Raphael Sbarge Biography

Fast Facts

• Came to love the theater because of his costume-designer mother and stage-director father
• His first name came from that of the famed Renaissance artist
• Started acting at age 4 on Sesame Street
• By the time he was 13, acting was his professional goal in life; as he told the New York Times, "being an actor is like being a priest; you have to have the calling, otherwise it isn't worth it
• " Made his Broadway debut opposite Faye Dunaway in 1982's The Curse of an Aching Heart
• Does voice-over work for video games, including the acclaimed Mass Effect series
• In 2009, helped start Green Wish, an environmental organization, along with his wife, Lisa Akey, and Ed Begley Jr
• In 2011, took on a lead role in the ABC series Once Upon a Time
• He plays Archie, along with an alter ego, Jiminy Cricket