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Dominic Keating
Keating in 2016
Born
Dominic Power

(1961-07-01) 1 July 1961 (age 63)
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Alma materUniversity College London
Years active1987–present

Dominic Keating (né Power; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayals of Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's and Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise.

Early life and education[edit]

Keating was born Dominic Power to parents Patricia (née Keating) and Lawrence Power, in Leicester on 1 July 1961. His father was Irish; his maternal grandfather, a brigadier, was awarded an OBE. His mother worked as an actress for a number of years.[1][2][3]

Keating took part in his first stage performance while he was attending prep school at LGS Stoneygate. He played the character Cripple in The Ragged School. He then attended Uppingham School where he continued pursuing drama under Chris Richardson. At Uppingham School Theatre, Keating played Laertes in a production of Hamlet; Rowan Atkinson reviewed the performance. Keating was part of the Cadet Force before realising he did not wish to proceed with a military career.[2][3][4][5]

After graduating from the University College London with first class honours in history,[6] Keating tried various jobs before deciding to become a professional actor.

Career[edit]

Since there was another Dominic Power already represented by the actor's union Equity, he took his mother's maiden name of Keating.[7] To obtain his Equity card, he worked in a drag act called Feeling Mutual.[8]

Theatre[edit]

Keating had success on the UK stage before working as a television and film actor. He originated the roles of Cosmo in Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney[9] and Bryan in Michael Wall's Amongst the Barbarians, for which Wall won first prize in the Mobil Playwrighting Competition.[10] Keating's stage work in the United Kingdom includes the one-man play The Christian Brothers at King's Cross, The Best Years of Your Life at the Man in the Moon Theatre, Screamers at the Edinburgh Playhouse Festival. In Los Angeles, he has appeared in Alfie at the Tiffany Theater.[9]


Year Title Role Theatre Notes
1987 The Best Years of Your Life Marc Man in the Moon [3][11][12]
1988 Screamers Rodney Edingburgh Playhouse Studio [13]
1989 Amongst Barbarians Bryan Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester [2][10][5]
1990 Private Times Prison warder, young gangster Library Theatre, Manchester [5][14]
1991 The Pitchfork Disney Cosmo Disney The Bush Theatre, London [15][16][17]
1991 Four Door Saloon Hampstead Theatre [18][19][20]
The Christian Brothers Jesuit school teacher King's Cross, London One-man play[5][21]
Alfie Tiffany Theater, California [9]

Television[edit]

Keating first received major attention in the UK with a semi-regular role as Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989–95).[8] He has made guest appearances in Inspector Morse and other television programmes.[22]

After moving to the United States, he received the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal,[23] and starred in the Zalman King series ChromiumBlue.com.[22] He also guest starred on series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2,[23] before landing a role in the main cast of Star Trek: Enterprise as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed; the show ran for four seasons. Since then, he has had guest roles on the series Las Vegas, Holby City and the CSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules."[22]

Keating joined the cast of the hit show Heroes for its second season, playing an Irish mobster in a four-episode arc. He also guest-starred for three episodes on the Fox TV series Prison Break, and in 2010 guest-starred on the FX original series Sons of Anarchy.[22]

Film[edit]

Keating appears in several films including The Hollywood Sign and The Auteur Theory, and will be in the upcoming movies Certifiably Jonathan and Hollywood Kills. He lent his voice to Robert Zemeckis's animated version of Beowulf. At a Star Trek convention in Sacramento, California on 9 September 2006, he announced he had been cast as an Australian scientist in the Species sequel Species IV.[citation needed] He stars in Tim Russ's Plugged (2007) and appears as Sherlock Holmes's brother in the film Sherlock Holmes (2010) by the Asylum.[24][25]

Other work[edit]

Keating had a commercial voiceover role in an early 1990s Vidal Sassoon commercial, where his British pronunciation of "salon" resulted in a spoof on Saturday Night Live.[26] In 2007, he appeared in commercials for Sprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock star Ian Westbury.[27][28]

Keating voices a number of video game characters including the minor character 'Mouse' in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (uncredited);[29] Kormac the Templar in the PC game Diablo 3 by Blizzard Entertainment; the dungeon boss Tirathon Saltheril in Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Legion expansion;[29] and Gremlin Prescott in Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.[citation needed]

Keating has recorded a number of audiobooks. He described the experience of recording The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander over a span of twelve total days as "the most challenging thing [he has] ever done, and the most rewarding."[30]

