FrameThrower · Actors · Eric Roberts
Eric Roberts
4 films · 341 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1983–2019
Born 18 April 1956 · Biloxi, Mississippi, USA
Eric Roberts is an American actor. His career began with a well-received performance in King of the Gypsies (1978), for which he earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination. His second Golden Globe nomination came for his portrayal of Paul Snider in Star 80 (1983), followed by Globe and Academy Award nominations for his supporting role in Runaway Train (1985). In a career spanning almost forty years, Roberts has performed in over 200 films, including Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), The Specialist (1994), Cecil B. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), The Dark Knight (2008), The Expendables (2010) and Inherent Vice (2014).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 341 frames · top-billed in 4 · 1983–2019
- Theatre World Award1988
How their films are shot
Measured across 341 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Eric 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, 53% of their frames are night, 51% low key — the look of the work Eric takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 341 frames from Eric Roberts'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.