Life and career

Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem.

He appeared in his first film role in 1981. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant lawyer, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, and he also had a recurring role opposite Don Johnson's character as the corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina in Nash Bridges. He has appeared in numerous other guest roles in television programs and has appeared in many feature films including Bryan Loves You, River's Edge, and Dudes. He also played the role of US Marshal Bob Biggs in the films, The Fugitive and U.S. Marshals. He appeared as Mr. Banks in the film Agent Cody Banks and its sequel. He has also appeared as the FBI Agent Weine in Final Destination.

Roebuck also had a one-off appearance in The King of Queens in 1999 (season 1 episode 17) as Jeffrey the cop, whom Carrie (Leah Remini) tried to date in order to get out of a traffic ticket.

One of Roebuck's more memorable roles was as Jay Leno in the HBO made-for-TV film The Late Shift. Leno has often commented positively on Roebuck's performance whenever a guest brings up the film on the show. In 2002 portrayed a hearse driver in the Comedy horror film Bubba Ho-Tep and acted than 2006 in the production Red Riding Hood. This Randal Kleiser directed HD motion picture was shot primarily with live-on-demand 3D virtual set technology.

From 2005 until 2010, he had a recurring role in the television drama Lost, appearing as Dr. Arzt in nine episodes. He played Morris Green in Rob Zombie's film, The Devil's Rejects. He has been a writer and producer for the Monsterama series, and appeared in some episodes of the series. Roebuck also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Quints as well as the Nickelodeon original film, Shredderman Rules. In Sonny with a Chance, he played Mr. Condor. He guest starred in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place. In 2009, Roebuck guest starred in the fan produced web series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.

He has guest starred on an episode of Dark Blue and Bones. He is the voice of Morris Green in Rob Zombie's animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and starred in the film, A Fork in the Road.

Roebuck portrayed Dave Karofsky's father in the TV series Glee. He appeared in Furt (episode 8, Season 2; aired November 23, 2010) and Born This Way (episode 18, Season 2; aired April 26, 2011). He also made a brief cameo appearance in season 3, episode 14, On My Way.

He played the role of Jim Nichol in the movie, That's What I Am - released April 2011.

In October 2012, he appeared on AMC's The Walking Dead Cold Storage webisodes as B.J. He is set to star as Pastor Victor, in the Rob Zombie film 31. In November, 2015 he played Arnold Walker in The Man in the High Castle adapted from the novel by Phillip K. Dick. His role, Arnold Walker, is the father of the leading character. He appeared in five of ten episodes in the first season, distributed through Amazon.com.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Cavegirl (film)	Rex
1986	River's Edge	Samson 'John' Tollet
1987	Dudes	Biscuit
1987	Project X	Hadfield
1989	Disorganized Crime	Bill Lonigan (cop)
1992	Eddie Presley	Keystone the Magnificent
1992	Only You		Credited
1993	The Fugitive	Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Biggs
1996	The Late Shift	Jay Leno
1996	The Cold Equations		TV short film
1997	Money Talks	Detective Williams
1998	Driven		Credited
2000	Final Destination	Agent Weine
2002	Mary Christmas	Mac Reeves	TV Movie
2002	We Were Soldiers	Medevac Commanding Officer
2002	Bubba Ho-Tep	Hearse Driver #1	Cameo appearance
2002	Hansel and Gretel	Dad
2003	Windfall	Packard	TV Movie
2003	Miracle Dogs	Dr. Elliot	TV Movie
2003	Agent Cody Banks	Mr. Banks
2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Mr. Banks
2004	Blowing Smoke	Ray	TV Movie
2008	Flash of Genius	Frank Sertin
2009	Dark and Stormy Night	8 O'Clock Faraday
2011	That's What I Am	Jim Nichol
2012	John Dies at the End	Largeman
2014	Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever	George
2015	Soaked in Bleach	Tom Grant
2016	31	Pastor Victor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987-1995	Matlock	Bobby Shaw Alex Winthorp Prosecutor Mr. Sodowsky Cliff Lewis	Episode "The Doctors" (1987) Episodes: "The Ambassador parts 1-2" (1988), "The Priest" (1989) Episodes: "The Assassination parts 1-2" (1992) Main role 1992-1995
1991	Lookwell	Cop	Episode: "Pilot" - Uncredited
1992	Quantum Leap	Neil Lindhurst	Episode: "The Play's the Thing"
1996	Nash Bridges	Inspector Rick Bettina	Recurring role
1996	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Hekimer Johnson	Episode "Oedipus Wrecks" (S03E19)
1999	The King of Queens	Jeffrey, the cop	Episode: "Court Date" (S01E17)
2004	Monsterama		As producer and writer. Also appeared in some of its episodes.
2005-2010	Lost	Dr. Leslie Arzt	9 episodes
2008	Bones	George Francis	Episode: "Player Under Pressure" (S03E11)
2009-2011	Sonny with a Chance	Mr. Condor	Recurring role
2009	Wizards of Waverly Place	Mr. Evans	Episode: "Halloween" (S03E02)
2009	Dark Blue	Paul Tivnan	Episode: "Ice" (S01E06)
2010	Star Trek: The Continuing Mission	Admiral Rowan	Episode: "We Will Control All That You See And Hear"
2010-2012	Glee	Paul Karofsky	3 episodes
2011-2015	Grimm	Peter Orson	Episode: "The Three Bad Wolves" (S01E06) Episode: "Trial by Fire" (S04E13)
2012	Castle	Joe Silva	Episode: "Swan Song" (S05E07)
2015	Transformers: Robots in Disguise	Malodor
2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	John Donnelly	Episode: "A Wanted (Inhu)man" (S03E03)

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Walking Dead: Cold Storage	B.J.	Main role (4 episodes)
2015	The Man in the High Castle	Arnold Walker	Recurring character (5 episodes)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]