Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek

Birthdate
July 2, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolfratshausen, Germany
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
July 2, 1948 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolfratshausen, Germany
Known For
Acting

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.

Saul Rubinek's LGBTQ+ Titles

And the Band Played On
And the Band Played On
Dr. Jim Curran

Acting (143)

Grierson and Gouzenko as Gouzenko
Redefining the Outsider: Saul Rubinek in Early Canadian Television as Self
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 (10 episodes)
2019
The Song of Names as Feinman
2019
The Song of Names as Mr. Feinman
2019
For All Mankind as Rep. Charles Sandman (1 episode)
2019
A Magical Journey as Saul
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
2018
FBI as Senator David Becker (1 episode)
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Pauly Auerbach (1 episode)
2016
Gridlocked as Marty
2016
Angie Tribeca as Pfoopa (1 episode)
2015
Schitt's Creek as Tippy Bernstein (1 episode)
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 (2 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
2009
Warehouse 13 as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen (64 episodes)
2008
The Express as Art Modell
2008
The Trojan Horse as Rafe Kott (2 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
2006
Psych as Lance (1 episode)
2006
Jesse Stone: Night Passage as Hasty Hathaway
2005
Masters of Horror (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2005
Blind Justice as Dr. Alan Galloway (5 episodes)
2004
Camp Hollywood as Himself
2004
Boston Legal as Donald Feldcamp (1 episode)
2004
Lost as Clark Finney (1 episode)
2004
Jack & Bobby (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
2000
The Family Man as Alan Mintz
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Saul Funkhouser (2 episodes)
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 (2 episodes)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mr. Price (1 episode)
1999
Dick as Henry Kissinger
1999
Mentors as Napoleon Bonaparte (1 episode)
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 (2 episodes)
1997
The Practice (1 episode)
1997
The Practice as Arnold Hunter (1 episode)
1997
Pale Saints as Whitey
1996
Ink as Alan Mesnick (26 episodes)
1996
Past Perfect as Bookkeeper
1996
Rainbow as Sam Cohen
1996
Toe Tags
1995
Nixon as Herb Klein
1995
Memory Run as Dr. Munger
1995
The Android Affair as Fiedler
1995
The Outer Limits as Aaron Zgierski (1 episode)
1995
The Outer Limits as Professor Hugaro (1 episode)
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 (16 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
1990
Falling Over Backwards as Mel
1989
Men as Paul Armas (8 episodes)
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 (1 episode)
1987
So Many Miracles as Narrator
1987
Taking Care
1986
L.A. Law as Harold Schoen (1 episode)
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 (3 episodes)
1985
The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Griffths (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1980
Nothing Personal as Peter Braden (uncredited)
1980
Death Ship as Jackie
1980
Agency as Sam Goldstein
1979
The Wordsmith as Mervyn Kaplansky
1979
Sanctuary of Fear as Jerry Stone
1978
Seer Was Here
1977
For The Record (1 episode)
1976
Friday Night Adventure
1975
Sidestreet as Frank (1 episode)
1968
Slow Run as Narrator

Directing (5)

2005
Cruel But Necessary • Director
• Director
2001
Bleacher Bums • Director
• Director
2001
Club Land • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2001
Club Land • Director
• Director
1998
Jerry and Tom • Director
• Director

Production (1)

1998
Jerry and Tom • Producer
• Producer

Writing (2)

2019
A Magical Journey • Writer
• Writer
1987
So Many Miracles • Writer
• Writer