Robert Knepper

Robert Knepper — Biography

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell, the psychopathic convict in Prison Break and one of television's most memorable villains, is the part American character actor Robert Knepper is best known for playing. The role earned him a Satellite Award nomination, and in later years he returned to screens in villainous parts in productions such as Heroes, iZombie and Twin Peaks.

Born in Fremont, Ohio, Knepper grew up in Maumee; his mother's work at a community theater sparked an early interest in acting. He graduated from Maumee High School in 1977 and went to Northwestern University and left shortly before finishing his degree to continue in theater in New York. He entered television and film in 1986, taking larger parts in films such as Young Guns II and guest roles in series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and ER. After a recurring role on HBO's Carnivàle, he began playing T-Bag in 2005.

During the Prison Break years he played the FSB agent Yuri Marklov in Hitman and Johnson in Transporter 3. When the series ended in 2009 he played Samuel Sullivan in the last season of Heroes and the serial killer Rhett Walden in Criminal Minds, and he later became the Clock King in The Flash. From 2015 he played Angus McDonough in iZombie, in 2017 he appeared as Rodney Mitchum in the Twin Peaks revival and as T-Bag again in Prison Break's return season. In film he appeared in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) and Edge of Fear (2018, as Victor Novak).