John Rubinstein

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John Rubinstein (April 2008)

John Arthur Rubinstein (* 8. December 1946 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film and stage actor and composer of film music and film director .

Life

Early life

John Rubinstein was born the son of the Polish pianist Arthur Rubinstein and his wife Aniela Młynarska. His maternal grandfather was the Polish conductor Emil Młynarski . He was born with a passion for music and studied musicology and acting at the University of California, Los Angeles .

Career

In 1967, Rubinstein made his actor debut in an episode of the 1967 television series Dragnet . Three years later, in 1970, he composed his first soundtrack for the comedy film Paddy .

theatre

In October 1972 Rubinstein made his Broadway debut as the main actor in the musical Pippin and impressed in 1,944 performances by December 1977. Rubinstein's achievement was honored with a Theater World Award in 1973 . For his role in the drama forgotten God's children (Children of a Lesser God) , which could be seen from March 1980 to May 1982 887 times on Broadway, Rubinstein was awarded in 1980 both a Drama Desk Award and the coveted Tony Award . However, the comedy Getting Away With Murder , in which he appeared in March 1996, only got 17 performances. Rubinstein was involved in the original production of Fools , a comical fable by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Neil Simon , as both composer and lead actor.

Music composer for films

Rubinstein's career as a composer for films spanned 25 works in the period from 1970 to 1991. One of his most famous films is Bill McKay - The Candidate , directed by Michael Ritchie from 1972. In the same year he also composed the music for the western Jeremiah Johnson . After 1991 Rubinstein did not compose any more film music.

Film actor

After his debut in the television series Dragnet in 1967 , Rubinstein has appeared in front of the camera over 140 times. Rubinstein was mainly seen as a guest actor in television series, for example in Star Trek: Enterprise (2002/2004), 24 (2003) and Angel - Jäger der Darkis . He had one of his more famous feature films in 1978 in the thriller The Boys from Brazil . In Germany he was best known for the early evening series The Cases of Harry Fox (1984-1986), in which he played the lawyer Harrison Fox as the son of Jack Warden .

Private life

John Rubinstein has been married twice so far. In 1971 he married the actress Judi West , with whom he was married until 1989. From this marriage come a daughter and son Michael Weston . In 1992 Rubinstein married the actress Jane Lanier , with whom he has two sons. This relationship ended in 2002.

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personal data
SURNAME Rubinstein, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rubinstein, John Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and film music composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California, United States