Raphael Sbarge is the actor who portrays Jiminy Cricket and Archie Hopper.
Biography
He began his career at the age of 4 ½ on Sesame Street, but essentially grew up back stage, in costume shops, or hanging around rehearsal halls with the actors.
Theater is his passion and his stage credits include work on Broadway in Ah, Wilderness (with Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst), Curse of an Aching Heart, (with Faye Dunaway), Shadow Box (with Mercedes Ruehl), Twilight of the Gods and Voices in the Dark. Extensive regional and Off-B'way credits include Picnic (with Gwyneth Paltrow), Booth (with Frank Langella) and Hamlet (directed by Joseph Papp).
After graduating high school, he co-starred with Tom Cruise in Risky Business (1983), and has appeared in over thirty films including Independence Day (1996), Message in a Bottle (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Vision Quest (1985).
His television work includes The Guardian (2001), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) (with Halle Berry), Billionaire Boys Club (1987), Breast Men (1997) (with Chris Cooper), Quicksilver Highway (1997) (with Christopher Lloyd), Murder 101 (1991) (with Pierce Brosnan), Final Verdict (1991) (with Treat Williams), Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1990) (with Paul Winfield), Cracked Up (1987) (with Edward Asner), Prison for Children (1987), A Streetcar Named Desire (1984) (with Ann-Margret), among others.
External Links
Raphael Sbarge on Wikipedia
Raphael Sbarge on Internet Movie Database