John Rubinstein

John Rubinstein
John Rubinstein
	Rubinstein in April 2008
Born	December 8, 1946 (age 77); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor; composer; director;
Years active	1967–present
Spouses	; Judi West (m. 1971; div. 1989) ; Jane Lanier (m. 1992; div. 2002) ; Bonnie Burgess (m. 2016)
Children	5, including Jacob Rubinstein, Peter Rubinstein, and Michael Weston

John Rubinstein (born December 8, 1946) is an American actor, composer and director.^[1]^[2]

Early life

Rubinstein is the son of Polish parents. His mother, Aniela (née Młynarska), a dancer and writer, was a Roman Catholic native of Warsaw, the daughter of conductor Emil Młynarski. His father was Polish-Jewish concert pianist Arthur Rubinstein.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] He attended El Rodeo Public School in Beverly Hills (K–2), Cours La Cascade in Paris, France (1954), and St. Bernard's School (3–8) and Collegiate School (New York City) (9–12) in New York City. He studied theater and music at the University of California, Los Angeles (1964–1967), and later composition at the Juilliard School in New York.^[7]

Career

Theater

He made his Broadway acting debut in 1972 and received a Theatre World Award for creating the title role in the musical Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse.^[1] In 1980 he won the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and Drama-Logue Awards for his portrayal of James Leeds in Mark Medoff's Children of a Lesser God,^[1] directed by Gordon Davidson.

Other Broadway appearances were in Neil Simon's Fools, directed by Mike Nichols, and Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, which earned him a Drama Desk nomination; he replaced William Hurt as Eddie in David Rabe's Hurlyburly, replaced David Dukes in David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly, and starred in Getting Away with Murder, by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, directed by Jack O'Brien, and Ragtime, by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty, and Lynn Ahrens. In 2014, he joined the Broadway cast of the hit revival of Pippin, directed by Diane Paulus, this time playing Pippin's father, Charlemagne; and subsequently repeated that role on the national tour throughout the United States and Japan in 2014–15.

In 2016, it was announced that he would join fellow Tony-winner Christian Borle in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Grandpa Joe, directed by Jack O'Brien.^[8]

He taught a course in musical theater audition techniques at the University of Southern California, and directed their spring musicals.^[9]

Film and television

Rubinstein's feature films include 21 Grams, Red Dragon,^[2] Mercy, Another Stakeout,^[2] Someone to Watch Over Me,^[2] Daniel,^[2] The Boys from Brazil,^[2] Rome & Jewel, Jekyll, Kid Cop, Getting Straight,^[2] Zachariah,^[10] The Trouble with Girls, and The Car. He appears in the film Being the Ricardos as Jess Oppenheimer.^[11]

