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Eric Roberts

Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978) for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He was nominated again at the Golden Globes for his role in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). Roberts' performance in Runaway Train (1985), as prison escapee Buck McGeehy, earned him a third Golden Globe nod and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He is the older brother of actress Julia Roberts.

Aliases
  • Eric Anthony Roberts
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Filmography

The Dark Knight

2008
as Sal Maroni

Heroes

2006
as Thompson

Babylon

2022
as Robert Roy

The Expendables

2010
as Monroe

The Specialist

1994
as Tomas Leon

National Security

2003
as Nash

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)

2015
as Governor Hughes

The Righteous Gemstones

2019
as Junior Marsh

The Cable Guy

1996
as Eric Roberts

Dancing with the Stars

2005
as Eric Roberts

Ayla

2017
as Major General Coulter

Monster Island

2019
as General Horne

Groupie

2010
as Angus

By the Sword

1991
as Alexander Villard

Heaven's Fire

1999
as Dean McConnell

Christmas in Compton

2012
as Tommy Maxell

Another World

1964

Endangered Species

2003
as Police Lt. Mike Sullivan

The Downside of Bliss

2020
as Benny

Dante's Hell Animated

2013
as Dante (voice)

30 Days to Say Goodbye

2017
as Alex's Dad

Miss Cast Away

2004
as Maximus Powers

The Fix

2015

The Tomb

2009
as Vaslev

Raggedy Man

1981
as Teddy

Chicks Dig Gay Guys

2014
as Mr. Wagner

Paul's Case

1980
as Paul

2 Bedroom 1 Bath

2014
as Dr. Philip Tenenbaum

Spun

2002
as The Man

Inherent Vice

2014
as Michael Z. Wolfmann

The Wrong Mommy

2019
as Roger

Nature of the Beast

1995
as Adrian (Dusty)

