Robbins, Blake 1965-

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Robbins, Blake 1965-

PERSONAL

Full name, William Blake Robbins; born June 17, 1965, in Turkey; married Karen, October 12, 1996; children: Molly, Emma.

Addresses:

Manager—1 Management, 9000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1550, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in television commercials, including Lowe's home improvement stores, UPS stores, Saturn automobiles, and Maxwell House Coffee; appeared in a promotional spot for ESPN.

Awards, Honors:

LA Weekly Award, best solo performance, for Placement.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Axel, Going Under, Argot Pictures, 2004.

The intruder, Alice (short), 2005.

Stuttering guard, Love Comes to the Executioner, Velocity Home Entertainment, 2006.

Thomas Blake, Arc, 2006.

Ben's dad, The Son of Sam's Daughter (short), 2007.

Delmar, Bunker Hill, 2008.

Film Work:

On-set assistant (for Rob Morrow), Maze (also known as Touched), Andora Pictures International, 2000.

Associate producer, Bunker Hill, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Officer Dave Brass, Oz, HBO, 2001-2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Valet, All My Children, ABC, 1996.

Heinrich, "Marathon," Law & Order, NBC, 1999.

Peter, "History," Third Watch, NBC, 2000.

Lexus driver, Push, Nevada, ABC, 2002.

Agent McGuiness, "Ariel," Firefly (also known as "Firefly": The Series), Fox, 2002.

Dr. Lawrence, "Late for School," 10-8: Officers on Duty (also known as 10-8 and 10-8: Police Patrol), ABC, 2003.

David Lake, "Late Returns," Cold Case, CBS, 2004.

Patrol officer, "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World: Part 1," Charmed, The WB, 2004.

Morgan Benedicto, "Race for a Cure," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2004.

Trooper, "A Priest, a Doctor, and a Medium Walk into an Execution Chamber," Medium, NBC, 2005.

Peter Ellison, "Embraceable You," Crossing Jordan, NBC, 2005.

Martin Beckwith, "The Promise of Darkness," Wanted, TNT, 2005.

Don, "The Shape of Things to Come," The O.C., Fox, 2005.

Don, "The End of Innocence," The O.C., Fox, 2005.

James Ogilvy, "Five Pillars," E-Ring, NBC, 2006.

Ross, "Day 5: 2:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m.," 24, Fox, 2006.

The Robert MacNeil Report (also known as The MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour, The MacNeil-Lehrer Report, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and The Robert MacNeil Report with Jim Lehrer), 2006.

Craig Dalton, "Connections," Without a Trace (also known as W.A.T.), CBS, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

(Broadway debut) Augie Belfast, The Man Who Had All the Luck, American Airlines Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Also appeared as Vince, Tape, Naked Angels, New York City; Cal Owens, Joe Fearless, Atlantic Theatre Company, New York City; as Harthouse Hard Times, Evidence Room, Los Angeles; Ronnie, Placement, Black Dahlia Theatre, Los Angeles; Barry, Monkey Puzzle Tree, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Ojai, CA; in Greetings from Heaven's Gate and Black Belt, both Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Stage Work:

Directed several plays for the Elephant Theatre's 24-hour rush play series.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in Eisley's "I Wasn't Prepared."

WRITINGS

Nonfiction:

(With Bonnie Gillespie) Acting Qs: Conversation With Working Actors, 2005.