Rick Roberts (actor)
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Rick Roberts is a Canadian actor
. His most substantial role to date is as Donald D'Arby in the series Traders
, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award
. He played Elizabeth Berkley
's husband in the Lifetime
made-for-television movie Student Seduction
. Roberts has also appeared in L.A. Doctors
and An American in Canada
. Most recently he played Dennis MacDonald on Family's Life with Derek
, and the role of explorer John Rae
in the 2008 docudrama Passage
. He also played the role of Jim Jones
in Jonestown: Paradise Lost
which aired on the History Channel and the Discovery Channel
. He also played the evil Brooks in Eloise at Christmastime
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His most substantial role to date is as Donald D'Arby in the series Traders
Traders (TV series)
Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER...
, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
. He played Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley
Elizabeth Berkley is an American television, film, and theatre actress. Berkley's most notable roles were in the television series Saved by the Bell, as brainy feminist Jessie Spano, and the 1995 Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls, as exotic dancer Nomi Malone.-Early life:Berkley was born and raised...
's husband in the Lifetime
Lifetime Television
Lifetime Television, often referred to as Lifetime TV, or most commonly, Lifetime, is an American cable television specialty channel devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared toward women or feature women in lead roles. The cable network is owned by A&E Television Networks...
made-for-television movie Student Seduction
Student Seduction
Student Seduction is a 2003 made-for-television movie produced by Lions Gate Entertainment's Lionsgate Television and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Corey Sevier and Rick Roberts. The movie was filmed on location in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The movie premiered on Lifetime on 5 May 2003.The movie's...
. Roberts has also appeared in L.A. Doctors
L.A. Doctors
L.A. Doctors was an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It ran on CBS during the 1998-99 season.-Premise:...
and An American in Canada
An American in Canada
An American in Canada is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC.The show starred Rick Roberts as Jake Crewe, an American television news host who was forced, after beating up his station manager, to accept a job in Calgary, Alberta as the host of the lowest-rated morning news program in the...
. Most recently he played Dennis MacDonald on Family's Life with Derek
Life with Derek
Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005 and ran for four seasons ending on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the...
, and the role of explorer John Rae
John Rae (explorer)
John Rae was a Scottish doctor who explored Northern Canada, surveyed parts of the Northwest Passage and reported the fate of the Franklin Expedition....
in the 2008 docudrama Passage
Passage (2008 film)
Passage is a 2008 documentary film partly based on the book Fatal Passage about Sir John Franklin's lost expedition through the Northwest Passage. The film explores the fate of the doomed mission, including John Rae's efforts to uncover the truth, and Lady Franklin's campaign to defend her late...
. He also played the role of Jim Jones
Jim Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of 909 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the killings of five other people at a nearby airstrip.Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in...
in Jonestown: Paradise Lost
Jonestown: Paradise Lost
Jonestown: Paradise Lost was a 2007 documentary played on the History Channel about the final days of Jonestown, the Peoples Temple, and Jim Jones. From eyewitness and survivor accounts, the program recreates the last week before the mass murder-suicide on November 18, 1978....
which aired on the History Channel and the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
. He also played the evil Brooks in Eloise at Christmastime
Eloise at Christmastime
Eloise at Christmastime is a live-action film based on the 1958 book of the same name written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight. The film was produced by Handmade Films and DiNovi Pictures for Walt Disney Television with distribution handled by the ABC Television Network. It was...
.
Filmography
- The Reception (2010) as Kent
- When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson StoryWhen Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson StoryWhen Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story is a 2010 American film that premiered on CBS on April 25, 2010. The film was produced by Terry Gould, directed by John Kent Harrison and written by William G. Borchert, who based the script from his novel of the same name. The film is similar to...
(2010) (TV) as Frank Shaw - Cra$h & BurnCra$h & BurnCra$h & Burn is a Canadian television drama series created by Malcolm MacRury. The show takes place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, where it is also filmed.The series stars Luke Kirby as Jimmy Burn, a claims investigator for Protected Insurance....
as Jay Pound (6 episodes, 2009–2010) - The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010) (TV) as Wayne Fox
- ZOS: Zone of SeparationZOS: Zone of SeparationZOS: Zone of Separation is a Canadian television drama mini-series, co-executive produced by Paul Gross.It is an eight-part Canadian original drama mini-series about the life and death struggle to enforce a U.N.-brokered ceasefire in the fictional, Sarajevo-like town of Jadac.-Plot:ZOS is a...
(8 episodes, 2009) - Pure Evil (2009) (TV) as Frank
- Passage (film) (2008) as John Rae
- Phantom PunchPhantom Punch (film)Phantom Punch is a 2009 film directed by Robert Townsend. The film is a biopic of Sonny Liston, with Ving Rhames in the lead role. The film also stars Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Alan van Sprang, David Proval, and Bridgette Wilson....
(2008) as Father Alios - PontypoolPontypoolPontypool is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales....
