Biography
A compact, curly-haired character player with bushy eyebrows over large brown eyes and malleable looks, Saul Rubinek has excelled in playing nebbishy professionals. Born in a displaced persons camp after WWII to Polish Holocaust survivors, he and his family emigrated to Canada when he was a mere eight months. As a child, Rubinek was enrolled in theater classes and by age 10 had made his professional acting debut on Canadian radio. While still …
Career Milestones
2002 | Played George 'Bullets' Durgom in the Television movie "Gleason" based on the life of Jackie Gleason | |
2001 | Directed "Bleacher Bums"; premiered at the Chicago Film Festival; aired on Showtime in 2002 | |
2000 | Starred opposite Nicolas Cage in "The Family Man" | |
2000 | Starred opposite Joan Allen and Gary Oldman in Rob Lurie's "The Contender" | |
1999 | Cast as Henry Kissinger in Andrew Fleming's satirical look at Watergate, "Dick", starring Dan Hedaya as Richard M Nixon | |
1999 | Played recurring role of lawyer Donnie Douglas, who entered into romance with Daphne (Jane Leeves) on "Frasier" (NBC) | |
1998 | Feature directorial debut, "Jerry & Tom"; also produced; screened at film festivals | |
| Joined ensemble cast of the CBS sitcom "Ink" | ||
1995 | Acted in Oliver Stone's biopic "Nixon"; Dan Hedaya portrayed Bebe Rebozo | |
1993 | Essayed role as one of the doctors on the team tracking the AIDS virus in the HBO drama "And the Band Played On" | |
1992 | Appeared as the "biographer" W W Beauchamp in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Western "Unforgiven" | |
1992 | Co-starred in the unsold pilot for a series based on the award-winning play and film "Driving Miss Daisy" (CBS); played Daisy's son Boolie | |
1991 | Starred in the Canadian-produced "The Quarrel", about a writer and a Holocaust survivor who renew rivalries when they remeet; has claimed this is his favorite role | |
1989 | Cast in the short-lived ABC drama "Men" | |
1985 | Played recurring role on the CBS series "The Equalizer" | |
1984 | Had featured role in the award-winning PBS miniseries "Concealed Enemies", about the Alger Hiss spy case | |
1983 | Played title role of a Los Angeles cab driver with a desire to be a private investigator in the busted NBC pilot "Dusty" | |
1982 | Won a Genie Award for his supporting turn in the thriller about cults, "Ticket to Heaven" | |
1980 | Film debut in "Nothing Personal" | |
1979 | American TV debut in "Sanctuary of Fear" | |
| Was a founding member of the Toronto Free Theater | ||
| Performed at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival | ||
1964 | Dropped out of school at age 16 | |
| Started acting in the Ottawa Little Theater while still in grade school, playing both male and female parts until his voice changed | ||
1958 | Professional acting debut on radio at age 10 | |
| Placed in a theater class at an early age | ||
| Moved to Montreal at the age of eight months from a displaced persons camp in Munich, Germany | ||