# Raphael Sbarge

Raphael Sbarge (born February 12, 1964) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Jake Straka on The Guardian (2001–04), Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper on Once Upon a Time (2011–18) and Inspector David Molk on the TNT series Murder in the First (2014–16). He is also known for voicing Carth Onasi in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003), RC-1262 / "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando (2005) and Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect trilogy (2007–12).

## Early life

Raphael Sbarge was born into a theater-oriented family in New York City. His mother, Jeanne Button (1930–2017), was a professional costume designer. His father, Stephen Sbarge, was an artist, writer and stage director who named his son after the Renaissance artist Raphael. His parents divorced. In 1981, his mother married MacDonald Eaton, a production designer and painter. In her private life, she was known as Mrs. Button-Eaton. Sbarge began his career at age five on Sesame Street.

## Career
### Stage

Sbarge made his stage debut in 1973 in Edward Bond's stage production Lear. In 1981, he played in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park production of Henry IV, Part 1. The following year, he made his Broadway debut opposite Faye Dunaway in the short-lived play The Curse of an Aching Heart. Other New York stage credits include Hamlet (1982), Ah, Wilderness! (1988), Ghosts (1988), The Twilight of the Golds (1993), The Shadow Box, and Voices in the Dark (1999).

### Film

Sbarge's film credits include Risky Business (1983), Vision Quest (1985), My Man Adam (1985), My Science Project (1985), Carnosaur (1993), The Hidden II (1993), Babes in Toyland (1997), Independence Day (1996), BASEketball (1998), Message in a Bottle (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001), Home Room (2002) The Duel (2015), and The Exorcist: Believer (2023).

### Television

Sbarge has appeared in numerous television series and television films, including A Streetcar Named Desire with Ann-Margret in 1984; the pilot of the Fox series Werewolf in 1987; Billionaire Boys Club, Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in 1990; Murder 101 with Pierce Brosnan and Final Verdict with Treat Williams in 1991; Breast Men with Chris Cooper; Quicksilver Highway with Christopher Lloyd in 1997; and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge with Halle Berry in 1999.
He had recurring roles in five episodes of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996, and in the first four episodes of the sixth season of 24. From 2001 to 2004, Sbarge was a regular cast member of The Guardian, starring Simon Baker. He voiced the character Professor Zei in the second season Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Library". He was in an episode of Six Feet Under. In 2007, he appeared in a two-part episode of Journeyman. In 2009, he appeared in an episode of The Mentalist. In 2010, he was in "Practically Perfect", a season five episode of Dexter, as Jim McCourt, an Internal Affairs Agent.
He had a recurring role as Howard Aucker on The Young and the Restless. He played Brian McGuire on Better Days, which lasted for five weeks before being canceled. In 2011, he first appeared in Once Upon a Time, playing the dual roles of Archie Hopper, a therapist, and his fairy tale counterpart, Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio. In 2013, he played Larry Hermann on Chicago Fire. He played Inspector David Molk, a philosophizing SFPD homicide inspector, on TNT's 2014 series, Murder in the First. In 2016, he made a cameo appearance as Saul Goodman's father on the television series Better Call Saul.

### Video games

He also has voice acted for video games such as Grim Fandango, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as Carth Onasi; as RC-1262 "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando; and as Kaidan Alenko in the Mass Effect series.

