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3Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959 in Fremont, Ohio) is an American actor. He's earned critical acclaim for his roles in film and television, often cast as memorable villains. He's perhaps best known for playing BreakoutCharacter Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the FOX drama series ''Series/PrisonBreak'' from 2005 to 2009.
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5He has also appeared in films such as ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'', ''Film/{{Hitman}}'', and ''Film/{{Transporter 3}}''. Knepper joined the cast of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' for its fourth and final season as Samuel Sullivan from 2009 to 2010, and he played Sid Rothman in the neo-noir television series ''Series/MobCity'' in 2013. He starred as Antonius in ''The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2''.
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7!Tropes
8* EmbarrassingLastName: His last name means the verb 'Fuck'/'Fucks' in Danish (as in 'Robert fucks').
9* StarMakingRole: His role as T-Bag in ''Prison Break''; the character became an EnsembleDarkhorse and BreakoutCharacter, and was the only character to appear in another show - ''Series/BreakoutKings''.
10* {{Typecasting}}: He's usually cast as charismatic and sneaky villains.
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12!Film Roles
13* ''Literature/{{Phantoms}}'' as Agent Wilson
14* ''Film/WildThing'' as the Wild Thing
15* ''Film/ThePennsylvaniaMinersStory'' as Mark 'Moe' Popernack
16* ''Film/GoodNightAndGoodLuck'' as Don Surine
17* ''Film/{{Hostage}}'' as Will Bechler
18* ''Film/{{Hitman}}'' as Yuri Marklov
19* ''[[Film/TheTransporter Transporter 3]]'' as Johnson
20* ''Film/{{RIPD}}'' as Stanley Nawlicki
21* ''Film/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' as Kronos
22* ''Film/TheHungerGames'' as Antonius
23* ''Film/JackReacherNeverGoBack'' as General Harkness
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25!Television Roles
26* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'' as Alonzo
27* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' as Wyatt Miller
28* ''Series/MurderSheWrote'' as Charles George Drexler/Owen [=McLaglen=]/Robbie Dorow
29* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' as Daniel "Igor" Smith
30* ''Series/{{ER}}'' as Keith Reynolds
31* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' as Gaul
32* ''Series/LaFemmeNikita'' as Henry Collins
33* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' as Dr. Peter Kelmer
34* ''Series/TheWestWing'' as Morgan Ross
35* ''Series/CSIMiami'' as Freddy Coleman
36* ''Series/{{Carnivale}}'' as Tommy Dolan
37* ''Series/PrisonBreak'' as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell
38* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' as Samuel Sullivan
39* ''Series/StargateUniverse'' as Simeon
40* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' as Rhett Walden
41* ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' as Internal Affairs Officer Coughlin
42* ''Series/{{Cult}}'' as Roger Reeves/Billy Grimm
43* ''Series/TheBlacklist'' as The Courier
44* ''Series/MobCity'' as Sid Rothman
45* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' as William Tockman / Clock King
46** ''Series/TheFlash2014'' as William Tockman / Clock King
47* ''Series/ChicagoFire'' as Adrian Gish/Trenton Lamont
48** ''Series/ChicagoPD'' as Adrian Gish/Trenton Lamont
49* ''Series/TexasRising'' as Empresario Buckley
50* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as Benson Long
51* ''Series/IZombie'' as Angus [=McDonough=]

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