| KEITH SZARABAJKA (Sarah-bike-ah) is proud to be in Ben Affleck's 2013 Academy Award-winning Best Picture, ARGO, (which also happens to be the other name of Keith's hometown, Argo-Summit, Illinois). Keith previously appeared during seasons three and four of of the FX hit series, SONS OF ANARCHY, as Victor Putlova, a Russian Arms dealer. He recurred the last two seasons of COLD CASE as the corrupt deputy Police Commissioner, Patrick Doherty. He was Detective Stephens, Inspector Gordon's (Gary Oldman) trusted Gotham PD colleague, in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film, THE DARK KNIGHT. Prior to being manhandled by the late Heath Ledger's Joker, he spent most of the WB's "ANGEL" 2001-2002 season playing the 18th Century English vampire hunter, Capt. Daniel Holtz, who comes to the 21st century to seek justice (or is it revenge?) from Angel. Before that, he played Mickey Kostmayer on CBS' "The Equalizer", starring Edward Woodward, from 1985 to 1989. Keith endured six hours of make-up each day in order to become seventy-year old janitor Harlan Williams, who grew younger in "Stephen King's The Golden Years" on CBS (1991). His Chaz Gracen mentored Adrian Pasdar's Jim Profit in the short-lived, highly praised "Profit" on Fox (1996). Other TV work includes: CSI, THE ELEVENTH HOUR, PRISON BREAK, ER, STAR TREK VOYAGER and ENTERPRISE, X-FILES, DETROIT 187, TERRIERS and LAW AND ORDER. |
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Keith Szarabajka
KEITH SZARABAJKA
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Film work includes: Randall Wallace's We Were Soldiers (2002), Tim McCanlies' Dancer, Texas (1998), George M. Miller's Andre (1994), Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World (1993), Costa-Gavras' Missing (1982), Alex Cox's Walker (1987), Roger Donaldson's Marie: A True Story (1986), Herbert Ross' Protocol (1984), John Gray's Billy Galvin (1985), Lee Grant's Staying Together (1987) and Marshall Brickman's Simon (1979). Keith appeared on Broadway as Kim Feston in Howard Korder's Search and Destroy (1992). Keith also worked on Broadway as B.D. in Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury (1983) and made his Broadway debut in Stuart Gordon and bury St. Edmund's sci-fi epic adventure play Warp! (1973).
Off-Broadway work includes Hollywood Confidential in Peter Parnell's Hyde and Hollywood (1989), Joseph Dougherty's Digby (1985) and John Patrick Shanley's Women of Manhattan (1986) at Manhattan Theater Club, Nigel Williams' Class Enemy (1980) at The Players' Theater, Stephen Willem's A Perfect Act of Contrition (1987) at Manhattan Class Company and Bleacher Bums (1978) (which he also co-wrote) with The Organic Theater Company of Chicago.
Keith was a member of The Organic Theater of Chicago for six years (1972-1978), whose members included Joe Mantegna, Meshach Taylor, John Heard, Andre De Shields and Dennis Franz under the artistic direction of Stuart Gordon. He also worked at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Goodman Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Mickery in Amsterdam, New York's Second Stage, Cucaracha Theater of New York's "Underground Soap" and New York Stage and Film at The Powerhouse Theatre/Vassar. He greatly enjoys reading short stories for National Public Radio's "Selected Shorts" program, taped before live audiences at New York's Symphony Space and at the Getty in LA. He is a member of the Playwrights' Unit @ Ensemble Studio Theater–LA Project and appeared as MELVILLE in EST-LA's production of MLLE. GOD by Nick Kazan last year.
Audio books read include: Tom Robbins' FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES (Audie award for Best Unabridged Fiction--2001), William Least Heat-Moon's BLUE HIGHWAYS, and Michael Crichton's RISING SUN, among 20 or so others. This past year he read David Fulmer's THE BLUE DOOR, Alan Kaufman's DRUNKEN ANGEL, Michael Codella's ALPHAVILLE, Howie Carr's HIT MAN, Chris Knopf's BLACK SWAN, Paul David Pope's THE DEEDS OF MY FATHERS and Nelson Algren's A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE for BLACKSTONE AUDIO INK.
In animation, Keith had regular or recurring characters on WILD THORNBERRIES, GODZILLA and HEAVY GEAR. His voice is heard in numerous games, including DEAD SPACE and DEAD SPACE II ( which also entailed motion capture as Dr. Terence Kyne), MASS EFFECT I, II and III, LORD OF THE RINGS, FINAL FANTASY XIII, BIO SHOCK I and II, RAINBOW VI, SPLINTER CELL: DOUBLE AGENT and L.A. NOIRE: HARD-BOILED to name but a few.
Keith attended the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois (his home town) and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Keith currently resides in Los Angeles with his seventeen year old son, Jack, and thirteen year old son, Caleb, spending most of his time coaching them in baseball. Other interests include: scuba diving (advanced open water certified), softball, hiking, mountain biking, cooking, and playwriting. |
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