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Robert Knepper is a Actor American born on 8 july 1959 at Fremont (USA)

Robert Knepper

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Birth name Robert Lyle Knepper
Nationality USA
Birth 8 july 1959 (64 years) at Fremont (USA)

Robert Lyle Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor best known for his role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the FOX drama series Prison Break from 2005 to 2009 and has also appeared in films such as Good Night, and Good Luck, Hitman and Transporter 3. Knepper joined the cast of Heroes for its fourth and final season as Samuel Sullivan from 2009 to 2010, and he played Sid Rothman in the neo-noir television series Mob City in 2013. He appeared as Antonius in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and Part 2.

Biography

Jeunesse
Dès sa naissance, Robert Knepper a un pied dans le monde du spectacle. Né d'un père vétérinaire et d'une mère accessoiriste, marié a Maya knepper il prend goût pour la comédie en passant du temps dans le théâtre communautaire où travaille sa mère. C'est donc tout naturellement que le futur acteur étudie les arts dramatiques, et fait ses armes sur les planches de Chicago et de New York.


Carrière

En octobre 1986, Robert Knepper décroche son premier rôle à Hollywood dans la comédie dramatique That's Life!.

En 1987, il est en tête d'affiche d'un thriller, Wild Thing, où il mène une vie chaotique après avoir été témoin du meurtre de ses parents, alors qu'il n'était qu'un enfant. Quelques mois plus tard, il tourne à deux reprises avec Kiefer Sutherland, d'abord dans Flic et Rebelle puis dans Young Guns 2.



En 1996, il décroche un rôle secondaire dans la comédie musicale de Woody Allen, Tout le monde dit I love you. Également la même année, il joue dans Dead of Night un film assez sombre traitant le thème du vampirisme. Robert Knepper collectionne ensuite les seconds rôles dans des films et téléfilms (le troisième volet de La Mutante et un caméo dans Love and Sex en 2000), mais c'est la télévision qui lui ouvre la voie du succès.

Sa carrière télévisuelle est en effet très prolifique. Il apparaît pour la première fois sur le petit écran en 1986 dans un épisode de The Paper Chase. Le comédien multiplie alors les rôles de guest-star, dans des séries comme L'Enfer du devoir (1987), Star Trek : La Nouvelle Génération, China Beach (1990), New York, police judiciaire (1995), ou encore Urgences (1998). Il revient peu après avec un rôle récurrent dans Hôpital San Francisco (2002), avant de s'installer dans La Caravane de l'étrange (2003), où il joue un animateur radio au début du siècle dernier. Et c'est sans compter un détour par Les Experts : Miami (2004) ou encore Point Pleasant, entre le bien et le mal (2005).

C'est en 2005 que Robert Knepper se fait mondialement connaître. L'acteur se laisse enfermer dans le pénitencier Fox River de la série Prison Break où il tente de se joindre au plan d'évasion de Michael Scofield (joué par Wentworth Miller. Son rôle de Theodore « T-Bag » Bagwell , un psychopathe présent tout au long des cinq saisons de la série, acquérant une certaine renommée, cela lui ouvre les portes de nombreux projets, souvent dans la peau d'un méchant.

Il croise ainsi successivement Bruce Willis dans Otage, George Clooney Good Night and Good Luck et devient l'ennemi préféré des productions EuropaCorp dans Hitman et Le Transporteur 3 où il tient tête à Jason Statham.

Au cours des années 2010, Robert Knepper a surtout été présent à la télévision, à travers deux rôles récurrents dans Heroes et Stargate Universe. Son retour au cinéma se fait dans une production française, le biopic Cloclo. Aux côtés du Claude Francois campé par Jérémie Renier, il interprète un autre chanteur mythique, Frank Sinatra.

Notons sa présence dans Hunger Games : La Révolte, partie 1 et 2 en 2014 et 2015.

De novembre 2015 à février 2016, il tourne en Thaïlande dans le film Chasse à l'homme 2 (Hard Target 2) de Roel Reiné, produit par John Woo où il interprète de nouveau le méchant de l'intrigue. Ce film est une suite indirecte au film Chasse à l'homme avec Jean-Claude Van Damme.

En novembre 2017, Robert Knepper est accusé de harcèlement sexuel par une costumière lors du tournage du film Gas, Food Lodging en 1991. Pour le moment, l'acteur n'a pas réagi aux propos rapportés par le The Hollywood Reporter.
Sur le réseau social instagram, le 9 novembre 2017, il dit être choqué et anéanti d'être faussement accusé de violences envers une femme.[1]

Best films

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Filmography of Robert Knepper (35 films)

