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

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. 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. After graduating from the University College London with first class honours in history, 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. To obtain his Equity card, he worked in a drag act called Feeling Mutual.

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 and Bryan in Michael Wall's Amongst the Barbarians, for which Wall won first prize in the Mobil Playwrighting Competition. 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.

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) which he was cast for after his role in the play Screamers. He has made guest appearances in Inspector Morse and other television programmes. After moving to the United States, he received the role of the demonic warrior Mallos on the short-lived 2000 series The Immortal, and starred in the Zalman King series ChromiumBlue.com. He also guest starred on series including Buffy The Vampire Slayer, G vs E and Special Unit 2, 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." 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.

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. 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 stars in Tim Russ's Plugged (2007) and appears as Sherlock Holmes's brother in the film Sherlock Holmes (2010) by the Asylum.

Other work

Commercials

In 1988, Keating had a role in a Tango commercial. Keating had a role in two early 1990s Vidal Sassoon commercials, where his British pronunciation of "salon" resulted in a spoof on Saturday Night Live. In 1999, he was in a commercial for the PlayStation game Crash Team Racing. In 2007, Keating appeared in a promotional campaign for Sprint/Nextel as fictitious British rock star Ian Westbury. 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.

Directing

In 1997, Keating was one of the directors for the series The Heartbreak Cafe.

Video game voice work

Keating voices a number of video game characters including the minor character 'Mouse' in BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins (uncredited); 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; and Gremlin Prescott in Epic Mickey and Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two.

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."

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. In April 2024, after leaving The Shuttlepod Show, Keating and Trinneer announced their new podcast The D-Con Chamber.

Personal life

Until 2022, Keating had been engaged three times; as of July 2024, he is engaged to Dr. Sarah Falk. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Voice work

Appearances as self