Sinkhole

2013
as Cutter

Deadline

2012
as Ronnie Bullock

End of the Icon

1995
as Jack Spain

Night Walk

2019
as Jude

Hollywould

2019
as Leon Davenport & Edward Travis

Assault on Wall Street

2013
as Lawyer Patterson

The Ambulance

1990
as Josh Baker

Deadly Sanctuary

2015
as Tugg

Abstraction

2013
as Angelo Moretti

Child of Satan

2018
as Priest

Scavenger Killers

2013
as Agent Guthro

Megaboa

2021
as Dr. Malone

American Strays

1996
as Martin

Paradise Club

2017
as Earl Wild

Megalodon: The Frenzy

2023
as Lt. Cmdr. Sharp

Fear Itself

2008
as Harry Siegel

Project Solitude

2009
as John Sola

Witless Protection

2008
as Wilford Duvall

A Trip to Jamaica

2016
as Sonnie

Hayalet: 3 Yasam

2020
as Alexander Knight

Six Gun Savior

2016
as The Devil

Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire

2013
as Sheriff Jensen

Fyre Rises

2024
as Commander Cowley

Most Wanted

1997
as Assistant Deputy Director Spencer

Voyage

1993
as Gil Freeland

Lose-Lose

2014
as Charles

In the Name of God

2013
as Wallace

The Butcher

2009
as Merle Hench

Stiletto Dance

2001
as Kit Adrian

Wrong Cops

2013
as Bob

Clinton Road

2019
as Self

The Coca-Cola Kid

1985
as Becker

A New York Heartbeat

2013
as Casket Mike

Raptor

2001
as Sheriff Jim Tanner

DOA: Dead or Alive

2006
as Donovan

This Is Our Time

2013
as Bob

Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel

2018
as Augur

No Visitors

2015
as Lewis Cutterman

Dark Moon Rising

2015
as Henrick

616 Wilford Lane

2021
as David

Bullet in the Face

2012
as Racken

Wrong Number

2002
as Josh Grey

The Institute

2017
as Dr. Torrington

It's My Party

1996
as Nick Stark

Quarter

as Dr. Miller

Best of the Best

1989
as Alex Grady

Walking Shadow

2001
as Police Chief DeSpain

EuroClub

2016
as Uncle Nicky

Amazing Racer

2009
as Mitchell Prescott

Sebastiane

1976
as Executioner

Saved By The Light

1995
as Dannion Brinkley

The Wrong Teacher

2018
as Vice Principal Clark

Sanctimony

2000
as Lieutenant

The Rally - LA

2016
as Santiago

Stalked By My Doctor: A Sleepwalker's Nightmare

2019
as Dr. Albert Beck

Silver Case

2012
as Senator

Crimes of the Past

2009
as Robert Byrne

A. I. Tales

2018
as Tailored Man

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

2005
as Arlis

Pamela & Ivy

2020
as The Man

Beautifully Broken

2018

Juvie

2020
as Jack

Stalked by My Doctor: Just What the Doctor Ordered

2021
as Dr. Albert Beck / Laid Back Beck

90 Feet from Home

2019
as William Rota

Break a Leg

2005
as Michael Richard Lange

Joker's Poltergeist

2015
as James Jenning

The Wicked Within

2015
as Dr. Woods

Nobody's Fool

1986
as Riley

Less Than Perfect

2002
as Will Butler

The Immortals

1995
as Jack

King of the Gypsies

1978
as Dave

The Sector

2016
as Senator Allen

Naked People Every Where

2017
as The Governor

Story of Eva

2015
as Detective Wood

Star 80

1983
as Paul Snider

Jake's Road

2014
as Keith

Cool Cat Finds a Gun

2013
as Eric Roberts

The Poltergeist Diaries

2021
as John McBride

Submission

2018
as Coach Bronx

A Talking Cat!?!

2013
as Duffy (voice)

White T

2013
as Ricardo

Assumed Killer

2013
as Taxi Driver

The Prophecy II

1998
as Michael

Rude Awakening

1989
as Fred

Charlie, Trevor And A Girl Savannah

2015
as Dr. Mc Millan

7 Deadly Sins

2019
as Judge

Angels Fallen

2020
as Werrick

The Estate

2021
as Marcello

But Deliver Us from Evil

2017
as Leigh Warring

The Wrong Roommate

2016
as Floyd

The Wind Walker

2020
as Mr. Jacobsen

Taco Shop

2018
as Old School Eddie

Power 98

1996
as Karlin Pickett

Rock Slyde

2010
as Jake the Deliveryman

Stalked by My Doctor

2015
as Doctor Grey

Best of the Best 2

1993
as Alex Grady

Royal Kill

2009
as Dad

Mommy's Deadly Con Artist

2021
as Doctor McCarthy

Stalked by My Doctor: The Return

2016
as Dr. Beck

Run

2013
as Jeremiah

Bonnie & Clyde: Justified

2013
as Frank

1959

2016
as Jim Blackwell

The Gunfighter

2016
as Marshal Denton J Cartwright

#Speedball

2017
as Louie

Before I Sleep

2013
as David

Past Perfect

1996
as Dylan Cooper

Stealing Las Vegas

2012
as Alex Stratholme

Border Blues

2004
as Coyote Larry

Con Games

2001
as Officer Hopkins

Enemies Among Us

2010
as Cobbs

T.N.T.

