Dominic Keating (né Power; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film, and theatre actor best known for his portrayals of Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise.
Early life and education Keating was born Dominic Power to parents Patricia (née Keating) and Lawrence Power, in Leicester. His father was Irish and his mother worked as an actress for a number of years. His maternal grandfather, a brigadier, was awarded an OBE.
Keating took part in his first stage performance while he was attending prep school at LGS Stoneygate. He played the character Cripple in The Ragged School. He then attended Uppingham School where he continued pursuing drama under Chris Richardson. At Uppingham School Theatre, Keating played Laertes in a production of Hamlet; Rowan Atkinson reviewed the performance. Keating was part of the Cadet Force before realising he did not wish to proceed with a military career.
After graduating from the University College London with first class honours in history, Keating tried various jobs before deciding to become a professional actor.
Career Since there was another Dominic Power already represented by the actor's union Equity, he took his mother's maiden name of Keating. To obtain his Equity card, he worked in a drag act called Feeling Mutual.
Theatre Keating had success on the UK stage before working as a television and film actor. He originated the roles of Cosmo in Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney and Bryan in Michael Wall's Amongst the Barbarians, for which Wall won first prize in the Mobil Playwrighting Competition. Keating's stage work in the United Kingdom includes the one-man play The Christian Brothers at King's Cross, The Best Years of Your Life at the Man in the Moon Theatre, Screamers at the Edinburgh Playhouse Festival. In Los Angeles, he has appeared in Alfie at the Tiffany Theater. +YearTitleRoleTheatreNotes1987The Best Years of Your LifeMarcMan in the Moon Theatre, London1989Amongst BarbariansBryanRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and Hampstead Theatre, London1988ScreamersRodneyEdingburgh Playhouse Studio1990Private TimesPrison warder, young gangsterLibrary Theatre, Manchester1991The Pitchfork DisneyCosmo DisneyThe Bush Theatre, London1991Four Door SaloonHampstead TheatreThe Christian BrothersJesuit school teacherKing's Cross, LondonOne-man playAlfieTiffany Theater, CaliforniaKeating's first role in Los Angeles
Television Keating first received major attention in the UK with a semi-regular role as Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989–94) which he was cast for after his role in the play Screamers. He has made guest appearances in Inspector Morse and other television programmes.
After moving to the United States, he received the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal, and starred in the Zalman King series ChromiumBlue.com. He also guest starred on series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2, before landing a role in the main cast of Star Trek: Enterprise as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed; the show ran for four seasons. Since then, he has had guest roles on the series Las Vegas, Holby City and the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules".
Keating joined the cast of the hit show Heroes for its second season, playing an Irish mobster in a four-episode arc. He also guest-starred for three episodes on the Fox TV series Prison Break, and in 2010 guest-starred on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy.
Film Keating appears in several films including Jungle 2 Jungle, The Hollywood Sign, The Auteur Theory, Certifiably Jonathan, and Hollywood Kills. He lent his voice to Robert Zemeckis's animated version of Beowulf. At a Star Trek convention in Sacramento, California on 9 September 2006, he announced he had been cast as an Australian scientist in the Species sequel Species IV. He stars in Tim Russ's Plugged (2007) and appears as Sherlock Holmes's brother in the film Sherlock Holmes (2010) by the Asylum.
Voice work
Video Games Keating voices a number of video game characters including the minor character 'Mouse' in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (uncredited); Kormac the Templar in Diablo III by Blizzard Entertainment; the dungeon boss Tirathon Saltheril in Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Legion expansion; and Gremlin Prescott in Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.
Audio Drama In 2024, Keating joined audio drama The Sojourn as Fleet Admiral Darius Farren, father of protagonist Captain Cassandra Farren, during the show's second season .
Other work
Commercials In 1988, Keating had a role in a Tango commercial. Keating had a role in two early 1990s Vidal Sassoon commercials, where his British pronunciation of "salon" resulted in a spoof on Saturday Night Live. In 1999, he was in a commercial for the PlayStation game Crash Team Racing.
In 2007, Keating appeared in a promotional campaign for Sprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock star Ian Westbury. Also for Sprint, Keating appeared in a 2009 cinema courtesy spot that encouraged cinema goers to avoid using their phones during the screening of movies.
Directing In 1997, Keating was one of the directors for the series The Heartbreak Cafe.
Audiobook narration Keating has recorded a number of audiobooks. He described the experience of recording The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander over a span of twelve total days as "the most challenging thing [he has] ever done, and the most rewarding".
Podcasting From 2022 until December 2023, he was the co-host of the podcast The Shuttlepod Show with his Star Trek: Enterprise co-star Connor Trinneer. In April 2024, after leaving The Shuttlepod Show, Keating and Trinneer announced their new podcast The D-Con Chamber.
