Robert Knepper Trivia
Son of a veterinarian in real life, his character T-bag on Prison Break has a twisted encounter with a veterinarian in Season 2.
He lives with his family in Los Angeles.
Robert studied drama in Northwestern University (1977-1981).
Robert and Tori are parents of a boy named Benjamin Peter Knepper.
Mother: Pat Deck (died in 2003).
Father: Donald Knepper.
Son-in-law of Peter V. Herald.
Brother-in-law of Michael Herald.
Graduated from Maumee Highs School in Maumee, Ohio. Was the class of 1977.
Before getting the part of T-Bag in “Prison Break” (2005), he considered becoming a park ranger to support his family, due to the ‘phasing out of the middle-class actor’.
During filming of Hitman (2007), his Danish co-star Ulrich Thomsen jokingly confided in him that his last name, “knepper”, is in fact a dirty word in Danish.
He had the tenor solos in the “Messiah” his senior year at Maumee High School.
He was awarded a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award Citation for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for “Class Enemy” at the Next Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.