Rafael Sbarge has been acting since his late teens. After studying at the Hagen-Bergdorf studio and making his off-Broadway debut in 1981, Sbarge was fortunate enough to be seen in one of the most popular teen-oriented flicks of the 1980s, Risky Business. He then went on to show up in such roles as Sherman in My Science Project (1985) and Schmoozler in Vision Quest (1985). In the decades to come, Sbarge would find success in numerous projects like Message in a Bottle and Pearl Harbor and on shows like The Guardian, 24, Prison Breakm, and Once Upon a Time.
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- 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.