Robert Knepper

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Robert Knepper (born July 8, 1959) is an American actor. He currently has a starring role as Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell in the Fox network's drama series, Prison Break. He has recently been cast for the upcoming film Hitman, although his role is yet to be released.

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Early life Born in Fremont, Ohio, Knepper was interested in acting from an early age due to his mother's involvement at a community theater. He was raised in Maumee, Ohio near Toledo by his mother and father, who was a veterinarian. Knepper spent many years of his youth working in the community theater and high school productions. After graduating from Maumee High School in 1977, he attended Northwestern University to study drama. During this time, Knepper also obtained professional roles in plays in Chicago. Nearing the completion of his degree, Knepper quit Northwestern and went to New York City, where he continued to work in theater. Although Knepper never intended to work in film and television projects, he began his television and film career in 1986 with The Paper Chase and That's Life.

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Making his feature film debut in Blake Edwards' That's Life, Knepper's additional feature-film credits include Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You, D.O.A., Renegades, Young Guns II, Gas Food Lodging, Hostage and Good Night and Good Luck.

Knepper has also made numerous television guest appearances on series such as Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, La Femme Nikita, New York Undercover, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, ER, L.A. Law, Profiler, South Beach, Murder, She Wrote, CSI: Miami and The West Wing.

On June 3, 2009, it was announced that Knepper would be join to the cast of NBC's Heroes

Personal Life Knepper presently resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife and son.

[edit] Trivia

Was nominated for a Satellite Award for his role in Prison Break During his interview in Live with Regis and Kelly, he attempted to explain his Prison Break character's nickname as a combination of the character's full name with several letters removed. Kelly Ripa immediately announced that the commercial break starts now. It is presumed that Ripa thought of the meaning of Teabagging. Played Agent Wilson in Dean Koontz film edition of Phantoms.