Roberts is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent.
In 1983, Betty divorced Motes, citing cruelty and stating that marrying him was the biggest mistake of her life. In 1972, Betty married Michael Motes, and had a daughter with him in 1976, Nancy Motes, who died February 9, 2014, at age 37, of an apparent drug overdose. Lisa, Julia and Betty moved to Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, after the divorce. Eric stayed with his father Walter in Atlanta, estranged from his sisters. Roberts's parents filed for divorce in 1971 and it was finalized early in 1972. Roberts's younger siblings, Julia Roberts (from whom he was estranged until 2004) and Lisa Roberts Gillan, are also actors. Roberts's mother became a church secretary and real estate agent, and his father, a vacuum cleaner salesman.
They ran a children's acting school in Decatur, Georgia. In 1963, they co-founded the Atlanta Actors and Writers Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, off Juniper Street in Midtown. Roberts was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts, one-time actors and playwrights, who met while touring a production of George Washington Slept Here for the armed forces. Since the 1970s, he is one of few actors in history to have more than 600 credits (blockbusters, independent films, animated films, TV series, animated series, short films and student films). His equally varied television work includes three seasons with the sitcom Less than Perfect, as well as recurring roles on the NBC drama Heroes and the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, as well as Saved by the Light, the legal drama Suits, Fox's The Finder, and the only non- UK actor to play The Master in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie. Demented (2000), National Security (2003), A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Expendables (2010), Inherent Vice (2014), The Institute (2017) and Head Full of Honey (2018). In a career spanning over 40 years, Roberts has amassed more than 609 credits, including Raggedy Man (1981), The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984), Runaway Train, The Specialist (1994), Cecil B. He is the older brother of actress Julia Roberts. Roberts's performance in Runaway Train (1985), as prison escapee Buck McGeehy, earned him a third Golden Globe nod and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was again recognized at the Golden Globes for his role in Bob Fosse's Star 80 (1983). His career began with a leading role in King of the Gypsies (1978), for which he received his first Golden Globe Award nomination. Eric Anthony Roberts (born April 18, 1956) is an American actor.
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