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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 2, 1948
Place of Birth
Wolfratshausen, Germany
Also Known As
- Saul Hersh Rubinek
- Сол Рубинек
Saul Rubinek
1.2 Popularity
Biography
Saul Rubinek is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright. He is widely known for his television roles, notably Artie Nielsen on Warehouse 13, Donny Douglas on Frasier, Lon Cohen on A Nero Wolfe Mystery, and Louis B. Mayer on The Last Tycoon. He also starred in the films Against All Odds (1984), Wall Street (1987), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Unforgiven (1992), Nixon (1995), True Romance (1993), The Express (2008), Barney's Version (2010), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald, Germany, in 1948. His parents were Polish Jews who had been hidden by Polish farmers during World War II. They immigrated to Canada after the war. Rubinek began his acting career in theater, appearing in several productions with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille. He made his television debut in 1977, with a guest appearance on the series Baretta. In 1984, Rubinek starred in the film Against All Odds. He followed that up with roles in the films Wall Street (1987), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), and Unforgiven (1992). In 1995, Rubinek starred in the film Nixon. He received critical acclaim for his performance, and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. In 1998, Rubinek directed his first feature film, Jerry and Tom. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. From 2009 to 2014, Rubinek starred as Artie Nielsen on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. The series was a critical and commercial success, and it ran for five seasons. In 2013, Rubinek starred as Louis B. Mayer on the Amazon Prime series The Last Tycoon. The series was based on the novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Rubinek is a five-time Genie Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor for Ticket to Heaven (1981). He is also a two-time Gemini Award nominee. Rubinek is married to Elinor Reid, a playwright and producer. They have two children.
Known For
6.7
Rebbe Weitsenzang
SHTTL
2023
5.5
Joseph
Clock
2023
7.1
John Woodman
BlackBerry
2023
6.5
Rosenhan
I Am Normal
2021
7.2
Murray Markowitz
Hunters
2020
6.7
Mr. Feinman
The Song of Names
2019
6.7
Feinman
The Song of Names
2019
7.7
Rep. Charles Sandman
For All Mankind
2019
4.6
Saul
A Magical Journey
2019
7.1
Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
Credits
SHTTL
as Rebbe Weitsenzang
2023
6.7
Clock
as Joseph
2023
5.5
BlackBerry
as John Woodman
2023
7.1
I Am Normal
as Rosenhan
2021
6.5
Hunters
as Murray Markowitz
2020
7.2
The Song of Names
as Mr. Feinman
2019
6.7
The Song of Names
as Feinman
2019
6.7
For All Mankind
as Rep. Charles Sandman
2019
7.7
A Magical Journey
as Saul
2019
4.6
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
7.1
FBI
as Senator David Becker
2018
7.9
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Pauly Auerbach
2017
8.1
Gridlocked
as Marty
2016
5.9
Angie Tribeca
as Pfoopa
2016
6.4
Schitt's Creek
as Tippy Bernstein
2015
7.7
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
as Self
2014
0.0
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
as Hasty Hathaway
2012
6.8
Person of Interest
as Arthur Claypool
2011
8.1
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
as Hasty Hathaway
2011
6.4
Kill Me Please
as M. Breiman
2010
6.4
Barney's Version
as Charnofsky
2010
7.0
Knucklehead
as Rabbi
2010
5.6
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
as Martin Hirsch
2010
4.9
Jesse Stone: No Remorse
as Hasty Hathaway
2010
6.9
The Trotsky
as David Bronstein
2010
6.7
The Good Wife
as Judge Thomas Treem
2009
7.6
Warehouse 13
as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen
2009
7.7
Leverage
as Victor Dubenich
2008
7.6
The Express
as Art Modell
2008
7.1
The Trojan Horse
as Rafe Kott
2008
4.0
Julia
as Mitch
2008
6.7
Blackout
as Sol
2007
5.6
A Broken Life
as The Boss
2007
2.8
War
as Dr. Sherman
2007
6.4
Jesse Stone: Sea Change
as Hasty Hathaway
2007
7.0
The Washingtonians
as Professor Harkinson
2007
5.4
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes'
as Fred Silverman
2006
6.0
Eureka
as Dr. Carl Carlson
2006
7.8
Psych
as Lance
2006
7.9
Jesse Stone: Night Passage
as Hasty Hathaway
2006
6.9
Masters of Horror
2005
7.1
Santa's Slay
as Mr. Green
2005
5.5
Partner(s)
as Matthew
2005
5.5
Trump Unauthorized
as Peter Wennik
2005
3.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Eli Rigler
2005
8.2
Blind Justice
as Dr. Alan Galloway
2005
5.8
Camp Hollywood
as Himself
2004
0.0
Boston Legal
as Donald Feldcamp
2004
7.9
Lost
as Clark Finney
2004
7.9
Jack & Bobby
2004
7.0
Baadasssss!
