Daniel Roebuck
Daniel Randall Roebuck (born March 4, 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) (Lehigh Valley) is a U.S. television and movie actor, writer and producer, primarily in movies, soap operas and television.
Roebuck appeared in his first movie role in 1981. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, and from 1996 to 2001, he played Don Johnson's and Cheech Marin's corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina, in the 1990s crime drama Nash Bridges. He has appeared in numerous other guest roles in television programs and has appeared in many feature films including River's Edge, Dudes, The Fugitive, and Final Destination. He appeared as Mr. Banks in the 2003 movie Agent Cody Banks.
One of Roebuck's more memorable roles was as Jay Leno in the HBO made-for-tv movie The Late Shift. Leno has often commented positively on Roebuck's performance whenever a guest brings up the movie on the show.
In 2003, Daniel acted in the digital film world collective event of the production Red Riding Hood. This Randal Kleiser directed HD motion picture is shot for the most part with live-on-demand 3D virtual filming stage technology.
In 2005 he appeared in the television drama Lost as Dr. Arzt. He has been a writer and producer for the Monsterama series, and appeared in some episodes of the series. He also will guest star in an upcoming episode of Bones.
Roebuck will also be the voice of Morris Green in the upcoming Rob Zombie animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto.
External links
- Daniel Roebuck Official Web Site.
- Daniel Roebuck at IMDb.
- Daniel Roebuck at Memory Alpha.
- Interview with Daniel Roebuck on Slice of SciFi.
- Daniel Roebuck on The Films.