Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978), where he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He is again recognized by the Golden Globes for his interpretation of Paul Snider in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). Roberts' appearance on Runaway Train (1985), as a prisoner of Buck McGeehy prison, earned him a nomination for a third Golden Globe and a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In a career spanning more than forty years, Roberts has collected over 400 credits, including Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), > The Specialist (1994), Cecil B. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Expendables (2010) and Inherent Vice (2014). His equally diverse television work included three seasons with less than perfect Situation comedy, as well as a recurring role in NBC's Heroes and CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless , as well as < i> Saved by the Light , legal drama Settings , and Fox The Finder .
His sisters Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan, and his daughter Emma Roberts, also have acting careers.
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Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Betty Lou Bredemus (1934-2015) and Walter Grady Roberts (1933-1977), one-time actor and playwright, who met during a tour of George Washington Slept Here production for armed Forces. In 1963, they founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, at Juniper Street in Midtown. They run a children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia when they expect Julia. Ms. Roberts became secretary of the church and real estate agent, and her father, a vacuum cleaner. Roberts's younger siblings, Julia Roberts (from whom he was exiled until 2004) and Lisa Roberts Gillan, were also actors.
Roberts' parents filed for divorce in 1971 and settled in early 1972. Eric lives with his father, Walter in Atlanta, alienated from his sisters. Walter died of cancer in March 1977. Lisa, Julia, and Betty moved to Smyrna, Georgia, after the divorce. In 1972, Betty married Michael Motes, and had a daughter with him in 1976, Nancy Motes, who died February 9, 2014, at the age of 37, due to a clear drug overdose. Motes are rough and often unemployed. In 1983, Betty divorced with Motes, citing atrocities and stated that marrying the man was the biggest mistake of his life.
Roberts is of British, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German and Swedish origin.
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Movie careers
Movies and mainstream television
Roberts began his career in the now-defunct NBC's daytime soap opera Another World that started the role of Ted Bancroft from 14 February 1977, until 17 June 1977.
Roberts received a Golden Globe Award nomination for his role as an early star in the King of the Gypsies (1978) and Star 80 (1983). She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for her role as a convict who escaped Buck in the Runaway Train movie; Awards are awarded to Don Ameche at Cocoon . In 1987, he won the Theater World Award for his debut appearance on Broadway at Burn This .
Other Roberts roles include Raggedy Man (1981), Pope Greenwich Village (1984), The Coca-Cola Kid (1985), No Stupid (1986), Best of the Best (1989), By the Sword (1991), Best of the Best 2 (1993), The Immortals (1995), La Cucaracha (1998), Purgatory (1999), and Stiletto Dance (2001). He also has a major supporting role in the film End Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), and Shannon Rainbow (2009). He plays the Archangel Michael in The Prophecy II (1997).
In 1996, he appeared in the Television Doctor Who Movie in a Master role. When SFX enrolled previous Masters in Doctor Who , the magazine said about Roberts: "Behave CGI snakes in the same production." In a dark comic touch, the screen wife of the human character Roberts, who was killed by her newly admitted husband (taken over by the Master in the form of the CGI snake mentioned above), is played by her real life wife. She also starred in the 1996 mini-series television series "In Cold Blood," in the role of Perry Smith; he was nominated as Best Actor in a Mini Series or Moving Movie for Television. She starred in C-16 for the whole of 1997 to 1998. She starred in John Ritter in the movie Tripfall in 1998.
His recent projects include Guide to Recognizing Your Saints , DOA: Dead or Live and Kingdom Murder . He appeared on The Dark Knight as Sal Maroni, a Gotham City Mafia boss who hired The Joker to kill a titular superhero and a mobster mafia accountant.
