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Daniel Roebuck
Roebuck in 2017
Born
Daniel James Roebuck

(1963-03-04) March 4, 1963 (age 60)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationBethlehem Catholic High School
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1981–present
Spouses
  • Leslie Roebuck
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    (m. 1983; div. 1987)​
  • Kelly Roebuck
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    (m. 1994; div. 2013)​
  • Tammy Roebuck
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    (m. 2015)​
Children2

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).

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]
2024 Saint Nick of Bethlehem Santa Clause/Saint Nick [13]

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
Without a Trace August Black Episode: "Eating Away" (S05E13)
2008 Bones George Francis Episode: "Player Under Pressure" (S03E11)
2009–2010 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
2021 American Hero Hoover
2023 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Greez Dritus

References

  1. ^ "www.DanielRoebuck.com". www.danielroebuck.com. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ "Zombie regular Daniel Roebuck (Bubba Ho-Tep, The Devil's Rejects)". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Warner, Kara (November 17, 2010). "'Glee' Bully 'Keeps The Mas On,' Max Adler Says". MTV News. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Rob Zombie's 31 Casts Sick-Head and Lucky Leo
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Sheehan, Jennifer (September 9, 2022). "Daniel Roebuck's latest role: Nurturing tomorrow's filmmakers". The Morning Call. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  10. ^ Millican, Josh (September 3, 2021). "Gallery: New Vacation Horror 'Stream' Coming Soon From the Producers of 'Terrifier 2'". Dread Central. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Gingold, Michael (September 14, 2021). "Exclusive Interview: Director Michael Leavy on His All-Horror-Star Movie "Stream"". Rue Morgue. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
  13. ^ Jones, Evan (November 13, 2023). "Hallmark is showing a 'Bethlehem' Christmas movie shot in Winnipeg. Now the Lehigh Valley is getting its own, shot by a famous local name". The Morning Call. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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