Keith Szarabajka


Keith Szarabajka is an American actor and voice actor known as Mickey Kostmayer in The Equalizer, Daniel Holtz in Angel, Harlan Williams in Golden Years, Trigon in Teen Titans, Master of Whispers in Guild Wars 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 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.
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, ', ', 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 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 the voice of Russman in '.
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
'. 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 ' based on the Dead Space video game. He also voiced a minor character in Condemned 2: Bloodshot named Inferi.
He 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 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
'. In 2010, he voiced the Autobot Ironhide in ' as well as its 2012 sequel ', and Mr. Freeze in Young Justice. He 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 '.
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
', ', Laserbeak in ', Bastion in X-Men Destiny, several voices in ', Ronan the Accuser in ', 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 , 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

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
SimonJosh
12.02.1982MissingDavid Holloway
21.12.1984ProtocolCrowe
23.08.1985Warning SignTippett
25.09.1985MarieKevin McCormack
04.12.1987WalkerTimothy Crocker
22.02.1988The Misfit BrigadeOld Man
10.11.1989Staying TogetherKevin Burley
27.02.1992Under Cover of DarknessClayton Dooley
24.11.1993A Perfect WorldTerry Pugh
19.08.1994AndreBilly Baker
01.05.1998Dancer, Texas Pop. 81Squirrel's Father
01.03.2002We Were SoldiersDiplomatic Spook
20.12.2002The Wild Thornberrys MoviePoacherVoice role
18.07.2008The Dark KnightDetective Gerard Stephens
28.10.2008'Dr. KyneVoice role
29.06.2011'LaserbeakVoice role
12.10.2012ArgoAdam Engell
27.12.2013The InsomniacTed Lemont
12.05.2015SilverbackVoice role
01.11.2016ReparationsColonel Atreus
City of LiesSgt. Reese

Television

Video games