Saul Rubinek
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
Credits
- 2023 · BlackBerry as John Woodman
- 2020 · Hunters as Murray Markowitz
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Mr. Feinman
- 2019 · The Song of Names as Feinman
- 2019 · For All Mankind as Rep. Charles Sandman
- 2019 · A Magical Journey as Saul
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
- 2018 · FBI as Senator David Becker
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Pauly Auerbach
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Pfoopa
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Tippy Bernstein
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Hasty Hathaway
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Arthur Claypool
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Hasty Hathaway
- 2010 · Barney's Version as Charnofsky
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Thomas Treem
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen
- 2008 · The Express as Art Modell
- 2008 · Julia as Mitch
- 2007 · War as Dr. Sherman
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Hasty Hathaway
- 2006 · Eureka as Dr. Carl Carlson
- 2006 · Psych as Lance
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Santa's Slay as Mr. Green
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Eli Rigler
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Donald Feldcamp
- 2004 · Lost as Clark Finney
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · White Coats as Dr. Sam Bonnert
- 2004 · Coast to Coast as Gary Pereira
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Dr. Paul Fleiss
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Skin Specialist
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Peter Tomashevski
- 2002 · The Brady Bunch in the White House as Sal Astor
- 2001 · Bleacher Bums as Reid (uncredited)
- 2001 · Rush Hour 2 as Red Dragon Box Man
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Lon Cohen
- 2000 · The Family Man as Alan Mintz
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Saul Funkhouser
- 2000 · The Contender as Jerry Tolliver
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mr. Price
- 1999 · 36 Hours to Die as Morano
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Norm
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Emmett Bregman
- 1997 · The Practice as Arnold Hunter
- 1996 · Rainbow as Sam Cohen
- 1995 · Nixon as Herb Klein
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Professor Hugaro
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Aaron Zgierski
- 1994 · I Love Trouble as Sam Smotherman
- 1994 · Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Brian Hoyle
- 1993 · Frasier as Donny Douglas
- 1993 · Undercover Blues as Mr. Ferderber
- 1993 · True Romance as Lee Donowitz
- 1993 · Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story as Bill Bryson
- 1992 · Unforgiven as W.W. Beauchamp
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Jed Kramer
- 1990 · Law & Order as Professor Ira Simpkis
- 1988 · The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick as Rabbi Teitelman
- 1987 · Wall Street as Harry Salt
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kivas Fajo
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Harold Schoen
- 1986 · Half a Lifetime as Sam
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Jason Masur
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Griffths
- 1984 · Against All Odds as Steve Kirsch
- 1981 · Ticket to Heaven as Larry
- 1981 · Clown White as Mr. Freed
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Death Ship as Jackie
- Future · Grierson and Gouzenko as Gouzenko
- 2023 · SHTTL as Rebbe Weitsenzang
- 2023 · Clock as Joseph
- 2021 · I Am Normal as Rosenhan
- 2016 · Gridlocked as Marty
- 2014 · A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con as Self
- 2010 · Kill Me Please as M. Breiman
- 2010 · Knucklehead as Rabbi
- 2010 · Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! as Martin Hirsch
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Hasty Hathaway
- 2010 · The Trotsky as David Bronstein
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Rafe Kott
- 2007 · Blackout as Sol
- 2007 · A Broken Life as The Boss
- 2007 · The Washingtonians as Professor Harkinson
- 2006 · Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' as Fred Silverman
- 2006 · Jesse Stone: Night Passage as Hasty Hathaway
- 2005 · Partner(s) as Matthew
- 2005 · Trump Unauthorized as Peter Wennik
- 2005 · Blind Justice as Dr. Alan Galloway
- 2004 · Camp Hollywood as Himself
- 2004 · Baadasssss! as Howard Kaufman
- 2004 · Hollywood North as Paul Linder
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Eli Morton
- 2002 · Gleason as George 'Bullets' Durgom
- 2002 · Triggermen as Jazzer
- 2002 · Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story as Self
- 2001 · Laughter on the 23rd Floor as Ira Stone
- 2000 · Lakeboat as Cuthman
- 2000 · The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Saul Panzer
- 2000 · The Bookfair Murders as Martin P. Barrett
- 1999 · Dick as Henry Kissinger
- 1999 · Mentors as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1998 · Jerry and Tom as Dogtrack Victim
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Matt Carroll
- 1998 · Blackjack as Thomas
- 1997 · Hostile Intent as Kendall
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Whitey
- 1996 · Ink as Alan Mesnick
- 1996 · Past Perfect as Bookkeeper
- 1996 · Toe Tags as Lou Griffith
- 1995 · Memory Run as Dr. Munger
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Fiedler
- 1995 · Open Season as Eric Schlockmeister
- 1994 · Getting Even with Dad as Robert 'Bobby' Drace
- 1993 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Jim Curran
- 1992 · Man Trouble as Laurence Moncrief
- 1991 · The Quarrel as Hersh Rasseyner
- 1990 · Falling Over Backwards as Mel
- 1989 · Men as Paul Armas
- 1988 · Liberace: Behind the Music as Seymour Heller
- 1988 · Hitting Home as Owen Hughes
- 1987 · So Many Miracles as Narrator
- 1987 · Taking Care as
- 1986 · Sweet Liberty as Bo Hodges
- 1986 · Murder Sees the Light as Benny Cooperman
- 1985 · Martin's Day as Hitchhiker
- 1985 · The Suicide Murders as Benny Cooperman
- 1983 · The Terry Fox Story as Dan Grey
- 1982 · Highpoint as Centino
- 1982 · Young Doctors in Love as Floyd Kurtzman
- 1982 · By Design as Terry
- 1982 · Soup for One as Allan
- 1980 · Nothing Personal as Peter Braden (uncredited)
- 1980 · Agency as Sam Goldstein
- 1979 · The Wordsmith as Mervyn Kaplansky
- 1979 · Sanctuary of Fear as Jerry Stone
- 1978 · Seer Was Here as
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1976 · Friday Night Adventure as
- 1975 · Sidestreet as Frank
- 1968 · Slow Run as Narrator
- Future · Redefining the Outsider: Saul Rubinek in Early Canadian Television as Self