Raphael Sbarge
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = RaphaelSbargeatToulouseGameShow2019.jpg
| caption = Sbarge at Toulouse Game Show in March 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|2|12}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|filmmaker}}
| years_active = 1969–present
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{marriage|Lisa Akey|1994|2010|end=div}}
- {{marriage|Jenna DeAngeles|2023|}}
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| children = 2
| website = {{URL|http://www.raphaelsbarge.com/}}
}}
Raphael Sbarge (born February 12, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jake Straka on The Guardian (2001–04), Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper on Once Upon a Time (2011–18) and Inspector David Molk on the TNT series Murder in the First (2014–16). He is also known for voicing Carth Onasi in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003), RC-1262 / "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005) and Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect trilogy (2007–12).
Early life
Raphael Sbarge was born into a theater-oriented family in New York City. His mother, Jeanne Button (1930–2017), was a professional costume designer. His father, Stephen Sbarge, was an artist, writer and stage director[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/08/theater/on-stage.html Profile], New York Times; accessed March 23, 2022.[http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Raphael-Sbarge.html Profile], FilmReference; accessed May 3, 2015.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tgg7AAAAMAAJ&q=STEPHEN+SBARGE+1939|title=Button families of America|author=Robert Glen Nye|year=1971|via=Google Books|access-date=April 20, 2014}} who named his son after the Renaissance artist Raphael. His parents divorced.{{Cite web|url=https://archives.nypl.org/the/24593|title=Jeanne Button and MacDonald Eaton designs and papers|website=archives.nypl.org}} In 1981, his mother married MacDonald Eaton, a production designer and painter. Sbarge began his career at age five on Sesame Street.
Career
=Stage=
Sbarge made his stage debut in 1973 in Edward Bond's stage production Lear. In 1981, he played in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry IV, Part 1. The following year, he made his Broadway debut opposite Faye Dunaway in the short-lived play The Curse of an Aching Heart. Other New York stage credits include Hamlet (1982), Ah, Wilderness! (1988), Ghosts (1988), The Twilight of the Golds (1993), The Shadow Box, and Voices in the Dark (1999).{{IBDB name|59223}}
=Film=
Sbarge's film credits include Risky Business (1983), Vision Quest (1985), My Man Adam (1985), My Science Project (1985),{{cite news|title=SCIENCE PROJECT|work=The New York Times|author=Stephen Holden|author-link=Stephen Holden|date=August 10, 1985|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F0DE4DF1E38F933A2575BC0A963948260|access-date=2012-06-05}} Carnosaur (1993), The Hidden II (1993), Babes in Toyland (1997), Independence Day (1996), BASEketball (1998), Message in a Bottle (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Home Room (2002) The Duel (2015), and The Exorcist: Believer (2023).
=Television=
Sbarge has appeared in numerous television series and television films, including A Streetcar Named Desire with Ann-Margret in 1984; the pilot of the Fox series Werewolf in 1987; Billionaire Boys Club, Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in 1990; Murder 101 with Pierce Brosnan and Final Verdict with Treat Williams in 1991; Breast Men with Chris Cooper; Quicksilver Highway with Christopher Lloyd in 1997; and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge with Halle Berry in 1999.
He had recurring roles in five episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996, and in the first four episodes of the sixth season of 24. From 2001 to 2004, Sbarge was a regular cast member of The Guardian, starring Simon Baker. He voiced the character Professor Zei in the second season Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Library". He was in an episode of Six Feet Under. In 2007, he appeared in a two-part episode of Journeyman. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of The Mentalist. In 2010, he was in "Practically Perfect", a season five episode of Dexter, as Jim McCourt, an Internal Affairs Agent.
He had a recurring role as Howard Aucker on The Young and the Restless.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} He played Brian McGuire on Better Days, which lasted for five weeks before being canceled. In 2011, he first appeared in Once Upon a Time, playing the dual roles of Archie Hopper, a therapist, and his fairy tale counterpart, Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio.{{cite web |date=April 28, 2012 |title=Exclusive: 'Once Upon a Time' actor Raphael Sbarge talks 'The Stranger,' season finale 'blowing the roof off' |url=http://www.hypable.com/once-upon-a-time-star-raphael-sbarge-tells-hypable-about-archies-role-in-the-stranger-the-season-finale-blowing-the-roof-off/ |access-date=September 22, 2016 |website=Hypable}} In 2013, he played Larry Hermann on Chicago Fire. He played Inspector David Molk, a philosophizing SFPD homicide inspector, on TNT's 2014 series, Murder in the First.{{IMDb name|768620}} In 2016, he made a cameo appearance as Saul Goodman's father on the television series Better Call Saul.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4462684/|title=Inflatable|website=IMDb |date=March 28, 2016}}
=Video games=
He also has voice acted for video games such as Grim Fandango, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as Carth Onasi; as RC-1262 "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando; and as Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect series.
