"Sometimes movie-making happens like clockwork; other times, like a car accident."
Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956 in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American actor and part of the Roberts family, his sister being Julia Roberts and his daughter being Emma Roberts.
In April 2015, he was named the Center of the Hollywood Universe, though he has since dipped down to third place. Since 1995, he has appeared in dozens of productions per year, mostly in supporting or villainous roles, with over 500 credits as of 2019.
Partial filmography:
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Film roles
- King of the Gypsies (1978) as Dave
- Raggedy Man (1981) as Teddy
- Star 80 (1983) as Paul Snider
- The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) as Paulie
- The Coca Cola Kid (1985) as Becker
- Runaway Train (1985) as Buck
- Nobody's Fool (1986) as Riley Hood
- Rude Awakening (1989) as Fred
- Blood Red (1989) as Marco Collogero
- Best of the Best (1989) as Alex Grady
- The Ambulance (1990) as Josh Baker
- Final Analysis (1992) as Jimmy Evans
- Sensation (1994) as Dr. Ian Burton
- The Specialist (1994) as Tomas Leon
- The Immortals (1995) as Jack
- The Nature of the Beast (1995) as Adrian "Dusty"
- The Shadow Men (1997) as Bob Wilson
- Most Wanted (1997) as Assistant Deputy Director Spencer
- The Prophecy II (1998) as Michael
- Cecil B. Demented (2000) as Honey's Ex
- National Security (2003) as Nash
- Endangered Species (2003) as Lt. Mike "Sully" Sullivan
- Six: The Mark Unleashed (2004) as Dallas
- Confessions Of An Action Star (2005) as Police Chief
- Geppettos Secret (2005) as Jack Hammer (voice role)
- DOA: Dead or Alive (2006) as Donovan
- The Dark Knight (2008) as Sal Maroni
- The Butcher (2009) as Merle Hench
- The Expendables (2010) as James Munroe
- Sharktopus (2010) as Dr. Nathan Sands
- A Talking Cat!?! (2013) as Duffy the Cat
- Assault on Wall Street (2013) as Louis Patterson
- Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft (2013) as Mr. Sebastian
- Inherent Vice (2014) as Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann
- Fractured (2014) as Dr. Jason Ballard
- The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015) as Governor Hughes
- Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015) - As Himself
- Skin Traffik (2015) as The Executive
- The Red Maple Leaf (2016) as Holmes
- Six Gun Savior (2016) as The Devil
- Ayla The Daughter Of War (2017) as Maj. Gen. Coulter
- Maximum Impact (2017) as Secretary of State Robert Jacobs
- Blackbird (2018) as Blake
- Head Full Of Honey (2018) as Dr. Hoist
- Monster Island (2019) as Gen. Horne
- Babylon (2022) as Robert Roy
TV roles
- Doctor Who: The TV Movie (1996) as Bruce/the Master
- Later reprises his role as the Master in "Big Finish" in 2019
- Frasier (1997) as Chet (voice)
- The Odyssey (1997) as Eurymachus
- Oz (1997) as Richard L'Italien
- Touched by an Angel (1999) as Nick Stratton
- Purgatory (1999) as Blackjack Britton
- The King of Queens (2001) as Strohmeyer
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2001) as Sam Winfield
- Witchblade (2002) as Lupo
- Justice League (2002–04) as Mongul (voice)
- Less Than Perfect (2002–05) as Will Butler
- Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy (2005) as Dark Danny (voice)
- CSI: Miami (2005) as Ken Kramer
- The L Word (2006–07) as Gabriel McCutcheon
- Heroes (2007) as Agent Eric Thompson
- Fear Itself (2008) as Harry Siegal/Harry Bender
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2008) as Roy Hubert
- Entourage (2008) as Himself
- Crash (2009) as Seth Blanchard
- Chuck (2010) as Packard
- The Young and the Restless (2010–11) as Vance Abrams
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (2011) as Andy Armus
- Burn Notice (2011) as Reed Perkins
- The Finder (2012) as Uncle Shadrack
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2013–15) as Brother Daniel Larson
- Glee (2014) as Fundraiser Coordinator
- Justified (2014) as Agent Alex Miller
- Suits (2014–19) as Charles Forstman
- Hawaii Five-0 (2015) as Richard Sheridan
- Lost Girl (2015) as Hades
- Stalked By My Doctor (2015) as Dr. Albert Beck
- Scorpion (2016) as Mick Doherty
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016) as Jimmy "the Butcher" Figgis
- Code Black (2016) as Vincent "Vince" Savetti
- Grey's Anatomy (2017) as Robert Avery
- Those Who Cant (2019) as Dealin' Dave
- Interrogation (2020) as Bernard Poulos
- Kidding (2020) as Bernard Paley
- The Righteous Gemstones (2022) as Junior Marsh
