Daniel James Roebuck, born March 4, 1963, is an American actor, writer and producer. He is known for his role on Matlock and he portrayed Paul Karofsky on Glee.
Personal life[]
Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, PA. He was married twice: Leslie from 1983 till 1987 and Kelly. He and Kelly have two children together.[1]
Career[]
Roebuck made his film debut in Night School in 1981 and his television debut on The Love Boat in 1986.
He had a recurring role on Matlock for fifty-five episodes for eight years till 1995 and Nash Bridges for fourteen episodes for four years till 2000. Roebuck was in the first Final Destination in 2000 and he appeared in Agent Cody Banks in 2003 and it's sequel in 2004.
He appeared on Glee for three episodes for three years and he appeared on Sonny with Chance for year.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1981 | Night School | uncredited | |
1985 | Cavegirl | Rex | |
1986 | River's Edge | Samson 'John' Tollet | |
The Love Boat | S. C. U. Lambda | (Hippies and Yuppies/Frat Wars/Return of the Lambdas) | |
1987 | Dudes | Biscuit | |
Project X | Hadfield | ||
Matlock | Cliff Lewis | 1987 - 95 (55 episodes) | |
1988 | Miles from Home | Young Trooper | uncredited |
Dirty Dozen: The Series | Irwin Moskowitz | (Danko's Dozen) | |
1989 | Terror Eyes | ||
Disorganized Crime | Bill Lonigan | ||
1990 | Capital News | Haskell Epstein | TV Movie |
Capital News | Haskell Epstein | (13 episodes) | |
1991 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Jaron | (Unification I and II) |
Lookwell | Cop | uncredited and TV Movie | |
The Killing Mind | Dennis Jepson | TV Movie | |
Palace Guard | Ernest Lyle | (Memories) | |
1992 | Only You | Marty | |
Dark Justice | (Prime Cuts) | ||
Eddie Presley | Keystone the Magnificent | ||
Quantum Leap | Neil | (The Play's the Thing - September 9, 1969) | |
1993 | King B: A Life in the Movies | Commander Comet/Captain Storm | |
The Fugitive | Biggs | ||
Now Renting | Mark | short | |
1994 | Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire | Randy Wood | TV Movie |
1996 | The Cold Equations | Mitch | TV Movie |
Drivenm' | Dale Schneider | ||
House Arrest | |||
Officer Brickowski | |||
Abducted: A Father's Love | TV Movie | ||
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Herkimer Johnson | (Oedipus Wrecks) | |
The Late Shift | Jay Leno | TV Movie | |
Nash Bridges | Richard Bettina | 1996 - 00 (14 episodes) | |
1997 | American Hero | Vincent | |
Cadillac | Mike | ||
Money Talks | Detective Williams | ||
Spy Game | Anthony J. Poll | (Lorne and Max Drop the Ball) | |
Stir | Joseph Bekins | ||
The Pretender | Daniel Carlson | (Bomb Squad) | |
1998 | Together & Alone | Dougie Westa | |
Buddy Faro | Rex Nardo | (Ain't That a Kick in the Head) | |
Vengeance Unlimited | William Hargess | (Cruel and Unusual) | |
V.I.P. | Iron Green | (Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand) | |
George & Leo | Danny | (The Massage: Part 2) | |
U.S. Marshals | Deputy Marshal Bobby Biggs | ||
Sweet Jane | Kellygreen | ||
1999 | The King of Queens | Jeffrey | (Court Date) |
2000 | Family Law | Bruce | (Generations) |
Mexico City | Chris | ||
The West Wing | Lieutenant Buckley | (And It's Surely to Their Credit) | |
The Drew Carey Show | Mr. Grayson | (Drew's Inheritance) | |
Up Against Amanda | Officer Red | ||
Quints | Jim Grover | as Dan Roebuck and TV Movie | |
Hollywood Off-Ramp | (Big Screen) | ||
Final Destination | Agent Weine | ||
Martial Law | Waldo | (The Thrill Is Gone) | |
Early Edition | Michael Fielding | (Gifted) | |
The Invisible Man | Agent Norman Miller | 2000 - 01 (Cat & Mouse and Ghost of a Chance) | |
2001 | eMale | Dale Fortunato | short |
Squint | Rabbi | short | |
