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Eric Roberts

Birth name: Eric Anthony Roberts

Birth date: 18.04.1956

One of Hollywood's more edgy, intriguing characters running around town for years, Eric Anthony Roberts started life in Biloxi, Mississippi, but grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He began his acting career at age 5 in a local theater company called the Actors and Writers Workshop founded by his late father, Walter Roberts. After his schooling at Grady High, he studied drama at age 17 in London for two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, then returned to the States and continued his studies at the American Academy in New York. He made his NY stage debut in "Rebel Women" in 1976 at age 20 and appeared in regional productions, once playing the newspaper boy in a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" starring Shirley Knight and Glenn Close. After appearing in such daytime soaps as "Another World" and "How to Survive a Marriage", his career began to shift fast forward when he copped a leading role in a major film. In King of the Gypsies (1978), based on Peter Maas' best seller about a fracturing dynasty of New York City gypsies, he made his debut alongside an intimidating roster of stars including Judd Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Shelley Winters and Sterling Hayden. Young Eric held his own expertly (winning a Golden Globe nom) while his burning intensity and brooding charm marked sure signs of star potential. After this he won the lead opposite Milo O'Shea in the 1980 stage production of "Mass Appeal". He suffered serious injuries in a car accident during his nascent film career but lost no fans by the time he returned to co-star with Sissy Spacek as a small-town stranger in Raggedy Man (1981). It was, however, his stark and frightening portrayal of two-bit hustler Paul Snider, the cast-off boyfriend who slays Playmate-turned-movie starlet Dorothy Stratten (played by Mariel Hemingway) in Star 80 (1983) that really put him on the movie map and earned him a second Golden Globe nomination. A wide range of fascinating, whacked-out roles were immediately offered to him on a silver plate. He played another dangerous streetwise hustler type in The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) opposite fellow rebel Mickey Rourke; a cocky soda pop sales exec in the Australian comedy The Coca-Cola Kid (1985); appeared with more charm and restraint opposite Rosanna Arquette in the offbeat romantic comedy Nobody's Fool (1986) and topped his prolific period off with an Academy Award nomination as a young prison escapee hiding out with Jon Voight aboard an out-of-control train in the ultra-violent, character-driven action adventure Runaway Train (1985). Good things continued to happen when he was a replacement lead in the original run of "Burn This" and won a Theatre World Award for his 1988 Broadway debut. A risky, no-holds-barred actor, he was often guilty of overacting if given half the chance. His film career began to slide in the late 1980s, appearing in more quantity than quality pictures. A series of missteps led to unheralded appearances in such bombs as the karate-themed Best of the Best (1989); the NY urban thriller The Ambulance (1990); the action western Blood Red (1989), which took three years to release and is now solely remembered for being the only film Eric and superstar sister Julia Roberts appeared in together; and Rude Awakening (1989) when he filled in as a burned-out hippie opposite a Chong-less Cheech Marin. More underappreciated "B" filming came with the 1990s (Freefall (1994), Sensation (1995), The Nature of the Beast (1995), etc.), while also chewing the scenery with a number of mobster types in TV-movies, including one as Al Capone. He soon began appearing as flashy secondary villains and creepies that showcased other stars instead, such as Final Analysis (1992) starring Richard Gere, and Heaven's Prisoners (1996) toplining Alec Baldwin. Eric's undeniable, unconventional talent would occasionally mesh with the perfect role. At the Sundance Film Festival in 1996, he received critical applause for his starring role as a man dying of AIDS in the uplifting and emotional film It's My Party (1996) and earned more honors as a writer marked for murder in the mob-themed story La Cucaracha (1998). He was also perfectly cast as one of the cold-blooded killers in the Emmy-nominated TV adaptation of Truman Capote's chiller In Cold Blood (1996) (TV). Eric continued to appear sporadically on TV in such dramatic series as "Law & Order", while sometimes showing a fun side as well in comedy ("The King of Queens"). His own series work included "Less Than Perfect" (2002) and, more recently, in the cult program "Heroes" (2006/II) where promise for a longer participation ended with his character's death. Recovered from a long-standing cocaine problem, Eric wed, for the first time, actress/writer Eliza Roberts (nee Garrett). They have appeared in such films as Killer Weekend (2004) and Junior Pilot (2005) (V). His daughter from a former relationship, _'Emma Roberts' , is a newly popular and fast-rising "tween" actress from the series "Unfabulous" (2004) and has played youthful supersleuth Nancy Drew (2007) on film. Eric's unpredictable, volatile nature which works so mesmerizing on screen has also led to troubling times off camera; his relationship with younger sis Julia Roberts has been seriously strained for quite some time.

