Gilgamesh		[6]

References

1. "Biography for Keith Szarabajka Biography". filmreference.com.
2. "Nominees and Winners". GRAMMY.com. The Recording Academy. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
3. Yuri Rasovsky. "Maltese Falcon". Retrieved 22 May 2011.
4. "The Mark of Zorro". AudioFile Magazine. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
5. http://irrationalgames.com/insider/full-voice-cast-for-bioshock-infinite-revealed/
6. "Behind The Voice Actors – Keith Szarabajka". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved July 13, 2015. – green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits
7. "Spark of Rebellion". Star Wars Rebels. October 3, 2014. Event occurs at 43:07. Disney Channel.
8. Team Tachyon. Quantum Theory. Tecmo. Scene: Ending credits, 2:18 in, Quantum Theory Cast, Voice Actors.
9. Rocksteady Studios. Batman: Arkham Knight. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 13:05 in, Voiceover & Mocap Talent.
10. Konami (2015). Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Scene: Closing credits, 0:32 in, Cast.
11. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.

External links

• Dark Tale – Keith Szarabajka's website
• Keith Szarabajka at the Internet Movie Database
• Keith Szarabajka at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Keith Szarabajka at Behind The Voice Actors