Robin David Sachs (5 February 1951 – 1 February 2013) was an English actor and voice actor. He is known for his voice over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is also known for voicing Zaeed Massani in the Mass Effect franchise, Admiral Saul Karath in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic , Sergeant Roderick in SpongeBob SquarePants and Xoloti in Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom .
Sachs was born in London to actors Leonard Sachs , who was born in South Africa, and Eleanor Summerfield . He was twice married: first to Welsh actress Siân Phillips (1979–1991) and, secondly, to Casey Defranco. Sachs was known for his role as sorcerer Ethan Rayne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer .
Sachs died from a heart attack on 1 February 2013, four days before his 62nd birthday. During the last weekend of February 2013, a Mass Effect 3 multiplayer challenge was enacted, called "Operation Tribute".
A Fine Romance - Count Ivan RakosiAlias - Hans DietrichBabylon 5 - Na'Tok, Warleader Na'Kal, HedronnBaywatch Nights - Malcolm O'NealBox Office America - Himself - HostBuffy the Vampire Slayer - Ethan RayneCastle - AnnouncerC.A.T.S. Eyes - James LatchmereCentre Play - AdamChesseyes - Hugh RoskillCrown Court - HimselfDiagnosis: Murder - Art ThiefDiamonds - Charles NielsenDynasty: The Reunion - Adam Carrington Fantastic Four - Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, Physician, Street FanaticF/X: The Series - SebastianGentlemen and Players - JournalistHerman's Head - SimonITV Playhouse - Hugh RandolphJake and the Fatman - Greg HattonLadykillers - Gervais RentoulLove and Mr Lewisham - Mr. Edwin Peake BaynesMurder, She Wrote - Martin KramerNash Bridges - Yuri VashkovNCIS - MI5 Inspector Andrew ChallisNowhere Man - Alexander Hale, The VoicePacific Blue - Wilson DupreeRob Roy - Frank OsbaldistoneRumpole of the Bailey - Hugo LutterworthQuiller - DieterSpongeBob SquarePants - Sergeant RoderickStar Trek : Voyager - General ValenTen from the Twenties - Harry LanceThe Bill - Prosecuting CounselTom, Dick and Harriet - MarcelTorchwood - British ProfessorUpstairs, Downstairs - RobertWalker, Texas Ranger - Philippe BrouchardBrideshead Revisited - Etonian, Old Etonian at WindowNumber 10 - Sir Edward HamiltonA Flame to the Phoenix - Gavin McCraeBabylon 5: In the Beginning - CoplannCold War Killers - Hugh RoskillDeadly Recruits - Hugh RoskillEast Lynne - Richard HareGalaxy Quest - SarrisHenry VIII and His Six Wives - Thomas Culpeper Innocent Adultery - HimselfMegalodon - Peter BrazierNorthfork - Cup of TeaOcean's Eleven - SellerRavager - Dr. ShepardResident Evil: Damnation - Ataman, Ivan JudanovichRichard II - BushyThe Alamut Ambush - Hugh RoskillThe Disappearance - Young ManThe Lost World: Jurassic Park - Paul BowmanThe Return of Ironside - HimselfVampire Circus - HeinrichAn Unbending People - Additional voicesBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds - Ethan Rayne, The FirstDragon Age: Origins - Lord Pyral Harrowmont, Murdock, Experienced Human Male, Redcliffe Messenger, Landsmeet Noble, Bandit Leader, Howe Estate Guard, Denerim Soldier, Orzammar Grey Warden, Circle Tower TemplarDragon Age: Origins - Awakening - Seneschal Varel, Narrator, Statue of WarGoldenEye: Rogue Agent - Additional voicesKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - Additional voicesMajin and the Forsaken Kingdom - XolotiMass Effect 2 - Zaeed MassaniMass Effect 3 - Zaeed MassaniStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Admiral Saul KarathThe Bard's Tale - Additional voicesTom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown - Additional voices
Sachs narrated some 80 audiobooks , both fiction and nonfiction. These included:
The Tiger's Wife - NarrationA World Undone - NarrationOur Kind of Traitor - NarrationGreece: Secrets of the Past - Pericles Ubuntu - Voice OverThe World of Hammer - Heinrich (archive audio)