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.
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- 2025 · The Copenhagen Test as Victor Simonek
- 2023 · SHTTL as Rebbe Weitsenzang
- 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
- 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 · Gridlocked as Marty
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Pfoopa
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Tippy Bernstein
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Arthur Claypool
- 2011 · Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Hasty Hathaway
- 2010 · The Trotsky as David Bronstein
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Thomas Treem
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen
- 2008 · Leverage as Victor Dubenich
- 2007 · War as Dr. Sherman
- 2006 · Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Diff'rent Strokes' as Fred Silverman
- 2006 · Eureka as Dr. Carl Carlson
- 2006 · Psych as Lance
- 2006 · Jesse Stone: Night Passage as Hasty Hathaway
- 2005 · Masters of Horror as
- 2005 · Trump Unauthorized as Peter Wennik
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Eli Rigler
- 2005 · Blind Justice as Dr. Alan Galloway
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Donald Feldcamp
- 2004 · Lost as Clark Finney
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss as Dr. Paul Fleiss
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Peter Tomashevski
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Eli Morton
- 2002 · Gleason as George 'Bullets' Durgom
- 2001 · Rush Hour 2 as Red Dragon Box Man
- 2001 · Laughter on the 23rd Floor as Ira Stone
- 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
- 2000 · The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Saul Panzer
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mr. Price
- 1999 · Mentors as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Emmett Bregman
- 1997 · The Practice as Arnold Hunter
- 1996 · Ink as Alan Mesnick
- 1996 · Past Perfect as Bookkeeper
- 1995 · Nixon as Herb Klein
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Fiedler
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Professor Hugaro
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Aaron Zgierski
- 1994 · Getting Even with Dad as Robert 'Bobby' Drace
- 1994 · Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Brian Hoyle
- 1993 · Frasier as Donny Douglas
- 1993 · True Romance as Lee Donowitz
- 1993 · Woman on Trial: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story as Bill Bryson
- 1992 · Unforgiven as W.W. Beauchamp
- 1991 · The Quarrel as Hersh Rasseyner
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Jed Kramer
- 1990 · Law & Order as Professor Ira Simpkis
- 1990 · Falling Over Backwards as Mel
- 1988 · Liberace: Behind the Music as Seymour Heller
- 1988 · Hitting Home as Owen Hughes
- 1987 · Wall Street as Harry Salt
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kivas Fajo
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Harold Schoen
- 1986 · Murder Sees the Light as Benny Cooperman
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Jason Masur
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Griffths
- 1984 · Against All Odds as Steve Kirsch
- 1982 · Soup for One as Allan
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1979 · The Wordsmith as Mervyn Kaplansky
- Future · First Shift: Redemption as
- 2023 · Clock as Joseph
- 2019 · A Magical Journey as Saul
- 2012 · Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Hasty Hathaway
- 2010 · Barney's Version as Charnofsky
- 2010 · Knucklehead as Rabbi
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Hasty Hathaway
- 2008 · The Express as Art Modell
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Rafe Kott
- 2008 · Julia as Mitch
- 2007 · A Broken Life as The Boss
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Hasty Hathaway
- 2005 · Santa's Slay as Mr. Green
- 2004 · White Coats as Dr. Sam Bonnert
- 2004 · Coast to Coast as Gary Pereira
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Skin Specialist
- 2002 · The Brady Bunch in the White House as Sal Astor
- 2002 · Triggermen as Jazzer
- 1999 · Dick as Henry Kissinger
- 1999 · 36 Hours to Die as Morano
- 1998 · Blackjack as Thomas
- 1995 · Memory Run as Dr. Munger
- 1994 · I Love Trouble as Sam Smotherman
- 1993 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Jim Curran
- 1993 · Undercover Blues as Mr. Ferderber
- 1989 · Men as Paul Armas
- 1988 · The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick as Rabbi Teitelman
- 1985 · The Suicide Murders as Benny Cooperman
- 1982 · Highpoint as Centino
- 1982 · Young Doctors in Love as Floyd Kurtzman
- 1981 · Ticket to Heaven as Larry
- 1980 · Nothing Personal as Peter Braden (uncredited)
- 1980 · Death Ship as Jackie
- 1979 · Sanctuary of Fear as Jerry Stone
- 1976 · Friday Night Adventure as
- 1976 · For the Record as
- 1975 · Sidestreet as Frank
- Future · Grierson and Gouzenko as Gouzenko
- Future · First Shift: Vengeance as
- 2023 · BlackBerry as John Woodman
- 2021 · I Am Normal as Rosenhan
- 2014 · A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con as Self
- 2010 · Kill Me Please as M. Breiman
- 2010 · Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! as Martin Hirsch
- 2007 · Blackout as Sol
- 2007 · The Washingtonians as Professor Harkinson
- 2005 · Partner(s) as Matthew
- 2004 · Camp Hollywood as Himself
- 2004 · Baadasssss! as Howard Kaufman
- 2004 · Hollywood North as Paul Linder
- 2002 · Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story as Self
- 2001 · Bleacher Bums as Reid (uncredited)
- 2000 · Lakeboat as Cuthman
- 2000 · The Bookfair Murders as Martin P. Barrett
- 1998 · Jerry and Tom as Dogtrack Victim
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Matt Carroll
- 1997 · Color of Justice as Norm
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Whitey
- 1997 · Hostile Intent as Kendall
- 1996 · Rainbow as Sam Cohen
- 1996 · Toe Tags as Lou Griffith
- 1995 · Open Season as Eric Schlockmeister
- 1993 · Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story as Bill Bryson
- 1992 · Man Trouble as Laurence Moncrief
- 1987 · So Many Miracles as Narrator
- 1987 · Taking Care as
- 1986 · Half a Lifetime as Sam
- 1986 · Sweet Liberty as Bo Hodges
- 1985 · Martin's Day as Hitchhiker
- 1983 · The Terry Fox Story as Dan Grey
- 1982 · By Design as Terry
- 1981 · Clown White as Mr. Freed
- 1980 · Agency as Sam Goldstein
- Future · Redefining the Outsider: Saul Rubinek in Early Canadian Television as Self
- 1978 · Seer Was Here as
- 1968 · Slow Run as Narrator