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Eric Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor and the elder brother of Julia Roberts. His career began with King of the Gypsies (1978), earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case. He earned both a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in Runaway Train (1985). Through the 1990s and 2000s he maintained dramatic film and TV-movie roles while appearing in TV series. His TV work includes three seasons with the sitcom Less than Perfect and a recurring role on the NBC drama Heroes. He also starred in The Pope of Greenwich Village and Star 80 which was mentioned by Jim Breuer as Joe Pesci on the same episode Roberts was impersonated in.

Although he has never been on Saturday Night Live , he has been impersonated by Rob Lowe on April 12, 1997 during The Joe Pesci Show.

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