Saul Rubinek
Biography
Saul Rubinek, a Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright, started performing at the Stratford Festival in 1969 and helped found the Toronto Free Theatre, which became the Canadian Stage Company. He was born in Föhrenwald, a camp for displaced persons in Germany, and grew up in Ottawa. In 1965, after acting classes, he joined the Ottawa Little Theatre. Early Canadian TV films cast him as detective Benny Cooperman, and later he played Artie Nielsen in Warehouse 13, Donny Douglas in Frasier, Lon Cohen in A Nero Wolfe Mystery, and Louis B. Mayer in The Last Tycoon. His film credits include Unforgiven (1992), True Romance (1993), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Wall Street (1987), Against All Odds (1984), The Express (2008), and Barney's Version (2010). A five-time Genie Award nominee, he won Best Supporting Actor for Ticket to Heaven (1981). His first film as director, Jerry and Tom (1998), competed for Sundance's Grand Jury Prize.
78years old
Turns 79 on July 2in 234 days
- Born Föhrenwald displaced persons camp
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Saul Hersh Rubinek (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 44
- Career span
- 43 years1980 to 2023
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Behind the camera
Rubinek wrote his first play, Terrible Advice. It opened in September 2011 at London's Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre, with Scott Bakula, Sharon Horgan, Andy Nyman and Caroline Quentin in the cast.
Behind the camera
Jerry and Tom, which Rubinek directed as his first film, earned a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.
Behind the camera
Rubinek helped build Toronto's theater scene. He co-founded the Toronto Free Theatre, which became the Canadian Stage Company, and he acted and produced at Theatre Passe Muraille.
Saul Rubinek movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Harmon directed four of these films, Allan A. Goldstein two. Three actors appear in five of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Robert HarmonDirector, 4 films, 2006 to 2012
All films by Robert Harmon
Allan A. GoldsteinDirector, 2 films, 1988 to 1994
All films by Allan A. Goldstein
Also four films together1 more actor
- Jeremy AkermanJesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012), Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost (2011), Jesse Stone: No Remorse (2010) and Jesse Stone: Sea Change (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Saul Rubinek's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$640 million
21 of the 44 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 44 films: 21 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 10 never in cinemas; 10 figure not found.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 10Never in cinemas
- 10Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 85% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$159M24.9% of the total
- 2$125M19.5% of the total
- 3$62M9.7% of the total
- 4$54M8.4% of the total
- 5$44M6.9% of the total
- 6$40M6.3% of the total
- 7$31M4.8% of the total
- 8$28M4.3% of the total
$97.7 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 15% of the total
Online
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