1998
as Russo

The Whole Truth

2009
as Yaro Maroslav

Golden Shoes

2015

The Alternate

2000
as The Replacement

Frank and Ava

2017
as Harry Cohn

Aurora

2006
as Mr. Brown

Party From Hell

2021
as Peter

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984
as Paulie

A Remarkable Life

2016
as Jack

Eternity: The Movie

2014
as Gene Weiner

To Heal a Nation

1988
as Jan Scruggs

Heaven's Prisoners

1996
as Bubba Rocque

Spreading Darkness

2017
as Stu Undercoffler

Lazarus Rising

2015
as James Connelly

Beyond the Game

2014

Sensation

1994
as Dr. Ian Burton

BitterSweet

1999
as Mr. Venti

Lore

2017
as Sheriff

A Killer Weekend

2007
as Mason

The Summoning

2017
as Chief Lubbock

Paranormal Movie

2013
as Dr. Lipschitz

Road to the Open

2014
as Tim Gollant

First Dog

2010
as President of the United States

Dark Honeymoon

2008
as L.A. Guy

A Fatal Obsession

2015
as Michael Ryan

Lumina

2024

Love, Cheat & Steal

1993
as Reno Adams

Rumors of Wars

2014
as Zurn

Unbridled

2017
as Roger Donigal

Lux in Tenebris

2017
as Pokerboss Dean Deus

Geppetto's Secret

2005
as Jack Hammer

Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter

2007
as Ivan

Henri

2017
as Jenkins Chesney

Lonely Hearts

1991
as Frank

Aftermath

2024
as Mysterious Man

Eyes of the Roshi

2017
as Booker

Asteroid-a-geddon

2020
as General Quinn

In Cold Blood

1996
as Perry Smith

The Perfect Summer

2013
as Lou

Hippo

2024
as The Narrator

Bunker: Project 12

2016
as Henderson

American Sharia

2015
as Officer Richardson

Doc Holliday's Revenge

2014
as William

The Devil's Dozen

2013

The Evil Inside Her

2019
as Clayton

Strange Frequency

2001
as Bob Henry (segment "My Generation")

Love Is a Gun

1994
as Jack Hart

Chillerama

2011
as General

Graves End

2005
as Tarkington Alexander Graves

Fridge

1995
as Man with Dog

Sector 4: Extraction

2014
as Black Knight CEO

Date in Vegas

2020
as Eric Roberts

Wildflowers

2000
as Jacob

Facade

1999
as Colin Wentworth

The Grave

1996
as Cass

Mindstorm

2001
as David Mendez

L.A. Slasher

2015
as The Mayor

Executor

2016
as Richard

Bed and Breakfast

2010
as Mr. Hopewell

The Mark: Redemption

2013
as Cooper

Hollywood Dreams

2007
as Thomas Kurt

Options

1989
as Matt Salinger / Donald Anderson (in telefilm epilogue)

In the Blink of an Eye

2009
as Captain Jones

Descending Angel

1990
as Michael Rossi

Lansky

1999
as Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel

The Wayshower

2011
as Parley Hinkins

Bloodwork

2012

C-16: FBI

1997

Blood Red

1989
as Marco Collogero

Doesn't Fall Far

2020
as Carson

The Lost Capone

1990
as Al Capone

Blackbird

2022
as Blake

Doctor Who - The Movie

1996
as Bruce / The Master

Good Mourning, Lucille

2014
as Ristori

Snow White: A Deadly Summer

2012
as Grant

Actors Anonymous

2017
as Sonny

Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End

2013
as Sheriff Jensen

BlackJacks

2014
as Mr Cromwell

The Hot Flashes

2013
as Lawrence Humphrey

The Reliant

2019
as Mr. Jones

Wolves of Wall Street

2002
as Dyson Keller

Camp Dread

2014
as Julian Barrett

The Best Thanksgiving Ever

2016
as Rod

Gotham Tonight

2008
as Sal Maroni

The Cloth

2012
as Father Tollman

G.O.D. Tech

2015
as Angel of the Messiah

Westbrick Murders

2010
as John Barrow

Fractured

2015
as Dr. Jason Ballard

Starz Inside - Unforgettably Evil

2009
as Himself

The Beatnicks

2001
as Mack Drake

Babyfever

1994
as Anthony

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

1993
as Bill Bonanno

The Steam Experiment

2009
as Grant

Moments of Clarity

2016
as Hal Spreadum

Roughing It

2002
as The Foreman

Fast Sofa

2001
as Robinson

Jurassic Domination

2022
as General Greer

Head Full of Honey

2018
as Dr. Holst

Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft

2013
as Mr. Sebastian

Billboard

2019
as Rick

Dirk and Betty

2000
as Customer

Days of Power

2018
as Nick

Public Enemies

1996
as Arthur Dunlop

Play for Keeps

2020
as Nicky Lonero

Dark Angel

1996
as Walter D'Arcangelo

A Husband for Christmas

2016
as Mr. Rawlings

Mystical Traveler

2014
as Eric Roberts

Intoxicating

2003
as Teddy

The Flying Dutchman

2001
as Sean

Confessions of an Action Star

2009
as Police Chief

L.A. Confidential

2003
as Pierce Patchett

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

2006
as Antonio

Stalked by My Doctor: Patient's Revenge

2018

Sharktopus

2010
as Dr. Nathan Sands

Top Gunner

2020
as Colonel Herring

Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables'

