Eric Roberts
☼ Born on 18 December 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Biography
Eric Roberts is an Academy Award nominee for his role in Runaway Train (1985), and a three-time Golden Globe nominee for Runaway Train, Star 80 (1983) and King of the Gypsies (1978).
In addition, Roberts received acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival for his role in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) and It's My Party (1996). He also starred in La Cucaracha (1998), which won Best Film at the Austin Film Festival, and for which Roberts won Best Actor at the New York Independent Film Festival that same year. Other notable performances include his roles in The Dark Knight (2008), Final Analysis (1992), The Specialist (1994), Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice (2014), Lovelace (2013) and The Expendables (2010).
On television, Roberts' memorable recurring roles include USA's Suits, CSI and Code Black for CBS, NBC's Heroes, and Crash for Starz. He has appeared in guest star roles on ABC's Greys Anatomy, NBC's Will & Grace, Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, CBS' Hawaii Five-O, HBO's Entourage, and so much more.
Upcoming, Roberts plays Matt Dillon's doctor in Head Full of Honey, a Warner Bros. Germany production that is directed by Til Schweiger. Emily Mortimer and Nick Nolte also star. He also has a supporting role in the independent Hard Luck Love Song directed by Justin Corsbie. Roberts will play "Skip," a grizzled doorman whom offers advice to characters played by Michael Dorman and Sophia Bush. The film also stars Dermott Mulroney, and American rapper, RZA. Finally, Roberts i
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s set to recur as DEA boss "Erick Sheldon" in La Reina del Sur for Telemundo Global Studio and Netflix.
Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and grew up in and around the Atlanta area. He began his career in theatre in New York City where he won the Theatre World Award for his role on Broadway in Burn This.
He resides in Los Angeles with his wife of 26 years and brood of felines.
Roberts is represented by Sovereign Talent Group, Cultivate Entertainment, and Miles Anthony Associates in the UK.
In the role of actor
Hippo – Fantasia 2023 (07/08/2023)
A teenager who grew up in a sheltered existence with his mother and step-sister becomes increasingly protective and paranoid in Hippo. Adam (Kimball Farley), aka Hippo, is a young man who grew up in an incredibly sheltered existence with his mother Ethel (Eliza Roberts) and adopted Hungarian sister Buttercup (Lilla Kizlinger). Addicted to the video […]
Inherent Vice (31/12/2014)
Paul Thomas Anderson returns with this adaptation of the novel by Thomas Pynchon. Larry “Doc” Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is a private investigator, who is visited by his old flame Shasta Fay Hepworth (Katherine Waterston), who wants help involving her missing boyfriend Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts). Doc’s investigation results in him crossing paths with Lt. Det. […]
The Expendables (15/08/2010)
Considering all the hype that went into this film, it end up with more a whimper than a bang. It was alright enough a film, but it was a far cry from “the action film to end all action films.” Probably the most hyped scene in the movie that united Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and […]