Robert Knepper
Robert Knepper
Robert Lyle Knepperis an American actor best known for his role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the FOX drama series Prison Break from 2005 to 2009 and has also appeared in films such as Good Night, and Good Luck, Hitman and Transporter 3. Knepper joined the cast of Heroes in 2009 for its final season as Samuel Sullivan, and he played Sid Rothman in the neo-noir television series Mob City in 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 July 1959
CityFremont, OH
CountryUnited States of America
On 'Prison Break,' I tended to talk a lot! They gave me a lot of fun words to say. There were always these great mouthfuls of words that would fall out!
I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.
I do a happy dance even when I get a guest-star role.
I have to admit, I never watch television; once in a while I'll see things, but I grew up without it. I had a father who said, 'I hate television;' it came into being when he was a kid, and he didn't have it, so he didn't think I needed it.
I did a film when I was about 30; it's a coming of age story called 'Gas Food Lodging,' and I'm so proud of that little independent film. I play this young English geologist, and he's such a simple, loving kind of guy. Doesn't talk too much. He's just a quiet guy, and he gets the girl.
With comedy, if you write something for me, I'm better at it. I'm not sure I'm so good at improvisational stuff.
My life is going to continue to be public, and I just accept that.
Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.
I thought I'd never do film, let alone television. I was a diehard theater nut.
I love being funny! I started in the theater when I was 9 and, believe it or not, always played the funny part!
Clint Eastwood, to me, is Clint Eastwood. He's great at being Clint Eastwood. But, I don't know how to be that guy. I just don't know how to be one person.
I was the little kid growing up. I wasn't picked on because, honestly, I was fast, so I could run away from the bullies.
Prison Break really changed me to somebody that can put butts in seats.
What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.