Saul Rubinek got a role in the gangster thriller directed by S. Craig Zahler Bookmaker and broker, which recently completed production in Canada.
Copenhagen test The actor plays Eli Hirschbaum, owner and operator of Hirschbaum’s Pharmacy, a “soda freak” and old-fashioned pharmacist in 1959-era New York City. Hirschbaum is a father figure to Revner, a Jewish veteran played by Theo James, and Boscolo, a tough Italian-American from the Lower East Side played by Vince Vaughn.
Revner and Boscolo struggle to return to civilian life after World War II and build a thriving underground gambling operation that attracts serious attention from organized crime groups. Bookie and bruise Produced by Anthony Katagas of Keep Your Head Productions and Dave Kaplan. C2 Motion Picture Group is financing the project.
Over a four-decade career, Rubinek has credits like Ethan Coen Buster Scruggs song, Clint Eastwood the unforgiven, Tony Scott and Quentin Tarantino true romance, Oliver Stone Wall Street And more than 60 other feature films.
His television credits include regular roles on series Hunters, Fraser and warehouse 13, In addition to guest starring roles in Billions, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Gray’s Anatomy. Rubinek has also directed two films produced by his wife and producing partner, Elinor Reid – jerry and tom, Starring Joe Mantegna and Sam Rockwell and the independent film Tough but necessary.
He also directed two films for Paramount and Showtime, ovary bums, A film adaptation of a play about Chicago Cubs baseball fans club land, Starring Alan Alda. Rubinek is repped by Artists & Actors, Noble Kaplan Abrams, Opus Entertainment, and Woolman PR.
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