Simon Templeman

Simon Templeman (born 28 January 1954)^[1] is an English actor.

Simon Templeman
Templeman in December 2008
Born	(1954-01-28) 28 January 1954 (age 71)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Rosalind Chao
Children	2

Career

Templeman is known for his video game roles as Kain in Legacy of Kain, Gabriel Roman in the Uncharted series, Loghain in Dragon Age, and Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema and Gavin Archer in Mass Effect.

He played the alien father Larry Bird in the sitcom The Neighbors.^[2][3]

Personal life

Templeman is married to actress Rosalind Chao, with whom he has two children.^[4]

Filmography

Voice acting

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Green Lantern: Beware My Power	Sardath, Console	Direct-to-video[5][6]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	TaleSpin	Rick Sky	Episode: "Bygones"
	James Bond Jr.	Trevor Noseworthy IV	63 episodes
1991–93	The Legend of Prince Valiant	Sir Mordred, Sir Gideon	14 episodes
1995	Biker Mice from Mars	Sir Mordred	2 episodes
1995–96	Fantastic Four	Doctor Doom[5]	3 episodes
1996–97	The Incredible Hulk		2 episodes
2002–04	Totally Spies!	Dr. Gilee	2 episodes
2005	Higglytown Heroes	Banker Hero	Episode: "Wayne's Pieces of Gold"
2005–06	Loonatics Unleashed	Dr. Dare	2 episodes[5]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1994	Star Wars: TIE Fighter	Civilian		[5]
1996	Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain	Kain		[5]
1999	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver	Kain, Dumah		[5]
	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned	Prince James, MacDougall		[5]
	Crusaders of Might and Magic	Additional voices
2001	Soul Reaver 2	Kain		[5]
2002	Blood Omen 2	Kain		[5]
2003	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Additional voices
	Legacy of Kain: Defiance	Kain		[5]
2004	The Bard's Tale	Additional voices		[7]
	EverQuest II		Also Desert of Flames
	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth	Gondorians, Tutorial Narrator
2005	Jade Empire	Kai Lan the Serpent
	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	Gelert Assassin	Credited as Simon Templeton	[5]
2006	The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II	Gondorians	Also The Rise of the Witch-king
	Final Fantasy XII	Judge Magister Zargabaath		[5]
2007	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	Gabriel Roman		[5]
2008	Rise of the Argonauts	Pelias
	SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation	Robert Whitney
2009	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Narrator	Uncredited
	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Gabriel Roman	Uncredited Multiplayer only	[5]
	Dragon Age: Origins	Loghain	Also Awakening DLC	[5]
2010	Mass Effect 2	Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema	Also Overlord DLC	[5]
	God of War III	Peirithous		[5]
2011	Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fortune	Male Narrator		[8]
	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Gabriel Roman	Multiplayer only	[5]
	Infinity Blade II	Various
	Star Wars: The Old Republic
2012	Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning	Khamazandu, additional voices
	Mass Effect 3	Admiral Han'Gerrel vas Neema, Dr. Gavin Archer
	Diablo III	Haedrig, Blacksmith	Also Reaper of Souls	[5]
	Darksiders II	Absalom, Avatar of Chaos		[5]
2013	Dead Space 3	Jacob Danik
	God of War: Ascension	Archimedes
2014	Wolfenstein: The New Order	Prison Inmate
	Dragon Age: Inquisition	Loghain		[5]
	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Additional voices
2015	Massive Chalice	Male Chalice
2016	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Gabriel Roman, additional voices	Multiplayer only
	World of Warcraft: Legion	Additional voices
2018	World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth	Marshal Everit Reade, Thaelin Darkanval
	Fallout 76	Derek Garrison, Mothman Cultists	Wastelanders DLC	[9]
2020	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Tenaval, Cryptkeeper Kassir
2024	Dragon Age: The Veilguard	Mayor Julius, Makal Damas, Halos		[5]

Live-action

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	The Russia House	Whitehall
1995	Live Nude Girls	Bob
2014	I Am Soldier	Command Centre Official
2020	She's in Portland	Nigel

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Professionals	Neville Grant	Episode: "Cry Wolf"
1988	The Fear	Chris	4 episodes
	Screen Two	D.S. Kiley	Episode: "Reasonable Force"
1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	John Bates	Episode: "The Defector"
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Foster	Episode: "The Legacy Mystery"
1992	Melrose Place	Kurt	Episode: "For Love or Money"
1993	Silent Cries	Johnny Leighton	Television film Credited as Simon Templeton
	Moon Over Miami	D. W. Ward	Episode: "Black River Bride"
1994	Mad About You	Martin	Episode: "Instant Karma"
	Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight	Harry Balfour	Television film
1994–95	Northern Exposure	Cal Ingraham	4 episodes
1995	Ned and Stacey	Nigel Davies	Episode: "Take My Wife, Please"
1996	Partners	Carl	Episode: "Can We Keep Her, Dad?"
	High Society	The Burglar	Episode: "The Family Jewels"
	Can't Hurry Love	Waiter	Episode: "The Elizabeth Taylor Episode"
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Lord Nor	2 episodes
1997	Murphy Brown	Laurence	Episode: "You Don't Know Jackal"
	Temporarily Yours	Ethan	Episode: "The Voice of Reason"
	Don King: Only in America	Keith Bradshaw	Television film
	The Pretender	Darrin Faxon	Episode: "Exposed"
1998	Home Improvement	Simon Downing-Chubb	Episode: "Taylor Got Game"
	Chicago Hope	Nigel Wiggans	Episode: "Tantric Turkey"
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane	D'Art	Episode: "Hard Cheese on Zoe"
2000	NYPD Blue	Andrew Conover	Episode: "Tea and Sympathy"
	Bull	Roger Lacey	Episode: "Visit"
2001–05	Charmed	Angel of Death	3 episodes
2002	Philly	Henry Carto	Episode: "Thanks for the Mammaries"
	The Division	Sebastian	Episode: "Brave New World"
2002–03	Just Shoot Me!	Simon Leeds	11 episodes
2003	Monk	Karl Sebastian	Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater"
	Angel	Matthias Pavayne	Episode: "Hell Bound"
2004	24	Trevor Tomlinson	Episode: "Day 3: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m."
2005–06	Related	Leo	2 episodes
2007	ER	Gareth	Episode: "Coming Home"
2011	The Event	Dr. Ellis	Episode: "Face Off"
2012–14	The Neighbors	Larry Bird	44 episodes
2015–16	House of Lies	Teddy Grammatico	3 episodes
2016	The Odd Couple	Nigel	Episode: "Oscar's Overture"
	Modern Family	Simon Hastings	Episode: "Crazy Train"
2017	Ray Donovan	Gustavo	Episode: "If I Should Fall from Grace with God"
2019	Elementary	Ronald Adair	Episode: "Their Last Bow"
2021	Acapulco	Bronté	Episode: "Invisible Touch"
2022	The Orville	Krill Ambassador	Episode: "Shadow Realms"