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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 (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.
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.
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.
| 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 |
| 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" |
| 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 |
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