Robert Shafer is an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 who has amassed a substantial cult-following for having played Officer Joe Vickers in the 1989 horror-comedy

Comedy horror

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 Psycho Cop

Psycho Cop

Psycho Cop is a 1989 horror film starring Robert R. Shafer as Police Officer Joe Vickers. The film is very similar to Maniac Cop, though the titular character is not a mutilated monster, unlike Maniac Cop. Also like the Maniac Cop series this film was criticized by the Police Interest Group for...

and the sequel Psycho Cop 2

Psycho Cop 2

Psycho Cop 2, also known as Psycho Cop Returns, is a 1993 horror film that follows the exploits of the psychopathic cop Joe Vickers as he kills the attendees of a bachelor party. The film was first released on videocassette in 1993 in Germany and later on in the United States in 1994 by Columbia...

. Shafer, sometimes credited as Bobby Ray Shafer, is best known for playing Bob Vance on The Office

The Office (US TV series)

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. Born in Charleston

Charleston, West Virginia

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, West Virginia

West Virginia

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, Shafer has appeared in film, television, commercials, voice-over and theater

Selected filmography

• The Rosebud Beach Hotel
  The Rosebud Beach Hotel
  -Taglines:"Where Sex and Laughter Run Riot""Make your reservation for an explosive time at ... The Rosebud Beach Hotel."-Plot:After taking over a failing Miami hotel with her workaholic fiance, Elliot , Tracy thinks model Monique Gabrielle has seduced her better half. She then tries to have an...
  
  (1984)
• Echo Park
  Echo Park (film)
  Echo Park is a 1986 comedy-drama film, set in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The plot follows several aspiring actors, musicians and models.-Cast:...
  
  (1986)
• Hollywood Shuffle
  Hollywood Shuffle
  Hollywood Shuffle is a 1987 comedy film that satirizes the racial stereotypes of African Americans in film and television. The film tracks the attempts of Bobby Taylor to become a successful actor and the mental and external roadblocks he encounters, represented through a series of interspersed...
  
  (1987)
• Psycho Cop
  Psycho Cop
  Psycho Cop is a 1989 horror film starring Robert R. Shafer as Police Officer Joe Vickers. The film is very similar to Maniac Cop, though the titular character is not a mutilated monster, unlike Maniac Cop. Also like the Maniac Cop series this film was criticized by the Police Interest Group for...
  
  (1989)
• Future Force
  Future Force (film)
  Future Force is a 1989 science-fiction film written and directed by David A. Prior and starring David Carradine. A 1990 sequel to the film was made called Future Zone.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1989)
• Psycho Cop 2
  Psycho Cop 2
  Psycho Cop 2, also known as Psycho Cop Returns, is a 1993 horror film that follows the exploits of the psychopathic cop Joe Vickers as he kills the attendees of a bachelor party. The film was first released on videocassette in 1993 in Germany and later on in the United States in 1994 by Columbia...
  
  (1993)
• A Brilliant Disguise (1994)
• Mr. Atlas (1997)
• The Corporate Ladder (1997)
• Finding Kelly (2000)
• Contagion
  Contagion (film)
  Contagion is a 2011 American medical thriller disaster film directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film has an ensemble cast that includes Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, and Bryan Cranston. Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal...
  
  (2001)
• Monster Man
  Monster Man
  Monster Man is a 2003 American comedy horror film written and directed by Michael Davis and stars Eric Jungmann, Justin Urich, Aimee Brooks, and Michael Bailey Smith.-Plot:...
  
  (2003)
• Choker
  Choker (film)
  Choker is a 2005 American sci-fi/action/horror film written and directed by Nick Vallelonga and starring Paul Sloan, Colleen Porch, Hayley DuMond, Anthony John Denison, Robert R. Shafer, Katrina Law, and Jesse Corti...
  
  (2005)
• The Office (2005)
• All In (2006)
• Slip (2006)
• Protecting the King
  Protecting the King
  Protecting the King is a 2007 drama film starring Peter Dobson as Elvis Presley. It tells the story of David Stanley , the stepbrother and bodyguard of Elvis.-Cast:* Peter Dobson as Elvis Presley* Matt Barr as David Stanley...
  
  (2007)
• Stiletto (2008)
• Dark Honeymoon
  Dark Honeymoon
  Dark Honeymoon is a 2008 thriller film, starring Lindy Booth, Nick Cornish, Tia Carrere, Daryl Hannah, Roy Scheider and Eric Roberts. It was directed by David O'Malley and released direct-to-video on 22 July 2008.-Plot:...
  
  (2008)
• Maneater
  Maneater (2009 film)
  Maneater is a direct-to-video natural horror film directed by Michael Emanuel and starring Dean Cain, Robert R. Shafer and Shea Curry.-Plot:...
  
  (2009)
• City on Fire (2009)
• Wiffler: The Ted Whitfield Story (2009)
• The Scenesters
  The Scenesters
  The Scenesters is a 2009 art-house black comedy film written and directed by Todd Berger. The film was made by Los Angeles-based comedy group The Vacationeers and stars Blaise Miller, Suzanne May, Jeff Grace, Kevin M. Brennan, Todd Berger and Sherilyn Fenn...
  
  (2009)
• The Gold Retrievers: Legend of the Lost Treasure (2009)
• Wienerfest: The Movie (2009)
• Reconciliation (2010)
• Knifepoint (2010)
• Turbulent Skies (2010)
• Getting That Girl (2010)

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