Dominic Keating
British actor (born 1961)
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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.
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1 July 1961
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| Born | Dominic Power 1 July 1961 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse |
Sarah Falk (m. 2025) |
Early life and education
Keating was born Dominic Power to parents Patricia (née Keating) and Lawrence Power, in Leicester. His father was Irish and his mother worked as an actress for a number of years.[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather, a brigadier, was awarded an OBE.
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
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
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.[5][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 Theatre, London | [3][11][12] |
| 1989 | Amongst Barbarians | Bryan | Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and Hampstead Theatre, London | [2][5][10][13] |
| 1988 | Screamers | Rodney | Edingburgh Playhouse Studio | [14] |
| 1990 | Private Times | Prison warder, young gangster | Library Theatre, Manchester | [5][15] |
| 1991 | The Pitchfork Disney | Cosmo Disney | The Bush Theatre, London | [13][16][17][18] |
| 1991 | Four Door Saloon | Hampstead Theatre | [19][20][21] | |
| [citation needed] | The Christian Brothers | Jesuit school teacher | King's Cross, London | One-man play[5][22] |
| [citation needed] | Alfie | Tiffany Theater, California | Keating's first role in Los Angeles[9][23] |
Television
Keating first received major attention in the UK with a semi-regular role as Tony in the Channel 4 sitcom Desmond's (1989–94)[8][24] which he was cast for after his role in the play Screamers.[25] He has made guest appearances in Inspector Morse and other television programmes.[26]
After moving to the United States, he received the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal,[27] and starred in the Zalman King series ChromiumBlue.com.[26] He also guest starred on series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2,[27] 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".[26]
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.[26][28]
Film
Keating appears in several films including Jungle 2 Jungle, The Hollywood Sign, The Auteur Theory, Certifiably Jonathan, and Hollywood Kills. He lent his voice to Robert Zemeckis's animated version of Beowulf.[28] 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)[29] and appears as Sherlock Holmes's brother in the film Sherlock Holmes (2010) by the Asylum.[30]
Other work
Commercials
In 1988, Keating had a role in a Tango commercial.[31] Keating had a role in two early 1990s Vidal Sassoon commercials,[32][33] where his British pronunciation of "salon" resulted in a spoof on Saturday Night Live.[34][25] In 1999, he was in a commercial for the PlayStation game Crash Team Racing.[35]
In 2007, Keating appeared in a promotional campaign for Sprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock star Ian Westbury.[36][37] Also for Sprint, Keating appeared in a 2009 cinema courtesy spot that encouraged cinema goers to avoid using their phones during the screening of movies.[38][39][40]
Directing
In 1997, Keating was one of the directors for the series The Heartbreak Cafe.[39][41][42][43]
Video game voice work
Keating voices a number of video game characters including the minor character 'Mouse' in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (uncredited);[44] Kormac the Templar in Diablo III by Blizzard Entertainment; the dungeon boss Tirathon Saltheril in Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Legion expansion;[44] and Gremlin Prescott in Epic Mickey[citation needed] and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.[45]
Audiobook narration
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".[28]
Podcasting
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.[46][47] In April 2024, after leaving The Shuttlepod Show, Keating and Trinneer announced their new podcast The D-Con Chamber.[48][49]
Personal life
Keating married Sarah Falk, a child and adolescent psychiatrist,[50] in June 2025;[51] attendees included Keating's Enterprise friends Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Anthony Montgomery and Connor Trinneer.[51] The couple resides in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Marc (uncredited) | Television film |
| 1997 | Jungle 2 Jungle | Ian | [52][43] |
| 1998 | Folle d'elle (What I Did for Love) | Chris | [53][43] |
| 1999 | The Auteur Theory | Lewis Rugglesworth | [54][43] |
| 2001 | The Hollywood Sign | Steve | [55][56] |
| 2003 | Chromiumblue.com (Cover Me Girls) | Owen | Edited from ChromiumBlue.com (2002 series)[57][58] |
| 2006 | Hollywood Kills | Francis Fenway | [59] |
| 2007 | Plugged | Detective Pitchman | Short[29][43] |
| Certifiably Jonathan | Nicholas DeBoor | [60][61] | |
| The Attackmen | Coach Edwards | Short[62][43] | |
| Species – The Awakening | Forbes McGuire | [63] | |
| Beowulf | Cain | [28][64] | |
| 2009 | Ninong | Ninong | [65][66][43] |
| 2010 | Sherlock Holmes | Thorpe Holmes | [30] |
| 2011 | The One Warrior (The Dragon Warrior) | Merlin / Dragon's voice / Narrator | [28][67] |
| 2012 | Sunset Bar | Andre | Short[68][43] |