2010
as Himself

The Firing Squad

2024
as Adam Markman

All American Christmas Carol

2013

Lovelace

2013
as Nat Laurendi

Depth Charge

2008
as Commander Krieg

Hitman's Run

1999
as Tony Lazorka / John Dugan

Southern Comfort

2006
as Ray

Never Saw It Coming

2018
as Wendell Garfield

Sorority Slaughterhouse

2015
as Whitman

Black Wake

2018
as Dr. Frank

The Long Ride Home

2003
as Sheriff Hank Bowman

The Immortal Wars

2018
as Dominion Harvey

Something

2018
as Coroner

Mr. Birthday

2021
as Rick

You're Gonna Miss Me

2017
as Lawrence Graves

Induced Effect

2019
as Boss

The Wrong High School Sweetheart

2022
as Detective Burns

Christmas Rush

2002
as Scalzetti

West End

2013
as Victor Trevi

Jesse

2011
as Chris

The Code of Cain

2015
as Parker

A Hitman in London

2015
as The Executive

The Glass Cage

1996
as Montrachet

Hunting Season

2016
as William

Fatal Desire

2006
as Joe

The Last Shot

2004
as Eric Roberts

Collision Earth

2020
as Colonel Singh

Purgatory

1999
as Blackjack Britton

La Cucaracha

1998
as Walter Pool

Luck of the Draw

2000
as Carlo

The Night Never Sleeps

2012
as Hector

A Halloween Puppy

2012
as Ted

Self Storage

2013
as Walter

Amityville Death House

2015
as The Warlock

Prescience

2019
as Matthew Smith

Mercy Streets

2000
as Rome

Dead Saturday

2016
as Pastor Malcolm

Behind the Scenes with Interviews of Ninja's Creed

2010
as Eric Roberts

23 Minutes to Sunrise

2013
as Daniel

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars

2020
as Eric Roberts

Evil Exhumed

2016
as The Shaman

The Opposite Sex

2014
as Mr. Campbell

Frozen In Fear

2001
as Sean

The Terror of Hallow's Eve

2017
as Ed

A Cry from Within

2014
as Jonathan

Cecil B. Demented

2000
as Honey's Ex

Slow Burn

1986
as Jacob Asch

Worth: The Testimony of Johnny St. James

2012
as Hickey

Her Deadly Groom

2020
as George

The Child

2012
as Robert Stern

Sicilian Vampire

2015
as Detective Louis Marshall

Hard Luck Love Song

2021
as Skip

The Demonic Dead

2017
as Devil

Fugitive Among Us

1992
as Cal Harper

The King's Guard

2003
as Augustus Talbert

Santa's Boot Camp

2016
as Mall Santa

The Shadow Men

1997
as Bob Wilson

Making Sandwiches

1998
as Julia

Runaway Train

1985
as Buck

The Beautiful Ones

2017
as Carl

Race Against Time

2000
as James Gabriel

Non è stato mio figlio

2016
as Giovanni Geraldi

Love Me True

2015
as Father Anthony

Leaves of the Tree

2016
as Patrick

TripFall

2000
as Mr. Eddie

Two Shades of Blue

1999
as Calvin Stasi

spanners

2013
as johnathon

It's Not a Date

2014
as Bill Sagat

It Wants Blood!

2019
as Senator Du Sang

Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper

2014
as Older Bernie

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018
as Himself

Las Vegas Story

2015
as Walter

Day of the Gun

2013
as Abraham Tanner

Contamination

2008
as Dimitry

No Deposit

2015
as Gerry Gaci

There Is Many Like Us

2017
as LT. Rauder

Class

2010
as Benjamin Sheffield

My Date with Drew

2005
as Himself

Rogue Strike

2014
as Captain Novakov

Ape vs. Monster

2021
as Ethan Marcos

Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs

2015
as Trent Walker

Uploaded

2016
as Bobby

Hunt to Kill

2010
as Lee Davis

The Condemned 2

2015
as Frank Tanner

The Hard Truth

1994
as Dr. Chandler Etheridge

The Odyssey (1997)

