Television Roberts began acting on screen in the early 1990s, with guest roles in television series including medical drama
The Flying Doctors, sitcom
All Together Now and miniseries
Seven Deadly Sins. His first big break was in crime drama series
Phoenix playing Detective Russell Howie, followed by a role in newsroom drama
Mercury, opposite
Geoffrey Rush playing Dave 'Gibbo' Gibson. In 2005, Roberts joined the cast of
ABC family series ''Holly's Heroes
, He then appeared in long running soap opera Home and Away in 2009, In 2013, he had a lead role in comedy series Please Like Me'', In 2019, Roberts played a senior member of Parliament in political series
Total Control, alongside
Rachel Griffiths and
Deborah Mailman in 2019. More recently, he appeared in 2023
SBS drama thriller miniseries
Safe Home and opposite his wife
Helen Thomson, as Bernie in award-winning television series
Colin from Accounts. Further television credits include ''
Devil's Playground, The Code, Secret City, Rake, Offspring, Bad Mothers, Barons, Queen of Oz, Silver
and Sunny Nights. alongside Keanu Reeves and Hugo Weaving. He has also appeared in 2007 Marvel Comics adaptation Ghost Rider'', starring
Nicolas Cage. In 2008, he was nominated for an
AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the role of Raymond Yale in
Nash Edgerton's feature film debut, the thriller
The Square. In 2014, he appeared in gritty crime drama film
The Convict. He starred opposite his wife in the films ''
Gettin' Square (2002), A Savage Christmas (2023) and Spit (2025), the latter in which he reprised his role from Gettin' Square''. Other film credits include
Me Myself I (2000), alongside
Rachel Griffiths,
Three Dollars (2005) with
David Wenham and
Frances O'Connor and US productions ''
Fool's Gold (2008) opposite Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson and Unbroken'' (2014) by
Angelina Jolie.
Theatre Roberts has performed in stage productions for
Griffin,
Belvoir, and
Malthouse Theatre. and
The Touch of Silk in 1988 followed by
The Recruiting Officer and ''
Our Country's Good'' in 1989. He acted together with his wife in a stage production of
In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) in 2011. ==Personal life==