=Directing=
In 2013, Sbarge began directing Web series, serving as executive producer and director of On Begley Street and Jenna's Studio.{{cite web|title=TNT Actor Raphael Sbarge Is a Harlem Broadway Baby — Part II|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tnt-actor-raphael-sbarge_b_8027756|website=HuffPost|date=23 August 2015|access-date=31 May 2022}} His 2017 short film The Bird Who Could Fly premiered at the Asians on Film Festival,{{cite web|title=Asians On Film Festival 2017 awards|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001669/2017/1/|website=IMDb|access-date=October 5, 2020}} and won Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Audience Awards at several Asian festivals around the US. He filmed Broadway actor Marty Moran in his Obie Award-winning play called The Tricky Part, which deals with male sexual abuse. It played many festivals around the US, winning Best Director at the Awareness Festival.
Sbarge's 2019 documentary LA Foodways was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Education/Information category.{{cite web|title=KCET and PBS SoCal Nominated for 26 Los Angeles Area Emmys; Combined Total Leads All Other LA Broadcasters|url=https://www.pbssocal.org/press/kcet-pbs-socal-nominated-26-los-angeles-area-emmys-combined-total-leads-la-broadcasters/|website=www.pbssocal.org|access-date=January 24, 2021}} LA Foodways is a one-hour feature documentary and a six-part series that he directed and produced. It debuted on KCET-PBS, which his production company, Wishing Well Entertainment, co-produced with the network. He has directed and produced several other films for KCET that have aired. His current feature, called Only in Theaters, had its theatrical premier at 7 theatres in Los Angeles in Nov. 2022.{{cite web|title=Only in Theaters|url=https://onlyintheaters.com/}} The film follows a fourth generation family business, a beloved art house cinema chain with ties to the origins of Hollywood called the Laemmle Theaters, and received highly positive reviews.{{cite web |last=Delgado |first=Jason |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Only in Theaters |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/only-in-theaters/ |website=filmthreat.com}}{{cite web |last=Abele |first=Robert |date=November 17, 2022 |title=Review: Long live the arthouse — 'Only in Theaters' celebrates the legacy of Laemmle Theaters |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-11-17/review-only-in-theaters-laemmle-arthouse-documentary |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web |date=November 18, 2022 |title=FilmWeek: 'She Said,' 'The Menu,' 'Bones And All' And More |url=https://www.kpcc.org/show/filmweek/2022-11-18/filmweek-she-said-the-menu-bones-and-all-and-more |website=laist.com}}{{cite web |last=Larsen |first=Peter |date=November 15, 2022 |title=How the Laemmle family became the subject of 'Only In Theaters' documentary |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2022/11/15/how-the-laemmle-family-became-the-subject-of-only-in-theaters-documentary/ |website=Los Angeles Daily News}} Only in Theaters is opened in New York at the IFC, and New Plaza Cinema’s on Jan 18th and 20th. It opened in the San Francisco area on February 24 at the Roxie Theater. After playing in over 70 theaters, Only in Theaters moved to On Demand.
10 Days in Watts earned a [https://www.emmys.com/video/event/76th-la/culture-history Culture/History Emmy at the 76th LA Area Emmys] on July 27th, 2024.
= Podcast =
Raphael Sbarge and Greg Laemmle, owner of Laemmle Theatres, started a podcast called Inside the Arthouse in August 2024. The podcast is an “insider’s” perspective on filmmakers & People responsible for films appearing on arthouse screens across USA.
Environmentalism
Sbarge, actor Ed Begley Jr., and Rachelle Carson Begley launched an environmentalist non-profit organization called [http://www.greenwish.com Green Wish], aimed at donating to local green organizations through donations at retailers throughout the country. Sbarge was also executive producer of On Begley Street, a web series chronicling the deconstruction of Begley's home and the "building of North America's greenest, most sustainable home."[http://onbegleystreet.com/about-on-begley-street "About On Begley Street"], On Begley Street; accessed May 3, 2015.