### Directing

In 2013, Sbarge began directing Web series, serving as executive producer and director of On Begley Street and Jenna's Studio. His 2017 short film The Bird Who Could Fly premiered at the Asians on Film Festival, and won Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Audience Awards at several Asian festivals around the US. He filmed Broadway actor Marty Moran in his Obie Award-winning play called The Tricky Part, which deals with male sexual abuse. It played many festivals around the US, winning Best Director at the Awareness Festival.
Sbarge's 2019 documentary LA Foodways was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Education/Information category. LA Foodways is a one-hour feature documentary and a six-part series that he directed and produced. It debuted on KCET-PBS, which his production company, Wishing Well Entertainment, co-produced with the network. He has directed and produced several other films for KCET that have aired. His current feature, called Only in Theaters, had its theatrical premier at 7 theatres in Los Angeles in Nov. 2022. The film follows a fourth generation family business, a beloved art house cinema chain with ties to the origins of Hollywood called the Laemmle Theaters, and received highly positive reviews. Only in Theaters is opened in New York at the IFC, and New Plaza Cinema’s on Jan 18th and 20th. It opened in the San Francisco area on February 24 at the Roxie Theater. After playing in over 70 theaters, Only in Theaters moved to On Demand.
10 Days in Watts earned a Culture/History Emmy at the 76th LA Area Emmys on July 27th, 2024.

### Podcast

Raphael Sbarge and Greg Laemmle, owner of Laemmle Theatres, started a podcast called Inside the Arthouse in August 2024. The podcast is an “insider’s” perspective on filmmakers & People responsible for films appearing on arthouse screens across USA.

## Environmentalism

Sbarge, actor Ed Begley Jr., and Rachelle Carson Begley launched an environmentalist non-profit organization called Green Wish, aimed at donating to local green organizations through donations at retailers throughout the country. Sbarge was also executive producer of On Begley Street, a web series chronicling the deconstruction of Begley's home and the "building of North America's greenest, most sustainable home."