as Howard Kaufman
2004
6.5
White Coats
as Dr. Sam Bonnert
2004
4.9
Coast to Coast
as Gary Pereira
2004
6.6
Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss
as Dr. Paul Fleiss
2004
4.3
Hollywood North
as Paul Linder
2004
4.9
The Singing Detective
as Skin Specialist
2003
5.0
Threat Matrix
as Peter Tomashevski
2003
6.0
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
as Eli Morton
2003
6.7
The Brady Bunch in the White House
as Sal Astor
2002
4.1
Gleason
as George 'Bullets' Durgom
2002
5.2
Triggermen
as Jazzer
2002
4.6
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
as Self
2002
6.0
Bleacher Bums
as Reid (uncredited)
2001
6.5
Rush Hour 2
as Red Dragon Box Man
2001
6.8
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
as Ira Stone
2001
3.8
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Lon Cohen
2001
7.8
The Family Man
as Alan Mintz
2000
6.8
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Dr. Saul Funkhouser
2000
8.0
The Contender
as Jerry Tolliver
2000
6.7
Lakeboat
as Cuthman
2000
4.5
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Saul Panzer
2000
8.3
The Bookfair Murders
as Martin P. Barrett
2000
4.3
Once and Again
1999
6.6
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mr. Price
1999
7.9
Dick
as Henry Kissinger
1999
5.9
🎬
Mentors
as Napoleon Bonaparte
1999
8.7
36 Hours to Die
as Morano
1999
3.9
Jerry and Tom
as Dogtrack Victim
1998
6.2
Bad Manners
as Matt Carroll
1998
4.4
Blackjack
as Thomas
1998
5.3
Color of Justice
as Norm
1997
4.8
🎬
Pale Saints
as Whitey
1997
2.0
Hostile Intent
as Kendall
1997
5.5
Stargate SG-1
as Emmett Bregman
1997
8.3
The Practice
as Arnold Hunter
1997
7.6
Ink
as Alan Mesnick
1996
4.0
Past Perfect
as Bookkeeper
1996
4.1
Rainbow
as Sam Cohen
1996
3.6
Toe Tags
as Lou Griffith
1996
0.0
Nixon
as Herb Klein
1995
6.9
Memory Run
as Dr. Munger
1995
5.6
The Android Affair
as Fiedler
1995
5.0
The Outer Limits
as Professor Hugaro
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Aaron Zgierski
1995
7.7
Open Season
as Eric Schlockmeister
1995
4.2
I Love Trouble
as Sam Smotherman
1994
5.5
Getting Even with Dad
as Robert 'Bobby' Drace
1994
5.3
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
as Brian Hoyle
1994
5.5
Frasier
as Donny Douglas
1993
7.7
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Jim Curran
1993
6.4
Undercover Blues
as Mr. Ferderber
1993
6.1
True Romance
as Lee Donowitz
1993
7.5
Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
as Bill Bryson
1993
0.0
Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story
as Bill Bryson
1993
3.5
Unforgiven
as W.W. Beauchamp
1992
7.9
Man Trouble
as Laurence Moncrief
1992
4.9
The Quarrel
as Hersh Rasseyner
1991
5.5
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Jed Kramer
1990
5.6
Law & Order
as Professor Ira Simpkis
1990
7.4
Falling Over Backwards
as Mel
1990
4.0
🎬
Men
as Paul Armas
1989
0.0
Liberace: Behind the Music
as Seymour Heller
1988
3.5
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
as Rabbi Teitelman
1988
5.5
Hitting Home
as Owen Hughes
1988
3.3
Wall Street
as Harry Salt
1987
7.2
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Kivas Fajo
1987
8.4
So Many Miracles
as Narrator
1987
0.0
Taking Care
1987
0.0
L.A. Law
as Harold Schoen
1986
7.0
Half a Lifetime
as Sam
1986
0.0
Sweet Liberty
as Bo Hodges
1986
5.3
Murder Sees the Light
as Benny Cooperman
1986
0.0
The Equalizer
as Jason Masur
1985
7.1
The Ray Bradbury Theater
as John Griffths
1985
6.8
Martin's Day
as Hitchhiker
1985
6.2
🎬
The Suicide Murders
as Benny Cooperman
1985
0.0
Against All Odds
as Steve Kirsch
1984
5.7
The Terry Fox Story
as Dan Grey
1983
6.1
Highpoint
as Centino
1982
4.8
Young Doctors in Love
as Floyd Kurtzman
1982
5.2
By Design
as Terry
1982
4.2
Soup for One
as Allan
1982
5.0
Ticket to Heaven
as Larry
1981
6.6
Clown White
as Mr. Freed
1981
0.0
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
Nothing Personal
as Peter Braden (uncredited)
1980
5.3
Death Ship
as Jackie
1980
5.2
Agency
as Sam Goldstein
1980
6.3
The Wordsmith
as Mervyn Kaplansky
1979
0.0
Sanctuary of Fear
as Jerry Stone
1979
6.0
Seer Was Here
1978
0.0
For The Record
1977
0.0
Friday Night Adventure
1976
0.0
Sidestreet
as Frank
1975
5.0
Slow Run
as Narrator
1968
0.0
🎬
First Shift: Redemption
N/A
0.0
🎬
First Shift: Vengeance
N/A
0.0
Grierson and Gouzenko
as Gouzenko
N/A
0.0
🎬
Redefining the Outsider: Saul Rubinek in Early Canadian Television
as Self
N/A
0.0