Personal life Keating married Sarah Falk, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, in June 2025; attendees included Keating's Enterprise friends Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery and Connor Trinneer. The couple resides in Los Angeles.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes1994Shake, Rattle and Rock!Marc (uncredited)Television film1997Jungle 2 JungleIan1998Folle d'elle (What I Did for Love)Chris1999The Auteur TheoryLewis Rugglesworth2001The Hollywood SignSteve2003Chromiumblue.com (Cover Me Girls)OwenEdited from ChromiumBlue.com (2002 series)2006Hollywood KillsFrancis Fenway2007PluggedDetective PitchmanShortCertifiably JonathanNicholas DeBoorThe AttackmenCoach EdwardsShortSpecies – The AwakeningForbes McGuireBeowulfCain2009NinongNinong2010Sherlock HolmesThorpe Holmes2011The One Warrior (The Dragon Warrior)Merlin / Dragon's voice / Narrator2012Sunset BarAndreShort2016A Killer Walks Amongst UsDobsyn2018Unbelievable!!!!!Paramedic Hacky2019Maternal InstinctSergeiTV MovieOnce Upon a Time in LondonBelgian Johnny2020GreyhoundHarry (voice)The HostBenjamin2025The Jolly MonkeySteven BlytheBallerina AssassinBixby The Anacondas Dr. Agustin Stiglitz
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1989The Paradise ClubGregorEpisode: Snow Business1989–1992The BillFriend 2 / Patrick Litton / Andrew JensenEpisodes: You'll Be Back, Old Wounds, and Party Politics1989–1993Desmond'sTony35 episodes1990CasualtyIan TilsleyEpisode: Remembrance1992Inspector MorseMurray StoneEpisode: Dead on Time1993Teenage Health FreakTony St. MichaelEpisodes: No 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.61994Rebel HighwayMarcUncredited1995Love StreetMarkEpisode: Second Chance1998Poltergeist: The LegacyBryan / Jason CrenshawEpisode: Father to Son1999Buffy the Vampire SlayerBlairEpisode: Helpless1999–2000G vs ETomek Walenski, Sergei DraskovicEpisodes: Orange Volvo and Immigrant Evil2000–2001The ImmortalMallos6 episodes2001Special Unit 2Dr. Harlan EdensEpisode: The Wraps2001–2005Star Trek: EnterpriseMalcolm Reed98 episodes2002ChromiumBlue.comOwen8 episodes2006Las VegasAnthony DembyEpisode: Bait and Switch2007HeroesWill4 episodesPrison BreakAndrew TygeEpisodes: Interference and Photo Finish2008Holby CityOllie LakeEpisode: Love Will Tear Us Apart2010CSI: NYRufus KnoxEpisode: Uncertainty RulesSons of AnarchyLuther BarkwillEpisodes: Lochan Mor and Turas2012Breakout KingsBob DixonEpisode: Double Down2024PhoenixBilly BlueEpisode: And Yet I Am
Voice work YearTitleRoleNotes2000StarlancerClaymore – Doug McCleodVideo game2001Thank You, Jeeves (by P. G. Wodehouse)Constable Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in April 1998 before a live audience at Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica.Lady Windermere's Fan (by Oscar Wilde)Mr. HopperAudio Theater Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in May 1999 before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.2005World of WarcraftVideo game2009Dragon Age: OriginsMouse (uncredited)Video game2010Epic MickeyGremlin PrescottVideo game2012Diablo IIIKormac the TemplarVideo gameEpic Mickey 2: The Power of TwoGremlin PrescottVideo game2014DestinyXander 99-40 / Arcite 99-40 / City Vendor FrameVideo gameDiablo III: Reaper of SoulsKormac the TemplarVideo game2015The General From America (by Richard Nelson)Major John AndreAudiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in January 1997 before a live audience at Doubletree Suites, Santa Monica.2016One of the Family (by Monica Dickens)NarratorAudiobook published by Audible StudiosWorld of Warcraft: LegionTirathon SaltherilVideo gameThe Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline AlexanderNarratorAudiobook published by HarperCollins2017Destiny 2Male Frame / Arcite 99-40Video gameThe Mermaid's Daughter (by Ann Claybomb)NarratorAudiobook published by HarperCollins2018World of Warcraft: Battle for AzerothVideo game2019Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (by Jorge Luis Borges)NarratorAudiobook published by New DirectionsLight of the North Star: Part I: The Descent (by Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya)NarratorAudiobook2020World of Warcraft: ShadowlandsAdditional voicesVideo game2022Destiny 2: The Witch QueenArcite 99-40 / Male Vendor FrameVideo gameDiablo ImmortalVideo gameWorld of Warcraft: DragonflightVideo game2023Destiny 2: LightfallArcite 99-40 / Male Vendor FrameVideo gameDiablo IVAdditional voicesVideo game2024-2025The SojournFleet Admiral Darius FarrenAudiodrama Episodes:
2.1: To Hear the Falconer 2.3: Render Unto Caesar 2.4: To Pray for Tempests 2.5: Arrows of Desire 2.6: Vanishing Point
Appearances as self YearTitleNotes2004Trekkies 2DocumentaryThrough the Keyhole2013The Captains Close UpEpisode: Scott Bakula201650 Years of Star TrekDocumentary2021The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star TrekDocumentary2022The Shuttlepod ShowPodcast2024The D-Con ChamberPodcast
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