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

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.Last Summer in the Hamptons, mtv.com; accessed April 28, 2017. 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.

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.

Tabori continued to act on stage as well. In 1978 he played the title role in an acclaimed production of Hamlet directed by Liviu Ciulei, at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Washington Post drama critic Richard L. Coe described Tabori's Hamlet as "one of the finest I've seen in scores of them."

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. 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.

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 franchise.

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.

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.

Acting filmography Film Year Title RoleNotes1970The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon KickerOliver's boyfriend1971Dirty HarryHippie GuyUncredited1971Making ItPhil Fuller1972The Glass House1972Family FlightDavid CarlyleABC Movie of the Week1972Journey Through RosebudDrifter1987G.I. Joe: The MovieMercer (voice) Direct-to-video Credited as Christopher Tabori1994Deep DownCraig1995Last Summer in the HamptonsNick Mora1996Wildly AvailableJoe Goodman

Television Year Title RoleNotes1971 Nichols Frankie Episode: "The One-Eyed Mule"1974 Cannon Cliff Peril Episode: "Flashpoint"1974 The Rookies Corey Banning Episode: "Walk a Tightrope"1974 QB VII Ben Cady ABC miniseries1975 The Streets of San Francisco Paul Kincaid Episode: "Most Likely to Succeed"1977 Seventh Avenue Al Blackman 6-part NBC miniseries1979 Rockford Files Tim Ritchie Episodes: "Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 1" & "Only Rock 'n Roll Will Never Die: Part 2"1980 The American Short Story: United States Giovanni Episode: “Rappaccini's Daughter”1980 Brave New World John the Savage 3-hour television film1984 The Facts of Life Sam Hall Episode: "Taking a Chance on Love"1984 Murder, She Wrote Phillip Carlson Episode: "We're Off to Kill the Wizard1985 The Twilight Zone Kevin Drayton Episode: "Her Pilgrim Soul"1985 Murder, She Wrote Ernest Fielding Episode: "Sing a Song of Murder"1986The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the BibleYoung Jonah (voice)2 Episodes1986 Blacke's Magic Garrett Chambers Episode: "Wax Poetic"1988 Tour of Duty Capt. Larry Heath Episode: "Under Siege"1988 The Return of Sherlock Holmes Henry Baskerville Episode: "The Hound of the Baskervilles"1989 Snoops Richard Harrison Episode: "The Sagittarian Candidate"1989 Murder, She Wrote Desmond Episode: "Truck Stop"1989-94 Matlock Dr. Lowell Carr/Gary Carr 4 Episodes1989 Quantum Leap Byron 2 Episodes1989 Boon Jedediah Marshall Episode: "One Reborn Every Minute"1989 21 Jump Street Father Jim Kelly Episode: "Come from the Shadows"1990 Cluedo Professor Peter Plum 6 Episodes1990 Designing Women Darryl Morton Episode: "A Blast from the Past"1991 Jake and the Fatman Donovan Bruce Episode: "Second Time Around"1992 In the Arms of a Killer Dennis TV film1994 Murder, She Wrote Dr. Swope Episode: "Portrait of Death"1996 The Lazarus Man Dr. Dunleavy Episode: "The Tartarus Wheel"2005 Love on the Air Director Hallmark Original Movie / Starring Alison Sweeney & Jonathan Scarfe2005-2007 Avatar: The Last Airbender War Minister / Additional Voices Emissary / Qin (voice) 3 Episodes

Video games Year Title Voice roleNotes2002New LegendsRoa Khan / Prison Captain / Medic2003Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicHK-47 / Jedi Knight / Republic NegotiatorGladiusUsusCredited as Kris Tabori2004EverQuest IIMakoto Shodo / Braeden Icehammer / Generic Ghost Froglok Enemy / othersStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith LordsHK-47 / HK-50 / Geriel2005Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard 2006Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of CorruptionGarm Bel IblisCredited as Kris Tabori2008Star Wars: The Force UnleashedDarth Desolous / Garm Bel Iblis / KleefSpider-Man: Web of ShadowsVultureCredited as Kristopher TaboriTom Clancy's EndWar 2010Alpha ProtocolGrigori2011Star Wars: The Old RepublicHK-47 / HK-51 / Agent Welkins2012Ninja Gaiden 3Additional V.O.Credited as Kris TaboriDishonoredLord Regent Hiram Burrows

Directorial filmography Year Title Notes1996Dead of NightDirectorial debut1998Magic JerseyTV movie2004Pursued2006The Accidental WitnessTV movie2009FireballTV movie2009High Plains InvadersTV movie2012Goodnight for Justice: The Measure of a ManTV movie2013Tom Dick & HarrietTV movie2013The Carpenter's MiracleTV movie2013Guess Who's Coming to ChristmasTV movie2014My Gal SundayTV movie2014A Ring by SpringTV movie2015Portrait of LoveTV movie2015Just the Way You AreTV movie2015Love on the AirTV movie2015Murder, She Baked: A Plum Pudding MysteryTV movie2015Debbie Macomber's Dashing Through the SnowTV movie2016Murder, She Baked: A Peach Cobbler MysteryTV movie2016Murder, She Baked: A Deadly RecipeTV movie2016The Irresistible Blueberry FarmTV movie2017Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of MurderTV movie2017Murder, She Baked: Just DessertsTV movie2017The Art of UsTV movie

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