Daniel Roebuck
Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American actor and writer.[1] In film, he is known for his roles as Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive (1993) and its spin-off U.S. Marshals (1998), as well as Mr. Banks in Agent Cody Banks (2003) and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004). He has appeared in numerous Rob Zombie-directed films, his roles including Morris Green in The Devil's Rejects (2005) and 3 from Hell (2019); Lou Martini in Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009); and The Count in The Munsters (2022). Roebuck has worked with director and producer Don Coscarelli, appearing in Bubba Ho-Tep (2002), John Dies at the End (2012), and Phantasm: Ravager (2016).
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| Born | Daniel James Roebuck March 4, 1963 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education | Bethlehem Catholic High School |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, writer |
| Years active | 1981–present |
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| Children | 2 |
On television, Roebuck is known for his role as Cliff Lewis, Ben Matlock's private investigator, on the TV series Matlock (1992–1995); Jay Leno in the made-for-television film The Late Shift (1996); and Dr. Leslie Arzt in the series Lost (2004–2010). Roebuck has provided voice roles in video games, voicing Gary Finkel in Dead Rising 3 and Greez Dritus in both Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Life and career
Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem in 1981.[2]
He appeared in his first film role in 1985, the lead in Cavegirl,[2] and went on to appear in such films as River's Edge (1986) and Dudes (1987). From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant lawyer and penultimate private investigator, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, and he also had a recurring role as a corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina, in Nash Bridges. He played the role of US Marshal Bob Biggs in The Fugitive (1993) and its 1998 spin-off U.S. Marshals.
In 1996, Roebuck portrayed Jay Leno in the HBO made-for-TV film The Late Shift. Leno has often commented positively on Roebuck's performance whenever a guest would bring up the film on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In 1999, Roebuck guest starred in The King of Queens episode "Court Date", as Jeffrey the cop, whom lead character Carrie Heffernan tried to date in order to get out of a traffic ticket. He appeared as FBI Agent Weine in the horror film Final Destination (2000). In 2001, Roebuck played a petty officer in the made-for-TV film A Glimpse of Hell, which explores the 1989 USS Iowa explosion. In 2002, he played a hearse driver in the comedy horror film Bubba Ho-Tep,[3] and played the part of Mr. Banks in the film Agent Cody Banks (2003) and its 2004 sequel Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. He appeared in the 2006 film Red Riding Hood.
From 2005 until 2010, he had a recurring role in the television drama Lost, appearing as Dr. Arzt in nine episodes. Roebuck is a regular player in films by Rob Zombie, starting with The Devil's Rejects (2005), as Morris Green. He has been a writer and producer for the Monsterama series, appearing in some of the episodes. Roebuck starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Quints (2000), as well as the Nickelodeon original film, Shredderman Rules (2007). In the series Sonny with a Chance, he played Mr. Condor. He guest starred in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2009, Roebuck guest starred in the fan-produced web series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.
He has guest starred on one episode each of Dark Blue and Bones. He reprised his role of the Rob Zombie character Morris Green, providing that voice in the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009), and starred in the films A Fork in the Road (2009) and That's What I Am (2011).
Roebuck portrayed Dave Karofsky's father in the TV series Glee's second season episodes "Furt" and "Born This Way", with a brief cameo appearance in the next season's "On My Way".[4]
In October 2012, he played B.J. in AMC's The Walking Dead Cold Storage webisodes. He stars as Pastor Victor in the Rob Zombie film 31.[5] In November 2015, he played Arnold Walker in The Man in the High Castle. He appeared in five of ten episodes in the first season, distributed through Amazon Prime.
