Will Roberts is an award-winning actor, film and television weapons expert, cowboy, author, reporter, dancer, and holder of two Guinness World Records. With a diverse and remarkable career spanning nearly four decades, Roberts continues to captivate audiences with his extraordinary talents.
Roberts is set to appear in Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film, Oppenheimer, as General George C. Marshall. He will also star in the second season of the Emmy award-winning drama series Studio City, streaming on Amazon Prime. His other notable film credits include The Redeemer, A Soldier’s Revenge, iBot, The West and the Ruthless, North of Neon, The Killer, Signal, and Turner and Hooch. In addition to his film work, Roberts has made memorable appearances on popular television shows such as Netflix’s Lucifer, True Terror with Robert Englund, Wave Rider, Mann & Wife, and Last Man Standing.
Roberts’s fame further skyrocketed following his appearance on The Ellen Show as “The Dancing Dad.” His captivating performances have also been featured in numerous national commercials for major companies like Total Wines, Applebee’s, Geico, Verizon, Audi, Nike, Nissan, Levi’s, Chrysler, and One Plus, with Robert Downey Jr., and even a Super Bowl ad for Jack In The Box.
On stage, Roberts spent three years performing at the Aria Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip in Cirque du Soleil’s Viva Elvis. His other theater credits include roles in productions of Will Rogers’ Follies: The Life and Times of Will Rogers, Show Boat, Bye Bye Birdie, A Chorus Line, Beyond Therapy, Chicago, Oklahoma, Cabaret, Godspell, Annie Get Your Gun, West Side Story, Show Boat, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
In recognition of his talent, Roberts received the Best Dramatic Actor Award at the X World Short Film Festival at the Action on Film Festival in Las Vegas and the Best Actor Award – Short at the Golden Gate Film Festival, both for the film Signal in 2018.
Beyond his acting career, Roberts holds the Guinness World Records for “Gun Spinning” and “Most People Inside a Spinning Lasso.” His varied talents extend to being a professional clown and magician, a member of Magic Castle in Hollywood and the Magic Circle in the UK, a trick roper, gun spinner and coach, and a balloon artist. He is widely recognized for his stage combat expertise as a stunt performer, and he is a professional mechanical bull rider and coach. Additionally, Roberts is classically trained in ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop.
