Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek
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.
Known For
Actor
as Gouzenko
as Rebbe Weitsenzang
as Joseph
as John Woodman
as Rosenhan
as Murray Markowitz
as Mr. Feinman
as Feinman
as Saul
as Rep. Charles Sandman
as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")
as Senator David Becker
as Pauly Auerbach
as Marty
as Pfoopa
as Tippy Bernstein
as Hasty Hathaway
as Hasty Hathaway
as Arthur Claypool
as Martin Hirsch
as M. Breiman
as Charnofsky
as Rabbi
as Hasty Hathaway
as David Bronstein
as Judge Thomas Treem
as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen
as Art Modell
as Mitch
as Rafe Kott
as Sol
as The Boss
as Dr. Sherman
as Hasty Hathaway
as Fred Silverman
as Hasty Hathaway
as Dr. Carl Carlson
as Lance
as Mr. Green
as Matthew
as Peter Wennik
as Eli Rigler
as Dr. Alan Galloway
as Himself
as Howard Kaufman
as Dr. Sam Bonnert
as Gary Pereira
as Dr. Paul Fleiss
as Paul Linder
as Donald Feldcamp
as Clark Finney
as Skin Specialist
as Eli Morton
as Peter Tomashevski
as Sal Astor
as George 'Bullets' Durgom
as Jazzer
as Reid (uncredited)
as Red Dragon Box Man
as Ira Stone
as Lon Cohen
as Alan Mintz
as Jerry Tolliver
as Cuthman
as Saul Panzer
as Martin P. Barrett
as Dr. Saul Funkhouser
as Henry Kissinger
as Morano
as Mr. Price
as Napoleon Bonaparte
as Dogtrack Victim
as Matt Carroll
as Thomas
as Kendall
as Whitey
as Emmett Bregman
as Arnold Hunter
as Bookkeeper
as Sam Cohen
as Alan Mesnick
as Herb Klein
as Dr. Munger
as Fiedler
as Eric Schlockmeister
as Professor Hugaro
as Aaron Zgierski
as Sam Smotherman
as Robert 'Bobby' Drace
as Brian Hoyle
as Dr. Jim Curran
as Mr. Ferderber
as Lee Donowitz
as Bill Bryson
as Donny Douglas
as W.W. Beauchamp
as Laurence Moncrief
as Hersh Rasseyner
as Jed Kramer
as Mel
as Professor Ira Simpkis
as Paul Armas
as Seymour Heller
as Rabbi Teitelman
as Owen Hughes
as Harry Salt
as Narrator
as Kivas Fajo
as Sam
as Bo Hodges
as Benny Cooperman
as Harold Schoen
as Hitchhiker
as Benny Cooperman
as Jason Masur
as John Griffths
as Steve Kirsch
as Dan Grey
as Centino
as Floyd Kurtzman
as Terry
as Allan
as Larry
as Mr. Freed
as Peter Braden (uncredited)
as Jackie
as Sam Goldstein
as Mervyn Kaplansky
as Jerry Stone
as Frank
as Narrator
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Producer
as Producer