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