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Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright.

Saul Rubinek
Rubinek in 2013
Born	Saul Hersh Rubinek (1948-07-02) July 2, 1948 (age 74) Föhrenwald, Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Allied-occupied Germany
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Actor director producer playwright
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	Kate Lynch (divorced)[1] Elinor Reid ​ (m. 1990)​ [2]
Children	2
Awards	See below

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).[3]

Rubinek is a five-time Genie Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor for Ticket to Heaven (1981), and a two-time Gemini Award nominee. His directorial film debut, Jerry and Tom (1998), was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. He was previously a stage actor and director, working with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille, and co-founding the Canadian Stage Company.

Early life

Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald, a displaced-persons camp in Allied-occupied Germany, in 1948. His parents, Frania and Israel Rubinek, were both Yiddish-speaking Polish Jews who were hidden by Polish farmers for over two years during World War II. The family emigrated to Canada the same year Rubinek was born.[4][5][6] He attended Camp B'nai Brith in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec.^{[citation needed]}

Rubinek wrote the book So Many Miracles (Penguin Canada) on his parents' experiences in the war.[7]

Career

At the encouragement of his parents, Rubinek began taking acting lessons and joined the Ottawa Little Theatre. In 1969, he began performing at the Stratford Festival. He contributed to the Toronto theatre scene, co-founding the Canadian Stage Company and working with Theatre Passe Muraille as an actor and producer. He began working in the United States in the 1970s, acting in Off-Broadway productions. In 1984, he won a Drama-Logue Award for Des McAnuff's La Jolla production of As You Like It.[3]

Early in his career, Rubinek gained the attention of Canadian audiences when he starred as detective Benny Cooperman in two TV films, The Suicide Murders (1985) and Murder Sees the Light (1986), which are based on books in author Howard Engel's series of mystery novels set in the Niagara Region of Canada.[8] Rubinek starred as Owen Hughes, the antagonist, in Obsessed (1987). In another TV film, Liberace: Behind the Music (1988), he played Seymour Heller, the long-time friend and manager of Liberace.^{[citation needed]}

In 1982, he played Allan in the sex-themed romantic comedy Soup for One, directed and written by Jonathan Kaufer and produced by Marvin Worth. Rubinek appeared in Taylor Hackford's Against All Odds (1984), Alan Alda's Sweet Liberty as director Bo Hopkins, Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987), as a lawyer, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988), as a fun-loving rabbi, Brian De Palma's The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), again as a lawyer, and in a lead part as a rabbi in The Quarrel (1991). He is noted for his performance in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992) as a pulp fiction writer. He had a notable role in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993) as Lee Donowitz a pompous, cocaine-addicted film producer based on Joel Silver.[9]

He co-starred in the 1993 Emmy Award-winning American made-for-television docudrama And the Band Played On as Dr. Jim Curran. Rubinek played the character Kivas Fajo in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Most Toys." Rubinek, an ardent Star Trek fan, abruptly took over the part after David Rappaport, the actor who was originally cast in the role, attempted suicide shortly after the filming of the episode had begun. (Rappaport later died by suicide just before the episode premiered.) Photographs of Rubinek in character were used on two cards in Decipher's 1994 ST:TNG card game: a character card entitled "Kivas Fajo" and an event card entitled "Kivas Fajo: Collector." In 1998, "The Fajo Collection," a limited (40,000 copies) edition set of 18 new cards, was released as an addition to this card game. ^{[citation needed]}

Another science fiction role portrayed by Rubinek was as a documentary film director named Emmett Bregman, on the seventh season of the Canadian-American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, in a two-part episode called "Heroes, Parts 1 & 2".^{[citation needed]}

He played Donny Douglas (Daphne Moon's fiancé and Niles Crane's divorce lawyer) in several episodes of the American sitcom Frasier.^{[citation needed]}

He appeared, in various roles, in two episodes of the 1995 revival of The Outer Limits. He played the role of Louis the Lion on YTV's The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1995). He had a cameo appearance as a casino pit boss in the film Rush Hour 2.^{[citation needed]}

Rubinek played Alan Mintz opposite Nicolas Cage in the 2000 film The Family Man. In 2000, Rubinek played Detective Saul Panzer in The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, the series pilot for the 2001-02 A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery, in which he would subsequently play the recurring role of reporter Lon Cohen. In 2005 he appeared in the short-lived American television series Blind Justice, and has appeared from 2006 to 2012 in the supporting role of Hasty Hathaway in the Jesse Stone series of TV films, starring Tom Selleck.

