Michael Shapiro (actor)
Michael Shapiro | |
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Michael Shapiro at the 2007 New York Television Festival | |
Born |
Michael David Shapiro 1966 (age 51–52) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Mike Shapiro |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor, theatre director |
Years active | 1991-present |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Spouse(s) | Peggy Stafford |
Children | 2 |
Michael David Shapiro (born 1966) is an American actor, voice actor and theatre director.
Early life
Michael Shapiro was born in 1966 in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1987 he 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. He is of Jewish descent.
Career
Michael Shapiro is most famous for voicing Barney Calhoun and the G-Man in all of the games of the Half-Life series. Other video games in which he is credited as “Mike Shapiro” are Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch, Blood II: The Chosen, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Torin's Passage. He has also voiced many radio and TV commercials. Michael 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
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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1994 | Super Punch-Out!! | Additional Voices |
1995 | Torin's Passage | Torin, Boogle |
3D Movie Maker | McZee | |
1997 | Betrayal in Antara | Paolo, Gar Warren, Naku |
Spy Fox: Dry Cereal | Johnny Gecko | |
Putt-Putt Travels Through Time | Merlin the Magician | |
1998 | Police Quest: SWAT 2 | Sergeant Markossian, Suspect, Gangster, Vehicle Driver |
Pajama Sam 2: Thunder and Lightning Aren't so Frightening | Andrew Glimmer | |
Half-Life | G-Man, Nihilanth, HECU Soldiers, Security Guards, Scientists | |
Blood II: The Chosen | Ishmael | |
1999 | Starsiege | Squadmate #8 |
Half-Life: Opposing Force | Otis, G-Man, Security Guards, Male Black Ops | |
Gorky 17 | ||
Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of Briny Gulch | Moray | |
2000 | Sanity: Aiken's Artifact | Tiger Cage Guy |
2001 | Half-Life: Blue Shift | Barney Calhoun, Otis, Miller, Security Guards |
Half-Life: Decay | Security Guard Barney Calhoun, Otis, Scientists, Security Guards, Male Black Ops, HECU Soldiers | |
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 | 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 |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
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