# Eric Roberts' Career **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557 "2014-03-12T19:49:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/1 "2014-03-12T19:49:32Z")
Look at his listing from the [IMDB](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000616/) Assuming that’s accurate, what does he do like one line in each production or something? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/2 "2014-03-12T19:58:00Z")
He works constantly, takes pretty much any job offered and most acting jobs only involve days or a few weeks of filming, so he can do multiple projects at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/3 "2014-03-12T19:58:51Z")
He is a supporting player in the vast majority of the shows and movies, so there’s a decent chance that he only works a few days on anything. He’s been at it for over 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/4 "2014-03-12T20:00:32Z")
He’s also a music video master thespian. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/5 "2014-03-12T20:02:24Z")
Those aren’t exactly big-studio, big-name, big-budget films. Looks to be almost entirely straight-to-cable/video dreck, probably all filmed in the same town/area, possibly even on the same sets. ---
**Author:** ![Carryon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/6 "2014-03-12T20:10:40Z")
Thanks I was just really wondering how accurate it was. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/7 "2014-03-12T20:12:35Z")
“CHAWWLIEEEE dey took ma fuckin thumb Charlie!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/8 "2014-03-12T20:49:56Z")
But still, forty-six separate credits in 2013 is an impressive number. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/9 "2014-03-12T20:53:20Z")
And yet somehow in my head he is known only as “that guy who isn’t James Remar”. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/10 "2014-03-12T20:56:48Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > “CHAWWLIEEEE dey took ma fuckin thumb Charlie!!!” The Pope of Greenwich Village. Great movie and great acting by Roberts and Mickey Rourke. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/11 "2014-03-12T21:03:11Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > The Pope of Greenwich Village. Great movie and great acting by Roberts and Mickey Rourke. Yup. That’s the movie I ‘discovered’ Rourke. I was like, “WOW who is this guy!?” Roberts, I must admit is an acquired taste and when I watch it with people I kind of have to sell him to the other viewers. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/12 "2014-03-12T21:05:47Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > “CHAWWLIEEEE dey took ma fuckin thumb Charlie!!!” Still one of the best scenes in cinema. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/13 "2014-03-12T21:52:21Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > But still, forty-six separate credits in 2013 is an impressive number. Remember that all those credits are for when those movies were released - there is a near certainty that the filming of those go back a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/14 "2014-03-12T22:33:51Z")
For awhile, Steven Seagal was putting out 4-5 movies a year, all to DVD. The production was crap and he wasn’t even available for all the required filming and ADR. You’d frequently see another actor doubling him and not only in stunts. They had to use imitators for voice over work and it was always obvious. I hope Eric Roberts at least performs all required duties on all the movies he’s in. It may have seemed like a decline for Seagal to go to DVD only movies, but to see some of them released without him actually showing up and finishing them is even worse. You can’t help but feel for the production companies. [Here is a 20 minute review of one](http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/fbv/bmbe/31532-bad-movie-beatdown-out-of-reach)from 2011 when Matthew Buck did Seagal month. In each review, he analyzed how much of the movie Seagal was actually there for and he points out shots and voice-overs that are not him. It’s sad…and yet very funny. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/15 "2014-03-12T23:24:35Z")
He was on ‘Justified’ last night:cool: ---
**Author:** ![barefootcrazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@barefootcrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barefootcrazy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/16 "2014-03-13T02:16:51Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > He was on ‘Justified’ last night:cool: He also was _extremely impressive_ on ‘Justified’ last night. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/17 "2014-03-13T02:22:48Z")
I think Eric Roberts is one of the more gorgeous living actors, even at 58. I think he is sexy as hell. Mickey Rourke used to be, before he sadly had himself turned into Bizzaro-Man. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/18 "2014-03-13T02:49:47Z")
Eric Roberts basically takes whatever is offered to him. He probably makes a few million or so a year and he works almost constantly. If I could pull down a $2-3 mil per year for a few days (or months) worth of work, I’d run (not walk) to the head of that line. Basically, he’s a graduate of the Lance Henriksen/Michael Ironside/Brad Dourif School of In Demand C-list Actors. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/19 "2014-03-13T07:15:04Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I think Eric Roberts is one of the more gorgeous living actors, even at 58. I think he is sexy as hell. That, he is! I bought “King of the Gypsies” simply because he was SO F’ing gorgeous. That little ice skating scene with the non-Gypsy girlfriend? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557/20 "2014-03-13T07:17:04Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > I think Eric Roberts is one of the more gorgeous living actors, even at 58. I think he is sexy as hell. That, he is! I bought “King of the Gypsies” simply because he was SO F’ing gorgeous. That little ice skating scene with the non-Gypsy girlfriend? 😉 And “Runaway Train” with him and John Voight (forgot Tha Girl’s name) is one of my favorite movies. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eric-roberts-career/683557.md?page=2)