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Dominic Keating

Dominic Keating

British actor

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

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Early life and education

Keating was born Dominic Power in Leicester to an Irish father; his grandfather, a brigadier, was awarded an OBE.[1] His first stage performance was in primary school, as a character in The Ragged School. He then attended Uppingham School.[2]

After graduating from the University College London with first class honours in history,[3] he tried various jobs before deciding to be a professional actor. Since there was another Dominic Power already represented by the actor's union Equity, he took his mother's maiden name of Keating.[4] To obtain his Equity card, he worked in a drag act called Feeling Mutual.[5]

Career

Theatre

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,[6] and Bryan in Michael Wall's Amongst Barbarians, for which he won a Mobil Award. He has also done stage work in the UK and Los Angeles, including 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, and Alfie at the Tiffany Theater.[6]

Television

Keating first received major attention in the UK with a semi-regular role as Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989–95).[5] He went on to a role in Inspector Morse, and other guest-starring roles.[7]

After moving to the US, he gained the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal,[8] and starred in the Zalman King series chromiumblue.com.[7] He also made guest appearances on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2,[8] and several other series before landing a major television role as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed on Star Trek: Enterprise, which 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".[7]

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.[7]

Film

Keating has appeared in films including The Hollywood Sign and The Auteur Theory, and will be seen in the upcoming Certifiably Jonathan and Hollywood Kills, and heard in Robert Zemeckis' 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. He appeared in Tim Russ's Plugged (2007), a satire on modern advertising.[9] He also appears as Sherlock Holmes's brother in the film Sherlock Holmes (2010) by the Asylum, and provided a voice-over in the Ricky Gervais film The Invention of Lying (2009).

Other work

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. He has recorded audiobooks, and voiced (uncredited) the minor character 'Mouse' in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins.[10] He recently[when?] appeared in commercials for Sprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock star Ian Westbury.

Keating was the voice of "Kormac the Templar" in the PC game Diablo 3 by Blizzard Entertainment;[11] he also portrayed the dungeon boss Tirathon Saltheril in Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Legion expansion. He was the voice of Gremlin Prescott in Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, having provided Prescott's vocal effects in the previous game.

From 2022 until 2024, he was the co-host of the podcast The Shuttlepod Show with his Star Trek: Enterprise co-star Connor Trinneer.[12]

Personal

Keating was engaged to actress Tam Nguyen, after working with her on The Ninong.[13]

Filmography

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References

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    "Look Who's Stalking". SFX. September 2005. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
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    Mather, Rachel (4 May 2022). "Phil Spencer's quiet life in a £3.5 million Hampshire home". HampshireLive. He went on to attend Uppingham School in Rutland, an independent school that boasts alumni such as Stephen Fry, Dominic Keating and Harry Judd.
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    Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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    "Star Trek Veteran Remains an Unbelievable Actor Even with the Pandemic". popentertainmentarchives.com. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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    James Ellis (4 February 2002). "Dominic Keating". Metro. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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    Marakay Rogers (Autumn 2003). "An Interview With Enterprise Star Dominic Keating". Union Jack. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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    "Dominic Keating". TV Guide.
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    Karen Bennett (7 July 2002). "Dominic Keating at Toronto Trek". Archived from the original on 3 January 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
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    Keating, Dominic (2007). Plugged (Short). Event occurs at 01:15. Dominic Keating as Detective Pitchman
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    "Dragon Age: Origins (Video Game 2009)". IMDb.
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    "Blizzard Blues on the full Beta Start Date, the Red Target Outline, and more | Diablo: IncGamers". Diablo.incgamers.com. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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    Hadyniak, Kyle (10 February 2023). "Connor Trinneer And Dominic Keating Talk 'Enterprise', Their Relationship With Star Trek In 2023 And Their First Live 'Shuttlepod Show'". Trek News. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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    "Keating To Marry – TrekToday". 4 May 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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    Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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