Raphael Sbarge is an American actor, director and producer. He is best known for his roles as Archie Hopper/Jiminy Cricket in Once Upon a Time and Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect trilogy. Between 2014 and 2016, he portrayed Inspector David Molk in the TNT series Murder in the First. He is also known for voicing Carth Onasi in the video game series' and clone commandoRC-1262 "Scorch" in '.
Early life
Raphael Sbarge was born into a theater-oriented family in New York City. His mother Jeanne was a professional costume designer. His father Stephen Arnold was an artist, writer and stage director who named his son after the Renaissance artist Raphael. Sbarge began his career at age 5 on Sesame Street.
Sbarge's film credits include Risky Business, Vision Quest, My Man Adam, My Science Project, Carnosaur, The Hidden II, Babes in Toyland, Independence Day, BASEketball, Message in a Bottle, Pearl Harbor, Home Room and The Duel.
Television
Sbarge has appeared in numerous television series and television movies, including A Streetcar Named Desire with Ann-Margret in 1984; The pilot of the Fox series Werewolf in 1987; Billionaire Boys Club, ' in 1990; Murder 101 with Pierce Brosnan and Final Verdict with Treat Williams in 1991; Breast Men with Chris Cooper; Quicksilver Highway with Christopher Lloyd in 1997; and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge with Halle Berry in 1999. He had recurring roles in five episodes of ' in 1996, and in the first four episodes of the sixth season of 24. From 2001–04, Sbarge was a regular cast member of The Guardian, starring Simon Baker. He voiced the character Professor Zei in a guest-star appearance in the of Nickelodeon's . He was in an episode of Six Feet Under. In 2007, he appeared in a two-part episode of Journeyman. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of The Mentalist. In 2010, he was in "Practically Perfect", a season five episode of Dexter, as Jim McCourt, an Internal Affairs Agent. He had a recurring role as Howard Aucker on The Young and the Restless. He played Brian McGuire on Better Days, which lasted for five weeks before being canceled. In 2011, he first appeared in Once Upon a Time, playing the dual roles of Archie Hopper, a therapist, and his fairy tale counterpart, Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio. In 2013, he played Larry Hermann on Chicago Fire. He played Inspector David Molk, a philosophizing SFPD homicide inspector, on TNT's 2014 series, Murder in the First. In 2016, he made a cameo appearance as the deceased father of Jimmy McGill on the television series Better Call Saul.
Video games
He also has voice acted for video games such as Grim Fandango,, and ' as Carth Onasi; as RC-1262 "Scorch" in '; and as Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect series.
Directing
Sbarge has directed short films and the Web seriesOn Begley Street and Jenna's Studio.
Environmentalism
Sbarge, Ed Begley, Jr. and Rachelle Carson Begley launched an environmentalist non-profit organization called , aimed at donating to local green organizations through donations at retailers throughout the country. Sbarge is also executive producer of On Begley Street, a web series chronicling the deconstruction of actor Ed Begley, Jr.'s home and the "building of North America's greenest, most sustainable home."
