An American character actor, Abraham Benrubi is best known for his appearances as Jerry Markovic on the long-running American drama TV series ER. He made his debut on television appearing as Larry Kubiac on the series Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, which also became one of his popular roles to date. With his extraordinary talents throughout his career, he has earned an impressive amount of wealth in his life.
Abraham Benrubi's Biography: Early Life & Education
Born Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi on October 4, 1969, in Indianapolis, he is the eldest son of Patricia Benrubi and Asher Benrubi. He is an American who belongs to a mixed ethnic background.
Rubin’s father was a rock vocalist and frontman of the band The Smash Band, and currently a radio personality popular as “Smash” to St. Louis radio audiences. His paternal grandfather was from a Greek Jewish family while his paternal grandmother was from a Greek Orthodox Christian family.
He attended Broad Ripple High School in Indiana Polis, the same high school alma mater of TV host David Letterman and former New England Patriots star Rosevelt Colvin. He graduated with a good degree from high school.
Abraham often drove Kate Shoup to school and is a keen comic collector from his early days. Later, he got interested in acting.
Abraham Benrubi's Career: Films, TV Shows
Struggling with small roles in the early days, Benrubi received his first major role as Roy “R.J.” Biggins Jr. on an American sitcom Wings starring Tim Daly and Steven Weber.
From September 1990 to June 1993, he appeared as Francis Lawrence “Larry” Kubiac III in the American sitcom Parker Lewis Can’t Lose. The series starred Corin Nemec, Troy Slaten, Billy Jayne, and Melanie Chartoff, among others. While working in the series, he and co-star Taj Johnson worked as roadies for No Doubt’s first tour.
Abraham Benrubi starred as one of the lead characters in ABC’s romantic TV comedy-drama series, Men in Trees in 2006, portraying Ben Tomasson. Similarly, he worked in other TV shows such as Angel Street, Blossom, Growing Pains, Grace Under Fire, and Roseanne.
One of his popular TV roles was as Jerry Markovic in the 1994 medical drama TV series ER. The series starred Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, and Noah Wyle, among others. It earned 23 Primetime Emmys as well as the 1996 Outstanding Drama Series award and received 124 Emmy nominations.
He made his first appearance on film appearing in the 1990 movie Driving In. The American character actor has appeared in other movies such as Crossing the Bridge, The Shadow, The Program, Wagons East!, and George of the Jungle.
Abraham Benrubi's Net Worth
The veteran artist, as of June 2019, possesses the net worth of around $5 million. Working in the entertainment industry for more than 3 decade, the actor has earned a huge amount of money which is increasing day by day.
Actors, in the United States generally make $40 thousand - $50 thousand from their career, meanwhile, Benrubi, as an actor would have made close to the amount from his acting career.
Abraham Benrubi's Personal Life: Affairs, Relationship History, Marriage
Abraham Benrubi could possibly be single at present. The 49-year-old artist has not confirmed his relationship. Well, he has managed to keep his personal life low profile, despite the popularity.
To date, he has not openly been in any kind of relationship and has not been linked with anyone. At present, it is not clearly known whether he is married or single.
Abraham Benrubi's Age, Height, Weight, Measurements
Age: The veteran actor has reached the age of 49, as of 2019.
Height: He stands an impressive height of 6 feet 5 inches or 201 cm.
Weight: Benrubi weighs around 268 lbs or 122 kg.
Hair Color: He has short grey hair at present and used to have dark brown hair in his youth days.
Eye Color: His eye color is black.
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