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Dominic Keating
Keating in 2016
Born	Dominic Power (1961-07-01)1 July 1961 (age 64) Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Alma mater	University College London
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Sarah Falk ​ (m. 2025)​

Dominic Keating (néPower; born 1 July 1961) is a British television, film and theatre actor best known for his portrayals of Tony in theChannel 4sitcomDesmond's and LieutenantMalcolm Reed onStar Trek: Enterprise.

Keating was born Dominic Power to parents Patricia (née Keating) and Lawrence Power, inLeicester. His father was Irish and his mother worked as an actress for a number of years.^[1][2][3] His maternal grandfather, abrigadier, was awarded anOBE.

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

After graduating from theUniversity College London withfirst class honours in history,^[6] Keating tried various jobs before deciding to become a professional actor.

Since there was another Dominic Power already represented by the actor's unionEquity, he took his mother'smaiden name of Keating.^[7] To obtain hisEquity card, he worked in adrag act calledFeeling Mutual.^[8]

Keating had success on the UK stage before working as a television and film actor. He originated the roles of Cosmo inPhilip Ridley'sThe Pitchfork Disney^[9] and Bryan inMichael Wall'sAmongst 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 playThe Christian Brothers atKing's Cross,The Best Years of Your Life at the Man in the Moon Theatre,Screamers at theEdinburgh Playhouse Festival. InLos Angeles, he has appeared inAlfie at theTiffany Theater.^[9]

Keating first received major attention in the UK with a semi-regular role as Tony in theChannel 4sitcomDesmond's (1989–94)^[8][24] which he was cast for after his role in the playScreamers.^[25] He has madeguest appearances inInspector 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 seriesThe Immortal,^[27] and starred in theZalman King seriesChromiumBlue.com.^[26] He also guest starred on series includingBuffy The Vampire Slayer,G vs E andSpecial Unit 2,^[27] before landing a role in the main cast ofStar Trek: Enterprise as Lieutenant Malcolm Reed; the show ran for four seasons. Since then, he has had guest roles on the seriesLas Vegas,Holby City and theCSI: NY episode "Uncertainty Rules".^[26]

Keating joined the cast of the hit showHeroes for its second season, playing an Irish mobster in a four-episode arc. He also guest-starred for three episodes on theFox TV seriesPrison Break, and in 2010 guest-starred on the FX original seriesSons of Anarchy.^[26][28]

Keating appears in several films includingJungle 2 Jungle,The Hollywood Sign,The Auteur Theory,Certifiably Jonathan, andHollywood Kills. He lent his voice toRobert Zemeckis's animated version ofBeowulf.^[28] At aStar Trek convention inSacramento,California on 9 September 2006, he announced he had been cast as an Australian scientist in theSpecies sequelSpecies IV.^{[citation needed]} He stars inTim Russ'sPlugged (2007)^[29] and appears asSherlock Holmes's brother in the filmSherlock Holmes (2010) bythe Asylum.^[30]

In 1988, Keating had a role in aTangocommercial.^[31] Keating had a role in two early 1990sVidal Sassoon commercials,^[32][33] where his British pronunciation of "salon" resulted in a spoof onSaturday Night Live.^[34][25] In 1999, he was in a commercial for thePlayStation gameCrash Team Racing.^[35]

In 2007, Keating appeared in a promotional campaign forSprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock starIan 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]

In 1997, Keating was one of the directors for the seriesThe Heartbreak Cafe.^{[39][41][42][43]}

Keating voices a number of video game characters including the minor character 'Mouse' inBioWare'sDragon Age: Origins (uncredited);^[44] Kormac the Templar inDiablo III byBlizzard Entertainment; the dungeon boss Tirathon Saltheril in Blizzard'sWorld of Warcraft: Legion expansion;^[44] and Gremlin Prescott inEpic Mickey^{[citation needed]}andEpic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.^[45]

Keating has recorded a number ofaudiobooks. He described the experience of recordingThe Iliad: A New Translation byCaroline Alexander over a span of twelve total days as "the most challenging thing [he has] ever done, and the most rewarding".^[28]

From 2022 until December 2023, he was the co-host of the podcastThe Shuttlepod Show with hisStar Trek: Enterprise co-starConnor Trinneer.^[46][47] In April 2024, after leavingThe Shuttlepod Show, Keating and Trinneer announced their new podcastThe D-Con Chamber.^[48][49]

Keating married Sarah Falk, a child and adolescent psychiatrist,^[50] in June 2025;^[51] attendees included Keating'sEnterprise friendsScott Bakula,John Billingsley,Anthony Montgomery andConnor Trinneer.^[51] The couple resides inLos Angeles.

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