Person Biography:
Will Roberts is a multifaceted individual with numerous talents and achievements. He is an award-winning actor, film and television weapons expert, cowboy, author, reporter, dancer, and holder of two Guinness World Records.
Throughout his career, Roberts has made appearances in various films and television shows. Notable credits include Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, The Redeemer, A Soldier's Revenge, iBot, The West and the Ruthless, North of Neon, The Killer, Signal, and Turner and Hooch. He has also had principal roles on the Netflix hit Lucifer, True Terror-Robert Englund, Wave Rider, Mann & Wife, and Last Man Standing.
In addition to his acting career, Roberts has appeared in numerous national commercials for companies such as Total Wines, Applebee's, Geico, Verizon, Audi, Nike, Nissan, Levi's, Chrysler, One Plus with Robert Downey, Jr., and a Super Bowl ad for Jack In The Box.
Roberts has also had a successful career in theater, appearing in productions such as 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.
Awards and accolades include the Best Dramatic Actor Award at the X World Short Film Festival and the Best Actor Award - Short at the Golden Gate Film Festival, both for the film Signal in 2018. He holds the Guinness World Record for "Gun Spinning" and "Most People Inside a Spinning Lasso."
Roberts is also 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. Additionally, he is a professional mechanical bull rider and coach, and classically trained in ballet, jazz, tap, and hip-hop.
Born and raised on the Southside of Chicago, Roberts began his career in entertainment in theater. He secured his first broadcast television job as the host of the FOX Kids Club in Northern and Central California, a position he held for seven years. Simultaneous with his acting, stunt, and voice-over career, Roberts worked as a feature reporter for over 15 years in various markets and was the host of his syndicated radio show, The Will Roberts Weekly Telegram, which aired in over 40 U.S. markets on PBS.
Roberts is currently residing in Southern California and travels extensively for his craft.
