Saul Hersh Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and

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. He is widely known for his television roles, notably

Artie Nielsen Agent Arthur "Artie" Nielsen (née Arthur Weisfelt) is a fictional character on the U.S. television science fiction series ''Warehouse 13'' (2009–2014), portrayed by Saul Rubinek. He is the Special Agent in Charge of Warehouse 13 and is the im ...

on '' Warehouse 13,'' Donny Douglas on ''

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'', Lon Cohen on ''

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'', and

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...

on ''

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.'' He also starred in the films '' Against All Odds'' (1984), ''

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'' (1987), ''

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'' (1990), ''

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'' (1992), ''

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'' (1995), ''

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'' (1993), '' The Express'' (2008), '' Barney's Version'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2018). Rubinek is a five-time

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nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor for ''

Ticket to Heaven ''Ticket to Heaven'' is a 1981 Canadian drama film directed by Ralph L. Thomas and starring Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, and R.H. Thomson. The plot concerns the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a reli ...

'' (1981), and a two-time

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

nominee. His directorial film debut, ''

Jerry and Tom ''Jerry and Tom'' is a 1998 American black comedy film directed by Saul Rubinek in his directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by Rick Cleveland from his own 1994 one-act play. The film stars Joe Mantegna and Sam Rockwell as contract kill ...

'' (1998), was nominated for the

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at the 1998

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. He was previously a

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actor and director, working with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and

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, and co-founding the Canadian Stage Company.

Early life

Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald, a displaced-persons camp in

Allied-occupied Germany Germany was already de facto occupied by the Allies from the real fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 October 1949. The Allies (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and France ...

, in 1948. His parents, Frania and Israel Rubinek, were both

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-speaking

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who were hidden by Polish farmers for over two years during

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. The family emigrated to Canada the same year Rubinek was born. He attended Camp B'nai Brith in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts,

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. Rubinek wrote the book ''So Many Miracles'' (Penguin Canada) on his parents' experiences in the war.

Career

At the encouragement of his parents, Rubinek began taking acting lessons and joined the

Ottawa Little Theatre The Ottawa Little Theatre, originally called the Ottawa Drama League at its inception in 1913, is the longest continuously running community theatre in Canada, and one of the oldest in North America. Based in Canada's capital city, it owns its ow ...

. In 1969, he began performing at the

Stratford Festival The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ...

. He contributed to the Toronto theatre scene, co-founding the Canadian Stage Company and working with

as an actor and producer. He began working in the United States in the 1970s, acting in

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productions. In 1984, he won a Drama-Logue Award for

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production of ''

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''. Early in his career, Rubinek gained the attention of Canadian audiences when he starred as detective

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in two TV films, ''The Suicide Murders'' (1985) and ''Murder Sees the Light'' (1986), which are based on books in author

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's series of mystery novels set in the

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of Canada. Rubinek starred as Owen Hughes, the antagonist, in '' Obsessed'' (1987). In another TV film, '' Liberace: Behind the Music'' (1988), he played Seymour Heller, the long-time friend and manager of

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. In 1982, he played Allan in the sex-themed romantic comedy '' Soup for One'', directed and written by Jonathan Kaufer and produced by Marvin Worth. Rubinek appeared in

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's '' Against All Odds'' (1984),

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's ''

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'' as director Bo Hopkins,

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's ''

'' (1987), as a lawyer, ''

The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick ''The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick'' is a 1988 Canadian film based on the novel by Morley Torgov. The film was shot in Winnipeg and Beausejour, Manitoba. Plot The early 1960s: In preparation for his Bar Mitzvah, a Jewish boy from a small Man ...

'' (1988), as a fun-loving rabbi,

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's ''

'' (1990), again as a lawyer, and in a lead part as a rabbi in '' The Quarrel'' (1991). He is noted for his performance in

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's ''

'' (1992) as a

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writer. He had a notable role in

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's ''

'' (1993) as Lee Donowitz a pompous, cocaine-addicted film producer based on

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. He co-starred in the 1993

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-winning American

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'' as Dr. Jim Curran. Rubinek played the character Kivas Fajo in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "

The Most Toys "The Most Toys" is the 22nd episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'', and the 70th episode of the series overall. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventure ...

." Rubinek, an ardent ''Star Trek'' fan, abruptly took over the part after

David Rappaport David Stephen Rappaport (23 November 1951 – 2 May 1990) was an English actor with achondroplasia. He appeared in the films '' Time Bandits'' and '' The Bride'', and television series '' L.A. Law'', '' The Wizard'' and ''Captain Planet and the ...