His single-episode guest appearances during the 2000s include two 2004 episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Saul Funkhouser, the "Adrift" episode in the beginning of Lost's second season in 2005, the 2006 "Invincible" episode of Eureka, the 2007 episode of the TV series Masters of Horror "The Washingtonians", and a 2008 episode of the TV series Psych. That same year he guest-starred as Victor Dubenich, the antagonist in the pilot episode of Leverage, reappearing in 2012 for the last two episodes of season 4. In 2013, he guest-starred in two subsequent episodes of the TV series Person of Interest.[10][11]

In 2005, he directed the independent film Cruel but Necessary. The following year he appeared in a supporting role in the 2009 Canadian feature comedy The Trotsky. Rubinek starred in the Syfy series Warehouse 13 as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen, a covert agent employed by a secretive council to recover mystical artifacts with his team. The series finale was aired on May 19, 2014, on Syfy.^{[citation needed]}

His first play, Terrible Advice, premiered in September 2011 at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre in London, starring Scott Bakula, Sharon Horgan, Andy Nyman and Caroline Quentin.[12] In 2018, he was cast as a series regular on the Amazon Prime series Hunters.

Filmography

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Slow Run	Narrator (voice)	Short film
1974	Death Wish	Train Mugger #1
1980	Death Ship	Jackie
	The Agency	Sam Goldstein
	Nothing Personal	Pete Braden	Uncredited
1981	Ticket to Heaven	Larry
	By Design	Terry Loeb
1982	Soup for One	Allan Martin
	Young Doctors in Love	Floyd Kurtzman
	Highpoint	Centino
1984	Against All Odds	Steve Kirsch
1985	Martin's Day	Hitchhiker
1986	Sweet Liberty	Bo Hodges
1987	Wall Street	Harold Salt
	Taking Care	Carl
1988	The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick	Rabbi Teitelman
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Jed Kramer
	Falling Over Backwards	Mel Rosenblum
1991	The Quarrel	Hersh Rasseyner
1992	Man Trouble	Laurence Moncrief
	Unforgiven	W.W. Beauchamp
1993	Undercover Blues	Mr. Ferderber
	True Romance	Lee Donowitz
1994	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	D.A. Brian Hoyle
	I Love Trouble	Sam Smotherman
	Getting Even with Dad	Bobby Drace
1995	Nixon	Herb Klein
1996	Memory Run	Dr. Munger
	Rainbow	Sam Cohen
1997	Bad Manners	Matt Carroll
	Pale Saints	Whitey
1998	Jerry and Tom	Dogtrack Victim	Directorial Debut
1999	Dick	Henry Kissinger
2000	Lakeboat	Cuthman
	The Contender	Jerry Tolliver
	The Family Man	Alan Mintz
2001	Rush Hour 2	Red Dragon Box Man	Cameo appearance
2002	Triggermen	Jazzer
2003	The Singing Detective	Skin Specialist
	Hollywood North	Paul Linder
	Baadasssss!	Howie Kaufman
2004	Pursued	Dexter O'Neill
	Intern Academy	Dr. Sam Bonnert
2005	Santa's Slay	Mr. Green
	Cruel but Necessary	N/A	Also producer
2007	War	Dr. Sherman
2008	A Broken Life	Boss
	Julia	Mitch
	The Express	Art Modell
2009	The Trotsky	David Bronstein
2010	Barney's Version	Mr. Charnofsky
	Knucklehead	Rabbi	Cameo appearance
	Kill Me Please	M. Breiman
2015	Gridlocked	Marty
2018	The Ballad of Buster Scruggs	Frenchman/René	Segment: "The Mortal Remains"
2023	SHTTL	Rebbe Weitsenzang

