Keith Szarabajka Biography

Keith Szarabajka (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 L.A. Noire. Keith has also appeared as James Grady in Season 7 Episode 7 of Castle.

Early life

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

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. Szarabajka's surname means "gray fable" in Polish. 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, Rising Sun by Michael Crichton; Nelson Algren's Walk on the Wild Side; and The Mark of Zorro opposite Val Kilmer. 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.

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

Filmography

Film

List of film performances

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

Television

List of television performances

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

Video games

List of video game performances

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