An American actor. His career began with a well-received performance in King of the Gypsies (1978), for which he earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination. His second Golden Globe nomination came for his portrayal of Paul Snider in Star 80 (1983), followed by Globe and Academy Award nominations for his supporting Class="shortinfo">Role in Class="shortinfo">Runaway Train (1985). In a career spanning almost forty years, Class="shortinfo">Roberts has performed in over 200 films, including Class="shortinfo">Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), The Specialist (1994), Cecil B. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), The Dark Knight (2008), Class="shortinfo">The Expendables (2010) and Inherent Vice (2014). His equally varied television work includes three seasons with the sitcom Less than Perfect, as well as Class="shortinfo">Recurring Class="shortinfo">Roles on the NBC drama Heroes and the CBS soap opera The Young and the Class="shortinfo">Restless. His sisters Julia Class="shortinfo">Roberts and Lisa Class="shortinfo">Roberts Gillan, and daughter Emma Class="shortinfo">Roberts, also have acting careers.
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