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975–77	King of Kensington	Jerry Beck / Ansons Phelps	Episodes: "The Gambler" & "The End of the World"
1978	Love on the Nose	The Idealist	Television film
1979	The Wordsmith	Mervyn Kaplansky
1980	The Littlest Hobo	Tim Reagan	Episode: "Escape"
	Bizarre	Various characters	24 episodes
1981	Clown White	Mr. Freed	Television film
1983	The Terry Fox Story	Dan Grey
1984	Seeing Things	Jeffries	Episode: "An Eye on the Future"
	Hill Street Blues	Armand Bittar	Episode: "Fuched Again"
1985	The Suicide Murders	Benny Cooperman	Television film
1985–86	The Equalizer	Jason Mazer	3 episodes
1986	Murder Sees the Light	Benny Cooperman	Television film
1988	The Ray Bradbury Theater	John Griffths	Episode: "Gotcha!"
	Liberace: Behind the Music	Seymour Heller	Television film
	Street Legal	Grant Mitchell	Episode: "The Homecoming"
1989	Men	Paul Armas	6 episodes
1990	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Kivas Fajo	Episode: "The Most Toys"
1993	Matrix	Jeremy Winter	Episode: "Collateral Damage"
	And the Band Played On	Dr. Jim Curran	Television film
1994	L.A. Law	Harold Schoen	Episode: "Finish Line"
1995	Hiroshima	Dr. Leo Szilard	Television film
1995–99	The Outer Limits	Professor Hugaro/Aaron Zgierski	Episode: "Caught in the Act" & "Tribunal"
1996	Ink	Alan Mesnick	22 episodes
1998	Blackjack	Thomas	Television film
1999	The Practice	Arnold Hunter	Episodes: "Home Invasions" & "Infected"
	Mentors	Napoleon Bonaparte	Episodes: "Little Emperor"
1999–2002	Frasier	Donny Douglas	15 episodes
2000	The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Saul Panzer	Television film
2001	Laughter on the 23rd Floor	Ira Stone
2001-02	Once and Again	Colin Fleischer	Episodes: "Kind of Blue" & "Chance of a Lifetime"
	A Nero Wolfe Mystery	Lon Cohen	10 episodes
2002	Gleason	George "Bullets" Durgom	Television film
	The Brady Bunch in the White House	Sal Astor
2003	Coast to Coast	Gary Pereira
	Law & Order	Ira Simpkis	Episode: "Genius"
	And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself	Eli Morton	Television film
	NYPD Blue	Barry Tytel	Episode: "Only Schmucks Pay Income Tax"
2004	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Saul Funkhouser	Episodes: "The Weatherman" & "The 5 Wood"
	Stargate SG-1	Emmett Bregman	Episode: "Heroes"
	Dr. Vegas	Jonathan Selznick	Episode: "Lust for Life"
	Threat Matrix	Peter Tomashevski	Episode: "19 Seconds"
	Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss	Paul Fleiss	Television film
	Jack & Bobby	Nahum Mayhew	Episode: "Today I am a Man"
2005	Blind Justice	Dr. Alan Galloway	7 episodes
	Stone Cold (later Jesse Stone: Stone Cold)	Hasty Hathaway	Television film
	Trump Unauthorized	Peter Wennik	Television film
	Lost	Custody Attorney	Episode: "Adrift"
2006	Jesse Stone: Night Passage	Hasty Hathaway	Television film
	Eureka	Dr. Carl Carlson	Episode: "Invincible"
2007	Masters of Horror	Professor Harkinson	Episode: "The Washingtonians"
	Jesse Stone: Sea Change	Hasty Hathaway	Television film
	Blackout	Sol
2008	Psych	Lance	Episode: "Lights, Camera... Homicidio"
	The Trojan Horse	Rafe Kott	Television film
	Boston Legal	Donald Feldcamp	"Kill, Baby, Kill"
2008–12	Leverage	Victor Dubenich	3 episodes
2009–14	Warehouse 13	Artie Nielsen	64 episodes
2010	Jesse Stone: No Remorse	Hasty Hathaway	Television film
2011	Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost
2012	Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt
2013	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Mr. Price	Episode: "Funny Valentine"
2013–14	Person of Interest	Arthur Claypool	Episodes: "Lethe" & "Aletheia"
2015	Beauty & the Beast	Dr. Glenroy	Episode: "Heart of the Matter"
	The Good Wife	Judge Thomas Treem	Episode: "Taxed"
2016	Angie Tribeca	Pfoopa	Episode "Boyz II Dead"
	Blue Bloods	Sy Goodman	Episode: "The Price of Justice"
2017	Doubt	Judge Julius Routbort	Episode: "Finally"
	The Last Tycoon	Louis B. Mayer	6 episodes
2018	Grey's Anatomy	Rabbi Eli	Episode: "One Day Like This"
2018–22	The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel	Pauly Auerbach	Episodes: "We're Going to the Catskills!" & "Everything is Bellmore"
2019	Hunters	Murray Markowitz	10 episodes
2019	For all Mankind	Rep. Charles Sandman	Episode: "He Built the Saturn V"
2020	Schitt's Creek	Tippy Bernstein	Episode: "Sunrise, Sunset"

Accolades

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television

• 1980 Genie Award for Best Actor (Non-Feature): The Wordsmith (nominated)
• 1980 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: The Agency (nominated)
• 1982 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: Ticket to Heaven (won)
• 1983 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: By Design (nominated)
• 1989 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (nominated)
• 1998 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program: Hiroshima (nominated)
• 1998 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: Pale Saints (nominated)
• 2008 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program: The Trojan Horse (nominated)

Broadcast Film Critics Association

• 2001 Alan J. Pakula Award for Artistic Excellence: The Contender (won)

FilmOut LGBT Film Festival

• 2010 Audience Award for Best Supporting Actor: Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! (nominated)

Sundance Film Festival

• 1998 Grand Jury Prize: Jerry and Tom (nominated)

References

External links

• Toronto Star biography of Saul Rubinek

• Saul Rubinek at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek (* 2. Juli 1948 in Wolfratshausen, Deutschland) ist ein kanadischer Schauspieler und Filmregisseur.

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[ru] Рубинек, Сол

Сол Рубинек (англ. Saul Rubinek, родился 2 июля 1948 года, Вольфратсхаузен, Германия) — канадский актёр, режиссёр, сценарист.

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