Who is Eric Roberts? Celebrity Island 2018 contestant, Julia Roberts’ brother and actor from The Dark Knight and Suits
ERIC Roberts is the older brother of Pretty Woman star and Hollywood royalty Julia Roberts.
However, the American actor is also a star in his own right. Here’s all you need to know about what he appeared in before heading onto Celebrity Island 2018…
Who is Eric Roberts?
Eric Anthony Roberts was born April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi, to the parents of one-time actors and playwrights, who also ran a children’s acting school in Decatur, Georgia.
Eric and his two younger sisters Julia and Lisa all went on to have careers in acting with Julia becoming one of the most successful actresses of all time in terms of box office receipts.
The 62-year-old had daughter Emma with his then-girlfriend Kelly Cunningham, and the 27-year-old has since become a Hollywood star in her own right.
Eric has since been married to Animal House and Doctor Who actress Eliza Roberts from 1992.
What has he starred in?
Eric received Golden Globe Award nominations for his early starring roles in 1978’s King of the Gypsies and 1983’s Star 80.
In 1985, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in for his role in Runaway Train and has amassed film credits of over 500 throughout his long career.
He starred as Gotham City Mafia crime boss Sal Maroni in 2008’s The Dark Knight and then two years later as James Munroe in 2010’s big-budget action flick The Expendables.
In 2014 through to 2015 Roberts played the recurring character Charles Forstman in the TV legal drama Suits and also portrayed Jimmy Figgis in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
When is Celebrity Island 2018 on and what was his showdown with Roxanne Pallett?
Celebrity Island continues tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.
The latest instalment follows the main version of the series which ended in April.