Stage Sbarge made his stage debut in 1973 in
Edward Bond's stage production
Lear. In 1981, he played in
Joseph Papp's
Shakespeare in the Park production of
Henry IV, Part 1. The following year, he made his
Broadway debut opposite
Faye Dunaway in the short-lived play
The Curse of an Aching Heart. Other New York stage credits include
Hamlet (1982),
Ah, Wilderness! (1988),
Ghosts (1988),
The Twilight of the Golds (1993),
The Shadow Box, and
Voices in the Dark (1999).
Film Sbarge's film credits include
Risky Business (1983),
Vision Quest (1985),
My Man Adam (1985),
My Science Project (1985),
Carnosaur (1993),
The Hidden II (1993),
Babes in Toyland (1997),
Independence Day (1996),
BASEketball (1998),
Message in a Bottle (1999),
Pearl Harbor (2001),
Home Room (2002)
The Duel (2015), and
The Exorcist: Believer (2023). In 2013, he played Larry Hermann on
Chicago Fire. He played Inspector David Molk, a philosophizing SFPD homicide inspector, on
TNT's 2014 series,
Murder in the First. In 2016, he made a cameo appearance as
Saul Goodman's father on the television series
Better Call Saul.
Video games He also has
voice acted for
video games such as
Grim Fandango, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as
Carth Onasi; as
RC-1262 "Scorch" in
Star Wars: Republic Commando; as
Kaidan Alenko in the
Mass Effect series; and as
chief scientist Jude Monserrate in
The Outer Worlds 2.
Directing In 2013, Sbarge began
directing web series, serving as executive producer and director of
On Begley Street and ''Jenna's Studio
. His 2017 short film The Bird Who Could Fly'' premiered at the Asians on Film Festival, and won Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Audience Awards at several Asian festivals around the US. He filmed Broadway actor Marty Moran in his Obie Award-winning play called The Tricky Part, which deals with male sexual abuse. It played many festivals around the US, winning Best Director at the Awareness Festival. Sbarge's 2019 documentary
LA Foodways was nominated for an
Emmy Award in the Education/Information category. LA Foodways is a one-hour feature documentary and a six-part series that he directed and produced. It debuted on KCET-PBS, which his production company, Wishing Well Entertainment, co-produced with the network. He has directed and produced several other films for KCET that have aired. His current feature, called Only in Theaters, had its theatrical premier at 7 theatres in Los Angeles in Nov. 2022. The film follows a fourth generation family business, a beloved art house cinema chain with ties to the origins of Hollywood called the Laemmle Theaters, and received highly positive reviews. Only in Theaters is opened in New York at the IFC, and New Plaza Cinema’s on Jan 18th and 20th. It opened in the San Francisco area on February 24 at the Roxie Theater. After playing in over 70 theaters, Only in Theaters moved to On Demand. 10 Days in Watts earned a Culture/History Emmy at the 76th LA Area Emmys on July 27th, 2024. ==Environmentalism==