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Eric Roberts
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Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies (1978), earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case. He earned both a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in Runaway Train (1985). Through the 1990s and 2000s he maintained dramatic film and TV-movie roles while appearing in TV series. His television work includes three seasons with the sitcom Less than Perfect and a recurring role on the NBC drama Heroes. His sisters Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan, and daughter Emma Roberts, are also actors. Eric got his start on the now-defunct NBC daytime soap opera Another World originating the role of Ted Bancroft from February 14, 1977, to June 17, 1977. Roberts received Golden Globe nominations for his early starring roles in King of the Gypsies (1978) and Star 80 (1983). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his role as the escaped convict Buck in the film Runaway Train.
Acted in
- Westbrick Murders (2010)
- The Expendables (2010)
- Hunt to Kill (2010)
- First Dog (2010)
- Enemies Among Us (2010)
- The Whole Truth (2009)
- The Chaos Experiment (2009)
- The Butcher (2009)
- Shannon's Rainbow (2009)
- Royal Kill (2009)
- Rock Slyde (2009)
- Edgar Allan Poe's Ligeia (2009)
- Crimes of the Past (2009)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Depth Charge (2008)
- Dark Honeymoon (2008)
- Cyclops (2008)
- Sister's Keeper (2007)
- Pandemic (2007)
- 8 of Diamonds (2007)
- Phat Girlz (2006)
- One Way (2006)
- Light Years Away (2006)
- Hollywood Dreams (2006)
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)
- Aurora (2006)
- A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
- The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005)
- My Date with Drew (2005)
- Break a Leg (2005)
- Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004)
- Miss Cast Away (2004)
- Final Approach (2004)
- Border Blues (2004)
- The Long Ride Home (2003)
- Spun (2003)
- National Security (2003)
- Killer Weekend (2003)
- Intoxicating (2003)
- Wolves of Wall Street (2002)
- Endangered Species (2002)
- Breakaway (2002)
- Wrong Number (2001)
- Strange Frequency (2001)
- Stiletto Dance (2001)
- Roughing It (2001)
- Rough Air (2001)
- Raptor (2001)
- Mindstorm (2001)
- Luck of the Draw (2001)
- Fast Sofa (2001)
- Con Games (2001)
- Wildflowers (2000)
- Tripfall (2000)
- Sanctimony (2000)
- Race Against Time (2000)
- No Alibi (2000)
- Mercy Streets (2000)
- King's Guard (2000)
- Frozen in Fear (2000)
- Cecil B. Demented (2000)
- Two Shades of Blue (1999)
- Purgatory (1999)
- Lansky (1999)
- Hitman's Run (1999)
- The Shadow Men (1998)
- The Prophecy II (1998)
- The Odyssey (1997)
- T.N.T. (1997)
- Most Wanted (1997)
- The Cable Guy (1996)
- The Beatnicks (1996)
- Public Enemies (1996)
- It's My Party (1996)
- Heaven's Prisoners (1996)
- Doctor Who (1996)
- The Nature of the Beast (1995)
- The Immortals (1995)
- The Specialist (1994)
- Freefall (1994)
- BabyFever (1994)
- Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
- Best of the Best 2 (1993)
- Final Analysis (1992)
- By the Sword (1991)
- The Ambulance (1990)
- Descending Angel (1990)
- Blood Red (1989)
- Best of the Best (1989)
- Slow Burn (1986)
- Nobody's Fool (1986)
- The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
- Runaway Train (1985)
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
- Star 80 (1983)
- Raggedy Man (1981)
- American Short Story Collection: Paul's Case (1980)
- King of the Gypsies (1978)
- Watch on the Rhine (1943)
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