Personal life
Filmography
=Film=
class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
1983
|Abuse |Thomas | |
1983
|Glenn | |
rowspan="3" |1985
|Kenny Schmoozler | |
My Science Project
|Sherman | |
My Man Adam
|Adam Swit | |
1988
|Chip (voice) | |
1989
|Matt | |
1990
|Guy in Park with Dog | |
1993
|Doc Smith | |
1994
|MacLachlan | |
1996
|Commander / Tech | |
1997
|Tom Piper (voice) |
1998
|Minnesota Spokesman |Uncredited |
rowspan="2" |1999
| Andy | |
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
|Dr. Collins |Uncredited |
2001
|Kimmel's Aide | |
2002
|Det. Macready | |
2008
|Mr. Whitehead | |
2016
|Dr. Morris | |
2020
|There's No Such Thing as Vampires |Detective Warren |
2023
| Pastor Don Revans |
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
1984
|The Collector |Television film |
1986
|Brian McGuire |11 episodes |
rowspan="4" |1987
|John Parsons | rowspan="2" |Television film |
Cracked Up
|Chris |
Werewolf
|Theodore "Ted" Nichols |Episode: "Werewolf" |
Billionaire Boys Club
|Eric Fairmont |Television film |
1988
|Mr. Jenkins |Episode: "Move It" |
rowspan="2" |1990
|Will |Episode: "Animal Frat" |
Monsters
|Alex |Episode: "Perchance to Dream" |
1990
|Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn |Television film |
1990–95
|Stephen Thurlow, Peter Franklin |3 episodes |
rowspan="2" |1991
|Robert Miner | rowspan="2" |Television film |
Final Verdict
|Al Boyd |
rowspan="2" |1992
|Jim Atwater |Episode: "Good Help Is Hard to Find" |
Civil Wars
|Anthony Jecker |Episode: "Das Boat House" |
rowspan="2" |1993
|Anthony Marciante |Episode: "Parent Trap" |
Sirens
|Jeremy Beecher |Episode: "Everybody Lies" |
rowspan="2" |1995
|Avatar |Episode: "Alone" |
Nowhere Man
|Dr. Moen |Episode: "Something About Her" |
rowspan="5" |1996
|Michael Jonas |5 episodes |
7th Heaven
|Steve |Episode: "No Funerals and a Wedding" |
The Pretender
|Jeffrey Baytos |Episode: "A Virus Among Us" |
NYPD Blue
|Fred |Episode: "Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure" |
Dark Skies
|Mark Simonson |Episode: "We Shall Overcome" |
rowspan="6" |1997
|Kerry Parker / Bill Hogan |Television film |
Party of Five
|Paul Archer |Episode: "I Declare" |
Viper
|Timothy Ramsay |Episode: "Whistle Blower" |
The Parent 'Hood
|Douglas |Episode: "Don't Go There" |
Dharma & Greg
|Agent Gerson |Episode: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father" |
Breast Men
|Larson's Lawyer |Television film |
rowspan="9" |1999
|Alex |Episode: "My Fair Maid-y" |
Vengeance Unlimited
|Steve Bazini |Episode: "Legalese" |
Nash Bridges
|Jim Edwards |Episode: "Hide and Seek" |
Rescue 77
|Man |Episode: "Remember Me: Part 1" |
Charmed
|Brent Miller |Episode: "Out of Sight" |
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
|Vegas Hotel Manager | rowspan="2" |Television film |
A.T.F.
