Versatility and ability to portray a variety of characters over four decades on stage, screen, and television have made Tony Roberts one of the busiest actors in America. He is a graduate of the High School of Music and Arts, which merged with the High School of Performing Arts to become LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, where he majored in theater and studied acting with Alvina Krause. Tony is the son of Radio and Television announcer Ken Roberts, one of the founding members of AFTRA, and has himself served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Screen Actor's Guild and Actor's Equity Association. He is currently the President of Theatre Authority - an organization established by the entertainment unions to oversee benefit performances. Tony has appeared in dozens and dozens of films including Stardust Memories, Star Spangled Girl, The Million Dollar Duck, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Popcorn, Amityville 3-D, Key Exchange, Hannah and Her Sisters, Radio Days and Switch. His theater credits included "Sugar", "Don't Drink the Water", "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "South Pacific".


Son of Ken Roberts. Was nominated for two Tony Awards in consecutive years: in 1968, as Best Actor (Musical) for "How Now Dow Jones" and in 1969 as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Play It Again, Sam", a part he recreated in the film version of the same name, Play It Again, Sam (1972). His favorite pastimes are chess, sailing and photography. Tony Roberts was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actor in a Drama for "Play It Again, Sam" for a role he recreated in the movie version.