## Personal life

Sbarge is married to Jenna DeAngeles.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1983 | Abuse | Thomas | |
| 1983 | Risky Business | Glenn | |
| 1985 | Vision Quest | Kenny Schmoozler | |
| 1985 | My Science Project | Sherman | |
| 1985 | My Man Adam | Adam Swit | |
| 1988 | Miracle Mile | Chip | Voice |
| 1989 | Riding the Edge | Matt | |
| 1990 | Cold Dog Soup | Guy in Park with Dog | |
| 1993 | Carnosaur | Doc Smith | |
| 1994 | The Hidden II | MacLachlan | |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Commander / Tech | |
| 1997 | Babes in Toyland | Tom Piper | Voice |
| 1998 | BASEketball | Minnesota Spokesman | Uncredited |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Andy | |
| 1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Dr. Collins | Uncredited |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Kimmel's Aide | |
| 2002 | Home Room | Det. Macready | |
| 2008 | Gardens of the Night | Mr. Whitehead | |
| 2016 | The Duel | Dr. Morris | |
| 2020 | There's No Such Thing as Vampires | Detective Warren | |
| 2023 | The Exorcist: Believer | Pastor Don Revans | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | A Streetcar Named Desire | The Collector | Television film |
| 1986 | Better Days | Brian McGuire | 11 episodes |
| 1987 | Prison for Children | John Parsons | Television film |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Chris | Television film |
| 1987 | Werewolf | Theodore "Ted" Nichols | Episode: "Werewolf" |
| 1987 | Billionaire Boys Club | Eric Fairmont | Television film |
| 1988 | The Cosby Show | Mr. Jenkins | Episode: "Move It" |
| 1990 | Quantum Leap | Will | Episode: "Animal Frat" |
| 1990 | Monsters | Alex | Episode: "Perchance to Dream" |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer | Television film |
| 1990–95 | Murder, She Wrote | Stephen Thurlow, Peter Franklin | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Murder 101 | Robert Miner | Television film |
| 1991 | Final Verdict | Al Boyd | Television film |
| 1992 | Sisters | Jim Atwater | Episode: "Good Help Is Hard to Find" |
| 1992 | Civil Wars | Anthony Jecker | Episode: "Das Boat House" |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Anthony Marciante | Episode: "Parent Trap" |
| 1993 | Sirens | Jeremy Beecher | Episode: "Everybody Lies" |
| 1995 | SeaQuest DSV | Avatar | Episode: "Alone" |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man | Dr. Moen | Episode: "Something About Her" |
| 1996 | Star Trek: Voyager | Michael Jonas | 5 episodes |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Steve | Episode: "No Funerals and a Wedding" |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Jeffrey Baytos | Episode: "A Virus Among Us" |
| 1996 | NYPD Blue | Fred | Episode: "Ted and Carey's Bogus Adventure" |
| 1996 | Dark Skies | Mark Simonson | Episode: "We Shall Overcome" |
| 1997 | Quicksilver Highway | Kerry Parker / Bill Hogan | Television film |
| 1997 | Party of Five | Paul Archer | Episode: "I Declare" |
| 1997 | Viper | Timothy Ramsay | Episode: "Whistle Blower" |
| 1997 | The Parent 'Hood | Douglas | Episode: "Don't Go There" |
| 1997 | Dharma & Greg | Agent Gerson | Episode: "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Father" |
| 1997 | Breast Men | Larson's Lawyer | Television film |
| 1999 | Will & Grace | Alex | Episode: "My Fair Maid-y" |
| 1999 | Vengeance Unlimited | Steve Bazini | Episode: "Legalese" |
| 1999 | Nash Bridges | Jim Edwards | Episode: "Hide and Seek" |
| 1999 | Rescue 77 | Man | Episode: "Remember Me: Part 1" |
| 1999 | Charmed | Brent Miller | Episode: "Out of Sight" |
| 1999 | Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Vegas Hotel Manager | Television film |
| 1999 | A.T.F. | Director Hale's Assistant | Television film |
| 1999 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Lieutenant Bernstein | Episode: "Swarm" |
| 1999 | All My Children | Father Tony | 1 episode |
| 1999–2000 | Profiler | Danny Burke | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Ally McBeal | Attorney | Episode: "In Search of Pygmies" |
| 2000 | Judging Amy | Paul Brody | Episode: "Human Touch" |
| 2000 | Diagnosis Murder | Dr. Walter Hart | Episode: "The Patient Detective" |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Father Clark | Episode: "Brotherhood" |
| 2001–04 | The Guardian | Jake Straka | 67 episodes |
| 2004 | Crossing Jordan | Phil | Episode: "After Dark" |
| 2004 | Without a Trace | Leo Cota | Episode: "Light Years" |
| 2004, 2010 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Aaron Laner, Donald Fiore | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | ER | Mr. Kirkendall | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | CSI: NY | District Attorney Latham | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Inconceivable | Bob Brewer | Episode: "From Here to Motility" |
| 2005 | Just Legal | Father Ross | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Threshold | Richard Tate | Episode: "The Burning" |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Malcolm Galway | Episode: "Calculated Risk" |
| 2005 | Nip/Tuck | Silas Prine | Episode: "Frankenlaura" |
| 2006 | Justice League Unlimited | Deadman | Voice, episode: "Dead Reckoning" |
| 2006 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Professor Zei, additional voices | Voice, episode: "The Library" |
| 2006 | The Closer | Derek Draper | Episode: "The Other Woman" |
| 2006 | Standoff | Donald Leeson | Episode: "One Shot Stop" |
| 2006 | CSI: Miami | Larry Fremont | Episode: "Backstabbers" |
| 2007 | 24 | Ray Wallace | 4 episodes |
