Dominic Keating

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Dominic Keating (born 1 July 1962; age 45) is the actor who portrayed the NX-01 Enterprise's armory officer, Lieutenant Malcolm Reed, on Star Trek: Enterprise.

Born in Leicester, England, he went to University College London and earned a degree in history, with honors. But he kept hoping for an acting career, and participated in several University productions, ultimately becoming a professional actor.

He made television commercials during the late 1980s, most notably for Vidal Sassoon. His unusual pronunciation of the word "salon" in these commercials was ultimately parodied in a skit on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

Keating was a regular cast member on the popular British sitcom Desmond's from 1989 through 1993. A year after leaving that show, he made an uncredited appearance in the US made-for-TV movie Shake, Rattle and Rock! Fellow Star Trek alumni Gerrit Graham, Dick Miller, William Schallert, and Dey Young also had roles in this movie.

In 1997, Keating made his feature film debut in the Disney comedy Jungle 2 Jungle. Star Trek: The Next Generation guest actor David Ogden Stiers (Timicin) co-starred in this film.

Keating was among several Trek actors who appeared in the 1999 independent film The Auteur Theory. Others who appeared in this film include Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Armin Shimerman (Quark), Star Trek: Voyager star Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), and Paula Malcomson. The latter would go on to appear in ENT: "Silent Enemy", portraying Madeline Reed - the sister to Keating's Malcolm Reed.

Another independent film Keating appeared in was 2001's The Hollywood Sign. Star Trek Generations actress Jacqueline Kim (Demora Sulu) co-starred in this film, and Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan) also made an appearance.

Keating has made guest appearances on a handful of TV series, including Inspector Morse, Poltergeist: The Legacy, The Immortal, and the UPN series G vs E and Special Unit 2. He also appeared in an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a member of the British Council of Watchers (Jeff Kober and Harris Yulin guest-starred in the episode, as well). After the end of Enterprise, Keating appeared in an episode of Las Vegas directed by David Straiton, who directed multiple episodes of Enterprise. TNG guest actress Nikki Cox is a regular on Las Vegas.

Keating went on to star in the horror movie Hollywood Kills, in which he plays a sadistic Hollywood producer who tortures potential movie stars. Also, Keating and his "Rajiin" co-star Nikita Ager participated in the Jonathan Winters documentary Certifiably Jonathan. In addition, Keating played the villain in the direct-to-video sci-fi thriller Species: The Awakening. He also reunited with his Enterprise co-star Jeffrey Combs for a short film called The Attackmen.

Besides these projects, Keating has a role in the feature film adaptation of the poem Beowulf. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film utilized the same 3-D motion capture technique as 2004's The Polar Express (also directed by Zemeckis), in which the physical performances of the actors are recorded digitally and then animated. Keating played the role of Old Cain.

Keating made brief appearances as an Irish crook named Will on NBC's hit series Heroes. Besides series regulars Zachary Quinto and Christine Rose, TOS stars George Takei and Nichelle Nichols are also appearing on this series. Keating also had a recurring role on the Fox series Prison Break as Andrew Tyge [1], and was seen in the UK series Holby City.

Keating revealed in the May 2008 issue of Star Trek: The Magazine that he auditioned for the role of James T. Kirk's midwestern uncle in 2009's Star Trek. He did not get the part, however. [2]

Star Trek: Enterprise regular cast

Scott Bakula • John Billingsley • Jolene Blalock • Dominic Keating • Anthony Montgomery • Linda Park • Connor Trinneer