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 think every actor should be always grateful when they work.
How do you make people do the best work? You make them feel comfortable, so you can feel comfortable - and then you can have a really good ballgame!
When people come up to me and say 'I hate you' or 'I love to hate you,' it's not the usual response that I thought I would've gotten halfway into my career. And then they say, 'I love your work.'
When you're a little kid, growing up, most of us know what's right and wrong. Our parents teach us that discipline.
I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.
I grew up with a dad who hated television, so we had to sneak television. It got ingrained in my head to never follow a show that religiously.
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.
There's this great fantasy of going to work, every day, and getting to play out what people think my life is, as a successful actor.
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.
For me, the idea of being a successful actor is hanging out with my dogs and my boy, down in Venice beach, and going, "I don't have to audition today. I've got a little respite here."