Keith Szarabajka is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 and voice artist.

Early life

Szarabajka was born in Oak Park

Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois is a suburb bordering the west side of the city of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is the twenty-fifth largest municipality in Illinois. Oak Park has easy access to downtown Chicago due to public transportation such as the Chicago 'L' Blue and Green lines,...

, Illinois

Illinois

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, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer.

He attended the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

, as well as Trinity University

Trinity University (Texas)

Trinity University is a private, independent, primarily undergraduate, university in San Antonio, Texas. Its campus is located in the Monte Vista Historic District and adjacent to Brackenridge Park....

 in San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio, Texas

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. He studied acting further at the Organic Theater in Chicago in 1972-1978. Szarabajka's surname, pronounced ʂaraˈbajka in Polish

Polish language

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, means "gray fable

Fable

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". In 1982, he had a supporting role in the Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

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 film Missing

Missing (film)

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.

Career

His acting

Acting

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 resume is extensive, appearing in numerous television programs including The Equalizer

The Equalizer

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, Profit

Profit (TV series)

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, The X-Files

The X-Files

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, Star Trek: Voyager

Star Trek: Voyager

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, Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek: Enterprise

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, Charmed, Roswell

Roswell (TV series)

Roswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...

, 24, Max Steel

Max Steel

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, The Inside

The Inside

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, and Law & Order

Law & Order

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. In 1994 he portrayed the quotable "Matthew Stoner" in Babylon 5

Babylon 5

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episode "Soul Mates

Soul Mates

"Soul Mates" is a second season episode of the science fiction television series Babylon 5.-Synopsis:Londo Mollari brings his three wives, all of whom barely tolerate him, to the station for the purpose of divorcing two of them as part of a special boon granted by the Centauri Emperor...

". He is known for his role as Mickey Kostmayer in the 1980s show The Equalizer

The Equalizer

The Equalizer is an American television series that ran for four seasons, initially on CBS, between 1985 and 1989. It starred Edward Woodward as an aging New York vigilante with a mysterious past...

, as well as for his recurring role as vampire hunter Daniel Holtz

Daniel Holtz

Daniel Holtz is a fictional character on the television series Angel. He was played by Keith Szarabajka.-Character history:Holtz was an 18th century English vampire hunter who chased Angelus and Darla through much of Europe and North Africa. He had connections to an elite order of Inquisitors...

 in the cult series Angel

Angel (TV series)

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, the spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He played the lead role in Stephen King's

Stephen King

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 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

Dean Koontz

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, several roles in a Grammy nominated audio dramatization of The Maltese Falcon, Rising Sun by Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton

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, Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren

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's Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

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, and the much lauded The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

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opposite Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

Val Edward Kilmer is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! , then the cult classic Real Genius , as well as blockbuster action films, including a supporting role in Top Gun and a...

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Additionally, he provided the voice for antagonist Dmitri Yuriev in the Xenosaga

Xenosaga

is a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco Bandai. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games. There have been three spin-off games and an anime adaptation. The Xenosaga series serves as a spiritual successor to...

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

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent

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., in addition he played the role of Detective Gerard Stephens in the Batman Begins

Batman Begins

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sequel The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight (film)

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and voiced Dr. Terrence Kyne for the animated sci-fi horror movie Dead Space: Downfall

Dead Space: Downfall

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based on the Dead Space

Dead Space (video game)

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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. He plays Harbinger, the main villain of the video game Mass Effect 2

Mass Effect 2

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, and as a result of several of his quotes, has developed into an internet meme also he voiced a minor character called Elias Kelham. In 2008, he voiced Venom

Eddie Brock

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 in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

Spider-Man: Web of Shadows

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. In 2010 he voiced the Autobot

Autobot

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 Ironhide

Ironhide

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 in Transformers: War for Cybertron

Transformers: War for Cybertron

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and Mr. Freeze

Mr. Freeze

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 in Young Justice

Young Justice

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. He also provides the voice for Gilgamesh in the video game, Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

is a 2011 fighting game published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable as part of the Final Fantasy series. It was developed by the company's 1st Production Department...

. He also provided the voice for Joshua Graham in Honest Hearts, downloadable content for Fallout: New Vegas

Fallout: New Vegas

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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

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution

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, Laserbeak

Laserbeak

Laserbeak is the name given to several fictional characters in the various Transformers universes. He is almost always a mechanical bird, and is partnered with Soundwave.-Transformers: Generation 1:...

 in Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bastion

Bastion

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 in X-Men Destiny, and several voices in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the fifth installment in The Elder Scrolls action role-playing video game series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion...

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External links

• Dark Tale – Keith Szarabajka's website