1997
as Eurymachus

The Dead Want Women

2012
as Sonny Barnes

Beyond the Trophy

2012

Killer Weekend

2004
as Jack Talbot

Hide in the Light

2018
as Father Wes

Compadres

2016
as Dalton

No Alibi

2000
as Victor Haddock / Stanley Joiner

Relentless Justice

2014
as Lanzetta

Inside the Rain

2020
as Montgomery (Monty) Pennington

Freefall

1994
as Grant Orion

Halloween Hell

2014
as Dracula

Restraining Order

1999
as Robert Woodfield

So This Is Christmas

2013
as Bill

Enemy Within

2016
as Jack

The Perception

2019
as Nick Shaw

Prayer Never Fails

2016
as Judge Bolden

Dead End

1998
as Henry Smovinsky

Final Analysis

1992
as Jimmy Evans

Medinah

2017
as Randall

The Mark

2012
as Mr.Cooper

Cyclops

2008
as Emperor Tiberius Caesar

Six: The Mark Unleashed

2004
as Dallas

Pop Star

2013
as Mr. Esposito

Let the Lion Roar

2014
as Augustine of Hippo

8 of Diamonds

2006
as Charlie Klamanski

Than All Else Ever

2016
as Captain George Sigler

Cross: Rise of the Villains

2019
as Mack

The Immortal Wars: Resurgence

as Dominion Harvey

Maximum Impact

2017

Rough Air: Danger on Flight 534

2001
as First Officer Mike Hogan

Starcrossed

2014
as Rommel Lazarus

Papa

2018
as Dr. Eric Owens

One Way

2006
as Nick Swell

Producer

Movie Hide in the Light 2018

Guest Star

Episode Touched by an Angel
Made in the U.S.A. 		1999
Episode The Drew Carey Show
Drew's the Other Man 		1996
Episode Burn Notice
Fail Safe 		2011
Episode Femme Fatales
Family Business (2) 		2012
Episode Entourage
Tree Trippers 		2008
Episode Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Cowboys vs. Dinosaurs 		2018
Episode Justified
Wrong Roads 		2014
Episode Danny Phantom
The Ultimate Enemy! 		2005
Episode On Air With Ryan Seacrest
2/3/04 		2004
Episode The Player (2015)
The Big Blind 		2015
Episode Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Coral Palms (3) 		2016
Episode Femme Fatales
Family Business (1) 		2012
Episode The King of Queens
Paint Misbehavin' 		2001
Episode Hollywood Hold 'Em
Patrick Warburton 		2005
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Ben Stein, Eric Roberts, Jurassic 5, Gerhard Reinke 		2003
Episode The Hunger
Dream Sentinel 		1999
Episode Heroes
The Wall 		2010
Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Skin in the Game (1) 		2013
Episode Justice League
War World (1) 		2002
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Victims 		2001
Episode Fear Itself
Spooked 		2008
Episode The L Word
Left Hand of the Goddess 		2006
Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Devil and D.B. Russell (2) 		2013
Episode Oz
Capital P 		1997
Episode The L Word
Lexington and Concord 		2007
Episode Justice League
War World (2) 		2002
Episode E! True Hollywood Story
Dorothy Stratten 		2000
Episode ALF's Hit Talk Show
Eric Roberts, Vince Pastore 		2004
Episode The Bronx Bunny Show (US)
Eric Roberts, Robin Leach 		2007
Episode Chuck
Chuck Versus the Couch Lock 		2010
Episode The Finder
The Boy with the Bucket 		2012
Episode Scorpion
The Fast & The Nerdiest 		2016
Episode The L Word
Lacy Lilting Lyrics 		2007
Episode Heroes
Villains 		2008
Episode Hallmark Summer Nights
Class 		2010
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Eric Roberts, Eartha Kitt, Kelly Willis 		1993
Episode CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The End Game 		2015
Episode CSI: Miami
Whacked 		2005
Episode Witchblade
Parabolic 		2002
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Betrayed 		2008
Episode The Finder
Little Green Men 		2012
Episode Frasier
Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead 		1997
Episode Justice League
For the Man Who Has Everything 		2004