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Actor

Hostage
Hostage (2005)
, 1h53
Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Bruce Willis, Kevin Pollak, Ben Foster, Jonathan Tucker, Michelle Horn, Jimmy Bennett
Roles Wil Bechler
Rating64% 3.24933.24933.24933.24933.2493
Former SWAT officer Jeff Talley is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles. Talley is negotiating with a man who has taken his wife and son hostage after learning she has been cheating on him. Talley denies a SWAT commander's request to give snipers the green light to take out the suspect. There are three gunshots in the house. Talley runs through the barricaded door and finds the man and his wife dead. In the boy's room he finds the son, who passes away in Talley's arms. This leaves Talley emotionally scarred. He moves with his family to become police chief in Bristo Camino, a peaceful suburban hamlet in Ventura County, California.
Species III, 1h51
Directed by Brad Turner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Sunny Mabrey, Robin Dunne, Robert Knepper, Amelia Cooke, John Paul Pitoc, Natasha Henstridge
Roles Dr. Abbot
Rating42% 2.1192252.1192252.1192252.1192252.119225
The film begins immediately where Species II left off. Hours after the events of the previous film, the medical van transporting the lifeless Eve has lost its way, but when the co-driver tries to radio their superiors, the driver stops and holds him at gun-point. Both are surprised by the alien child (now called "half-breed") appearing in the back window and killing the co-driver with his tongue. In the back the driver finds the half-breed and a reviving Eve, who goes into labor and gives birth to a new-born alien. While the half-breed strangles Eve with his tongue, the driver wraps the new-born in his jacket and runs off through the forest as a military helicopter finds the deserted van. Government agent Wasach orders an autopsy and afterwards the burning of Eve's body.
Love & Sex
Love & Sex (2000)
, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Famke Janssen, Jon Favreau, Noah Emmerich, Ann Magnuson, Yvonne Zima, Will Rothhaar
Roles Gerard Boussard
Rating60% 3.0498753.0498753.0498753.0498753.049875
Jeune et seduisante journaliste, Kate Welles a tout, semble-t-il, pour trouver l'amour. C'est pourtant loin d'etre le cas. Lorsque sa redactrice en chef lui demande de travailler sur le sujet "quelle difference entre une histoire d'amour et une aventure torride?", Kate se penche sur sa propre vie amoureuse, cahoteuse et a la limite du desastre avec un amant francais puis un homme marie. Elle fait bientot la connaissance d'Adam, un homme spontane et brillant. Mais leur histoire d'amour prend d'etranges tournures, chacun cherchant a rendre l'autre fou de jalousie.
Absence of the Good
Directed by John Flynn
Genres Thriller
Actors Tyne Daly, Stephen Baldwin, Lesley Fera, Allen Garfield, Frank Gerrish, Tony Devon
Roles Glenn Dwyer
Rating53% 2.6515052.6515052.6515052.6515052.651505
Depuis la mort accidentelle de son fils, un jeune flic se sent complétement à côté de la plaque. Il se lance à corps perdu dans une enquête sur une série de meurtres. Ce qu'il découvre du tueur, le renvoie à ses cauchemars, ses "démons du mal"!...
Phantoms
Phantoms (1998)
, 1h31
Directed by Joe Chappelle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Ben Affleck, Joanna Going, Clifton Powell, Peter O'Toole, Rose McGowan, Liev Schreiber
Roles Agent Wilson
Rating54% 2.7002952.7002952.7002952.7002952.700295
Dr. Jennifer Paige brings her sister Lisa to the resort town of Snowfield, Colorado, a small ski resort village nestled in the Rocky Mountains where Jenny works as a doctor. Once in town, the sisters find no one around but a few corpses. At first, their suspicions are that of a serial killer loose in town. After finding the severed heads of the town baker and his wife in an oven, the sisters are found by Sheriff Bryce Hammond, a former FBI agent haunted by the death of a boy he accidentally killed, and his deputies Stu Wargle and Steve Shanning who came to investigate the strange killings.
Jaded
Jaded (1998)
, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Carla Gugino, Aida Turturro, Richard Bright, Catherine Dent, Christopher McDonald, Rya Kihlstedt
Roles Freddy
Rating54% 2.7052352.7052352.7052352.7052352.705235
Megan (Carla Gugino), is found naked and lying unconscious on a beach. It is presumed that Megan was raped and a local detective (Aida Turturro) begins investigating. As the investigation continues, it is discovered that Megan was raped by two women. This presents the local authorities with the legal dilemma of whether women can be convicted of rape.
The Stringer, 1h28
Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Anna Friel, Sergei Bodrov, Jr., Robert Knepper, Leonid Kouravliov, Lyubov Sokolova
Roles John
Rating61% 3.094113.094113.094113.094113.09411
Armé d'une caméra vidéo, Vadik devient le témoin fortuit d'une explosion de trolleybus. Il cherche ensuite à vendre les images à des radiodiffuseurs occidentaux. Dans les bureaux d'un d'entre eux, il rencontre Helen et réalise qu'un sujet vraiment intéressant peut devenir une nouvelle raison de voir la jeune femme à nouveau.
Everyone Says I Love You, 1h41
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, Goldie Hawn, Gaby Hoffmann
Roles Greg