Acting filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1967	Dragnet	Paul Whidden	Episode: "The Grenade"
	The Virginian	Billy Simmons	Episode: "The Deadly Past"
	Ironside	2nd Hippie	Episode: "The Leaf in the Forest"
1969	The Trouble with Girls	Princeton
1969	Room 222	Martin Kaufman	Episode: "The Flu"
1970	The Bold Ones: The Protectors	Private Kelley	Episode: "A Thing Not of God"
	Getting Straight	Herbert
	The Young Lawyers	Dan Fulton	Episode: "We May Be Better Strangers"
	The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children	Teddy, the Student Addict	TV film
1971	Matt Lincoln	Christopher	Episode: "Christopher"
	Zachariah	Zachariah
	Men at Law	Ron Martin	Episode: "Hostage"
	Nichols	Fred Buckerman	Episode: "Paper Badge"
	The Psychiatrist	Randell File	Episode: "Ex-Sgt. Randell File, U.S.A."
	The Sandpit Generals	Professor
	The Mod Squad	Larry Wheeler	Episode: "Survival"
	A Howling in the Woods	Justin Conway	TV film
1972	Something Evil	Ernest Lincoln	TV film
	Cannon	Larry Bolinger	Episode: "A Deadly Quiet Town"
	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Matt, Jr.	Episode: "You Certainly Are a Big Boy"
1972, 1977	The Streets of San Francisco	Lindy/Walter J. Young	2 episodes
1972, 1977	Hawaii Five-O	Harold/Joey Kalima	2 episodes
1975	All Together Now	Bill Lindsay	TV film
	Police Woman	Tommy Donlevy	Episode: "Glitter with a Bullet"
	Mr. & Ms. and the Magic Studio Mystery	David	TV film
	Wide World Mystery	David	Episode: "Mr. & Mrs. and the Bandstand Mystery"
	Movin’ On	Gershon Simenov	Episode: "Stowaway"
1975–1976	Harry O	Jack Dawes/Richard Trask	2 episodes
1975–1976	Barnaby Jones	Chris Garrison/Larry Christopher	2 episodes
1976	The Quest: The Longest Drive	Wakely	TV film
	Barbary Coast	Garrison	Episode: "The Dawson Marker"
	The Rookies	Dr. Richard Komansky	Episode: "The Mugging"
	The Quest	Wakely	2 episodes
1976–1980	Family	Jeff Maitland	12 episodes
1977	The Car	John Morris
	Corey: For the People	Dan Corey	TV film
	Lou Grant	Andrew Martin	Episode: "Hostages"
	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?	Jaik	Episode: "The Girl Nobody Knew"
	The New Adventures of Wonder Woman	Major Dexter	Episode: "The Deadly Toys"
1978	Happily Ever After	Richy	TV film
1978	The Boys from Brazil	David Bennett
1978–1987	The Love Boat	George Allison/Jack Forbes/Allan Davis	4 episodes
1979	Vega$	Vance Spilroy	Episode: "Best Friends"
	Roots: The Next Generations	Lieutenant Hamilton Ten Eyck	TV mini-series
	In Search of Historic Jesus	Jesus
	The French Atlantic Affair	Herb Kleinfeld	TV mini-series
	She's Dressed to Kill	Alan Lenz	TV film
1979, 1984	Fantasy Island	Johnny Court/Donald King	2 episodes
1980	Make Me an Offer	Dr. Max Westcott	TV film
1980	The Silent Lovers	Irving Thalberg	TV film
1981	Killjoy	Dr. Paul Trenton	TV film
1981	Skokie	Herb Lewisohn	TV film
1982	Freedom to Speak	William Lloyd Garrison/Patrick Henry/Charles Lindbergh/Rabbi Stephen Wise	TV mini-series
1982	Quincy M.E.	Dr. Walter Ross	Episode: "Unreasonable Doubt"
1983	I Take These Men	David Koenig	TV film
	Trapper John, M.D.	Hank Palmer	Episode: "Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow"
	M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers	Steve White	TV film
	Daniel	Robert Lewin
	Emerald Point N.A.S.	Lt. Cmdr. Edwards	3 episodes
1984	The Paper Chase	Professor Wendell Peterson	Episode: "Judgement Day"
1984–1986	Crazy Like a Fox	Harrison Fox	19 episodes
1987	The Two Mrs. Grenvilles	Bratsie Bleeker	TV film
	Still Crazy Like a Fox	Harrison Fox, Jr.	TV film
	Jake and the Fatman	Brent Moore	Episode: "Happy Days Are Here Again"
	Someone to Watch Over Me	Neil Steinhart
1988	Highway to Heaven	Matthew	Episode: "Time in a Bottle"
	Hotel	Cliff Phillips	Episode: "Aftershocks"
	Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun	Arthur Kane	TV film
	Sam Found Out: A Triple Play	Johnny	TV film
	Liberace	Jamie	TV film
	Matlock	Carl Benedict/Dr.Douglas Clark	4 episodes
1990	Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase	Norman De Roin	TV mini-series
1991	Father Dowling Mysteries	Tim	Episode: "The Prodigal Son Mystery"
1992	In My Daughter's Name	Ban Worrall	TV film
1992	Murder, She Wrote	George Foster	Episode: "The Classic Murder"
1993	Another Stakeout	Thomas Hassrick, Las Vegas District Attorney
	The American Clock	Moe Baumler	TV film
	Frasier	Phillip Hayson	Episode: "The Crucible"
	Against the Grain	Mr. O’Brien	Episode: "E Pluribus Unum"
1994	RoboCop	Chip Chayken	4 episodes
1994	NYPD Blue	Mr. Bernstein	Episode: "Double Abandando"
1994, 1996	Diagnosis: Murder	Thomas Taylor/Peter Trent	2 episodes
1994, 1997	Party of Five	Walter Alcott	2 episodes
1995	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Emmet Vale	Episode: "Metallo"
	Star Trek: Voyager	John Evansville	Episode: "The 37s"
	Mercy	Frank Kramer
1996	Norma Jean & Marilyn	Darryl F. Zanuck	TV film
	Superman	Peterson (voice)	Episode: "A Little Piece of Home"
	Early Edition	Marcus	Episode: "The Choice"
	Kid Cop	Stan Dwerkin	Straight-to-video
1997	ER	Dr. Kenner	Episode: "Night Shift"
1997	The Sleepwalker Killing	Dr. Frank Corrigan	TV film
1998	The Practice	Judge Joseph Papp	3 episodes
2000	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town	Rev. Hoverstock	TV film
2000	Family Law	Garwicz	Episode: "Family Values"
