Kristoffer Tabori

Kristoffer Tabori (also known as K.T. Donaldson,[2] born Christopher Donald Siegel; August 4, 1952) is an American actor and television director.

Kristoffer Tabori
Born
Christopher Donald Siegel

(1952-08-04) August 4, 1952[1]
Other namesK.T. Donaldson, Kris Tabori
Occupation(s)Actor, television director
Years active1958–present
Spouse
(m. 1984; div. 1989)
Parent(s)Don Siegel
Viveca Lindfors

Early life

Tabori was born in Malibu, California, the son of American film director Don Siegel and Swedish-American actress Viveca Lindfors. He appeared in one of his mother's films, Weddings and Babies, as a young boy. In 1995, they appeared together in Last Summer in the Hamptons.[3] His parents divorced in 1953 and Lindfors married Hungarian writer and director George Tabori. Kristoffer adopted his stepfather's surname and changed the English spelling of his forename.[4]

Career

He started his career as a stage actor in his teens in the late 1960s, and during the 1970s he appeared in many films, including John and Mary (1969), Pigeons (1971), Making It (1971), Journey Through Rosebud (1972) and Girlfriends (1978). The majority of his work, however, was in television drama, beginning with a notable role (Bert) in the TV film of Arthur Miller's A Memory of Two Mondays (1971). During the latter two decades, Tabori appeared in dozens of guest roles in many of the medium's most popular network shows, including Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law; Cannon; Marcus Welby, M.D.; The Rookies; The Streets of San Francisco; The Rockford Files; Barnaby Jones; Murder She Wrote; Tour of Duty; and TV miniseries including QB VII, Seventh Avenue, Brave New World and Strong Medicine.

In 1988, he also played the part of Sir Henry Baskerville in a television production of The Hound of the Baskervilles next to Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson.[5] During the 1990s, Tabori began directing in television and has over forty shows, mostly episode dramas, to his credit. In 2007, Tabori directed the TV film Anna's Storm and episodes of Falcon Beach. In 2008, he directed episodes of The Guard and jPod. He directed the SyFy Channel aliens-Western film High Plains Invaders.[6]

Tabori also has established a career in voice-only work. In 1989, he played Prof. Peter Plum in the first television series of Cluedo, where he was known for his loud protestations of innocence during the studio-based portions of the program. He also voiced HK-47, the assassin droid and comic relief character in the videogames Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. Tabori voices HK-47, HK-51, and HK-55 again in the 2010 MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic, as well as providing the voices for some characters in other Star Wars related products and in the Battlestar Galactica area.

Tabori was also featured on the radio program CBS Radio Mystery Theatre. On television, Tabori supplied the voice of War Minister and Emissary in Avatar: The Last Airbender and voiced several characters in The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda as well as the home video series The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible. In 2012, he also voiced the main villain character the Lord Regent Hiram Burrows in a popular stealth action adventure video game Dishonored.

He is an Audie Award-winning audiobook narrator and has performed in audio plays for Yuri Rasovsky, as well as performing the audiobook narration for Jeffrey Eugenides' Pulitzer prize winning novel Middlesex.[7]

Tabori is the voice of the narrator, Miles, in the 1976 audiobook "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. His father, Donald Siegel, had directed the 1956 film version of the novel. In 2008, he voiced a major villain, The Vulture, in Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.[8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971Dirty HarryHippie GuyUncredited
1971Making ItPhil Fuller
1972The Glass House
1972Family FlightDavid CarlyleTelevision film
1972Journey Through RosebudDrifter
1987G.I. Joe: The MovieMercer (voice)Direct-to-video
Credited as Christopher Tabori[1]
1994Deep DownCraig
1995Last Summer in the HamptonsNick Mora
1996Wildly AvailableJoe Goodman

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974CannonCliff PerilEpisode: "Flashpoint"
1974The RookiesCorey BanningEpisode: "Walk a Tightrope"
1979Rockford FilesEpisode: "Only rock 'n roll will never die (part 1 and 2)"
1980The American Short Story: United StatesGiovanniEpisode: “Rappaccini's Daughter”
1980Brave New WorldJohn the Savage3-hour television film
1984The Facts of LifeSam HallEpisode: "Taking a Chance on Love"
1985The Twilight ZoneKevin DraytonEpisode: "Her Pilgrim Soul"
1986The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the BibleYoung Jonah (voice)2 Episodes[1]
1986Blacke's MagicGarrett ChambersEpisode: "Wax Poetic"
1988The Hound Of The BaskervillesHenry Baskerville
1990CluedoProfessor Peter Plum6 Episodes
1990Designing WomenDarryl MortonEpisode: "A Blast from the Past"
2005Love On The AirDirectorHallmark Original Movie / Starring Alison Sweeney & Jonathan Scarfe
2005-2007Avatar: The Last AirbenderWar Minister / Additional Voices
Emissary / Qin (voice)
3 Episodes

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2002New LegendsRoa Khan / Prison Captain / Medic
2003Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicHK-47 / Jedi Knight / Republic Negotiator[1]
GladiusUsusCredited as Kris Tabori
2004EverQuest IIMakoto Shodo / Braeden Icehammer / Generic Ghost Froglok Enemy / others
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith LordsHK-47 / HK-50 / Geriel[1]
2005Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard
2006Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of CorruptionGarm Bel IblisCredited as Kris Tabori
2008Star Wars: The Force UnleashedDarth Desolous / Garm Bel Iblis / Kleef[1]
Spider-Man: Web of ShadowsVultureCredited as Kristopher Tabori[1]
Tom Clancy's EndWar
2010Alpha ProtocolGrigori[1]
2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicHK-47 / HK-51 / Agent Welkins[1]
2012Ninja Gaiden 3Additional V.O.Credited as Kris Tabori
DishonoredLord Regent Hiram Burrows[1]

References

  1. "Kristoffer Tabori (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors.
  2. "Now". ktabori.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. Last Summer in the Hamptons, mtv.com; accessed April 28, 2017.
  4. Canby, Vincent (1971-03-22). "Movie Review - - The Screen: Making It,' the Story of an Adolescent". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. pp. 87–88. ISBN 9780857687760.
  6. "The Old West Gets Scary: High Plains Invaders". DreadCentral. 25 July 2012.
  7. Eugenides, Jeffrey; Tabori, Kristoffer; Audio, Macmillan. Middlesex. Macmillan Audio.
  8. "Vulture". Behind The Voice Actors.
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