Michael Shapiro (actor)
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Michael Shapiro | |
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 at the 2007 New York Television Festival. | |
| Born | December 29, 1965 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Mike Shapiro |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre director |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Spouse | Peggy Stafford |
| Children | 2 |
Michael Shapiro (/ʃəˈpaɪroʊ/ shə-PY-roh) (born December 29, 1965)[1] is an American actor and theater director best known for voicing the G-Man and Barney Calhoun in the Half-Life series and being the only voice actor who worked in all Half-Life games.
Early life
[edit]In 1987, Shapiro helped launch the Annex Theater and performed in many of their productions. For a time he lived in Seattle until moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2000.
Career
[edit]Michael Shapiro is most famous for voicing Barney Calhoun and the G-Man in all of the characters' appearances in the Half-Life series. Other video games in which he is credited as "Mike Shapiro" are Blood II: The Chosen, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Torin's Passage. He has also voiced many radio and TV commercials. Shapiro is a director of television shows and theater productions, with some of his shows being shown on Strike.TV. In 2007, his TV pilot Family Values, starring Rob Riggle, was screened at the New York Television Festival.
Filmography
[edit]Video games
[edit]| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Super Punch-Out!! | Additional Voices |
| 1995 | Torin's Passage | Torin, Boogle |
| 3D Movie Maker | McZee | |
| 1997 | Betrayal in Antara | Paolo, Gar Warren, Naku |
| Big Thinkers! Kindergarten | Ben[2] | |
| Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" | Johnny Gecko | |
| 1998 | Police Quest: SWAT 2 | Sergeant Markossian, Suspect, Gangster, Vehicle Driver |
| Get Medieval | Elf | |
| Half-Life | G-Man, HECU Soldiers, Security Guards, Scientists | |
| Blood II: The Chosen | Ishmael | |
| 1999 | SiN: Wages of Sin | Gianni Manero |
| Starsiege | Squadmate #8 | |
| Half-Life: Opposing Force | Otis, G-Man, Security Guards, Male Black Ops | |
| Gorky 17 | ||
| 2000 | Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | Tiger Cage Guy |
| 2001 | Half-Life: Blue Shift | Otis, Miller, Security Guards |
| Half-Life: Decay | Scientists, Security Guards, | |
| 2004 | Half-Life 2 | G-Man, Barney Calhoun |
| 2005 | Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Richard Goblin, Flashback FM Imaging Voice, Commercial Voice |
| 2006 | Half-Life 2: Episode One | G-Man, Barney Calhoun |
| 2007 | Crackdown | Special Agent Camerino, Master Wong, SUV Car |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two | G-Man | |
| 2008 | Order Up! | Tommy Cheesehead, Salty Sam, Male Chef |
| 2013 | Dota 2 | Oracle |
| Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population | |
| 2020 | Half-Life: Alyx | G-Man[3] |
| 2022 | Horizon Forbidden West | Javad the Willing, Parallo |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Interpol Investigates | Narrator | 12 episodes |
| Shorties Watchin' Shorties | Additional Voices | 13 episodes | |
| 2023 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Coroner | Episode: "Tag: GEN" |
| 2024 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Isaac Haimes | Episode: "Rorschach" |
Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Listen Carefully | Christa's deaf son | |
| 1995 | Georgia | Brian | |
| 1999 | The Engagement Party | Matthew | |
| Lovers Lane | Deputy David Schwick | ||
| 2007 | Day Zero | News Announcer (voice) | |
| 2015 | 3rd Street Blackout | Josh | |
| 2019 | The Pulse | Travis | Short film |
References
[edit]- ^ "Mike Shapiro | Actor, Director, Additional Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ "Mike Shapiro (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 February 2022. 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Macgregor, Jody (2019-11-21). "Alyx Vance will be voiced by a new actor in Half-Life: Alyx". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
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