Jeremy Roberts is a veteran American character actor born on September 18, 1954, in Birmingham, Alabama. He moved to Hollywood as a child and later served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, where he reached the rank of Sergeant before being honorably discharged. After his military service, he pursued acting, attending the American Conservatory Theater where he studied alongside notable actors such as Annette Bening. Roberts has appeared in over 200 co-starring and guest roles in film and television over a career spanning more than 30 years. He is known for his roles in movies like "The Mask" (1994), "Christmas Vacation" (1989), "Herbie: Fully Loaded" (2005), and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" (1991), where he played Lieutenant Commander Dimitri Valtane—a role he reprised in the TV show "Star Trek: Voyager." He also has a strong background in repertory theater with performances at the Pacific Conservatory Theater and the Denver Center Theater. Outside of acting, Roberts worked various jobs such as bartender, lifeguard, and bodyguard before fully establishing his acting career. He continues to work internationally in film and TV projects

Filmography

• 2022Babylon — Studio Employee (Sidney's House)
• 2021John, 316 — Production Assistant
• Lie to Me — Thug
• The Unit — Duke
• Twenty Good Years — The Imposing Man
• Blind Justice — Mark Watt
• Ghost Whisperer — Camera Grip
• 2005Herbie Fully Loaded — Crazy Dave
• Veronica Mars — Mel Stoltz
• L.A. Dragnet
• CSI: Miami — Sam Carver
• For the People — Bookie
• Monk — Dewey Albert
• 2002Windfall — Russell
• Without a Trace — Dave Connor
• Crossing Jordan — Teddy Dubois
• Six Feet Under — Callie's Friend #2
• 2001The Mexican — Bobby Victory
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Mr. Arnz
• Malcolm in the Middle — Georgie
• 2000The Invisible Man — Huiclov
• The Invisible Man — Huiclov
• 1999Dangerous Waters — Heavy Man
• Jack & Jill — Yves
• L.A. Heat
• 1999The Thirteenth Floor — Tom Jones
• Charmed — Gibbs
• 1998Jungle Boy — Hook
• Martial Law — Nate Krill
• The Magnificent Seven — Flint
• Brooklyn South — Paul Scranton
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Kakistos
• Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac — Det. Beck
• 1997Quiet Days in Hollywood — Charlie
• 1997Running Time — Patrick
• The Practice — Alan Neel
• 1996Blackout — Scar
• Millennium — Richard Alan Hance
• Pacific Blue — Harland Groves
• Profiler — Benjamin Hanley
• The Pretender — Efram Bartlett
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys — Derkus 'Derk' Petronicus, Xerxos
• 1995Money Train — Guard
• 1995Phoenix — Tanner
• Sliders — Warden Beck
• Star Trek: Voyager — Lt. Dimitri Valtane
• 1995Stuart Saves His Family — Brad Skoag
• Xena: Warrior Princess — Thersites, Aiden
• 1994The Mask — Bobby the Bouncer
• Touched by an Angel — Cal
• Weird Science
• Bakersfield P.D. — Agent Kreton
• Diagnosis: Murder — Inspector Michaels
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Meso'Clan
• The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. — Bill Swill
• The X-Files — George Vincent
• 1992Diggstown — Sonny
• 1992Jack and His Friends — Paul
• Renegade — Fenton Boggs, Luke Meechum, Sammy
• 1992Sister Act — Biker #2
• 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — Excelsior Officer
• 1991The Marrying Man — Gus
• 1991The People Under the Stairs — Spencer
• Wings — Doug
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — Policeman
• Hardball
• 1989National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation — Cop
• 1989Peter Gunn — Slick
• Seinfeld — Chauffer
• 1989The Edge — (Black Pudding)
• Roseanne
• The Wonder Years — Cop
• 21 Jump Street — Morty
• Jake and the Fatman — Sennett
• L.A. Law — Officer Walt
• Matlock — Hugh Leyton
• Hunter — Scott Nichols
• 1984John Wycliffe: The Morning Star — Throckmorton
• Murder, She Wrote — Sergeant Stokley
• Knots Landing — Keefer

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2025The 12th Annual On Cinema Oscar Special — Self
• A Captain's Log — Self