As of 2022, he is host of Classic with Daniel Roebuck on New Evangelization Television in the New York metropolitan area. In 2022, he was cast to play the part of The Count, or Grandpa, in the 2022 Rob Zombie-directed film The Munsters, based on the 1960s sitcom of the same name The Munsters.[6]
Personal life
Roebuck is a Christian.[7] In 2020, he and his wife Tammy founded the non-profit organization A Channel of Peace, which produces faith-based films.[8][9]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Cavegirl | Rex | |
| 1986 | River's Edge | Samson 'John' Tollet | |
| 1987 | Dudes | Biscuit | |
| Project X | Hadfield | ||
| 1989 | Disorganized Crime | Detective Bill Lonigan | |
| 1992 | Eddie Presley | Keystone The Magnificent | |
| Only You | Marty | ||
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Deputy U.S. Marshal Bobby Biggs | |
| 1996 | Driven | Dale Schneider | |
| 1997 | Money Talks | Detective Williams | |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | Deputy Marshal Bobby Biggs | |
| 2000 | Final Destination | Agent Weine | |
| Quints | Jim Grover | Disney Channel Original Movie | |
| 2002 | We Were Soldiers | Medevac Commanding Officer | |
| Bubba Ho-Tep | Hearse Driver #1 | Cameo appearance | |
| Hansel and Gretel | Dad | ||
| 2003 | Agent Cody Banks | Mr. Banks | |
| 2004 | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | ||
| 2005 | The Devil's Rejects | Morris Green | |
| 2007 | Halloween | Lou 'Big Lou' Martini | |
| 2008 | Flash of Genius | Frank Sertin | |
| 2009 | Dark and Stormy Night | '8 O'Clock' Faraday | |
| The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Morris Green (voice) | Video | |
| Halloween II | Lou 'Big Lou' Martini | ||
| 2011 | That's What I Am | Jim Nichol | |
| Night Club | Frank | ||
| InSight | Sergeant Reed | ||
| 2012 | John Dies at the End | Largeman | |
| 2013 | Compound Fracture | Jim | |
| 2014 | Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever | George | |
| 2015 | Soaked in Bleach | Tom Grant | |
| It's a Frame-Up! | Edgar Kennedy | Short | |
| Schmo Boat | The Heckler | Short | |
| 2016 | Phantasm: Ravager | Demeter | |
| 31 | Pastor Victor | ||
| His Neighbor Phil | Harvey | ||
| 2017 | Let There Be Light | Norm | |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell | Morris Green | |
| 2020 | My Brothers' Crossing | J.T. Clark | |
| 2022 | The Munsters | The Count, Ezra Mosher | [6] |
| 2023 | Miracle at Manchester | Ed Hanson | |
| 2024 | Stream | Howard | [10][11][12] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987–1995 | Matlock | Bobby Shaw, Alex Winthorp, Prosecutor Sodowsky, Cliff Lewis | Episode "The Doctors" (1987) Episodes: "The Ambassador parts 1-2" (1988) "The Priest" (1989) Episodes: "The Assassination parts 1-2" (1992) Main role 1992-1995 |
| 1991 | Lookwell | Cop | Episode: "Pilot" Uncredited |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Romulan civilian | Episode: "Unification" | |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | Neil Lindhurst | Episode: "The Play's the Thing" |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Inspector Rick Bettina | Recurring role |
| The Late Shift | Jay Leno | Television film | |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Herkimer Johnson | Episode "Oedipus Wrecks" (S03E19) | |
| The Cold Equations | Mitch | Television film | |
| 1997 | The Pretender | Daniel Carlson | Episode "Bomb Squad" |
| 1998 | Vengeance Unlimited | William Hargess | Episode: "Cruel and Unusual" (S01E01) |
| 1999 | The King of Queens | Officer Jeffrey | Episode: "Court Date" (S01E17) |
| 2001 | A Glimpse of Hell | Petty Officer Dale Mortensen | |
| 2002 | NYPD Blue | Dave Burgess | Episode: "Oedipus Wrecked" |
| 2002 | Mary Christmas | Mac Reeves | Television film |
| 2003 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company | Ted Bergmann | |
| Windfall | Packard | ||
| ER | Kyle Martin | Episode: "Out of Africa" | |
| Miracle Dogs | Dr. Elliot | Television film | |
| 2004 | Blowing Smoke | Ray | |
| Monsterama | Mr. Shocker | As producer and writer. Also appeared in some of its episodes. | |