|Director Hale's Assistant |
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
|Lieutenant Bernstein |Episode: "Swarm" |
All My Children
|Father Tony |1 episode |
1999–2000
|Danny Burke |4 episodes |
rowspan="3" |2000
|Attorney |Episode: "In Search of Pygmies" |
Judging Amy
|Paul Brody |Episode: "Human Touch" |
Diagnosis Murder
|Dr. Walter Hart |Episode: "The Patient Detective" |
2001
|Father Clark |Episode: "Brotherhood" |
2001–04
|Jake Straka |67 episodes |
rowspan="2" |2004
|Phil |Episode: "After Dark" |
Without a Trace
|Leo Cota |Episode: "Light Years" |
2004, 2010
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation |Aaron Laner, Donald Fiore |2 episodes |
rowspan="7" |2005
|ER |Mr. Kirkendall | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
CSI: NY
|District Attorney Latham |
Inconceivable
|Bob Brewer |Episode: "From Here to Motility" |
Just Legal
|Father Ross |2 episodes |
Threshold
|Richard Tate |Episode: "The Burning" |
Numb3rs
|Malcolm Galway |Episode: "Calculated Risk" |
Nip/Tuck
|Silas Prine |Episode: "Frankenlaura" |
rowspan="5" |2006
|Deadman (voice) |
Avatar: The Last Airbender
|Professor Zei (voice) |
The Closer
|Derek Draper |Episode: "The Other Woman" |
Standoff
|Donald Leeson |Episode: "One Shot Stop" |
CSI: Miami
|Larry Fremont |Episode: "Backstabbers" |
rowspan="7" |2007
|24 |Ray Wallace |4 episodes |
Eyes
|Sam Solomon |Episode: "Poison" |
Grey's Anatomy
|Paul |2 episodes |
Cold Case
|Henry Raymes |Episode: "Thrill Kill" |
Bones
|Doug Doyley |Episode: "The Widow's Son in the Windshield" |
Journeyman
|Aeden Bennett |2 episodes |
Random! Cartoons
|Willy (voice) |Episode: "Bradwurst" |
rowspan="2" |2008
|Christopher Hoffs |Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark" |
Ghost Whisperer
|Larry Jones |Episode: "Ghost in the Machine" |
2008–09
|Ralph Becker |6 episodes |
rowspan="7" |2009
|Rob O'Hare |Episode: "Block Party" |
Eleventh Hour
|Dr. Matthew Kaplan |Episode: "Miracle" |
The Young and the Restless
|Agent Aucker |6 episodes |
Dollhouse
|Richard |Episode: "Echo" |
Hawthorne
|Doug Gache |Episode: "No Guts, No Glory" |
The Mentalist
|Hollis Dunninger |Episode: "Redemption" |
Heroes
|Sheriff Werner |Episode: "Strange Attractors" |
rowspan="7" |2010
|Josh Berryman |Episode: "Sal" |
Lie to Me
|Richard Prosser |Episode: "Sweet Sixteen" |
Rizzoli & Isles
|Mr. Davis |Episode: "She Works Hard for the Money" |
The Defenders
|Walter |Episode: "Las Vegas v. Reid" |
Dexter
|Jim McCourt |3 episodes |
NCIS
|Rupert Kritzer |Episode: "Cracked" |
Burn Notice
|Pete Jackman |Episode: "Dead or Alive" |
2010, 2017
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Wayne Hankett, Atty. Harold Timmons |2 episodes |
2010–11
|The Secret Life of the American Teenager |Dave |2 episodes |
rowspan="5" |2011
|Marcus Wiler |Episode: "Legacy / Drag City" |
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
|Davis Scofield |Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
No Ordinary Family
|Detective O'Bannon |Episode: "No Ordinary Future" |
Law & Order: LA
|Dennis Ackroyd |Episode: "Plummer Park" |
Drop Dead Diva
|Donny Gibson |Episode: "Toxic" |
2011–18
|Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper |46 episodes |
2012
|Carl Finster |Episode: "Magnificent Light" |
rowspan="6" |2013
|Mr. Jaffer |Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team" |
Monday Mornings
|Mr. Cooper |Episode: "Who's Sorry Now?" |
Chicago Fire
|Larry Herrmann |Episode: "A Coffin That Small" |
Castle
|Dr. Darrell Meeks |Episode: "The Fast and the Furriest" |
Perception
|Jerry Brockner |Episode: "Alienation" |
Necessary Roughness
|Carl Weber |2 episodes |
2014
|Curator Paulson |Episode: "True Colors" |
2014–16
|David Molk |32 episodes |
rowspan="3" |2015
|Drew Summers |Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
Hawaii Five-0
|Sam Alexander |Episode: "Pono Kaulike" |
iZombie
|Richard Di Palma |Episode: "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues" |
rowspan="3" |2016
|Leo Chadmont |Episode: "Core Values" |
Elementary
|Richard Davenport |Episode: "Miss Taken" |
Better Call Saul
|Charles McGill, Sr. |Episode: "Inflatable" |
rowspan="5" |2017
|George Lowery |Episode: "Dreams Die First" |
The Night Shift
|VA Doctor |Episode: "Recoil" |
Law & Order True Crime
|Jon Conte |2 episodes |
