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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Credits
- 2023 · SHTTL as Rebbe Weitsenzang
- 2023 · Clock as Joseph
- 2023 · BlackBerry as John Woodman
- 2021 · I Am Normal as Rosenhan
- 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 · Gridlocked as Marty
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Pfoopa
- 2015 · Schitt's Creek as Tippy Bernstein
- 2014 · A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con as Self
- 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 · Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! as Martin Hirsch
- 2010 · Kill Me Please as M. Breiman
- 2010 · Barney's Version as Charnofsky
- 2010 · Knucklehead as Rabbi
- 2010 · Jesse Stone: No Remorse 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 · The Express as Art Modell
- 2008 · The Trojan Horse as Rafe Kott
- 2008 · Julia as Mitch
- 2007 · Blackout as Sol
- 2007 · A Broken Life as The Boss
- 2007 · War as Dr. Sherman
- 2007 · Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Hasty Hathaway
- 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 · Santa's Slay as Mr. Green
- 2005 · Partner(s) as Matthew
- 2005 · Trump Unauthorized as Peter Wennik
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Eli Rigler
- 2005 · Blind Justice as Dr. Alan Galloway
- 2004 · Camp Hollywood as Himself
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Donald Feldcamp
- 2004 · Lost as Clark Finney
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · Baadasssss! as Howard Kaufman
- 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
- 2004 · Hollywood North as Paul Linder
- 2003 · The Singing Detective as Skin Specialist
- 2003 · Threat Matrix as Peter Tomashevski
- 2003 · And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself as Eli Morton
- 2002 · The Brady Bunch in the White House as Sal Astor
- 2002 · Gleason as George 'Bullets' Durgom
- 2002 · Triggermen as Jazzer
- 2002 · Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story as Self
- 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 · Lakeboat as Cuthman
- 2000 · The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Saul Panzer
- 2000 · The Bookfair Murders as Martin P. Barrett
- 1999 · Once and Again as
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mr. Price
- 1999 · Dick as Henry Kissinger
- 1999 · Mentors as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1999 · 36 Hours to Die as Morano
- 1998 · Jerry and Tom as Dogtrack Victim
- 1998 · Bad Manners as Matt Carroll
- 1998 · Blackjack as Thomas
- 1997 · Hostile Intent as Kendall
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Emmett Bregman
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1997 · The Practice as Arnold Hunter
- 1997 · Pale Saints as Whitey
- 1996 · Ink as Alan Mesnick
- 1996 · Past Perfect as Bookkeeper
- 1996 · Rainbow as Sam Cohen
- 1996 · Toe Tags as
- 1995 · Nixon as Herb Klein
- 1995 · Memory Run as Dr. Munger
- 1995 · The Android Affair as Fiedler
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Professor Hugaro
- 1995 · The Outer Limits as Aaron Zgierski
- 1995 · Open Season as Eric Schlockmeister
- 1994 · I Love Trouble as Sam Smotherman
- 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 · And the Band Played On as Dr. Jim Curran
- 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
- 1992 · Man Trouble as Laurence Moncrief
- 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
- 1989 · Men as Paul Armas
- 1988 · Liberace: Behind the Music as Seymour Heller
- 1988 · The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick as Rabbi Teitelman
- 1988 · Hitting Home as Owen Hughes
- 1987 · Wall Street as Harry Salt
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Kivas Fajo
- 1987 · So Many Miracles as Narrator
- 1987 · Taking Care as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Harold Schoen
- 1986 · Half a Lifetime as Sam
- 1986 · Sweet Liberty as Bo Hodges
- 1986 · Murder Sees the Light as Benny Cooperman
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Jason Masur
- 1985 · The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Griffths
- 1985 · Martin's Day as Hitchhiker
- 1985 · The Suicide Murders as Benny Cooperman
- 1984 · Against All Odds as Steve Kirsch
- 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
- 1981 · Ticket to Heaven as Larry
- 1981 · Clown White as Mr. Freed
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
- 1980 · Nothing Personal as Peter Braden (uncredited)
- 1980 · Death Ship as Jackie
- 1980 · Agency as Sam Goldstein
- 1979 · Sanctuary of Fear as Jerry Stone
- Future · Redefining the Outsider: Saul Rubinek in Early Canadian Television as Self
- Future · Grierson and Gouzenko as Gouzenko
- 1979 · The Wordsmith as Mervyn Kaplansky
- 1978 · Seer Was Here as
- 1977 · For The Record as
- 1976 · Friday Night Adventure as
- 1975 · Sidestreet as Frank
- 1968 · Slow Run as Narrator