| 2007 | Eyes | Sam Solomon | Episode: "Poison" |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Paul | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Cold Case | Henry Raymes | Episode: "Thrill Kill" |
| 2007 | Bones | Doug Doyley | Episode: "The Widow's Son in the Windshield" |
| 2007 | Journeyman | Aeden Bennett | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Random! Cartoons | Willy | Episode: "Bradwurst" |
| 2008 | Shark | Christopher Hoffs | Episode: "Wayne's World 3: Killer Shark" |
| 2008 | Ghost Whisperer | Larry Jones | Episode: "Ghost in the Machine" |
| 2008–09 | Prison Break | Ralph Becker | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Big Love | Rob O'Hare | Episode: "Block Party" |
| 2009 | Eleventh Hour | Dr. Matthew Kaplan | Episode: "Miracle" |
| 2009 | The Young and the Restless | Agent Aucker | 6 episodes |
| 2009 | Dollhouse | Richard | Episode: "Echo" |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Doug Gache | Episode: "No Guts, No Glory" |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Hollis Dunninger | Episode: "Redemption" |
| 2009 | Heroes | Sheriff Werner | Episode: "Strange Attractors" |
| 2010 | Medium | Josh Berryman | Episode: "Sal" |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Richard Prosser | Episode: "Sweet Sixteen" |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Mr. Davis | Episode: "She Works Hard for the Money" |
| 2010 | The Defenders | Walter | Episode: "Las Vegas v. Reid" |
| 2010 | Dexter | Jim McCourt | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | NCIS | Rupert Kritzer | Episode: "Cracked" |
| 2010 | Burn Notice | Pete Jackman | Episode: "Dead or Alive" |
| 2010, 2017 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Wayne Hankett, Atty. Harold Timmons | 2 episodes |
| 2010–11 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Dave | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Detroit 1-8-7 | Marcus Wiler | Episode: "Legacy / Drag City" |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior | Davis Scofield | Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
| 2011 | No Ordinary Family | Detective O'Bannon | Episode: "No Ordinary Future" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: LA | Dennis Ackroyd | Episode: "Plummer Park" |
| 2011 | Drop Dead Diva | Donny Gibson | Episode: "Toxic" |
| 2011–18 | Once Upon a Time | Jiminy Cricket / Dr. Archibald Hopper | 46 episodes |
| 2012 | Criminal Minds | Carl Finster | Episode: "Magnificent Light" |
| 2013 | The Good Wife | Mr. Jaffer | Episode: "Red Team, Blue Team" |
| 2013 | Monday Mornings | Mr. Cooper | Episode: "Who's Sorry Now?" |
| 2013 | Chicago Fire | Larry Herrmann | Episode: "A Coffin That Small" |
| 2013 | Castle | Dr. Darrell Meeks | Episode: "The Fast and the Furriest" |
| 2013 | Perception | Jerry Brockner | Episode: "Alienation" |
| 2013 | Necessary Roughness | Carl Weber | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Curator Paulson | Episode: "True Colors" |
| 2014–16 | Murder in the First | David Molk | 32 episodes |
| 2015 | Stalker | Drew Summers | Episode: "Secrets and Lies" |
| 2015 | Hawaii Five-0 | Sam Alexander | Episode: "Pono Kaulike" |
| 2015 | iZombie | Richard Di Palma | Episode: "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues" |
| 2016 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Leo Chadmont | Episode: "Core Values" |
| 2016 | Elementary | Richard Davenport | Episode: "Miss Taken" |
| 2016 | Better Call Saul | Charles McGill, Sr. | Episode: "Inflatable" |
| 2017 | Bates Motel | George Lowery | Episode: "Dreams Die First" |
| 2017 | The Night Shift | VA Doctor | Episode: "Recoil" |
| 2017 | Law & Order True Crime | Jon Conte | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Longmire | Agent Decker | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Wisdom of the Crowd | Isaac Wallace | Episode: "Denial of Service" |
| 2018 | Blue Bloods | Mickey Rodansky | Episode: "School of Hard Knocks" |
| 2018 | MacGyver | Ralph Jericho | Episode: "Skyscraper + Power" |
| 2018 | The Good Doctor | Edward Austin Thomas | Episode: "Hello" |
| 2019 | NCIS: New Orleans | Jeff Grassley | Episode: "X" |
| 2019 | The Blacklist | Ned | Episode: "Lady Luck" |
| 2020 | Hunters | Dieter Zweigelt | Episode: "At Night, All Birds Are Black" |
| 2020 | Fear the Walking Dead | Ed | Episode: "Damage from the Inside" |
| 2021 | New Amsterdam | Dane | Episode: "The New Normal" |
| 2022 | The Resident | Lieutenant Governor Beaumont | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | 1883 | Major Hemphill | Episode: "This Is Not Your Heaven" |
| 2022 | The Rookie | Jonah Russell | Episode: "Coding" |
| 2022 | Gaslit | Charles Shaffer | 2 episodes |
| 2025 | Task | Chief Dorsey | Upcoming miniseries |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1998 | Grim Fandango | Terry Malloy, Ensign Arnold, Mayan Mechanic |
| 1998 | Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Dak Ralter, Rogue Members |
| 2000 | Star Wars: Force Commander | Dellis Tantor |
| 2003 | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | Carth Onasi |
| 2004 | EverQuest II | Generic Gnome Enemy, Generic Skeleton Enemy, Generic Troll Enemy |
| 2004 | Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords | Carth Onasi |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Republic Commando | RC-1262 / "Scorch" |
| 2007 | Medal of Honor: Vanguard | Pvt. Mike Slauson, Allied Soldiers |
| 2007 | Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth | Professor Zei |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Kaidan Alenko |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Kaidan Alenko |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Kaidan Alenko |