The Greatest Intergalactic Hero | Fennington Wilburton | short | |
Any Day Now | Father Michael | (Still My Little Soldier) | |
The Guardian | Web Hall | (The Funnies) | |
The Parkers | Producer | (Family Ties and Lies) | |
Crossing Jordan | George Falk | (Believers) | |
A Glimpse of Hell | PO Dale Mortensen | TV Movie | |
A Mother's Testimony | Police Officer | TV Movie | |
Boston Public | Northampton Symphony Orchestra Man | uncredited (Chapter Fifteen) | |
The Vampire Hunters Club | Dracula | ||
Double Take | Agent Norville | ||
FreakyLinks | Stu Carmichael | (Subject: The Harbingers) | |
2002 | Mary Christmas | Mac Reeves | TV Movie |
Malcolm in the Middle | Zoo Worker Randy | (Zoo) | |
Hansel & Gretel | Dad | ||
Bubba Ho-Tep | Hearse Driver | ||
Six Feet Under | Male Sex Addict | (The Last Time) | |
Judging Amy | Alvin Twycoff | (Boston Terriers from France and Come Back Soon) | |
NYPD Blue | Dave Burgess | (Oedipus Wrecked) | |
We Were Soldiers | Medevac CO | ||
2003 | ER | Kyle Martin | (Out of Africa) |
Miracle Dogs | Dr. Elliot | TV Movie | |
Windfall | Packard | TV Movie | |
The Division | Ronald Crenshaw | (Diagnosis) | |
Dark Walker | Radio D.J. | video | |
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' | Ted Bergman | TV Movie | |
The Low Budget Time Machine | Mook | ||
The District | Officer Up For Promotion | (Bloodlines) | |
Agent Cody Banks | Mr. Banks | ||
Becker | Mr. Stoler | (The Pain in the Neck) | |
A Minute with Stan Hooper | Pete Peterson | 2003 - 04 (13 episodes) | |
2004 | Blowing Smoke | Ray | TV Movie |
Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts | Dr. Shocker | TV Movie | |
The Substitute Waiter | Dan | short | |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Mr. Banks | ||
Straight Into Darkness | Soldier | ||
The Sure Hand of God | Marcus Bowser | ||
2005 | Take Out | Fredo Holt | |
Law & Order | Nathaniel Prentiss | (New York Minute) | |
Desperate Housewives | Mr. Flannery | (You Could Drive a Person Crazy) | |
Supercross | Mr. Lang | ||
Monk | Larry Zwibell | (Mr. Monk Gets Drunk) | |
The Devil's Rejects | Morris Green | ||
American Black Beauty | Doc Chavez | TV Movie | |
Murder at the Presidio | Major Dawson | TV Movie | |
Cold Case | Butch Beard, 2005 | (Kensington) | |
Graves End | Sheriff Hooper | ||
The Naked Monster | Captain Company | ||
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Mork & Mindy' | Garry Marshall | TV Movie | |
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber | Alex | TV Movie | |
Lost | Leslie Arzt | 2005 - 10 (8 episodes) | |
2006 | Close to Home | Big Freddy Wade | (Homecoming) |
The Closer | Alan Roth | (To Protect & to Serve) | |
Red Riding Hood | Red's Dad | ||
Ghost Whisperer | Adam Emerson | (The Vanishing) | |
Boston Legal | Russell Blayney | (Shock and Oww!) | |
Flourish | Charles Covner | ||
NCIS | Port Security Chief Matthew Lake | (Boxed In) | |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Frank Rosetti/Fred Paulsen | 2006 - 13 (Rashomama and Dead Air) | |
2007 | Lost: Missing Pieces | Leslie Arzt | uncredited (Arzt & Crafts and Tropical Depression) |
Misty & Sara | Phil | short | |
Christmas Is Here Again | Paul Rocco/Jacque | voice and video | |
K-Ville | Arnie Canesco | (No Good Deed) | |
Halloween | Lou Martini | ||
Orion Slave Girls Must Die!!! | Jules' Dad | short | |
Shredderman Rules | Bob Bixby | TV Movie | |
Trail of the Screaming Forehead | Amos | ||
LA Blues | Mr. Whittmore | ||
A Family Lost | Steve Walsh | TV Movie | |
Without a Trace | August Black | (Eating Away) | |
2008 | Eleventh Hour | Principal Craig | (Cardiac) |
Bryan Loves You | Professor Spine | ||
Flash of Genius | Frank Sertin | ||
