It's Ikari... but his glasses are different. His hands are bare.
RITSUKO (OFF):“Connect all main power supply circuits.”
IBUKI (OFF):“Main power supply connected.
Starting the activation system.”
Mr. Tines: and the episode starts off with another of those scenes where you have to notice the little details.
UrsusArctos: Gendo looks strangely nerdish with those old glasses.
Kendrix: The glasses look rather cheap for being the possesion of someone who, according to ep 21, swims in money. As Ritsuko's later comment implies, Rei most likely got her spartan ways from him.
Sailor Star Dust: The third frame makes him seem somewhat ominous instead of mainly serious. Wonder if that was their intent.
FreakyFilmFan4ever: Gendo's glasses continue to visually hide him and separate him from both the viewer and the rest of the characters around him. AT-Field, anyone?