Daniel Roebuck

Daniel Roebuck

Roebuck in 2007 at Star Wars Celebration IV
Born Daniel Randall James Roebuck
(1963-03-04) March 4, 1963
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality American
Education Bethlehem Catholic High School
Occupation Actor
Years active 1981–present
Spouse(s)

m. Leslie Roebuck (1983 - 1987) (divorced)

m. Kelly Roebuck (1994 - present; 2 children)
Children 2

Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American television film actor, writer and producer, primarily in films, soap operas and television.

Life and career

Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem.

He appeared in his first film role in 1981. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant lawyer, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, and he also had a recurring role opposite Don Johnson's character as the corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina in Nash Bridges. He has appeared in numerous other guest roles in television programs and has appeared in many feature films including Bryan Loves You, River's Edge, and Dudes. He also played the role of US Marshal Bob Biggs in the films, The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals. He appeared as Mr. Banks in the film Agent Cody Banks and its sequel. He has also appeared as the FBI Agent Weine in Final Destination.

Roebuck also had a one-off appearance in The King of Queens in 1999 (season 1 episode 17) as Jeffrey the cop, whom Carrie (Leah Remini) tried to date in order to get out of a traffic ticket.

One of Roebuck's more memorable roles was as Jay Leno in the HBO made-for-TV film The Late Shift. Leno has often commented positively on Roebuck's performance whenever a guest brings up the film on the show. In 2002 portrayed a hearse driver in the Comedy horror film Bubba Ho-Tep[1] and acted than 2006 in the production Red Riding Hood. This Randal Kleiser directed HD motion picture was shot primarily with live-on-demand 3D virtual set technology.

From 2005 until 2010, he had a recurring role in the television drama Lost, appearing as Dr. Arzt in nine episodes. He played Morris Green in Rob Zombie's film, The Devil's Rejects. He has been a writer and producer for the Monsterama series, and appeared in some episodes of the series. Roebuck also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Quints as well as the Nickelodeon original film, Shredderman Rules. In 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 an episode of Dark Blue and Bones. He is the voice of Morris Green in Rob Zombie's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and starred in the film, A Fork in the Road.[2]

Roebuck portrayed Dave Karofsky's father in the TV series Glee. He appeared in Furt (episode 8, Season 2; aired November 23, 2010) and Born This Way (episode 18, Season 2; aired April 26, 2011). He also made a brief cameo appearance in season 3, episode 14, On My Way. [3]

He played the role of Jim Nichol in the movie, That's What I Am - released April 2011.

In October 2012, he appeared on AMC's The Walking Dead Cold Storage webisodes as B.J. He is set to star as Pastor Victor, in the Rob Zombie film 31.[4] In November, 2015 he played Arnold Walker in The Man in the High Castle adapted from the novel by Phillip K. Dick. His role, Arnold Walker, is the father of the leading character. He appeared in five of ten episodes in the first season, distributed through Amazon.com.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1985 Cavegirl (film) Rex
1986 River's Edge Samson 'John' Tollet
1987 Dudes Biscuit
1987 Project X Hadfield
1989 Disorganized Crime Bill Lonigan (cop)
1992 Eddie Presley Keystone the Magnificent
1992 Only You Credited
1993 The Fugitive Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Biggs
1996 The Late Shift Jay Leno
1996 The Cold Equations TV short film
1997 Money Talks Detective Williams
1998 Driven Credited
2000 Final Destination Agent Weine
2002 Mary Christmas Mac Reeves TV Movie
2002 We Were Soldiers Medevac Commanding Officer
2002 Bubba Ho-Tep Hearse Driver #1 Cameo appearance
2002 Hansel and Gretel Dad
2003 Windfall Packard TV Movie
2003 Miracle Dogs Dr. Elliot TV Movie
2003 Agent Cody Banks Mr. Banks
2004 Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Mr. Banks
2004 Blowing Smoke Ray TV Movie
2008 Flash of Genius Frank Sertin
2009 Dark and Stormy Night 8 O'Clock Faraday
2011 That's What I Am Jim Nichol
2012 John Dies at the End Largeman
2014 Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever George
2015 Soaked in Bleach Tom Grant
2016 31 Pastor Victor 2016 upcoming movie by Rob Zombie
Television Series
Year Title Role Notes
1987-1995 Matlock Bobby Shaw

Alex Winthorp

Prosecutor Mr. 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
1992 Quantum Leap Neil Lindhurst Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
1996 Nash Bridges Inspector Rick Bettina Recurring role
1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Hekimer Johnson Episode "Opedius Wrecks"
1999 The King of Queens Jeffrey, the cop Episode: "Court Date" (S01E17)
2004 Monsterama As producer and writer. Also appeared in some of its episodes.
2005-2010 Lost Dr. Leslie Arzt 9 episodes
2008 Bones George Francis Episode: "Player Under Pressure" (S03E11)
2009-2011 Disney's Sonny with a Chance Mr. Condor Recurring Role
2009 Wizards of Waverly Place Mr. Evans Episode: "Halloween" (S03E02)
2009 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 Castle Joe Silva Episode: "Swan Song" (S05E07)
2015 Transformers: Robots in Disguise Malodor
2015 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. John Donnelly Episode: "A Wanted (Inhu)man" (S03E03)
Web series
Year Title Role Notes
2012 The Walking Dead Cold Storage B.J. Main role (4 episodes)
2015 The Man in the High Castle Arnold Walker Recurring character (5 episodes)

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