Before the height of his career, Singer appeared in the
sequel to the miniseries
Roots as Col. Warner's elder son Andy. He had originally auditioned for the role of Jim Warner, but the producers felt he was better suited for the Andy Warner role. In the 1970s, Singer had a small breakthrough role in the
Planet of the Apes TV series playing a gladiator. He found fame in the early '80s with the film
The Beastmaster and its sequels, in which he played the title role, Dar, and as Mike Donovan in the 1983 miniseries
V, the 1984 sequel
V: The Final Battle, and the TV series
V: The Series. Other roles include the 1982 film
If You Could See What I Hear (where he portrayed blind musician
Tom Sullivan),
Body Chemistry,
Something for Joey (as football star
John Cappelletti),
High Desert Kill,
The Fighter,
Go Tell the Spartans and
Dead Space, as well as General Klaus Von Kraut in
A Man Called Sarge. Singer voiced the character of
Man-Bat on
Batman: The Animated Series. This is a role he played alongside Nick Nolte in the earlier years. He also appeared in another episode of
Barnaby Jones, titled "Price of Terror" (10/10/75). He also starred as Matt Cantrell in season nine ("the dream season") of
Dallas;
The Twilight Zone;
The Hitchhiker;
Simon & Simon;
Murder, She Wrote;
The Young and the Restless;
The Ray Bradbury Theater; and
Highlander: The Series. Singer is active in theater and played
Petruchio in the
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) production of
Shakespeare's
Taming of the Shrew, as well as Christian in
Cyrano de Bergerac. Both
Taming of the Shrew and
Cyrano were filmed. Singer appeared in the last episode of season 2 of the new version of
V, airing on March 15, 2011; however, instead of reprising his role of Mike Donovan, he plays a new character called Lars Tremont. He was in a recurring role as General
Matthew Shrieve on
The CW television series
Arrow's
third season. ==Filmography==