How My Dad Killed Dracula | Uncle Ronny | short | |
Rex | Sheriff Bobby | ||
Bones | George Francis | (Player Under Pressure) | |
Finding Amanda | Link | ||
2009 | A Fork in the Road | Martin Cheeder | |
The New Adventures of Old Christine | Josh | (It's Beginning to Stink a Lot Like Christmas) | |
Woke Up Dead | Shadow Man | (14 episodes) | |
Wizards of Waverly Place | Mr. Evans | (Halloween) | |
The Haunted World of El Superbeasto | Morris Green | voice | |
Halloween II | Big Lou | ||
Dark Blue | Paul Tivnan | (Ice) | |
Angels and Fire | Sen. Stevens | short | |
The Mandala Maker | The Other Person | short | |
Dark and Stormy Night | 8 O'Clock Farraday | ||
The Lost Skeleton Returns Again | Gondreau Slykes | ||
Sonny with a Chance | Mr. Condor | 2009 - 10 (5 episodes) | |
2010 | Changing Hands | Tommy | |
Jack and the Beanstalk | Mayor Lichfield | ||
CSI: Miami | Mark Bullock | (Getting Axed) | |
Crafty | Phil Sheridan | (Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Baked) | |
Dozers | Thurman Stewart | ||
The Rooneys | TV short | ||
Glee | Paul Karofsky | 2010 - 12 (Furt, Born This Way, and On My Way) | |
2011 | Grimm | Lt. Peter Orson | (The Three Bad Wolves) |
The Congregation | Solomon Hostetler | short | |
The Mentalist | Det. Wade | (Scarlet Ribbons) | |
T is for Temptation | Killer | short | |
L.A. Noire | Mark Bishop | voice, video game | |
InSight | Sgt. Reed | ||
That's What I Am | Jim Nichol | ||
Night Club | Frank | ||
Big Love | Jeff | (The Oath) | |
Final Sale | Ted | ||
2012 | Beyond the Basement Door | Roman Grady | short |
Changing Hands Feature | |||
Everyone Wants Theirs | George Charlie | (The Levels of Resurrection) | |
Castle | Joe Silva | (Swan Song) | |
Doctor Shocker's Monster Campaign Ads 2012 | The Wolf Man | short | |
The Walking Dead | B.J. | uncredited and TV mini-series | |
The Lords of Salem | Frankenmonster (Frankenstein and the Witchhunter) | uncredited | |
Weeds | Detective Jensen | (Messy and See Blue and Smell Cheese and Die) | |
John Dies at the End | Largeman | ||
Hot in Cleveland | Director Perkins | (Two Girls and a Rhino) | |
2013 | After Life | Garrett | |
Compound Fracture | Jim | ||
The Cynicism of Harvey Kay | Harvey Kay | short | |
Mob City | Nick Bledsoe | (6 episodes) | |
Dead Rising 3 | Gary Finkel | voice, video game | |
See Dad Run | Bill | (See Dad Dance Around the Truth) | |
Neil Gaiman's We Can Get Them for You Wholesale | Burton Kimble | short | |
King & Maxwell | Hamilton G. Skales | (Job Security) | |
Lionhead | Detective Heilman | ||
Vegas | Teddy Brown | (Scoundrels) | |
Crash & Bernstein | Ed | (Crash vs Flex) | |
It's a Frame-Up! | Edgar Kennedy | short | |
CSI: NY | Ray Tortucci | (White Gold) | |
2014 | Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever | George | TV Movie |
NCIS: Los Angeles | Paul Barnes | (The Grey Man) | |
Franklin & Bash | Dewey Barber | (Good Cop/Bad Cop) | |
The Walk | Mr. Simpson | short | |
At the Devil's Door | Chuck | ||
2015 | His Neighbor Phil | Harvey | post-production |
Phantasm: Ravager | Demeter | post-production | |
The Flag | Chef Jim | post-production | |
Give Til It Hurts | Dallas | post-production | |
Soaked in Bleach | Tom Grant | documentary and post-production | |
A Place for Heroes (completed) | Lloyd | completed | |
American Kings | announced | ||
Major Crimes | Sgt. Staples | (Internal Affairs) | |
Classic | (They Made Me a Criminal) |
Trivia[]
- Bears a slight resemblance to actor Lee Majors II, son of "The Six Million Dollar Man" (1974) star Lee Majors.
- Is a major Universal Monster collector.
- Profiled in "Character Kings: Hollywood's Familiar Faces Discuss the Art & Business of Acting" by Scott Voisin in 2009.
- Once guest in an episode of The Walking Dead.