Tony Roberts

Tony Roberts

Actor

Born October 22, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA

Versatility and ability to portray a variety of characters over four decades on stage, screen, and television have made Tony Roberts one of the busiest actors in America. He is a graduate of the High School of Music and Arts, which merged with the High School of Performing Arts to become LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where he majored in theater and studied acting with Alvina Krause. Tony is the son of Radio and Television announcer Ken Roberts, one of the founding members of AFTRA, and has himself served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Association. He is currently the President of Theatre Authority - an organization established by the entertainment unions to oversee benefit performances. Tony has appeared in dozens and dozens of films including Stardust Memories (1980), Star Spangled Girl (1971), The Million Dollar Duck (1971), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Popcorn (1991), Amityville 3-D (1983), Key Exchange (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987) and Switch (1991). His theater credits included "Sugar", "Don't Drink the Water", "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "South Pacific".

Top titles

  • Annie Hall
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • Play It Again, Sam
  • Serpico
  • Sarah Vaughan 'The Divine One' in 1958
  • Law & Order Season 1
  • Hannah And Her Sisters
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1
  • 12 and Holding
  • Murder, She Wrote, Season 6
  • Stardust Memories
  • Matlock Season 1
  • Our Sons
  • A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
  • The Love Boat - The Shipshape Cruise
  • Switch
  • 18 Again!
  • Seize the Day
  • The Million Dollar Duck
  • Shattering the Silence

Filmography

  • 2014
    The Longest Week
  • 2005
    12 and Holding
  • 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent Season 1
  • 1993
    Shattering the Silence
  • 1991
    Our Sons
  • Switch
  • 1990
    Law & Order Season 1
  • 1988
    18 Again!
  • 1986
    Hannah And Her Sisters
  • Matlock Season 1
  • Seize the Day
  • 1985
    Sarah Vaughan 'The Divine One' in 1958
  • 1984
    Murder, She Wrote, Season 6
  • 1982
    A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
  • 1980
    Stardust Memories
  • Just Tell Me What You Want
  • 1977
    Annie Hall
  • The Love Boat - The Shipshape Cruise
  • 1974
    The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  • 1973
    Serpico
  • 1972
    Play It Again, Sam
  • 1971
    The Million Dollar Duck
  • Star Spangled Girl

Connections

  • Woody Allen

    Woody Allen

  • Diane Keaton

    Diane Keaton

  • Sidney Lumet

    Sidney Lumet

  • Jean-Paul Rappeneau

    Jean-Paul Rappeneau

  • Sandy Duncan

    Sandy Duncan

  • Charlie Schlatter

    Charlie Schlatter

Genres

  • Thriller
  • Action & Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Horror
  • Music Videos & Concerts
  • Documentary
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Children & Family