Daniel Roebuck

American actor, director, writer and producer

Leslie Roebuck

(m. 1983; div. 1987)

Kelly Roebuck

(m. 1994; div. 2013)

Tammy Roebuck

(m. 2015)

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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^[update], 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
1987	Project X	Hadfield
1989	Disorganized Crime	Detective Bill Lonigan
1992	Eddie Presley	Keystone The Magnificent
1992	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
2000	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	Mr. Banks
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]
	Saint Nick of Bethlehem	Santa Clause/Saint Nick	^[13]
	Terrifier 3	Santa Claus	^[14]

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
1991	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	Television film
2004	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
2007	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)
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	Weeds	Detective Jensen	2 episodes
2012	Castle	Joe Silva	Episode: "Swan Song" (S05E07)
2015	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Malodor (voice)	Episode: "Out of Focus"
2015	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

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^ Warner, Kara (November 17, 2010). "'Glee' Bully 'Keeps The Mas On,' Max Adler Says". MTV News. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
^ Rob Zombie's 31 Casts Sick-Head and Lucky Leo
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^ 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.
^ 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.
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^ 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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