Longmire
|Agent Decker |3 episodes |
Wisdom of the Crowd
|Isaac Wallace |Episode: "Denial of Service" |
rowspan="3" |2018
|Mickey Rodansky |Episode: "School of Hard Knocks" |
MacGyver
|Ralph Jericho |Episode: "Skyscraper + Power" |
The Good Doctor
|Edward Austin Thomas |Episode: "Hello" |
rowspan="2" |2019
|Jeff Grassley |Episode: "X" |
The Blacklist
|Ned |Episode: "Lady Luck" |
rowspan="2" |2020
|Dieter Zweigelt |Episode: "At Night, All Birds Are Black" |
Fear the Walking Dead
| Ed |Episode: "Damage from the Inside"{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/fear-the-walking-dead-midseason-finale-photos-new-villain-raphael-sbarge-alycia-debnam-carey-607/|title=Fear the Walking Dead Midseason Finale Photos Reveal Scary New Villain|last=Bonomolo|first=Cameron|date=November 16, 2020|website=ComicBook}} |
2021
|Dane | Episode: "The New Normal" |
rowspan="4" | 2022
|Lieutenant Governor Beaumont | 2 episodes |
1883
| Major Hemphill | Episode: "This Is Not Your Heaven" |
The Rookie
| Jonah Russell | Episode: "Coding" |
Gaslit
| Charles Shaffer | 2 episodes |
2025
| Task | Chief Dorsey |
=Video games=
class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role |
rowspan="2" |1998 |
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron |
2000
|Dellis Tantor |
2003 |
rowspan="2" |2004
|Various voices |
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
|Carth Onasi |
2005 |
rowspan="3" |2007
|Pvt. Mike Slauson, Allied Soldiers |
Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth |
Mass Effect
| rowspan="3" |Kaidan Alenko |
2010 |
2012 |
Theatre
class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Play !Role !Venue !Ref. |
1973
|Lear |A Boy | rowspan="2" |Yale Repertory Theatre |
1974
|Feivish |
1981 |
rowspan="2" |1982
|The Curse of an Aching Heart |Martin Thomas Walsh |
Hamlet |
1985
|Short Change |Benjamin |
1986
|Sorrow and Sons | |
rowspan="3" |1988
| |Falcon Theatre |{{Cite web|url=http://www.raphaelsbarge.com/Sbarge_Raphael%20Domain.pdf|title=Raphael Sbarge|website=raphaelsbarge.com|access-date=March 9, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/scene/vpage/pacino-warms-to-iceman-1117466841/|title=Pacino warms to 'Iceman'|date=1998-01-20|website=Variety|access-date=2020-03-09}} |
Ah, Wilderness!
|Richard Miller |
Ghosts
|Oswald Alving |
1989
|Dutch Landscape |Danny |
rowspan="2" |1991
|Alan Seymour |
Booth Is Back
|Edwin Booth |Williamstown Theatre Festival |{{Cite web|url=https://wtfestival.org/main-events/booth-is-back/|title=Booth is Back|website=Williamstown Theatre Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://wtfestival.org/main-events/booth-is-back-2/|title=Booth is Back|website=Williamstown Theatre Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/61600-booth-is-back-at-long-wharf-theatre-mainstage-october-3-november-1991|title=Booth is Back at Long Wharf Theatre Mainstage 1991|website=About the Artists|access-date=2020-03-08}} |
1993
|David Gold |
1994
|Leonid Stepanovich Zheltoukhin |Mark Taper Forum |
1994–95
|Mark |
rowspan="2" |1995
|Adam |Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage |
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
|Larry Parks |Odyssey Theatre |
1996
|Radu Antonescu | rowspan="2" |Matrix Theatre |
1997
|Gordon Whitehouse |
1998
|Biff |Falcon Theatre |
1999
|Voices in the Dark |Owen |
2000
|Tom Wingfield |
2001
|Stanley |Matrix Theatre |
2002
|Leduc |
rowspan="3" |2006
|Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov |Mark Taper Forum |
The Doctors Chekhov |
Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright
|George Brodelle / Grant |Skirball Cultural Center |
rowspan="2" |2008
|American Tales |Burley / Bartleby | rowspan="2" |Deaf West Theatre |
The Voysey Inheritance
|Edward Voysey |
2009
|The Happy Ones |Walter Wells |
2010
|Sam Feinschreiber |Skirball Cultural Center |
References
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External links
- [http://www.raphaelsbarge.com/ Raphael Sbarge Official website]
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- {{IMDb name|768620}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095708/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Raphael&middle=&last=Sbarge LLA Archives entry]
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