Eric Roberts
Walter "Eric" Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956 in Biloxi , Mississippi ) is an American actor .
Life
Eric Roberts was the eldest child of Walter (1933–1977) and Betty Roberts, b. Bredemus (1934-2015) was born when his father was serving in the Air Force and stationed in Biloxi . He is the older brother of Lisa Roberts Gillan (* 1965) and Julia Roberts (* 1967), who like him work in the film business.
After their parents' divorce in 1972, Roberts first moved to Smyrna near Atlanta with his mother . From 1973–1975 he was able to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London thanks to the financial support of his father . He later continued his acting training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City .
In 1977 Roberts received the first theater roles . In the same year he also acted as Ted Bancroft in the television series Another World . In 1985 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Runaway Train . For the film The Godfather - Part III he was offered a role, which he declined. Later a career kink followed due to personal problems. On December 3, 1987, he was arrested for disturbing the peace (due to an argument with his wife whom he bumped into a wall during the argument) and had been found to be drugs . In later interviews, Roberts commented on his drug problem.
In 2002 he took on a leading role in the television series Office Girl and was seen alongside Clarence Williams III in Ja Rules music video Down Ass Chick (feat. Charli Baltimore ) as a detective. In 2004, Roberts appeared in the music video for the single Mr. Brightside by The Killers with. In 2005 he was featured in two Mariah Carey music videos , It's Like That and the sequel We Belong Together . In 2008 an appearance in the music video of Akon feat. Eminem Smack That . In 2012 Roberts starred alongside Danny Trejo in the adventure science fiction thriller The Cloth . He also took part in the fourth season of the reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew participated and was escorted during a drug rehab.
His daughter Emma , born in February 1991, is also an actress, as is his wife, Eliza Roberts , to whom he has been married since 1992.
Eric Roberts has played a total of 8398 actors (as of March 2015). If you imagine the actors who played together in a Hollywood film as a network, then Eric Roberts is the most "connected" actor (see also Bacon number ). It is thus, so to speak, “The Center of the Hollywood Universe” or a super hub in the small world phenomenon .
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1978: King of the Gypsies (King of the Gypsies)
- 1980: Paul's Case (TV movie)
- 1981: The Mysterious Stranger (Raggedy Man)
- 1983: Star 80
- 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village (The Pope of Greenwich Village)
- 1985: Coca Cola Kid (The Coca-Cola Kid)
- 1985: Runaway Train
- 1986: Be Strong, Cassie (Nobody's Fool)
- 1989: The trip to Tarzania
- 1989: Rude Awakening
- 1989: Blood Red - Die For Your Land (Blood Red)
- 1989: Karate Tiger IV - Best of the Best (Best of the Best)
- 1990: The Ambulance
- 1991: Like a thorn in the flesh (Lonely Hearts)
- 1991: The Duel of Masters (By the Sword)
- 1992: Ice Cold Passion (Final Analysis)
- 1993: Best of the Best 2 - The Invincible (Best of the Best 2)
- 1993: Evil Shadows (Love, Cheat & Steal)
- 1994: Babyfever
- 1994: Freefall
- 1994: The Hard Truth (The Hard Truth)
- 1994: Burning Sensation (Sensation)
- 1994: The Specialist
- 1994: Love Is a Gun - Murderous Passion (Love Is a Gun)
- 1995: Bad Heat - Highway des Todes (The Nature of the Beast)
- 1995: Gunpower (The Immortals)
- 1996: It's My Party
- 1996: The Grave in the Swamp
- 1996: Cable Guy - The pain in the ass (The Cable Guy)
- 1996: Doctor Who - The Movie ( Doctor Who , Movie made for TV)
- 1996: Mississippi Delta - Heaven's Prisoners
- 1996: Cold Blood ( In Cold Blood , TV movie)
- 1996: Death Squad from the Future (Past Perfect)
- 1996: Public Enemy ( Public Enemies , TV movie)
- 1997: America's Most Wanted (Most Wanted)
- 1997: The Odyssey (The Odyssey)
- 1998: God's Army II - The Prophecy II
- 1998: False Pretense - Appearances are deceptive (Dead End)
- 1998: The Shadow Men
- 1998: La Cucaracha - Game without rules (La Cucaracha)
- 1999: Showdown on the Way to Hell (Purgatory)
- 1999: Meyer Lansky - American Roulette ( Lansky , TV movie)
- 1999: Heaven's Fire - Flammendes Inferno (Heaven's Fire, TV movie)
- 1999: Two Shades of Blue
- 2000: Cecil B. (Cecil B. DeMented)
- 2000: Tripfall - The Death Trio (TripFall)
- 2000: Mercy Streets (Mercy Streets)
- 2000: Sanctimony - On a murderous course (Sanctimony)
- 2000: Race Against Time ( Race Against Time , TV movie)
- 2000: The Replacement - White House Death Squad (The Alternate)
- 2001: Flight 534 - Death above the Clouds ( Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534 , TV movie)
- 2001: The Flying Dutchman (TV movie)
- 2001: Almost sofa
- 2001: Raptor
- 2002: Wolves of Wall Street
- 2002: Breakaway ( Christmas Rush , TV movie)
- 2002: Spun
- 2003: Intoxicating - Pures Gift (Intoxicating)
- 2003: National Security
- 2003: The Long Ride Home
- 2003: Endangered Species - Hunted (Endangered Species)
- 2004: Silly Movie 2.0 (Miss Cast Away)
- 2004: Six: Fortress Deadzone (Six: The Mark Unleashed)
