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Eric Roberts
Sam Winfield
As Sam Winfield on SVU
Character
Sam Winfield & Roy Hubert
Date of birth
18 April 1956
Place of birth
Biloxi, Mississippi
IMDb profile

Eric Roberts is an Academy Award-nominated actor who played Sam Winfield in the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit season two episode "Victims", and Roy Hubert in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent season seven episode "Betrayed".

He is, by a large margin, the most prolific live-action actor racking up 725 credits on IMDb. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his role as the escaped convict Buck in the film Runaway Train. He also starred in the films The Dark Knight (with Nestor Carbonell) as Sal Maroni (a character played by David Zayas on the TV show Gotham) and The Expendables as James Munroe (with Zayas). He also starred on the TV show Crash (with Linda Park). He starred in Danny Phantom as Dark Danny in the episode "The Ultimate Enemy" (with Martin Mull, Mathew St. Patrick, Peri Gilpin, Krista Swan, and Will Arnett). He also starred in the Doctor Who TV movie as the Master (a newer version of the character was later played by Michelle Gomez in the TV show Doctor Who).

His sisters, Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan, also appeared in episodes from the Law & Order franchise.

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