Rating66% 3.3483153.3483153.3483153.3483153.348315
The emotions of an extended upper-class family in Manhattan are followed in song from NY to Paris and Venice. Various friends/lovers/acquaintances/relatives act, interact, and sing, in New York, Venice and Paris. Young lovers Holden and Skylar in Manhattan; Skylar's parents, Bob and Steffi; Joe, an ex-husband of Steffi; DJ, a daughter from the marriage of Joe and Steffi; Von, a lady whom Joe meets in Venice; a recently released prison inmate, Charles Ferry, who is inserted between Skyler and Holden, resulting in their breakup.
Search and Destroy, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Themes Mafia films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Gangster films
Actors Griffin Dunne, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Ethan Hawke, Rosanna Arquette
Roles Daniel Strong
Rating53% 2.652382.652382.652382.652382.65238
Middle-aged Martin Mirkhein (Griffin Dunne) is a complete failure. He's run a successful business into debt, his marriage is falling apart, and now he owes the IRS $147,956 in back taxes. Martin may not have much going for him but he has read "Daniel Strong," a best-selling, self-help novel by the popular TV guru Dr. Waxling on YouTube (Dennis Hopper). Now he wants to turn the novel into a major motion picture. To do that, Martin needs the rights and the revenue. Given his grating personality and terrible track record, it won't be easy to get hold of either. He sets out to meet with Dr. Waxling but ends up sleeping with Waxling's screenwriter-assistant Marie (Illeana Douglas) instead. Determined to make a movie, Martin and Marie move to New York. There, they get involved with wealthy Kim Ulander (Christopher Walken), an enigmatic businessman with quirky tendencies and a repressed desire to live dangerously. If they aren't careful, this daring duo may not come out of this deal alive.
When the Bough Breaks, 1h45
Genres Thriller
Actors Ally Walker, Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman, Tara Subkoff, Robert Knepper, Scott Lawrence
Roles Lt. Jimmy Creedmore
Rating59% 2.9507452.9507452.9507452.9507452.950745
À Houston, un adolescent trouve une main humaine. L'enquête est confiée au Capitaine Swaggert. Sa hiérarchie lui impose l'agent Audrey Macleahune, une jeune inspectrice spécialisée dans le profilage psychologique des criminels...
Where the Day Takes You, 1h45
Directed by Marc Rocco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Sean Astin, Lara Flynn Boyle, Peter Dobson, Balthazar Getty, Ricki Lake, James LeGros
Roles Rock Singer
Rating64% 3.2467553.2467553.2467553.2467553.246755
Fleeing abusive families, a group of teenage runaways form a protective family on their own, with King as their leader. King is a man in his early twenties who has been living on the street for over six years. In and out of jail, he spends most of his nights with Little J and Greg. Having spent two months in jail for being falsely accused of murder, he feels that the group fell apart in his absence. His friend Brenda, a lot of the time bullied by Little J because of her weight, introduces him to Heather, a 17-year-old girl from Chicago. He soon takes her under his protection and includes her in his revenge on Tommy, the man responsible for the death of his former girlfriend Devon.
Gas Food Lodging, 1h41
Directed by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, J Mascis
Roles Dank
Rating65% 3.2974453.2974453.2974453.2974453.297445
Nora, (Brooke Adams) a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates, Trudi (Ione Skye) quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile, young Shade (Fairuza Balk) spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero (Nina Belanger) and dreams of finding a new boyfriend for her mother.
Session Man, 31minutes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Robert Knepper, Jeff Kober, James Remar, Tito Larriva, Lee Tergesen, Henry G. Sanders
Roles Torrey Cole
Rating64% 3.229343.229343.229343.229343.22934
An aging, but capable and talented session guitarist named McQueen (Remar) is awakened by a late-night call from a nearby recording studio. He is needed to help smooth out some tracks that are being worked on by an established and popular hard rock band, the Raging Kings. The band’s own lead guitarist, Dean Storm (Kober) is resentful of McQueen’s involvement, and after an argument with the other members he decides to leave the group altogether. Impressed by McQueen’s skills, the band asks him on the spot to replace Storm and he graciously accepts, fulfilling his lifelong dream.
Young Guns II, 1h44
Directed by Geoff Murphy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Buddy films, Children's films, Gangster films
Actors Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, James Coburn
Roles Deputy Carlyle
Rating64% 3.2498953.2498953.2498953.2498953.249895
In 1950, attorney Charles Phalen is contacted by an elderly man named "Brushy Bill" Roberts. Brushy Bill tells Phalen that he is dying and wants to receive a pardon that he was promised 70 years before by the Governor of New Mexico. When asked why he wants the pardon, Brushy Bill claims that he is really William H. Bonney aka "Billy The Kid", whom "everyone" knows to have been shot and killed by Pat Garrett in 1881. Phalen then asks if Bill has any proof that he is the famous outlaw.