Michael Shapiro (actor)

Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro
	Shapiro in 2007
Born	December 29, 1965 (age 59); 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 David Shapiro^[2] (/ʃəˈpaɪroʊ/ shə-PY-roh^[3]) (born December 29, 1965)^[4] is an American actor. He is best known for voicing the G-Man and Barney Calhoun in the Half-Life video game series.

Early life

In 1987, Shapiro helped launch the Annex Theater and performed in many of their productions.^[1] For a time he lived in Seattle until moving to Brooklyn, New York in 2000.

Career

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, Shapiro co-directed a TV pilot, Family Values, starring Rob Riggle. The pilot was screened at the New York Television Festival.^[5]

Filmography

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1994	Super Punch-Out!!	Additional Voices
1995	Torin's Passage	Torin, Boogle
1995	3D Movie Maker	McZee
1997	Betrayal in Antara	Paolo, Gar Warren, Naku
	Big Thinkers! Kindergarten	Ben^[6]
	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
2001	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
2007	Half-Life 2: Episode Two	G-Man
2008	Order Up!	Tommy Cheesehead, Salty Sam, Male Chef
2013	Dota 2	Oracle
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2020	Half-Life: Alyx	G-Man^[7]
2022	Horizon Forbidden West	Javad the Willing, Parallo

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Interpol Investigates	Narrator	12 episodes
2004	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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	Listen Carefully	Christa's deaf son
1995	Georgia	Brian
1999	The Engagement Party	Matthew
1999	Lovers Lane	Deputy David Schwick
2007	Day Zero	News Announcer (voice)
2015	3rd Street Blackout	Josh
2019	The Pulse	Travis	Short film

References

^ ^a ^b Shapiro, Michael. "Mike Shapiro-Bio". Archived from the original on June 21, 2018.
^ "The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (1999)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ Valve (November 15, 2024). "Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary". Retrieved 23 December 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "Mike Shapiro | Actor, Director, Additional Crew". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
^ Gough, Paul J. (September 4, 2007). "NYTF opens channel for indies". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
^ "Mike Shapiro (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

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[MSBio-1] Shapiro, Michael. "Mike Shapiro-Bio". Archived from the original on June 21, 2018.

[2] "The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (1999)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 5, 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

[3] Valve (November 15, 2024). "Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary". Retrieved 23 December 2024 – via YouTube.

[4] "Mike Shapiro | Actor, Director, Additional Crew". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2024-07-23. Retrieved 2024-07-29.

[THR-5] Gough, Paul J. (September 4, 2007). "NYTF opens channel for indies". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.

[btva-6] "Mike Shapiro (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. 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)

[7] Macgregor, Jody (2019-11-21). "Alyx Vance will be voiced by a new actor in Half-Life: Alyx". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

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