(2008) (voice) as Ken Loney - Murdoch MysteriesMurdoch MysteriesMurdoch Mysteries is a Canadian drama television series that airs on Citytv, featuring Yannick Bisson as William Murdoch, a police detective working in Toronto, Ontario in the 1890s. The television series is based on the Detective Murdoch series of novels by Maureen Jennings. The fifth season was...
as Dr. Gilbert Birkins (1 episode, 2008) - The NoteThe Note (film)The Note is a television movie directed by Douglas Barr and starring Genie Francis and Ted McGinley. The movie aired on Hallmark Channel in December 2007. It is based on the novel by Angela Hunt. It was filmed on location in Hamilton, Ontario....
(2007) (TV) as Truman - Matters of Life and DatingMatters of Life and DatingMatter of Life and Dating is a 2007 Lifetime Television movie, directed by Peter Wellington and starring Rachael Harris, Ricki Lake, and Holly Robinson Peete....
(2007) (TV) - The CompanyThe Company (TV miniseries)The Company is a miniseries about the activities of the CIA during the Cold War. It was based on the best selling novel by Robert Littell. The teleplay adaptation was written by Ken Nolan.-Plot:...
(3 episodes, 2007) - Life with DerekLife with DerekLife with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005 and ran for four seasons ending on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the...
as Dennis MacDonald (1 episode, 2006) - Shades of Black: The Conrad Black StoryShades of Black: The Conrad Black StoryShades of Black: The Conrad Black Story is a 2006 Drama about ambition, love, betrayal and greed. The film chronicles the private and public struggles of Lord Conrad Black, one of the world's most controversial press barons.-Cast:...
(2006) (TV) as Morde - Angela's EyesAngela's EyesAngela's Eyes is an American drama that premiered on July 16, 2006 on Lifetime TV and ran for 13 episodes. The show aired Sundays at 10 pm. Lifetime announced that the show would not be picked up for a second season....
as Gene Taylor (7 episodes, 2006) - Man of the YearMan of the Year (2006 film)Man of the Year is a 2006 Comedy film directed and written by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams in the lead role. In addition to Williams, the film features Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black and Jeff Goldblum....
(2006) as Hemmings - At the HotelAt The HotelAt the Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical mini-series concerning the goings-on at an illustrious Montreal hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists. Created by Ken Finkleman and produced by One Hundred Percent Television, the series aired on CBC Television in 2006. The...
as Nervous Affair Man (1 episode, 2006) - Night of Terror (2006) (TV) as Sean Dunne
- This Is WonderlandThis Is WonderlandThis Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series is a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F...
as Cameron Tiernay (6 episodes, 2005–2006) - Haunting SarahHaunting SarahHaunting Sarah is a 2005 American horror thriller film written and directed by Ralph Hemecker, and based upon the novel New Year’s Eve by Lisa Grunwald. The film is about a woman who has lost her son and finds out her niece is in contact with his spirit.-Plot:Erica and Heather Rose are identical...
(2005) (TV) as Edgar Lewis - Plague City: SARS in TorontoPlague City: SARS in TorontoPlague City: SARS in Toronto is a 2005 made for TV movie on the SARS outbreak in Toronto. The locations and characters were fictional.Produced by CTV, it was filmed in Hamilton, Ontario.-Cast:* Kari Matchett as Amy* Ron White * Rick Roberts as Dr...
(2005) (TV) as Dr. Jeremy Neville - Descent (film) (2005) (TV) as Dr. Palmer Drake
- Kevin HillKevin HillKevin Hill is an American legal drama that aired on UPN during the 2004-2005 TV season.-Synopsis:The series stars Taye Diggs as the title character, a lawyer who has to balance his professional career and his love life with having custody of Sarah, his 10 month old cousin...
as D. A. Miller (1 episode, 2005) - The Eleventh Hour as Ian Bannerman (1 episode, 2005)
- More Sex & the Single Mom (2005) (TV) .... Steve
- An American in CanadaAn American in CanadaAn American in Canada is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC.The show starred Rick Roberts as Jake Crewe, an American television news host who was forced, after beating up his station manager, to accept a job in Calgary, Alberta as the host of the lowest-rated morning news program in the...
.... Jake Crewe (6 episodes, 2002–2003) - Fallen Angel (2003) (TV) .... Charles Wentworth, Age 30
- Eloise at ChristmastimeEloise at ChristmastimeEloise at Christmastime is a live-action film based on the 1958 book of the same name written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight. The film was produced by Handmade Films and DiNovi Pictures for Walt Disney Television with distribution handled by the ABC Television Network. It was...
(2003) (TV) .... Brooks - Student SeductionStudent SeductionStudent Seduction is a 2003 made-for-television movie produced by Lions Gate Entertainment's Lionsgate Television and starring Elizabeth Berkley, Corey Sevier and Rick Roberts. The movie was filmed on location in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The movie premiered on Lifetime on 5 May 2003.The movie's...
(2003) (TV) .... Drew Dawson - Puppets Who KillPuppets Who KillPuppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....
.... Telethon Host (1 episode, 2002)