John Bobek is an American actor who portrayed the Bearded Man in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Biography
John Bobek was born in Hartford, Connecticut, moved to Monroe, Connecticut, then to Dublin, Ohio, and finally settled in Brookfield, WI (a suburb of Milwaukee). There, he began acting in high school and then kept at it in college at Marquette University in their Theatre Arts program, garnering his B.A. and graduating in the summer of 2004. He moved to Los Angeles, started working as much and as fast as possible, and has been seen on the LA stage (Proof by David Auburn), in film (Sony Pictures' When a Stranger Calls (2006), and TV (The West Wing).[1]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | Mr 3000 | Press Box Intern | Uncredited |
2006 | When a Stranger Calls | Officer Lewis | |
2006 | Bauhaus - Broken Wings | Jack Porter | Short |
2007 | Alibi | Minimark Clerk | |
2008 | Fold | Chris | Short |
2008 | Downsized | Mike the IT Guy | Short |
2008 | Untitled Dave Caplan Pilot | College Age Guy | |
2009 | Bare Tales | Sammi Noel | |
2009 | The Condom Killer | Dwayne | Short |
2010 | Masterpieces | Kenny | Short |
2010 | Night of the Punks | Mikey | Short |
2010 | The Touch | Aaron | Short |
2011 | AppleBox | Stage P.A. Johnny | Short |
2011 | Absolute Killers | Matt | |
2011 | Stained Glass | Short | |
2012 | Good Satan | Saint Peter | |
2012 | Hello Herman | Lyle Ferguson | |
2013 | Trivial | James | Short |
2014 | Stomping Ground | Ben | |
2014 | 4 the Love of the Game | Mike | Short |
2015 | Recoil | Alec Walker | Short |
2015 | Held | Law Colleague | Short |
2016 | Freshwater | Matt Hanton | |
2016 | State Farm Commerical Gone Wrong | John | Short |
2017 | Joe Dick | Owen Hansel | |
2018 | The CIA | CIA Interviewer | |
2019 | Vendors | Josh | |
The Panic |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2005 | The West Wing | Bill | One Episode |
2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Clerk | One Episode |
2006 | Related | Party Guy | One Episode |
2006 | Numb3rs | Punk Guy | One Episode |
2007 | Girlfriends | Delivery Boy | One Episode |
2007 | Desperate Housewives | Tucker | |
2007 | House | Student #2 | |
2007 | Heartland | Duane Donner | One Episode |
2007 | Side Order of Life | Humorless Male Nurse | One Episode |
2007 | Criminal Minds | Patrick | One Episode |
2007 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Waiter | One Episode |
2007 | Without a Trace | Brian Epstein | One Episode |
2007 | Chuck | Nerdy Technician | One Episode |
2008 | Monk | Brother Zack | One Episode |
2008 | Bones | Driver | One Episode |
2008 | 'Til Death | Manager | One Episode |
2010 | The Last 10 Seconds of Lost | Jacob | |
2010 | Hank | PSG Clerk | One Episode |
2011 | Workshop | Mike Hobbs | |
2011 | Happy Endings | Toby | One Episode |
2011 | Got Karma? | Robert | |
2012 | Squaresville | Otaku Twins | One Episode |
2012 | Castle | Davis Hawthorne | One Episode |
2014 | Rizzoli & Isles | Jimmy McGuinness | One Episode |
2015 | Battle Creek | Budtender | One Episode |
2015 | Longmire | Lee McKinnon | One Episode |
2016 | The Crossroads of History | Guard | One Episode |
2017 | American Crime | Greg Stephens | |
2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Bearded Man |
Gallery
Behind the Scenes
As the Bearded Man.
As the Bearded Man.
With Jacqueline Robbins and Joyce Robbins.
With John DeSantis and Arielle Tuliao.
With Lauren McGibbon.
Videos
John Bobek - Volunteers Fighting Disease Song (from A Series Of Unfortunate Events S2)
How to play "Volunteers Fighting Disease."
John Bobek & Erin Barnes - That's Not How The Story Goes (A Series Of Unfortunate Events cover)
Cover of "That's Not How the Story Goes."