Career
Before the height of his career, Singer appeared in the sequel to the miniseries Roots as Col. Warner's elder son Andy. [4] He had originally auditioned for the role of Jim Warner, but the producers felt he was better suited for the Andy Warner role.
In the 1970s, Singer had a small breakthrough role in the Planet of the Apes TV series playing a gladiator.
He found fame in the early '80s with the film The Beastmaster and its sequels, in which he played the title role, Dar, [5] and as Mike Donovan in the 1983 miniseries V , the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle , and the TV series V: The Series . [6]
Other roles include the 1982 film If You Could See What I Hear (where he portrayed blind musician Tom Sullivan), [7] Body Chemistry , [8] Something for Joey (as football star John Cappelletti), [1] Watchers II , [9] High Desert Kill , [10] The Fighter , Go Tell the Spartans and Dead Space , as well as General Klaus Von Kraut in A Man Called Sarge . [11]
Singer voiced the character of Man-Bat on Batman: The Animated Series . [6] He has guest-starred on television series, such as Barnaby Jones , where he played in the episode titled "Trap Play" (01/07/1975). [12] This is a role he played alongside Nick Nolte in the earlier years. He also appeared in another episode of Barnaby Jones, titled "Price of Terror" (10/10/75). [13] He also starred as Matt Cantrell in season nine ("the dream season") of Dallas ; [14] The Twilight Zone ; The Hitchhiker ; Simon & Simon ; Murder, She Wrote ; The Young and the Restless ; The Ray Bradbury Theater ; and Highlander: The Series . [15]
Singer is active in theater and played Petruchio in the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew , as well as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac . [16] Both Taming of the Shrew and Cyrano were filmed. [17] [18]
Singer appeared in the last episode of season 2 of the new version of V, airing on March 15, 2011; however, instead of reprising his role of Mike Donovan, he plays a new character called Lars Tremont. [19] He was in a recurring role as General Matthew Shrieve on The CW television series Arrow's third season. [20]
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