| 2016 | A Killer Walks Amongst Us | Dobsyn | [28][43] |
| 2018 | Unbelievable!!!!! | Paramedic Hacky | [69][70] |
| 2019 | Maternal Instinct | Sergei | [43]
TV Movie |
| Once Upon a Time in London | Belgian Johnny | [71] | |
| 2020 | Greyhound | Harry (voice) | [43] |
| The Host | Benjamin | [72] | |
| 2025 | The Jolly Monkey | Steven Blythe | [73] |
| Ballerina Assassin | Bixby | [74] | |
| The Anacondas | Dr. Agustin Stiglitz | [75] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Paradise Club | Gregor | Episode: Snow Business[76][43] |
| 1989–1992 | The Bill | Friend 2 / Patrick Litton / Andrew Jensen | Episodes: You'll Be Back,[77] Old Wounds,[78] and Party Politics[79] |
| 1989–1993 | Desmond's | Tony | 35 episodes[24][80] |
| 1990 | Casualty | Ian Tilsley | [43]
Episode: Remembrance |
| 1992 | Inspector Morse | Murray Stone | Episode: Dead on Time[81][43] |
| 1993 | Teenage Health Freak | Tony St. Michael | Episodes: No 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.6[80] |
| 1994 | Rebel Highway | Marc | Uncredited |
| 1995 | Love Street | Mark | [43]
Episode: Second Chance |
| 1998 | Poltergeist: The Legacy | Bryan / Jason Crenshaw | [52][43]
Episode: Father to Son |
| 1999 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Blair | [43]
Episode: Helpless |
| 1999–2000 | G vs E | Tomek Walenski, Sergei Draskovic | Episodes: Orange Volvo[82] and Immigrant Evil[83] |
| 2000–2001 | The Immortal | Mallos | 6 episodes[52] |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | Dr. Harlan Edens | Episode: The Wraps[84][43] |
| 2001–2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Malcolm Reed | [28][43]
98 episodes |
| 2002 | ChromiumBlue.com | Owen | [43][85]
8 episodes |
| 2006 | Las Vegas | Anthony Demby | [43]
Episode: Bait and Switch |
| 2007 | Heroes | Will | 4 episodes[28][86] |
| Prison Break | Andrew Tyge | [28][43]
Episodes: Interference and Photo Finish | |
| 2008 | Holby City | Ollie Lake | Episode: Love Will Tear Us Apart[87][43] |
| 2010 | CSI: NY | Rufus Knox | [43]
Episode: Uncertainty Rules |
| Sons of Anarchy | Luther Barkwill | Episodes: Lochan Mor and Turas | |
| 2012 | Breakout Kings | Bob Dixon | [43]
Episode: Double Down |
| 2024 | Phoenix | Billy Blue | [43][88]
Episode: And Yet I Am |
Voice work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Starlancer | Claymore – Doug McCleod | Video game[89] |
| 2001 | Thank You, Jeeves (by P. G. Wodehouse) | Constable | Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in April 1998 before a live audience at Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica.[90][91] |
| Lady Windermere's Fan (by Oscar Wilde) | Mr. Hopper | Audio Theater Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in May 1999 before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.[92][93] | |
| 2005 | World of Warcraft | Video game[citation needed] | |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Mouse (uncredited) | Video game[44] |
| 2010 | Epic Mickey | Gremlin Prescott | Video game[citation needed] |
| 2012 | Diablo III | Kormac the Templar | Video game[94][95][96] |
| Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | Gremlin Prescott | Video game[45][97] | |
| 2014 | Destiny | Xander 99-40 / Arcite 99-40 / City Vendor Frame | Video game[98][99] |
| Diablo III: Reaper of Souls | Kormac the Templar | Video game[28][100] | |
| 2015 | The General From America (by Richard Nelson) | Major John Andre | Audiobook published by L. A. Theatre Works. Originally recorded in January 1997 before a live audience at Doubletree Suites, Santa Monica.[101][102] |
| 2016 | One of the Family (by Monica Dickens) | Narrator | Audiobook published by Audible Studios[103][104] |
| World of Warcraft: Legion | Tirathon Saltheril | Video game[28][105] | |
| The Iliad: A New Translation by Caroline Alexander | Narrator | Audiobook published by HarperCollins[28][106] | |
| 2017 | Destiny 2 | Male Frame / Arcite 99-40 | Video game[107] |
| The Mermaid's Daughter (by Ann Claybomb) | Narrator | Audiobook published by HarperCollins[108] | |
| 2018 | World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth | Video game[109][110] | |
| 2019 | Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings (by Jorge Luis Borges) | Narrator | Audiobook published by New Directions[111] |
| Light of the North Star: Part I: The Descent (by Dhrubajyoti Bhattacharya) | Narrator | Audiobook[112] | |
| 2020 | World of Warcraft: Shadowlands | Additional voices | Video game[109][113] |
| 2022 | Destiny 2: The Witch Queen | Arcite 99-40 / Male Vendor Frame | Video game[114] |
| Diablo Immortal | Video game[109] | ||
| World of Warcraft: Dragonflight | Video game[115] | ||
| 2023 | Destiny 2: Lightfall | Arcite 99-40 / Male Vendor Frame | Video game[116] |
| Diablo IV | Additional voices | Video game[117] | |
| 2024-2025 | The Sojourn | Fleet Admiral Darius Farren | Audiodrama[118][43]
Episodes: |
Appearances as self
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Trekkies 2 | Documentary[124] |
| Through the Keyhole | [125] | |
| 2013 | The Captains Close Up | [43]
Episode: Scott Bakula |
| 2016 | 50 Years of Star Trek | Documentary[126] |
| 2021 | The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek | Documentary[43][127] |
| 2022 | The Shuttlepod Show | Podcast[46][128] |
| 2024 | The D-Con Chamber | Podcast[48][49] |
