Eric roberts biography

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Synopsis

Actor Eric Roberts was born on April 18, , in Biloxi, Mississippi. His parents ran an acting and writing school out of their home, which influenced Roberts and his sisters Lisa and Julia Roberts to all become actors. Roberts' first big break came in , when he was cast as Ted Bancroft on the soap opera Another World. He was later nominated for an Oscar for Runaway Train and more recently appeared in The Dark Knight and The Expendables.

Early Life

Eric Roberts was born on April 18, , in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was raised in Atlanta. He grew up immersed in the theater scene and was surrounded by actors. His mother and father ran a successful acting and writing school out of their home. His parents' livelihood had a great effect on him and his sisters, Julia and Lisa; all three would go on to become actors.

Roberts developed a stutter as a child and found that the only time he could speak completely fluidly was when he memorized speeches and later delivered them. As a result, Roberts began participating in his parents' classes from a young age as a form of speech therapy.

Roberts' first acting role came when he was a child. He was cast in a locally produced Sunday morning television show entitled The Little Pioneers. While Roberts was very close with his father, his parents divorced when he was a little boy and he subsequently became estranged from his mother because he disliked her new husband. His difficult childhood led him into substance abuse at a young age.

Despite his difficult upbringing, Roberts continued to pursue acting. As a teenager he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and later at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

Commercial Success

Roberts' first big break came in , when he was cast as Ted Bancroft on the soap opera Another World. He did not enjoy the job and turned to the stage instead, working off-Broadway. Soon after, Roberts was discovered by agent Bill Treu

They began “this little book affair,” which turned into a four-year relationship, from to It almost ended, Eric says, after he had a brief relationship with another actress while Dennis was on the road doing a play. Sandy found out and forgave him, but there was another problem: “Too many cats. By now there’s a hundred cats. Not 30, there’s ,” Eric recalls. He offered to start an animal shelter if she would agree to keep just 10 or 12, but Sandy refused. Neither would budge, so Eric asked for his engagement ring back. Over the years he had bought her an antique jewelry box and a lot of jewelry, but he wanted her to return only the ring.

“Sandy went upstairs and stood at the top of the winding staircase,” Eric recalls. “Here’s your engagement ring,” she said as she hurled the jewelry box and it crashed to the floor, smashing into pieces.

He never saw her again. (She died in )

The Pope of Greenwich Village

In , Eric was appearing in Hartford in The Glass Menagerie when he got the script for The Pope of Greenwich Village, based on the darkly comic best-seller by Vince Patrick. It came with a note from the producers offering him the lead role of either Paulie or Charlie, Italian cousins who get on the wrong side of the Mob after pulling off a heist. Eric studied the script and chose Paulie, the younger, edgier cousin, only to hear that they’d hoped he’d play Charlie, because they didn’t think he looked tough enough to play the hothead would-be mobster Paulie. But he didn’t want to look tough—he wanted to play him as “a mama’s boy who wants to be a tough guy, because I know those guys.” So he lost 30 pounds and had his hair permed, and he played Paulie as a hyped-up, reckless dumb-ass who gets his thumb sliced off by Bedbug Eddie’s henchmen.

Eric felt that the producers—and Mickey Rourke, his co-star—were not happy. That’s not how they saw the character.

Eric recalls, “O.K., we get five days of rehearsal before we’re starting to shoot. It’s the last week o

American actor (born )

For other people named Eric Roberts, see Eric Roberts (disambiguation).

Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, ) is an American actor. Roberts has amassed more than credits and is one of the most prolific English-speaking screen actors.

Roberts' career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies () for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Paul Snider in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (). Roberts' performance in Runaway Train (), as prison escapee Buck McGeehy, earned him a third Golden Globe nod and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Notable films Roberts has appeared in include Raggedy Man (), The Pope of Greenwich Village (), By the Sword (), Final Analysis (), The Specialist (), The Cable Guy (), It's My Party (), Cecil B. Demented (), National Security (), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (), The Dark Knight (), The Expendables (), Lovelace (), Inherent Vice (), The Human Centipede 3 (), and Babylon (). A black belt in taekwondo, Roberts also demonstrated his martial arts skills in the films Best of the Best () and its sequel Best of the Best II ().

On television, his performances in the drama miniseries In Cold Blood () and the sitcom Less than Perfect (–) have earned him Satellite Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for the latter. His other varied television work includes being the only non-UK actor to play the Master in the Doctor Whotelevision film, as well as recurring roles on the NBC drama Heroes (–), the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless (–), the legal drama Suits (–), and the HBO series The Righteous Gemstones ().

Early life

Eric Anthony Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, on April 18, , to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts, one-t

Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, ) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in King of the Gypsies and Paul's Case. He is also known for playing a Gotham Gangster Salvator Maroni in The Dark Knight. He was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and one Academy Award.

Early life

Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi. His parents, Betty Lou (née Bredemus) and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, met while performing theatrical productions for the armed forces. They later co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia off of Juniper Street in Midtown. Roberts' mother filed for divorce in and it was finalized early in His younger siblings, Julia Roberts (from whom he was estranged until ) and Lisa Roberts Gillan, are also actors. His mother married Michael Motes and had daughter Nancy Motes in Roberts is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish ancestry. Roberts was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied at Henry W. Grady High School.

Personal life

He was sued two times, one for drug related problems and the other for slamming his wife into a wall. All charges were later dropped.

He is a vegan and supporter of animal rights.

Marriage and family

Roberts is currently married to Eliza Garret since ; they have a son and a daughter. He also has a daughter from an earlier relationship with Kelly Cunningham, Emma Roberts. He is the brother of Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan.

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