John Rubinstein is an American film, Broadway, and television actor, a composer of film and theatre music, and a director in theatre and television. Film credits include Hello, I Must Be Going, 21 Grams, Red Dragon, Another Stakeout, The Boys from Brazil, Daniel, and Zachariah.

Television credits include Judge Manchester on CBS’ The Mentalist, Principal Hobson on ABC’s Desperate Housewives, Principal Liam Taylor on NBC’s Parenthood, and Dr. Charles Taylor on CBS’ The Young and the Restless.

Broadway credits include his debut as Pippin in Pippin (Imperial Theatre), Tateh in Ragtime (Oriental Theatre), Andrew Makepiece Ladd III in Love Letters (Edison Theatre), Rene Gallimard in M. Butterfly and Leon Tolchinsky in Fools (Eugene O’Neill Theatre), Eddie in Hurlyburly (Ethel Barrymore Theatre), Lieutenant Barney Greenwald in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Circle in the Square Theatre), and his Tony Award-winning role as James Leeds in Children of a Lesser God (Longacre Theatre).