Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek is a Germanborn Canadian actor director producer and playwright He is widely known for his television roles notably Artie Nielsen on Warehouse 13 Donny Douglas on Frasier Lon Cohen on A Nero Wolfe Mystery and Louis B Mayer on The Last Tycoon He also starred in the films Against All Odds 1984 Wall Street 1987 The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990 Unforgiven 1992 Nixon 1995 True Romance 1993 The Express 2008 Barneys Version 2010 and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 2018 Rubinek was born in Föhrenwald Germany in 1948 His parents were Polish Jews who had been hidden by Polish farmers during World War II They immigrated to Canada after the war Rubinek began his acting career in theater appearing in several productions with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Theatre Passe Muraille He made his television debut in 1977 with a guest appearance on the series Baretta In 1984 Rubinek starred in the film Against All Odds He followed that up with roles in the films Wall Street 1987 The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990 and Unforgiven 1992 In 1995 Rubinek starred in the film Nixon He received critical acclaim for his performance and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture In 1998 Rubinek directed his first feature film Jerry and Tom The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival From 2009 to 2014 Rubinek starred as Artie Nielsen on the Syfy series Warehouse 13 The series was a critical and commercial success and it ran for five seasons In 2013 Rubinek starred as Louis B Mayer on the Amazon Prime series The Last Tycoon The series was based on the novel of the same name by F Scott Fitzgerald Rubinek is a fivetime Genie Award nominee winning Best Supporting Actor for Ticket to Heaven 1981 He is also a twotime Gemini Award nominee Rubinek is married to Elinor Reid a playwright and producer They have two children