Michael Shapiro (actor)

Michael Shapiro
Michael Shapiro
	Shapiro at the 2007 New York Television Festival
Born	Michael David Shapiro; December 29, 1965 (age 58); Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Mike Shapiro
Occupation(s)	Actor, voice actor, theatre director
Years active	1991–present
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouse	Peggy Stafford
Children	2

Michael David Shapiro (born December 29, 1965^[1]) is an American actor, voice actor and theatre director, best known for voicing G-Man and Barney Calhoun.

Early life

Michael Shapiro was born 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 characters' appearances in 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
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
	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
	Get Medieval	Elf
	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
2001	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
2013	Grand Theft Auto V	The Local Population
2020	Half-Life: Alyx	G-Man^[2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Interpol Investigates	Narrator	Unknown episodes
2004	Shorties Watchin' Shorties	Additional Voices	Unknown episodes

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 Mike Shapiro - IMDb
^ Macgregor, Jody (2019-11-21). "Alyx Vance will be voiced by a new actor in Half-Life: Alyx". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

External links

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[imdb-1] Mike Shapiro - IMDb

[2] Macgregor, Jody (2019-11-21). "Alyx Vance will be voiced by a new actor in Half-Life: Alyx". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-11-21.

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