Roberts co-starred in the ABC sitcom Less than Perfect . She appeared in an episode of CSI: Miami as Ken Kramer, a murdered convict who was convicted of killing a young couple. Another notable TV show is the "Victim" episode of Legal & amp; Order: Special Victims Unit where he played Sam Winfield, a former policeman turned his own judge. In the same year, he also guested in The L Word as Gabriel McCutcheon, Shane McCutcheon's father. In early January 2007, Roberts starred in the two miniseries section of Pandemic as the mayor of Los Angeles.
Roberts voiced the criminals Superman Mongul in the Justice League animation series, and changed his role in Justice League Unlimited in the episode "For The Man Who Has Everything". He does Darky Danny's voice in Nickelodeon Danny Phantom . He appeared in the first season of Heroes as Thompson, Mr. Bennet. He later replicated the role in the third episode of "Villains" and in the fourth season "The Wall".
In 2002 Roberts plays an FBI detective in Ja Rule's music video for his song "Down Ass Bitch", as well as its sequel "Down 4 U". Roberts also appeared in The Killers music video for their songs "Mr. Brightside" and "Miss Atomic Bomb" and in the music video for Mariah Carey "We Belong Together" and "It's Like That". In 2006, he appeared in the video for Akon "Smack That", featuring Eminem. In 2007, she appeared in the video for Godhead's "Hey You". By 2015 he appears in Rihanna's video "Better Hustlers Have My Money" and in Chris Cornell's video for "Almost Forgot My Heart Broken." She appeared as a panelist on the Hollywood Squares television show. In February 2009, Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke, starring Roberts at The Pope of Greenwich Village, said he hoped Roberts would soon be offered a role that would revive his career in a way that The Wrestler rejuvenate Rourke.
He described Seth Blanchard in the second season of the Starz series Crash , from 2009. In 2009, Roberts emerged as himself in "Tree Trippers", episode five season
Since 2014 Roberts has played the recurring character of Charles Forstman in the TV legal drama Suits .
In 2015, she appeared in season 5 of Lost Girl , a Canadian TV show on Showcase , as the main character, Bo, father.
Roberts is featured in season 4 of the American TV show Brooklyn Nine-Nine where Roberts plays the character Jimmy Figgis.
He is featured as Uncle Shadrack, head of the Romani family, in 2012 The Finder on FOX. Recently he also appeared in Enrique Iglesias's latest video song "El BaÃÆ' Â ± o" as Tender Bar.
Personal life
Roberts shares an apartment with Maurice Rizzo Jr. In the late 1980s. Princess Roberts, Emma Roberts, with her boyfriend, Kelly Cunningham, was born on February 10, 1991. Emma eventually became an actress as well, making her big movie debut at the age of 10 in the 2001 drama Blow .
On 12 January 2001, Roberts visited The Howard Stern Radio Show with his wife, actress Eliza (daughter of David Rayfiel and Lila Garrett) during a segment called "The Gossip Game" with Mike Walker of the National Enquirer. He asserts that he and Julia have been alienated for several years. The source of the estrangement was drug abuse in his past and took his ex-girlfriend's side for custody of his daughter. In 2004, she told the People magazine that she and her sister were at peace when she visited her in hospital after she gave birth to twins.
Roberts is a vegan and animal rights advocate.
Arrests and drug issues
In 1987, Roberts was arrested for possession of cocaine and marijuana, and refused the arrest after he tried to attack a New York police officer. He spent 36 hours in jail, pleaded guilty to abuse, and all other charges were dropped.
In February 1995, Roberts was arrested for pushing his wife, Eliza, to the wall. He then announces that he stopped using drugs completely.
In 2011, Roberts emerged as the cast in the fourth season of the reality television series VH1 Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew for dependence on medical marijuana. His wife Eliza and her stepson Keaton Simons appeared in episode 6 to discuss the effects of her addiction on their lives.
Movieography
References
External links
- Official website
- Eric Roberts on IMDb
- Eric Roberts on the Internet Broadway Database
- Eric Roberts at AllMovie
- Oracle Bacon - The Center of the Hollywood Universe
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