Filmography

# 4-Bidden (2008) .... Roman Tobias # The Spy and the Sparrow (2009) .... Robert Byrne # Edgar Allan Po's Ligeia (2008) .... Vaslov # Royal Kill (2008) .... Dad # The Dark Knight movie download page (2008) .... Salvatore Maroni ... aka The Dark Knight movie download page: The IMAX Experience # Kingshighway (2008) .... Frank Monviano # Dark Honeymoon (2008) .... L.A. Guy # Westbrick Murders (2008) .... John # The Cookie Thief (2008) .... Cookie Thief # Witless Protection movie download page (2008) .... Wilford Duvall # "Fear Itself" (1 episode, 2008) - Spooked (2008) TV episode # The Butcher (2007/I) .... Merle Hench # Sister's Keeper (2007/II) .... Malikai # "Heroes" .... Thompson (5 episodes, 2007) - Chapter Twenty-Two 'Landslide' (2007) TV episode .... Thompson - Chapter Twenty-One 'The Hard Part' (2007) TV episode .... Thompson - Chapter Nineteen '.07%' (2007) TV episode .... Thompson - Chapter Eighteen: Parasite (2007) TV episode .... Thompson - Chapter Seventeen 'Company Man' (2007) TV episode .... Thompson # "The L Word" .... Gabriel McCutcheon (3 episodes, 2006-2007) - Lacy Lilting Lyrics (2007) TV episode .... Gabriel McCutcheon - Lexington and Concord (2007) TV episode .... Gabriel McCutcheon - Left Hand of the Goddess (2006) TV episode .... Gabriel McCutcheon # Killer Weekend (2007) (V) .... Mason # Pandemic (2007) (TV) .... Mayor Dalesandro # Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) .... Ivan # Aurora (2006/I) .... Mr. Brown # One Way (2006/II) .... Nick Swell # DOA: Dead or Alive movie download page (2006) .... Donovan ... aka DOA (USA: short title) # A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) .... Antonio # Hollywood Dreams (2006) # Phat Girlz (2006) .... Robert Myer # Fatal Desire (2006) (TV) .... Joe ... aka Fatal Error (Australia) # 8 of Diamonds (2006) .... Charlie Klamanski # Southern Comfort (2006/I) (TV) .... Ray # Light Years Away (2006) .... Dr. Howard Melvin # "Danny Phantom" .... 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Strohmeyer (1 episode, 2001) - Paint Misbehavin' (2001) TV episode .... Strohmeyer # Strange Frequency (2001) (TV) .... Bob Henry (segment "My Generation") # Wrong Number (2001) .... Josh Grey # Sol Goode (2001) (unconfirmed) .... Mike Neff - Vietnam Vet # Mercy Streets (2000) .... Rome # The King's Guard (2000) .... Augustus Talbert # TripFall (2000) .... Mr. Eddie # Two Shades of Blue (2000) .... Calvin Stasi # Cecil B. DeMented (2000) .... Honey's Ex ... aka Cecil B. Demented (France) # Facade (2000) .... Colin Wentworth ... aka Death Valley # "Falcone" .... Raymond 'The Madman' Ricci (4 episodes, 2000) - Paying the Piper (2000) TV episode .... Raymond 'The Madman' Ricci - But Not Forgotten (2000) TV episode .... Raymond 'The Madman' Ricci - Pilot (2000) TV episode .... Raymond 'The Madman' Ricci - Tightrope (2000) TV episode .... Raymond 'The Madman' Ricci # The Alternate (2000) .... The Replacement ... aka Agent of Death (USA: video box title) # Luck of the Draw (2000) .... 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Richard L'Italien (1 episode, 1997) - Capital P (1997) TV episode .... Richard L'Italien # The Odyssey (1997) (TV) .... Eurymachus ... aka Abenteuer des Odysseus, Die (Germany) ... aka Homer's Odyssey ... aka Odysseia (Greece) # "Frasier" .... Chet (1 episode, 1997) - Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead (1997) TV episode (voice) .... Chet # Public Enemies movie download page (1996) (V) .... Arthur Dunlop ... aka Public Enemy #1 ... aka Public Enemy No. 1 (USA: TV title) # The Grave (1996) .... Cass # In Cold Blood (1996) (TV) .... Perry Smith # "The Drew Carey Show" .... Steven (1 episode, 1996) - Drew's the Other Man (1996) TV episode .... Steven # The Glass Cage (1996) .... Montrachet # American Strays (1996) .... Martin # Dark Angel (1996) (TV) .... Walter D'Arcangelo # The Cable Guy movie download page (1996) .... Eric Roberts # Power 98 (1996) .... Karlin Pickett # Heaven's Prisoners (1996) .... Bubba Rocque # Doctor Who (1996) (TV) .... The Master / Bruce ... aka Doctor Who: Enemy Within (UK: informal title) ... aka Doctor Who: The Movie (UK: DVD title) # It's My Party (1996) .... Nick Stark # Saved by the Light (1995) (TV) .... Dannion Brinkley # Sensation (1995) .... Dr. Ian Burton # The Immortals (1995) .... Jack # The Nature of the Beast (1995) .... Adrian (Dusty) ... aka Bad Company (Europe: English title) ... aka Hatchet Man (UK: video title) ... aka Nature of the Beast (USA: video box title) # The Specialist (1994) .... Tomas Leon ... aka Especialista, El (Peru) # Freefall (1994) .... Grant Orion ... aka Firefall # Babyfever (1994) .... Anthony # The Hard Truth (1994) .... Chandler Etheridge # Love Is a Gun (1994) .... Jack Hart # Love, Cheat & Steal (1993) (TV) .... Reno Adams # Voyage (1993) (TV) .... Gil Freeland ... aka Cruise of Fear # Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993) (TV) .... Bill Bonanno # Best of the Best movie download page 2 (1993) .... Alex Grady # Final Analysis (1992) .... 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Paul Snider # Miss Lonelyhearts (1983) (TV) .... Miss Lonelyhearts # Raggedy Man (1981) .... Teddy # Paul's Case (1980) (TV) .... Paul # King of the Gypsies (1978) .... Dave # "Another World" (1964) TV series .... Ted Bancroft #1 (unknown episodes, 1977) ... aka Another World: Bay City