2001	Boston Public	Judge Joseph Papp	Episode: "Chapter Thirteen"
	The West Wing	Sen. Andy Ritter	Episode: "18th and Potomac"
	Gideon's Crossing	Larry Palmer	Episode: "Clinical Enigma"
2001–2002	Angel	Linwood Murrow	6 episodes
2002	Judging Amy	James Pierpoint	Episode: "Can They Do That with Vegetables?"
	The District	George Wilson	Episode: "Wasteland"
	She Spies	Senator Thomas Jefferson Mitchell	Episode: "First Episode"
	Red Dragon	Dinner Guest
	The Guardian	Sen. Nathan Caldwell	4 episodes
2002, 2004	Star Trek: Enterprise	Mazarite Captain, Minister Kuvak	Episodes: "Fallen Hero", "Awakening" & "Kir'Shara"
2003	Without a Trace	Dr. Feldman	Episode: "Underground Railroad"
	Kôkaku kidôtai: Stand Alone Complex	Ernest Serano (voice)	Episode: "Stand Alone Complex"
	Charmed	Dr. Berenson	Episode: "Cat House"
	24	Secretary of State	2 episodes
	The Division	Doctor Bertman	Episode: "Diagnosis"
	21 Grams	Gynecologist
	The Lyon's Den	Mr. Woodard	Episode: "The Other Side of Caution"
	Strong Medicine	Lyle LaCouer	Episode: "Prescriptions"
	NCIS	CIA Director Bob	Episode: "Marine Down"
2004	Becker	Dickie	Episode: "Subway Story"
	The Parkers	Jonathan	Episode: "She's Positive"
	Friends	The Doctor	2 episodes
2005	Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution	Mark Geragos	TV film
	The Closer	Dr. Brown	Episode: "Pilot"
	Jane Doe: The Wrong Face	Phil Raphaelson	TV film
	Mrs. Harris	Tarnower's Best Friend	TV film
	Barbershop	Nicholas Kane	3 episodes
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Judge Schuyler	Episode: "Raw"
	House M.D.	Dr. Ayersman	Episode: "The Mistake"
2006	Law & Order	Mr. Thurber	Episode: "Heart of Darkness"
	Related	Dr. Shapiro	Episode: "The Godmother"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Judge Crawford	Episode: "The Unusual Suspect"
	Cold Case	Rafe Gray	Episode: "Willkommen"
	Criminal Minds	Hayden Rawlings	Episode: "P911"
	Shark	Lance Horning	Episode: "Russo"
	Girlfriends	Dr. Wulfberg	3 episodes
2006–2007	Day Break	Barry Colburn	5 episodes
2007	Sublime	Dr. Lichterhand	Straight-to-video film
	Choose Connor	Cary Evor
	Jekyll	Daniel Carew
2008	Seducing Spirits	Dr. Ron Huffman
	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Dr. Flynt	Uncredited
	The Delivery	Lance/The Mad Hatter
	Eli Stone	Damon Smalls	Episode: "The Humanitarian"
	Rome & Jewel	Major Capps
	Dirty Sexy Money	Dr. Zwerling	3 episodes
2009	Supernatural	Charlie	Episode: "Criss Angel Is a Douche Bag"
	Brothers & Sisters	Dr. Marc Wilson	Episode: "Owning It"
	Numb3rs	Gene Evans	Episode: "Disturbed"
	Hawthorne	Dr. Lee	Episode: "No Guts, No Glory"
	Greek	Dr. Larsen	2 episodes
2009–2010	The Young and the Restless	Dr. Charles Taylor	12 episodes
2009–2012	Desperate Housewives	Principal Hobson	7 episodes
2011	Wizards of Waverly Place	Gorog	4 episodes
2012	Electric City	Richard "Dick" Jacobs	Web series
2013	Bones	Mick Warren	Episode: The Twist in the Plot
2014	Jessie	Ivan	Episode: "Spaced Out"
2015	The Atticus Institute	Marcus Wheeler^[12]
2016	DC's Legends of Tomorrow	Albert Einstein	Episode: "Out of Time"
2017	Feud: Bette and Joan	George Cukor	2 episodes
2018	Chilling Adventures of Sabrina	Daniel Webster	Episode: "The Trial of Sabrina Spellman"
	Dirty John	Old William	Episode: "Lord High Executioner"
	Mom	Professor Addison	Episode: "Pre-Washed Lettuce and a Mime"
	The Orville	Prefect	Episode: "All the World is Birthday Cake"
2019	Proven Innocent	Clifford	Episode: "SEAL Team Deep Six"
	For All Mankind	Dr. Marsden	Episode: "Rupture"
	Pearson	Allan Steiner	Episode: "The Donor"
	Young Sheldon	Rabbi Schneiderman	Episode: "Albert Einstein and the Story of Another Mary"
2020	AJ and the Queen	Doctor	Episode: "Baton Rouge"
2021	Being the Ricardos	Older Jess Oppenheimer
2021–2022	Claws	Baron Axel von Reichler	6 episodes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Erickson, Hal (October 11, 2015). "John Rubinstein". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "John Rubinstein Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. October 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015.
^ Sachs, Harvey (1995). Rubinstein: A Life. Grove Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8021-1579-9.
^ Forsee, Aylesa (1969). Artur Rubinstein: King of the Keyboard. New York: T. Y. Crowell Co. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-6901-0467-7.
^ Yuenger, James (January 19, 1987). "A Family Affair in Lodz to Remember Arthur Rubinstein". Chicago Tribune.
^ "John Rubinstein: Fathers and Sons". YourClassical. February 20, 2015.
^ "Notable Alumni Actors". UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
^ Lloyd Webber, Imogen (December 19, 2016). "John Rubinstein, Emily Padgett & More Will Join Christian Borle in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
^ "John Rubenstein". USC School of Dramatic Arts. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
^ Greenspun, Roger (January 25, 1971). "Screen: 'Zachariah,' an Odd Western". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
^ Meyer, Dan (March 30, 2021). "Tony Winners John Rubinstein and Linda Lavin Join Being the Ricardos". Playbill.
^ Miska, Brad (December 15, 2014). "Anchor Bay's Art Enters 'The Atticus Institute' (Exclusive)". Bloody Disgusting.