- 2005: Break a Leg
- 2005: Junior Pilot - A kid for all cases (Junior Pilot)
- 2005: Phat Girlz
- 2006: Kids - In the Streets of New York (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints)
- 2006: One Way
- 2006: DOA - Dead or Alive (DOA: Dead or Alive)
- 2007: contamination
- 2007: Pandemic - Tödliche Erreger ( Pandemic , TV movie)
- 2008: The Dark Knight
- 2008: Cyclops
- 2008: Dark Honeymoon
- 2008: Protector against his will (Witless Protection)
- 2009: In the Blink of an Eye
- 2009: Edgar Allan Poe's Das Grab der Ligeia (Ligeia)
- 2009: The Steam Experiment
- 2009: The Butcher - The New Scarface (The Butcher)
- 2010: Westbrick Murders - You will atone (Westbrick Murders)
- 2010: First Dog - Back Home (First Dog)
- 2010: The Expendables
- 2010: Enemies Among Us
- 2010: Sharktopus (TV movie)
- 2011: Chillerama
- 2012: Snow White : A Deadly Summer
- 2012: The Child (The Child)
- 2013: Witch Hunt - The Hansel and Gretel Story (Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft)
- 2013: Paranormal Movie
- 2013: The Perfect Summer
- 2013: All American Christmas Carol
- 2014: Inherent Vice - Natural Defects (Inherent Vice)
- 2015: The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
- 2015: Hidden Desire (Stalked by My Doctor)
- 2015: Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs
- 2015: The Condemned 2
- 2016: Project 12: The Bunker (Project 12: The Bunker)
- 2017: Hidden Desire - The Return (Stalked by My Doctor: The Return)
- 2017: The Terror of Hallow's Eve
- 2018: dad
- 2018: Beautifully Broken
- 2018: Head Full of Honey
Series
- 1983: American Playhouse (episode 2x02)
- 1996: Drew Carey Show ( The Drew Carey Show , episode 2x08)
- 1997: Frasier (episode 4x15)
- 1997: Oz - Hell Behind Bars ( Oz , episode 1x04)
- 1997–1998: C-16 special unit of the FBI ( C-16: FBI , 13 episodes)
- 1999: A Touch of Heaven ( Touchd by an Angel , episode 5x21)
- 1999: Begierde - The Hunger ( The Hunger , episode 2x03)
- 2000: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode 2x13)
- 2001: King of Queens ( The King of Queens , episode 3x14)
- 2002–2005: Office Girl (65 episodes)
- 2002: Witchblade - The weapon of the gods ( Witchblade episode 2x10)
- 2005: CSI: Miami (episode 3x23)
- 2006–2007: The L Word - When women love women ( The L Word , 3 episodes)
- 2007–2010: Heroes (7 episodes)
- 2008: Criminal Intent - Crime in sight ( Law & Order: Criminal Intent , episode 7x13)
- 2008: The Cleaner (episode 1x05)
- 2008: Entourage (episode 5x05)
- 2009: LA Crash ( Crash , 13 episodes)
- 2010: Chuck (episode 4x05)
- 2010-2011: Shadow of Passion ( The Young and the Restless , 34 episodes)
- 2011: Criminal Minds: Team Red ( Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior , episode 1x10)
- 2011: Burn Notice (episode 5x18)
- 2012: The Finder (episodes 1x06, 1x13)
- 2013–2015: CSI: Vegas ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , 3 episodes)
- 2014: Justified (episode 5x09)
- 2014–2015: Suits (8 episodes)
- 2014: Glee (episode 5x18)
- 2015: Hawaii Five-0 (episode 5x10)
- 2015: Lost Girl (9 episodes)
- 2015: Scorpion (episode 2x18)
- 2016: Code Black (2 episodes)
- 2016: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (episode 4x03)
- 2016-2018: Sangra Negra (11 episodes)
- 2017: Grey's Anatomy (episode 13x16)
As a voice actor
- 1997: Frasier (TV series, episode 4x15)… as Chet
- 1999: Spawn (cartoon series, episode 3x01) ... as Petey
- 2002–2004: The Justice League ( Justice League , animated series, 3 episodes)… as a mogul
- 2005: Danny Phantom (animated series, episode 2x06)… as Dark Danny
- 2005: Geppetto's Secret… as Jack Hammer
- 2013: A Talking Cat!?! ... as Duffy
- 2014: Bigfoot vs. DB Cooper ... as Or Bernie
Music videos
- 2002: Irv Gotti feat. Ashanti , Ja Rule , Charli Baltimore & Vita - Down 4 U
- 2003: The Killers - Mr. Brightside
- 2005: Mariah Carey - It's Like That
- 2005: Mariah Carey - We Belong Together
- 2008: Akon feat. Eminem - Smack That
- 2012: The Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb
- 2015: Rihanna - Bitch better have my money
- 2015: Chris Cornell - Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
- 2015: Lexs - Do You Know
- 2018: Enrique Iglesias - El Bano ft. Bad Bunny
Voice actor
For the German-speaking area, Roberts is mostly dubbed by Joachim Tennstedt . Even Manfred Lehmann , Thomas Dannenberg , Ekkehardt Belle and Frank Glaubrecht lent him several times the voice. In One Way he was dubbed by Heiner Lauterbach .
Awards
- 1979 : Nomination for Best Young Actor in King of the Gypsies
- 1984 : Nomination for Best Actor in the movie Star 80
- 1986 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Runaway Train
- 1986 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Runaway Train
Web links
- Eric Roberts in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official homepage
Individual evidence
- ^ Full Biography
- ↑ The Devil Has Soiled The Cloth
- ↑ Revisiting the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon on randalolson.com (English)
- ↑ Entry in the German synchronous file , accessed on December 6, 2015
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Roberts, Eric |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roberts, Walter Eric Anthony (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Biloxi , Mississippi , United States |