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Daniel Roebuck

Daniel Roebuck

4 films · 257 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19862022

Born 4 March 1963 · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Daniel Randall James Roebuck is an American actor and writer. His best known roles include Deputy Marshal Robert Biggs in The Fugitive and its spinoff film U.S. Marshals, Jay Leno in The Late Shift, and Dr. Leslie Arzt in Lost, as well as numerous Rob Zombie and Don Coscarelli films. He is also known for his role as Cliff Lewis, Ben Matlock's private investigator, on Matlock from 1992 until 1995.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 257 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Daniel takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 4 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Daniel takes.

Time of day

Night61%
Day30%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key51%
Natural29%
High key9%
Chiaroscuro5%

Shot size

Medium37%
Wide24%
Closeup21%
Fullbody14%

Camera angle

Eye level73%
Low angle20%
High angle6%

Mood

Neutral39%
Tense24%
Ominous20%
Lonely6%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 257 frames from Daniel Roebuck's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.