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Robert R. Shafer

Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born April 10, 1958 (66 years)
Robert Ray "Bobby" Shafer is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, commercials, voice-over and theater. Shafer, sometimes credited as Bobby Ray Shafer, is perhaps best known for playing Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration on the American sitcom The Office, and has amassed a substantial cult following for his portrayal of Officer Ted Warnicky in the 1989 horror-comedy Psycho Cop and the sequel Psycho Cop 2.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Highway to Heaven
  • Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
  • Awaken the Shadowman
  • Psycho Cop Returns
  • FDR: American Badass!
  • Psycho Cop
  • Asteroid vs Earth
  • Contagion
  • Caged
  • Maneater
  • The Gold Retrievers
  • Abner, the Invisible Dog
  • A Brilliant Disguise
Known For
  • Psycho Cop Returns
  • Zombeavers
  • Psycho Cop
  • Awaken the Shadowman
  • Monster Man
  • Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus
  • Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
  • Asteroid vs Earth
  • Loaded
  • The Office: Superfan Episodes
  • Caged
  • Dick Dickster
  • The Gold Retrievers
  • Dark Honeymoon
  • Friended to Death
  • Heat Wave
  • Choker
  • A Brilliant Disguise
  • Abner, the Invisible Dog
  • The Corporate Ladder
  • The Secret World of Dreams

Filmography

2021
Caged · as Officer Ganser
2020
The Office: Superfan Episodes (TV Series) · as Bob Vance
2018
Dick Dickster · as Dick Dickster
2017
2017
A Girl Is A Gun (TV Series) · as Van De Moortel (2017)
2016
Pee-wee's Big Holiday · as Construction Worker
2015
A Christmas Reunion · as Frank O'brien
2015
2015
Adam Ruins Everything (TV Series) · as Ray
2015
The Messengers (2015) (TV Series) · as Earl Cowen
2015
Loaded · as Mechanic
2014
Zombeavers · as Trucker
2014
Friended to Death · as Chuck Henson
2014
2013
2013
Side Effects (2013) (TV Series) · as Officer
2013
The Bridge (2013) (TV Series) · as Karl Millwright
2012
Retribution · as James Cooper
2012
FDR: American Badass! · as Robby Kreeger
2012
Collision Course · as Pilot
2012
The Temple · as Zipper
2011
Super Shark · as Commander Williams (as Bobby Ray Shafer)
2011
Getting That Girl · as Coach Thieson
2011
Knifepoint · as Michael
2011
2010
2010
Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story · as Nick Middlesworth
2010
Pair of Kings (TV Series) · as King Malakai
2010
Turbulent Skies · as Jackson
2009
2009
Reconciliation · as Pastor Hughes
2009
The Gold Retrievers · as Sherrif Mike Denton
2009
The Scenesters · as George Porter
2009
Heat Wave · as Roy Rogan
2008
The Life & Times of Tim (TV Series) · as Rodney's Dad
2008
Dark Honeymoon · as Sheriff Fields
2008
Stiletto · as Krieger
2007
Protecting the King · as Officer Gibbs
2006
Slip · as M-16 Man
2006
All In · as Slick Moustached Player
2006
In Justice (TV Series)
2005
Choker · as Lt. Clark
2005
Criminal Minds (TV Series) · as Chief Arthur Emmett
2005
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Uncle Pete
2005
The Office (US) (TV Series) · as Bob Vance
2004
Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Supervisor
2004
Boston Legal (TV Series) · as Smith
2003
Cold Case (TV Series) · as Nate 'red Scare' Beecher (2010)
2003
Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Wally Ford
2003
Monster Man · as Police Officer
2002
I Love The 80s (TV Series) · as Hollywood Shuffle Director
2002
Contagion · as Wallace
2000
Titus (TV Series)
2000
Son of the Beach (TV Series)
2000
Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Police Officer
2000
Finding Kelly · as Sheriff Posey
1999
The West Wing (TV Series) · as Cable Pundit
1998
Becker (TV Series) · as Mr. Preston
1997
The Corporate Ladder · as Jack Sherman
1997
Mr. Atlas · as Wilshire Frodden
1996
Arli$$ (TV Series) · as Reporter
1995
The Secret World of Dreams · as Man In Love
1994
A Brilliant Disguise · as Jimmy Brennan
1993
Psycho Cop Returns · as Officer Joe Vickers
1991
Inside Out · as Cuddy Dalton
1990
Wings (TV Series) · as Otto
1990
Dark Romances Vol. 1 · as Voice-Overs
1989
Psycho Cop · as Officer Joe Vickers
1989
Future Force · as David Harris
1987
Hollywood Shuffle · as Commercial Director
1985
Echo Park · as Commercial Director
1984
1984
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Howard Sullivan

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