External links

John Rubinstein at IMDb
John Rubinstein at the Internet Broadway Database
John Rubinstein at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

[NYT-1] Erickson, Hal (October 11, 2015). "John Rubinstein". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015.

[NYTF-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "John Rubinstein Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. October 17, 2015. Archived from the original on October 11, 2015.

[3] Sachs, Harvey (1995). Rubinstein: A Life. Grove Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8021-1579-9.

[4] Forsee, Aylesa (1969). Artur Rubinstein: King of the Keyboard. New York: T. Y. Crowell Co. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-6901-0467-7.

[5] Yuenger, James (January 19, 1987). "A Family Affair in Lodz to Remember Arthur Rubinstein". Chicago Tribune.

[6] "John Rubinstein: Fathers and Sons". YourClassical. February 20, 2015.

[7] "Notable Alumni Actors". UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 29, 2014.

[8] Lloyd Webber, Imogen (December 19, 2016). "John Rubinstein, Emily Padgett & More Will Join Christian Borle in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved 2017-10-16.

[9] "John Rubenstein". USC School of Dramatic Arts. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26. Retrieved May 14, 2020.

[10] Greenspun, Roger (January 25, 1971). "Screen: 'Zachariah,' an Odd Western". The New York Times. Retrieved January 25, 2023.

[11] Meyer, Dan (March 30, 2021). "Tony Winners John Rubinstein and Linda Lavin Join Being the Ricardos". Playbill.

[12] Miska, Brad (December 15, 2014). "Anchor Bay's Art Enters 'The Atticus Institute' (Exclusive)". Bloody Disgusting.

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John Rubinstein
Rubinstein in April 2008
Born	(1946-12-08) December 8, 1946 (age 77) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actor composer director
Years active	1967–present
Spouses	Judi West (m. 1971; div. 1989) Jane Lanier (m. 1992; div. 2002) Bonnie Burgess (m. 2016)
Children	5, including Jacob Rubinstein, Peter Rubinstein, and Michael Weston