Keith Szarabajka (; ; born December 2, 1952) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Mickey Kostmayer on The Equalizer, Daniel Holtz on Angel, Gerard Stephens in The Dark Knight and Adam Engell in Argo. He has also voiced Dr. Terrence Kyne in Dead Space, Major General Spencer Mahad in Dead Space 3, Joshua Graham in Fallout: New Vegas, Harbinger in Mass Effect 2, Detective Herschel Biggs in L.A. Noire and the Didact in Halo 4.
Early life Szarabajka was born in Oak Park, Illinois on December 2, 1952, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer. His father was a much decorated veteran of World War II. He fought in North Africa and Italy until the end of the war. He received the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart.
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. In 2016, he began the recurring guest role of Donatello Redfield in Supernatural, appearing in nine episodes before the show's conclusion in 2020.
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 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. 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 film Dead Space: Downfall 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 is the Crowfather, The Scribe, and Wicked Killington in Darksiders 2. He also is Wicked Killington in Darksiders: Genesis. He 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 Executor Pallin in the video game Mass Effect and the Reaper Harbinger, the main villain of its sequel 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 provides the voice for Gilgamesh in the Final Fantasy franchise starting with Dissidia 012. He also provided the voice for Joshua Graham in Honest Hearts, downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas.
Szarabajka's later 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.
On Broadway, he originated the role of B.D. in Doonesbury.
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 Marie Kevin McCormack 1986 Billy Galvin Donny 1987 Walker Timothy Crocker 1989 Staying Together Kevin Burley 1992 Under Cover of Darkness Clayton Dooley 1993 A Perfect World Terry James Pugh 1994 Andre Billy Baker 1998 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 Squirrel's Father 2002 We Were Soldiers Diplomatic Spook The Wild Thornberrys Movie Poacher Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2008 The Dark Knight Gerard Stephens Dead Space: Downfall Dr. Terrence Kyne Voice, direct-to-video 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Laserbeak Voice 2012 The Dark Knight Rises Gerard Stephens Uncredited Argo Adam Engell 2013 The Insomniac Ted Lemont 2015 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts Silverback Voice, direct-to-video 2018 City of Lies Desk Sgt. Reese 2019 DC Showcase: Death Supervisor Voice, short film 2020 Batman: Death in the Family Voice, direct-to-video Encounter Grant
Television + List of television performances Year Title Role Notes Source 1984 Miami Vice Joey Bramlette Episode: "Glades" 1985–89 The Equalizer Mickey Kostmayer 56 episodes 1986 Adam's Apple Garth Russell Television film 1986 ABC Afterschool Special Peter Desmond Episode: "Wanted: The Perfect Guy" 1987 The Misfit Brigade Sergeant Wilhelm "Old Man" Beier Television film 1991 Golden Years Harlan Williams 7 episodes 1992–97 Law & Order Harry Sibelius, Neil Gorton 4 episodes 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Colonel Waters Episode: "Transylvania, January 1918" 1994 3×3 Eyes Professor Fujii, Ryouko Voice, English dub North and South Captain Venable 2 episodes Duckman Additional voices Episode: "Gripes of Wrath" Under Suspicion Wayne McCabe 2 episodes Babylon 5 Matthew Stoner Episode: "Soul Mates" 1995–97 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Corpus, Skritch, Dean Voice, 3 episodes 1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues Christianson Episode: "Circle of Light" The Burning Zone Gordon Kinnock Episode: "Lethal Injection" Walker, Texas Ranger Hendricks Episode: "Redemption" Early Edition Paul Episode: "After Midnight" 1996–97 Profit Charles Henry "Chaz" Gracen 8 episodes 1997 Extreme Ghostbusters Lead Crainiac Voice, episode: "Deadliners" 1997–98 Spy Game Piotr "Shank" Reshankov, The President 5 episodes 1998 Timecop Cromwell Episode: "The Future, Jack, the Future" The Angry Beavers Spootimus, Maximus Voice, episode: "Friends, Romans, Beavers!" Vengeance Unlimited Dr. Alan Walker Episode: "Victim of Circumstance" 1998–99 The Wild Thornberrys Kip O'Donnell Voice 1999 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 Roaché Voice, episode: "An Early Frost" Thanks Reverend Goodacre 5 episodes 2000 Men in Black: The Series Additional voices Voice, episode: "The Lights Out Syndrome" Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles Lt. Rockford Voice, episode: "D-Day" Pacific Blue Malcolm Cross Episode: "A Thousand Words" Becker Wayne Episode: "The Roast That Ruined Them" 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 Anaydis Episode: "Repression" The X-Files Anthony Tipet Episode: "Via Negativa" 2000–02 Max Steel Psycho, Jean Mairot, Luke DeMarco Voice, 10 episodes 2001 Roswell Dan Lubetkin 2 episodes Kate Brasher Bryce Taylor Episode: "Simon" The Division Brett Harper Episode: "Absolution" The Zeta Project Rodin Krick Voice, episode: "Taffy Time" Batman Beyond Bracelet Kobra Voice, episode: "Unmasked" 2001–02 Angel Daniel Holtz 11 episodes 2002 Star Trek: Enterprise Damrus Episode: "Rogue Planet" She Spies Liev Schreiber Episode: "Fondles" ER Mr. DeLuca Episode: "One Can Only Hope" Crossing Jordan Peter Nash Episode: "Don't Look Back" 2003 The Mummy Fodden King Voice, episode: "The Cold" Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Kingpin's Henchman Voice, episode: "Royal Scam" Teen Titans Trigon Voice, episode: "Nevermore" Charmed Zahn Episode: "Soul Survivor" 2004 Megas XLR Ator Voice, episode: "Ice Ice Megas" 2005 Unscripted Limo Driver 1 episode Numbers Cricket / Frank Milton Episode: "Sabotage" Avatar: The Last Airbender Additional voices Voice, episode: "Imprisoned" 24 Robert Morrison 2 episodes Into the West Gov. L. Stanford Episode: "Hell on Wheels" A.T.O.M. Dragon Voice, episode: "Enter the Dragon" 2006 The Inside Arlen Dallas Episode: "Gem" 2008 Eleventh Hour Agent Whittier Episode: "Savant" Prison Break David Baker Episode: "The Legend" 2008–10 Cold Case Patrick Hogan, Patrick Doherty 5 episodes 2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Randy Episode: "Disarmed and Dangerous" Archer Crenshaw Voice, episode: "Mole Hunt" 2010 Terriers DEA Agent Samuel Weisdorf Episode: "Agua Caliente" 2010–11 Sons of Anarchy Viktor Putlova 3 episodes Young Justice Mr. Freeze Voice, 2 episodes 2011 G.I. Joe: Renegades Warden, Con #1, P.A. Voice Voice, 2 episodes 2012 Generator Rex Additional voices Voice, episode: "Deadzone" Ultimate Spider-Man Living Laser Voice, episode: "Flight of the Iron Spider" The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes Ronan the Accuser Voice, episode: "Welcome to the Kree Empire" Elementary Wade Crewes Episode: "One Way to Get Off" 2013 Criminal Minds Detective Hardy Friedman Episode: "All That Remains" 2014 Castle James Grady Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West" 2014–18 Star Wars Rebels Cikatro Vizago Voice, 8 episodes 2016 Pretty Little Liars Dr. E. Cochran Episode: "Exes and OMGs" 2016–19 Supernatural Donatello Redfield 9 episodes 2018 Summer Camp Island Additional voices Voice, episode: "Monster Babies" 2020 9-1-1 Rory Episode: "What's Next?" 2022 Close Enough Sam "The Sandman" Fenders Voice, episode: "Where the Buffalo Roam/Venice Vengeance"
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