## Theatre

| Year | Play | Role | Venue |
| 1973 | Lear | A Boy | Yale Repertory Theatre |
| 1974 | Shlemiel the First | Feivish | Yale Repertory Theatre |
| 1981 | Henry IV, Part 1 | Lord John of Lancaster | Delacorte Theater |
| 1982 | The Curse of an Aching Heart | Martin Thomas Walsh | Hayes Theater |
| 1982 | Hamlet | Reynaldo / Player Queen / Apprentice Gravedigger | The Public Theater |
| 1985 | Short Change | Benjamin | Samuel Beckett Theatre |
| 1986 | Sorrow and Sons | | Vineyard Theatre |
| 1988 | The Iceman Cometh | | Falcon Theatre |
| 1988 | Ah, Wilderness! | Richard Miller | Neil Simon Theatre |
| 1988 | Ghosts | Oswald Alving | 100 East 17th Street |
| 1989 | Dutch Landscape | Danny | Mark Taper Forum |
| 1991 | Picnic | Alan Seymour | Williamstown Theatre Festival |
| 1991 | Booth Is Back | Edwin Booth | Williamstown Theatre Festival Long Wharf Theatre |
| 1993 | The Twilight of the Golds | David Gold | Booth Theatre |
| 1994 | The Wood Demon | Leonid Stepanovich Zheltoukhin | Mark Taper Forum |
| 1994–95 | The Shadow Box | Mark | Circle in the Square Theatre |
| 1995 | Time of My Life | Adam | Williamstown Theatre Festival Main Stage |
| 1995 | Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? | Larry Parks | Odyssey Theatre |
| 1996 | Mad Forest | Radu Antonescu | Matrix Theatre |
| 1997 | Dangerous Corner | Gordon Whitehouse | Matrix Theatre |
| 1998 | Death of a Salesman | Biff | Falcon Theatre |
| 1999 | Voices in the Dark | Owen | Longacre Theatre |
| 2000 | The Glass Menagerie | Tom Wingfield | Pasadena Playhouse |
| 2001 | The Birthday Party | Stanley | Matrix Theatre |
| 2002 | Incident at Vichy | Leduc | Skirball Cultural Center |
| 2006 | The Cherry Orchard | Semyon Panteleyevich Yepikhodov | Mark Taper Forum |
| 2006 | The Doctors Chekhov | Anton Chekhov | Deaf West Theatre |
| 2006 | Work Song: Three Views of Frank Lloyd Wright | George Brodelle / Grant | Skirball Cultural Center |
| 2008 | American Tales | Burley / Bartleby | Deaf West Theatre |
| 2008 | The Voysey Inheritance | Edward Voysey | Deaf West Theatre |
| 2009 | The Happy Ones | Walter Wells | South Coast Repertory |
| 2010 | Awake and Sing! | Sam Feinschreiber | Skirball Cultural Center |