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Date of Birth

8 July 1959, Fremont, Ohio, USA

Birth Name

Robert Lyle Knepper

Nickname

Rob

Height

5' 9½" (1.77 m)

Mini Biography

Robert Knepper the son of a veterinarian, was born in Fremont, Ohio and raised in Maumee (near Toledo). When he was growing up, his mother worked in the props department for the community theater, and because of her involvement, he became interested in acting. Knepper spent many years working in community theater and high school productions. Later, he studied drama at Northwestern University. He is a resident of Southern California.

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Spouse

Tory Herald

(2005 - present) 1 child

Trivia

Son of a veterinarian in real life, his character T-bag on Prison Break has a twisted encounter with a veterinarian in Season 2.

He lives with his family in Los Angeles.

Robert studied drama in Northwestern University (1977-1981).

Robert and Tori are parents of a boy named Benjamin Peter Knepper.

Mother: Pat Deck (died in 2003).

Father: Donald Knepper.

Son-in-law of Peter V. Herald.

Brother-in-law of Michael Herald.

Graduated from Maumee Highs School in Maumee, Ohio. Was the class of 1977.

Before getting the part of T-Bag in "Prison Break" (2005), he considered becoming a park ranger to support his family, due to the 'phasing out of the middle-class actor'.

During filming of Hitman (2007), his Danish co-star Ulrich Thomsen jokingly confided in him that his last name, "knepper", is in fact a dirty word in Danish.

He had the tenor solos in the "Messiah" his senior year at Maumee High School.

He was awarded a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Class Enemy" at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.

Personal Quotes

Loved it! I had never been to Bulgaria. It is so funny because years ago a CIA guy came down to the Actors Theater in Louisville, Kentucky. This was 1985. [Nicolae] Ceausescu [of Romania] was still alive. And he said that the only country worse than Romania is Bulgaria. And so here I am twenty-something years later, thinking: "Oh, no. This is going to be terrible." It was so beautiful. The people are amazing. There's a very European kind of feel to the whole city, and yet it is its own city and its own country. And they are just blossoming. It was just great. (On filming Hitman in Bulgaria)

(2009 - On quitting acting) Ten or fifteen years ago, Kiefer (Sutherland) used to go to the same gym as me. I remember telling him that I wanted to quit (acting). It was before Prison Break and I couldn't find any work and I wanted to quit. He fucking punched me! He punched me so hard. He told me, 'Don't you ever give up!' and I thank Kiefer every day for that advice.

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