Dallas Roberts (born May 10, 1970) is an American actor. He played Milton Mamet in season three of AMC's The Walking Dead. He was a regular on Seasons 2 and 3, and guest on Season 4 of Unforgettable as Eliot Delson, and had a recurring role as Owen Cavanaugh on The Good Wife since the second season.
He portrayed Gregory Yates in the NBC Series Chicago P.D..
Biography[]
Roberts was born and raised in Houston, Texas, where he attended Paul Revere Middle School and Robert E. Lee High School. He moved to Sarasota, Florida, where he graduated from Sarasota High School in 1988 and attended Manatee Community College. In 1990, Roberts was accepted to the Juilliard School in New York City, where he graduated in 1994 as a member of the Drama Division's Group 23.
Roberts is primarily based in New York City, where he regularly appears in theatrical productions. Off-Broadway he has appeared in a revival of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, opposite Edward Norton and Catherine Keener; in Adam Rapp's Nocturne, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award; and in Caryl Churchill's A Number, opposite Sam Shepard and later Arliss Howard, among others.
Roberts' film work includes the screen adaptation of Michael Cunningham's A Home at the End of the World, and supporting roles in Walk the Line and The Notorious Bettie Page, among others. He had a regular role on the Showtime drama The L Word. He starred in the AMC original series Rubicon as Miles Fiedler, a genius intelligence analyst at a national think tank. He has made guest appearances in twelve episodes to date on The Good Wife. He has also made many appearances on Law & Order and its spinoff, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as Gregory Yates. His character then crossed over to Chicago PD.
From August 2012 through March 2013, Roberts was in the cast of The Walking Dead as scientist Milton Mamet, who studies "walkers" (zombies). From 2013-15, he played Eliot Delson on Unforgettable.[1]
Notes and Trivia[]
- Roberts' height is 5' 10½" (1.79 m).
- Roberts is married to scenic designer Christine Jones; the couple has two children.