, the actor who was originally cast in the role, attempted suicide shortly after the filming of the episode had begun. (Rappaport later died by suicide just before the episode premiered.) Photographs of Rubinek in character were used on two cards in Decipher's 1994 ST:TNG card game: a character card entitled "Kivas Fajo" and an event card entitled "Kivas Fajo: Collector." In 1998, "The Fajo Collection," a limited (40,000 copies) edition set of 18 new cards, was released as an addition to this card game. Another science fiction role portrayed by Rubinek was as a documentary film director named Emmett Bregman, on the seventh season of the

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military science fiction Military science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that features the use of science fiction technology, mainly weapons, for military purposes and usually principal characters who are members of a military organization involved in military a ...

television series ''

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'', in a two-part episode called " Heroes, Parts 1 & 2". He played Donny Douglas (

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's fiancé and

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's divorce lawyer) in several episodes of the American sitcom ''

''. He appeared, in various roles, in two episodes of the 1995 revival of '' The Outer Limits''. He played the role of Louis the Lion on YTV's ''

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'' (1995). He had a cameo appearance as a casino pit boss in the film ''

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''. Rubinek played Alan Mintz opposite

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in the 2000 film ''

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''. In 2000, Rubinek played Detective Saul Panzer in '' The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'', the series pilot for the 2001-02 A&E TV series ''

'', in which he would subsequently play the recurring role of reporter Lon Cohen. In 2005 he appeared in the short-lived American television series '' Blind Justice'', and has appeared from 2006 to 2012 in the supporting role of Hasty Hathaway in the '' Jesse Stone'' series of TV films, starring

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His single-episode guest appearances during the 2000s include two 2004 episodes of ''

Curb Your Enthusiasm ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisio ...

'' as Dr. Saul Funkhouser, the " Adrift" episode in the beginning of ''

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s second season in 2005, the 2006 "

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" episode of ''

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'', the 2007 episode of the TV series ''

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'' "

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", and a 2008 episode of the TV series '' Psych''. That same year he guest-starred as Victor Dubenich, the

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in the pilot episode of ''

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'', reappearing in 2012 for the last two episodes of season 4. In 2013, he guest-starred in two subsequent episodes of the TV series ''

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''. In 2005, he directed the independent film '' Cruel but Necessary''. The following year he appeared in a supporting role in the 2009 Canadian feature comedy ''

The Trotsky ''The Trotsky'' is a 2009 Canadian comedy film directed and written by Jacob Tierney and starring Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Colm Feore, Saul Rubinek, and Michael Murphy. Plot High School student Leon Bronstein believes that he is the rein ...

''. Rubinek starred in the

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series '' Warehouse 13'' as

, a covert agent employed by a secretive council to recover mystical artifacts with his team. The series finale was aired on May 19, 2014, on

. His first play, ''Terrible Advice'', premiered in September 2011 at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre in London, starring

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and Caroline Quentin.Shenton, Mark
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, ''

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''. July 11, 2011. In 2018, he was cast as a series regular on the

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series ''

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.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Accolades

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television * 1980

Genie Award for Best Actor (Non-Feature) Best Performance by an Actor (Non-Feature) is a defunct Canadian award, which was presented by the Canadian Film Awards from 1969 to 1978, by the Genie Awards in 1980 and by the shortlived Bijou Awards in 1981, to honour the best performance by a ...

: ''

The Wordsmith ''The Wordsmith'' is a 1979 Canadian television film directed by Claude Jutra. It is an autobiographical piece, which brings to life the wondrous wizardy of master wordsmith Vandna Lakhanpal. Based on a screenplay by Mordecai Richler, the film st ...

'' (nominated) * 1980 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: '' The Agency'' (nominated) * 1982 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: ''

'' (won) * 1983 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: ''

By Design ''By Design'' is a 1982 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Claude Jutra and starring Sara Botsford and Patty Duke."Jutra's contentious By Design a fight that fails". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 23, 1982. The film was produced by B.D.F. Prod ...

'' (nominated) * 1989 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: ''

'' (nominated) * 1998 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program: ''

Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui h ...

'' (nominated) * 1998 Genie Award for Best Supporting Actor: ''

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'' (nominated) * 2008 Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program: '' The Trojan Horse'' (nominated) Broadcast Film Critics Association * 2001 Alan J. Pakula Award for Artistic Excellence: '' The Contender'' (won) FilmOut LGBT Film Festival * 2010 Audience Award for Best Supporting Actor: '' Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!'' (nominated) Sundance Film Festival * 1998

: ''

'' (nominated)

References

External links

Toronto Star biography of Saul Rubinek
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