Robert Knepper's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Heroes Samuel Sull… Prison Break Theodore 'T… Stargate Universe Simeon Breakout Kings Theodore "T… Carnivale Tommy Dolan Cult Roger Reeves Mob City Sid Rothman Texas Rising Empresario … Tequila and Bonetti Ren Phillips Thieves Special Age… E.A.R.T.H. Force dr. Gideon Oliver Paul Hecht South Beach (1993) Andy Patrick

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

Robert Knepper the son of a veterinarian, was born in Fremont, Ohio and raised in Maumee (near Toledo). When he was growing up, his mother worked in the props department for the community theater, and because of her involvement, he became interested in acting. Knepper spent many years working in community theater and high school productions. Later, he studied drama at Northwestern University. He is a resident of Southern California.


TRIVIA:

• He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
• Son-in-law of 'Peter V. Herald' (qv).
• Graduated from Maumee Highs School in Maumee, Ohio. Was the class of 1977.
• Robert and Tori are parents of a boy named Benjamin Peter Knepper.
• Brother-in-law of Michael Herald.
• He was awarded a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Class Enemy" at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.
• During filming of Hitman (2007), his Danish co-star 'Ulrich Thomsen' (qv) jokingly confided in him that his last name, "knepper", is in fact a dirty word in Danish.
• Father: Donald Knepper.