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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
152
Gender
Male
Birthday
1948-07-02 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolfratshausen, Germany
Acting

2023

BlackBerry as John Woodman

2023

Clock as Joseph

2023

SHTTL as Rebbe Weitsenzang

2021

I Am Normal as Rosenhan

2020

Hunters as Murray Markowitz

2019

For All Mankind as Rep. Charles Sandman

2019

The Song of Names as Mr. Feinman

2019

The Song of Names as Feinman

2019

A Magical Journey as Saul

2018

FBI as Senator David Becker

2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

2017

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Pauly Auerbach

2016

Angie Tribeca as Pfoopa

2016

Gridlocked as Marty

2015

Schitt's Creek as Tippy Bernstein

2012

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt as Hasty Hathaway

2011

Person of Interest as Arthur Claypool

2011

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost as Hasty Hathaway

2010

Knucklehead as Rabbi

2010

Barney's Version as Charnofsky

2010

The Trotsky as David Bronstein

2010

Jesse Stone: No Remorse as Hasty Hathaway

2010

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! as Martin Hirsch

2010

Kill Me Please as M. Breiman

2009

The Good Wife as Judge Thomas Treem

2009

Warehouse 13 as Arthur "Artie" Nielsen

2008

The Trojan Horse as Rafe Kott

2008

The Express as Art Modell

2008

Julia as Mitch

2007

War as Dr. Sherman

2007

Jesse Stone: Sea Change as Hasty Hathaway

2007

A Broken Life as The Boss

2007

Blackout as Sol

2006

Psych as Lance

2006

Eureka as Dr. Carl Carlson

2006

Jesse Stone: Night Passage as Hasty Hathaway

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Eli Rigler

2005

Masters of Horror as Not available

2005

Blind Justice as Dr. Alan Galloway

2005

Santa's Slay as Mr. Green

2005

Trump Unauthorized as Peter Wennik

2005

Partner(s) as Matthew

2004

Lost as Clark Finney

2004

Boston Legal as Donald Feldcamp

2004

Jack & Bobby as Not available

2004

White Coats as Dr. Sam Bonnert

2004

Coast to Coast as Gary Pereira

2004

Baadasssss! as Howard Kaufman

2004

Hollywood North as Paul Linder

2004

Camp Hollywood as Himself

2003

Threat Matrix as Peter Tomashevski

2003

The Singing Detective as Skin Specialist

2002

Gleason as George 'Bullets' Durgom

2002

Triggermen as Jazzer

2001

A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Lon Cohen

2001

Rush Hour 2 as Red Dragon Box Man

2001

Bleacher Bums as Reid (uncredited)

2001

Laughter on the 23rd Floor as Ira Stone

2000

Curb Your Enthusiasm as Dr. Saul Funkhouser

2000

The Family Man as Alan Mintz

2000

The Contender as Jerry Tolliver

2000

Lakeboat as Cuthman

2000

The Bookfair Murders as Martin P. Barrett

1999

Once and Again as Not available

1999

Mentors as Napoleon Bonaparte

1999

Dick as Henry Kissinger

1999

36 Hours to Die as Morano

1998

Blackjack as Thomas

1998

Jerry and Tom as Dogtrack Victim

1998

Bad Manners as Matt Carroll

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Emmett Bregman

1997

The Practice as Not available

1997

The Practice as Arnold Hunter

1997

Color of Justice as Norm

1997

Pale Saints as Whitey

1997

Hostile Intent as Kendall

1996

Ink as Alan Mesnick

1996

Rainbow as Sam Cohen

1996

Past Perfect as Bookkeeper

1996

Toe Tags as Not available

1995

The Outer Limits as Professor Hugaro

1995

The Outer Limits as Aaron Zgierski

1995

Nixon as Herb Klein

1995

Memory Run as Dr. Munger

1995

The Android Affair as Fiedler

1995

Open Season as Eric Schlockmeister

1994

I Love Trouble as Sam Smotherman

1994

Getting Even with Dad as Robert 'Bobby' Drace

1993

Frasier as Donny Douglas

1993

True Romance as Lee Donowitz

1993

And the Band Played On as Dr. Jim Curran

1993

Undercover Blues as Mr. Ferderber

1992

Unforgiven as W.W. Beauchamp

1992

Man Trouble as Laurence Moncrief

1991

The Quarrel as Hersh Rasseyner

1990

Law & Order as Professor Ira Simpkis

1990

The Bonfire of the Vanities as Jed Kramer

1989

Men as Paul Armas

1988

Liberace: Behind the Music as Seymour Heller

1988

Hitting Home as Owen Hughes

1987

Wall Street as Harry Salt

1987

Taking Care as Not available

1987

So Many Miracles as Narrator

1986

L.A. Law as Harold Schoen

1986

Sweet Liberty as Bo Hodges

1986

Half a Lifetime as Sam

1986

Murder Sees the Light as Benny Cooperman

1985

The Equalizer as Jason Masur

1985

The Ray Bradbury Theater as John Griffths

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

Young Doctors in Love as Floyd Kurtzman

1982

Soup for One as Allan

1982

Highpoint as Centino

1982

By Design as Terry

1981

Hill Street Blues as Not available

1981

Ticket to Heaven as Larry

1981

Clown White as Mr. Freed

1980

Death Ship as Jackie

1980

Nothing Personal as Peter Braden (uncredited)

1980

Agency as Sam Goldstein

1979

Sanctuary of Fear as Jerry Stone

1979

The Wordsmith as Mervyn Kaplansky

1978

Seer Was Here as Not available

1977

For The Record as Not available

1975

Sidestreet as Frank

NaN

Grierson and Gouzenko as Gouzenko

1976

Friday Night Adventure as Not available

1968

Slow Run as Narrator
Crew

2019

A Magical Journey Writer

2005

Cruel But Necessary Director

2001

Club Land Director

2001

Bleacher Bums Director

1998

Jerry and Tom Director

1998

Jerry and Tom Producer

1987

So Many Miracles Writer