| 2005 | Law & Order | Nathaniel Prentiss | Episode: "New York Minute" (S16E08) |
| Monk | Larry Zwibell | Episode: "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" (S04E05) | |
| Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy | Garry Marshall | Television film | |
| 2005–2010 | Lost | Dr. Leslie Arzt | 9 episodes |
| 2006 | NCIS | Matthew Lake | Episode: "Boxed in" (S03E12) |
| 2006 | Boston Legal | Russell Blayney | Episode: "Shock and Oww" (S02E18) |
| 2007 | Shredderman Rules | Bob Bixby | Television film |
| 2008 | Bones | George Francis | Episode: "Player Under Pressure" (S03E11) |
| 2009–2011 | Sonny with a Chance | Mr. Condor | Recurring role |
| 2009 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Mr. Evans | Episode: "Halloween" (S03E02) |
| Dark Blue | Paul Tivnan | Episode: "Ice" (S01E06) | |
| 2010 | Star Trek: The Continuing Mission | Admiral Rowan | Episode: "We Will Control All That You See And Hear" |
| 2010–2012 | Glee | Paul Karofsky | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2015 | Grimm | Peter Orson | Episode: "The Three Bad Wolves" (S01E06) Episode: "Trial by Fire" (S04E13) |
| 2012 | Weeds | Detective Jensen | 2 episodes |
| Castle | Joe Silva | Episode: "Swan Song" (S05E07) | |
| 2015 | Transformers: Robots in Disguise | Malodor (voice) | Episode: "Out of Focus" |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | John Donnelly | Episode: "A Wanted (Inhu)man" (S03E03) | |
| 2015–2016 | The Man in the High Castle | Arnold Walker | Recurring character (10 episodes) |
| 2016 | Criminal Minds | Mike Thompson | Episode: "Hostage" |
| 2018–2019 | 9-1-1 | Norman Peterson | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Collector's Call | Himself | Episode: "Meet Daniel Roebuck" |
Web series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | The Walking Dead: Cold Storage | B.J. | Main role (4 episodes) |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Mark Bishop |
| 2013 | Dead Rising 3 | Gary Finkel |
| 2019 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Greez Dritus |
| 2023 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Greez Dritus |
| 2021 | American Hero | Hoover |
References
- "www.DanielRoebuck.com". www.danielroebuck.com. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- Longsdorf, Amy (September 26, 2009). "A character of an actor: Bethlehem's Daniel Roebuck has horror in his blood". The Morning Call. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
- "Zombie regular Daniel Roebuck (Bubba Ho-Tep, The Devil's Rejects)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- Warner, Kara (November 17, 2010). "'Glee' Bully 'Keeps The Mas On,' Max Adler Says". MTV News. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
- Rob Zombie's 31 Casts Sick-Head and Lucky Leo
- Tangcay, Jazz (October 18, 2021). "'The Munsters' First Look: Rob Zombie Shares the Cast in Costume in Front of the Iconic Mansion". Variety. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
- Law, Jeannie Ortega (March 11, 2018). "Hollywood Actor Daniel Roebuck On Taking Faith Roles: 'Death Is Inevitable, Live to Glory of God'". The Christian Post. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- Guzzo, Paul (November 5, 2021). "Tampa's Daniel Roebuck acts for work. Making faith movies is his passion". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- Sheehan, Jennifer (September 9, 2022). "Daniel Roebuck's latest role: Nurturing tomorrow's filmmakers". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
- Millican, Josh (September 3, 2021). "Gallery: New Vacation Horror 'Stream' Coming Soon From the Producers of 'Terrifier 2'". Dread Central. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- Squires, John (September 10, 2021). "From the Team Behind 'Terrifier 2' Comes Horror Movie 'Stream' Starring Danielle Harris and Jeffrey Combs!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
- Gingold, Michael (September 14, 2021). "Exclusive Interview: Director Michael Leavy on His All-Horror-Star Movie "Stream"". Rue Morgue. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
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