Michael Garibaldi

Michael Garibaldi was one of the primary protagonists in the Babylon 5 television series. He would serve as security chief of Babylon 5 from 2257 through 2261. He would then serve as the first Head of Covert Intelligence for the Interstellar Alliance in 2262, before becoming the head of the Edgars Industries mega-corporation.

Garibaldi was played by the late Jerry Doyle.

Born in New York City Garibaldi was the son of Alfredo Garibaldi. Garibaldi came from a long line of law enforcement officers and soldiers; his grandmother had worked for the Boston Police Department. Garibaldi inherited her firearm and kept it with him even as Earthforce converted to PPG.

Garibaldi was fundamentally an honest man who took his duties seriously. This caused him considerable difficulty on posts where most were either apathetic or corrupt. The stress caused him to develop a drinking problem.

In 2253 Garibaldi was given an assignment to take Jeffrey Sinclair on a tour of the Martian surface. Their shuttle crashed and the passengers were forced to make their way back to civilization, it was during this time that the two men became friends. In 2257 Garibaldi joined Sinclair as head of security on Babylon 5.

Garibaldi was captured by the Shadows in late 2260 and turned over to their allies in the Psi-Corps. Bester and the other Psi-Cops worked him over, turning him against his former friends and colleagues one by one. After betraying John Sheridan to the corrupt faction of Earthforce led by Morgan Clark, Bester released Garibaldi from his programming. Freed from Bester's control Garibaldi managed to convince the Martian resistance that he had been forced to act against his will before they could kill him. Garibaldi then rescued Sheridan from confinement so that he could return to the fleet to lead the final actions against Clark.

Following the death of Clark the Interstellar Alliance was formed. Garibaldi returned to Babylon 5 and became the first head of Covert Intelligence. He remained in that post until December of 2262 when he finally married long time girlfriend Lise Hampton-Edgars and returned to Mars to run the mega-corporation she had inherited. The couple would later have a daughter whom they would name Mary.

Garibaldi further assisted the ISA by helping them to develop the Victory class destroyer for the Alliance. He would also assist the Telepath resistance in their war against the Psi-Corps. After the end of that conflict he finally was able to bring Bester to justice for his many war crimes.

In 2281 Garibaldi traveled to Minbar to see his friend Sheridan one more time before his passing. After Sheridan's apparent death over Coriana VI Garibaldi traveled to Babylon 5 for the decommissioning ceremony, and was there to see the self destruction of the station.

Garibaldi lived a long life, dying peacefully in his sleep in 2336. Garibaldi never expected to live as long as he did, figuring he would have had a much more violent end somewhere in Brown Sector on Babylon 5.