| Michael Shapiro | |
| Birth Date: | December 29, 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Other Names: | Mike Shapiro |
| 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 , 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 | Sergeant Markossian, Suspect, Gangster, Vehicle Driver | ||
| Get Medieval | Elf | ||
| Half-Life | G-Man, HECU Soldiers, Security Guards, Scientists | ||
| Ishmael | |||
| 1999 | Gianni Manero | ||
| Starsiege | Squadmate #8 | ||
| Otis, G-Man, Security Guards, Male Black Ops | |||
| Gorky 17 | |||
| 2000 | Tiger Cage Guy | ||
| 2001 | Otis, Miller, Security Guards | ||
| Scientists, Security Guards, | |||
| 2004 | Half-Life 2 | G-Man, Barney Calhoun | |
| 2005 | Richard Goblin, Flashback FM Imaging Voice, Commercial Voice | ||
| 2006 | G-Man, Barney Calhoun | ||
| 2007 | Crackdown | Special Agent Camerino, Master Wong, SUV Car | |
| G-Man | |||
| 2008 | Order Up! | Tommy Cheesehead, Salty Sam, Male Chef | |
| 2013 | Dota 2 | Oracle | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | The Local Population | ||
| 2020 | 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 | 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 |