Dallas RobertsFilmography

Born:: Houston, TX
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Equipped with classical training as a stage actor, American thespian Dallas Roberts cut his chops on and off Broadway during the 1990s and early 2000s before transitioning to film -- a shift that represented a broad stylistic and technical leap for the dramatist. Born and raised in the Houston...Read More

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Shrink

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Mark Webber, Dallas Roberts, Keke Palmer

Synopsis: A jaded psychiatrist takes on a pro bono case that puts his professionalism to the ultimate test in director Jonas Pate's knowing exposé of the "other" Hollywood. Between sorting through the insecurities of a fading film starlet (Saffron Burrows), a struggling writer (Mark Webber), and an Read More

7/24/09
Tell Tale

Actors: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, Dallas Roberts

Synopsis: Josh Lucas stars as a man whose heart transplant leads him on a frenzied journey to find the killer of his heart's previous owner before its past catches up to him in this retooling of Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale. Directors Tony and Ridley Scott produce the Scott Free production being helmed by Read More

1/1/09
Lightbulb

Actors: Dallas Roberts, Jeremy Renner, Ayelet Zurer, Marguerite Moreau, Amanda Anka

Synopsis: Remember the old saying "That's so crazy it might just work"? Two guys bet their futures on a notion that cliché seems to have been created to describe in this comedy-drama from director Jeffrey Balsmeyer. Matt (Dallas Roberts) and Sam (Jeremy Renner) are a pair of dreamers living in Tucson Read More

2009
3:10 to Yuma

Actors: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Gretchen Mol, Ben Foster

Synopsis: Russell Crowe plays a desperado whose accomplices stage an ambush after he is taken into custody by a determined local sheriff in this remake of the 1957 film starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. James Mangold directs a script based on the Elmore Leonard short story and penned by Stuart Beattie, Michael Brandt Read More

9/2/07
Joshua

Actors: Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts, Michael McKean

Synopsis: Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga star in director George Ratliff's uncomfortable psychological thriller Joshua, as Brad and Abby Cairn, an affluent young stockbroker and his wife, raising children in New York City. Their firstborn, the nine-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan) is a frighteningly intelligent Read More

7/6/07
Blackbird

Actors: Paul Sparks, Gillian Jacobs

Synopsis: Writer-director Adam Rapp's gritty urban romance Blackbird unfolds in mid-1990s Manhattan. The picture dramatizes the ill-fated courtship between two melancholic heroin addicts - Gulf War veteran Bayliss (Paul Sparks) and ex-stripper Froggy (Gillian Jacobs) - as they fall in love and battle Read More

2007
Sisters

Actors: Lou Doillon, Stephen Rea, Chloë Sevigny, Dallas Roberts

Synopsis: Family Portraits: A Trilogy of America director Douglas Buck follows that gruesome collection of three short films with this feature-length reimaging of cinema auteur Brian De Palma's 1973 horror film concerning a pair of mysterious siblings and the curious reporter who stumbles upon their deadly Read More

2007
Lovely By Surprise

Actors: Carrie Preston, Michael Chernus, Dallas Roberts, Austin Pendleton

Synopsis: A writer attempting to finish her first novel seeks the wisdom of her mentor and ex-lover in hopes of overcoming a crippling case of writer's block in writer/director Kurt Gunn's enigmatic thriller. Marian (Carrie Preston) is writing an absurdist novel about a par of brothers living in a Read More

2007
Flicka

Actors: Tim McGraw, Alison Lohman, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten

Synopsis: A young woman pins her hopes and dreams on a maverick horse in this drama based on the classic novel by Mary O'Hara. Katy (Alison Lohman) is the teenage daughter of a horse rancher (Tim McGraw) who is grooming his son to take over the family business, while Katy is sent to an exclusive private Read More

10/20/06
The Notorious Bettie Page

Actors: Gretchen Mol, Christopher Bauer, Jared Harris, Sarah Paulson, Cara Seymour

Synopsis: Celebrated and vilified in equal measure, the pinup goddess Bettie Page inspired a legion of followers -- and an indecency scandal -- by appearing in a series of nude, sado-masochistic, and/or revealing magazine spreads in the 1950s. An era later, writer/director Mary Harron casts a knowing eye Read More

4/14/06
Winter Passing

Actors: Ed Harris, Zooey Deschanel, Will Ferrell, Amelia Warner

Synopsis: Money and emotions lead to a difficult reunion between a father and daughter in this drama. Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) is a struggling stage actress in New York City whose life has become an uphill struggle -- her career isn't giving her satisfaction, her relationship with would-be rock star Read More

2/17/06
The L Word: Season 03

Actors: Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner, Katherine Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Erin Daniels, Sarah Shahi, Pam Grier, Rachel Shelley, Dallas Roberts

2006
Walk the Line

Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Dallas Roberts

Synopsis: James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he had with June Carter (Reese Witherspoon). The film is structured as an extended flashback opening with Cash readying to take the stage at his Read More

11/18/05
A Home at the End of the World

Actors: Colin Farrell, Robin Wright Penn, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek

Synopsis: Directed by Michael Mayer and based on The Hours author Michael Cunningham's novel of the same name, A Home at the End of the World chronicles the 1980s reunion of childhood best friends Bobby (Colin Farrell) and Jonathan (Dallas Roberts). Where they were once best pals -- and teenage lovers -- in Read More

7/23/04
The Lucky Ones

Actors: Ivan Martin, Dallas Roberts, Karen Ferrari, Toby Poser

Synopsis: Writer/director Loren-Paul Caplin crafts this dark deconstruction on the contemporary obsession with fame and celebrity concerning a New York City tabloid journalist whose decadent lifestyle prompts a painful journey of self-discovery. Lorenzo is a C-level celebrity stalker whose sensationalistic Read More

2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Weak

Synopsis: Mary Stuart Masterson makes the first of three appearances as psychologist Rebecca Hendrix, whom exacutive producer Fred Wolf had brought in as a temporary replacement while series regular B.D. Wong (Dr. Huang) was appearing in the Broadway musical "Pacific Overtures." Dr. Hendrix joins the SVU Read More

2004
Music

Actors: Dallas Roberts, Lara Harris, Tara Culp, Victor Argo, Angelica Torn

Synopsis: Part of producer Regina Ziegler's Erotic Tales series, Music is written and directed by Israeli-born American independent filmmaker Amos Kollek. Dallas Roberts stars as Matt, an young man who prefers his sexual fantasies to be set to classical music. While wandering through Manhattan one night, he Read More

2003
Law & Order: Bronx Cheer

Synopsis: The strangled body of a woman is found in the Bronx. The victim had an abundant supply of Ecstasy in her handbag, a clue which leads the detectives to a drug dealer named Paz (Peter Greene). As the investigation proceeds, a past murder case is reopened -- whereupon the D.A.'s office comes to the Read More

2001
Law & Order: Guardian

Synopsis: The detectives discover that a young junkie found dead in the yard of a day-care center was the daughter of a wealthy family. Further investigation reveals that the woman was taken to her final "resting place" as she was dying. The question: Is it possible that someone very close to the victim Read More

1995