Daniel Roebuck

Daniel James Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American actor and writer.

Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1963, and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem in 1981.

He appeared in his first film role in 1985, the lead in Cavegirl, and went on to appear in such films as River's Edge (1986) and Dudes (1987).

On television, Roebuck is known for his role as Cliff Lewis, Ben Matlock's private investigator, on the TV series Matlock (1992–1995); Jay Leno in the made-for-television film The Late Shift (1996); and Dr. Leslie Arzt in the series Lost (2004–2010).

Roebuck has provided voice roles in video games, voicing Gary Finkel in Dead Rising 3 and Greez Dritus in both Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant lawyer and penultimate private investigator, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, and he also had a recurring role as a corrupt officer, Insp.

Rick Bettina, in Nash Bridges.

In film, he is known for his roles as Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive (1993) and its spin-off U.S. Marshals (1998), as well as Mr. Banks in Agent Cody Banks (2003) and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004).

He played the role of US Marshal Bob Biggs in The Fugitive (1993) and its 1998 spin-off U.S. Marshals.

In 1996, Roebuck portrayed Jay Leno in the HBO made-for-TV film The Late Shift.

Leno has often commented positively on Roebuck's performance whenever a guest would bring up the film on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

In 1999, Roebuck guest starred in The King of Queens episode "Court Date", as Jeffrey the cop, whom lead character Carrie Heffernan tried to date in order to get out of a traffic ticket.

He appeared as FBI Agent Weine in the horror film Final Destination (2000).

Roebuck starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Quints (2000), as well as the Nickelodeon original film, Shredderman Rules (2007).

In the series Sonny with a Chance, he played Mr. Condor.

He guest starred in Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place.

In 2001, Roebuck played a petty officer in the made-for-TV film A Glimpse of Hell, which explores the 1989 USS Iowa explosion.

Roebuck has worked with director and producer Don Coscarelli, appearing in Bubba Ho-Tep (2002), John Dies at the End (2012), and Phantasm: Ravager (2016).

In 2002, he played a hearse driver in the comedy horror film Bubba Ho-Tep, and played the part of Mr. Banks in the film Agent Cody Banks (2003) and its 2004 sequel Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London.

He has appeared in numerous Rob Zombie-directed films, his roles including Morris Green in The Devil's Rejects (2005) and 3 from Hell (2019); Lou Martini in Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009); and The Count in The Munsters (2022).

From 2005 until 2010, he had a recurring role in the television drama Lost, appearing as Dr. Arzt in nine episodes.

Roebuck is a regular player in films by Rob Zombie, starting with The Devil's Rejects (2005), as Morris Green.

He has been a writer and producer for the Monsterama series, appearing in some of the episodes.

He appeared in the 2006 film Red Riding Hood.

In 2009, Roebuck guest starred in the fan-produced web series Star Trek: The Continuing Mission.

He has guest starred on one episode each of Dark Blue and Bones.

He reprised his role of the Rob Zombie character Morris Green, providing that voice in the animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009), and starred in the films A Fork in the Road (2009) and That's What I Am (2011).

Roebuck portrayed Dave Karofsky's father in the TV series Glee's second season episodes "Furt" and "Born This Way", with a brief cameo appearance in the next season's "On My Way".

In October 2012, he played B.J. in AMC's The Walking Dead Cold Storage webisodes.

He stars as Pastor Victor in the Rob Zombie film 31.

In November 2015, he played Arnold Walker in The Man in the High Castle.

He appeared in five of ten episodes in the first season, distributed through Amazon Prime.

, he is host of Classic with Daniel Roebuck on New Evangelization Television in the New York metropolitan area.

In 2022, he was cast to play the part of The Count, or Grandpa, in the 2022 Rob Zombie-directed film The Munsters, based on the 1960s sitcom of the same name The Munsters.

Roebuck is a Christian.

In 2020, he and his wife Tammy founded the non-profit organization A Channel of Peace, which produces faith-based films.