From 2022 until December 2023, he was the co-host of the podcast The Shuttlepod Show with his Star Trek: Enterprise co-star Connor Trinneer.[31][32] In April 2024, after leaving The Shuttlepod Show, Keating and Trinneer announced their new podcast The D-Con Chamber.[33]

Personal life[edit]

Keating has been engaged four times;[34] as of July 2024, he is engaged to Dr. Sarah Falk.[35] He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Shake, Rattle and Rock! Marc (uncredited) Television film
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Ian
1998 Folle d'elle Chris
1999 The Auteur Theory Lewis Rugglesworth [36]
2001 The Hollywood Sign Steve
2003 Chromiumblue.com Owen Edited from ChromiumBlue.com (2002 series)
2006 Hollywood Kills Francis Fenway
2007 Plugged Detective Pitchman Short[24]
Certifiably Jonathan Nicholas DeBoor
The Attackmen Coach Edwards Short[37]
Species: The Awakening Forbes McGuire
Beowulf Cain
2009 Ninong Ninong
2010 Sherlock Holmes Thorpe Holmes [25]
2011 The One Warrior Merlin / Dragon's voice / Narrator
2012 Sunset Bar Andre TV Movie
2016 A Killer Walks Amongst Us Dobsyn
2018 Once Upon a Time in London Belgian Johnny
Unbelievable!!!!! Paramedic Hacky [38]
2019 Maternal Instinct Sergei TV Movie
Once Upon a Time in London Belgian Johnny
2020 Greyhound Harry (voice)
The Host Benjamin

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Paradise Club Jimmy Episode: "Crack in the Mirror"
1989–1992 The Bill Friend 2 / Patrick Litton / Andrew Jensen Episodes: You'll Be Back, Old Wounds and Party Politics
1989–1993 Desmond's Tony 36 episodes
1990 Casualty Ian Tilsley Episode: Remembrance
1992 Inspector Morse Murray Stone Episode: Dead on Time
1993 Teenage Health Freak Tony St. Michael Episode: Episode No.2.6
1994 Rebel Highway Marc Uncredited
1995 Love Street Mark Episode: Second Chance
1998 Poltergeist: The Legacy Bryan / Jason Crenshaw Episode: Father to Son
1999 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Blair Episode: Helpless
1999–2000 G vs E Tomek Walenski / Sergei Draskovic Episodes: Orange Volvo and Immigrant Evil
2000–2001 The Immortal Mallos 6 episodes
2001 Special Unit 2 Dr. Harlan Edens Episode: The Wraps
2001–2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Malcolm Reed 98 episodes
2002 ChromiumBlue.com Owen 8 episodes
2006 Las Vegas Anthony Demby Episode: Bait and Switch
2007 Heroes Will 4 episodes
Prison Break Andrew Tyge Episodes: Interference and Photo Finish
2008 Holby City Ollie Lake Episode: Love Will Tear Us Apart
2010 CSI: NY Rufus Knox Episode: Uncertainty Rules
Sons of Anarchy Luther Barkwill Episodes: Lochan Mor and Turas
2012 Breakout Kings Bob Dixon Episode: Double Down
2013 The Captains Close Up Self Episode: Scott Bakula
2024 Phoenix Billy Blue Episode: And Yet I Am

Voice work[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2000 Starlancer Claymore – Doug McCleod Video game
2005 World of Warcraft Video game
2009 Dragon Age: Origins Mouse (uncredited) Video game
2010 Epic Mickey Gremlin Prescott Video game
2012 Diablo III Kormac the Templar Video game
Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two Gremlin Prescott Video game
2013 One of the Family Narrator Audiobook published by Audible Studios
2014 Destiny Xander 99-40 / Arcite 99-40 / City Vendor Frame Video game[39]
Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Kormac the Templar Video game[30]
2015 The General From America Narrator Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Tirathon Saltheril Video game[30]
The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander Narrator Audiobook published by HarperCollins
2017 Destiny 2 Male Frame / Arcite 99-40 Video game
The Mermaid's Daughter Narrator Audiobook published by HarperCollins
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Video game
2020 World of Warcraft: Shadowlands Additional voices Video game
2022 Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Arcite 99-40 / Male Vendor Frame Video game
Diablo Immortal Video game
World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Video game
2023 Destiny 2: Lightfall Arcite 99-40 / Male Vendor Frame Video game
Diablo IV Additional voices Video game[40]
2024 The Sojourn Darius Farren Audiodrama[41]

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