Michael David Shapiro (born December 29, 1965) is an American actor,
voice actor and theatre director, best known for voicing the Half-Life
characters G-Man and Barney Calhoun.Michael Shapiro was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1987 he 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. He is of Jewish
descent.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 Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of
Briny Gulch, Blood II: The Chosen, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories and Torin's Passage. He has also voiced many radio and TV
commercials. Michael 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.
voice actor and theatre director, best known for voicing the Half-Life
characters G-Man and Barney Calhoun.Michael Shapiro was born in
Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1987 he 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. He is of Jewish
descent.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 Freddi Fish 4: The Case of the Hogfish Rustlers of
Briny Gulch, Blood II: The Chosen, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City
Stories and Torin's Passage. He has also voiced many radio and TV
commercials. Michael 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.
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