Robert R. Shafer

Robert Ray Shafer (born April 10, 1958) is an American character 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 (more commonly known as Joe Vickers) in the 1989 horror-comedy Psycho Cop and the sequel Psycho Cop 2.

Robert R. Shafer
Shafer at The Office Convention in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Born	Robert Ray Shafer Jr. (1958-04-10) April 10, 1958 Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Education	Broward College (attended)
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)

Early life

Robert Ray Shafer, Jr. was born in Charleston, West Virginia on April 10, 1958. He attended high school in Romeo, Michigan and graduated in 1976. Shafer then attended Broward College before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Rosebud Beach Hotel	Rodney
1986	Echo Park	Commercial Director
1987	Hollywood Shuffle	Commercial Director
1989	Future Force	David Harris
	Psycho Cop	Officer Joe Vickers
1990	Dark Romances Vol. 1	Voice overs	Direct-to-video
1991	Inside Out	Cuddy Dalton	Direct-to-video
1993	Psycho Cop Returns	Officer Joe Vickers
1994	A Brilliant Disguise	Jimmy Brennan
1997	The Corporate Ladder	Jack Sherman
	Mister Atlas	Wilshire Frodden
2000	Finding Kelly	Sheriff Posey
2002	Contagion	Wallace
2003	Monster Man	Police Officer #1
2005	Choker	Clark
2006	All In	Slick Moustached Player
	Slip'	M-16 Man
2007	Protecting the King	Officer Gibbs
2008	Stiletto	Krieger	Direct-to-video
	Dark Honeymoon	Sheriff Fields	Direct-to-video
2009	Heat Wave	Roy Rogan	TV film
	The Scenesters	George Porter
	The Gold Retrievers	Sheriff Mike Denton
	Reconciliation	Pastor Hughes
	Maneater	Gus	Direct-to-video
2010	Turbulent Skies	Jackson	TV film
	Screwball: The Ted Whitfield Story	Nick Middlesworth
	Mega Shark Versus Crocosaurus	Charlie Ross	Direct-to-video
2011	Hard Hats	Arno Jones	Short film
	Mega Python vs. Gatoroid	Zeke	TV film
	Knifepoint	Michael
	Video Breakups		Short film
	Getting That Girl	Coach Thieson
	Super Shark	Commander Williams
2012	The Temple	Zipper	Voice role
	Collision Course	Pilot
	Revelations	Dad	Short film
	FDR: American Badass!	Robby Kreeger
	Retribution	James Cooper	TV film
	The Adventures of Soap Man	Sexual Harasser	Short film
2013	Abner, the Invisible Dog	Charlie
	Mrs. Sweeney	Mr. O'Neal	Short film
2014	Zombeavers	Trucker
	Asteroid vs Earth	Lieutenant Rouse	TV film
	Friended to Death	Chuck Henson
2015	Loaded	Mechanic
	Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves	Arthur
	A Christmas Reunion	Frank O'Brien	TV film
2016	Pee-wee's Big Holiday	Construction Worker
	Mark Upon the Flesh	Homeless Man	Short film
2017	Awaken the Shadowman	Tom
	Blotched	Edward Gluer
2018	Dick Dickster	Dick Dickster
2020	The Onania Club	Military Dad
	Caged	Officer Ganser

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Highway to Heaven	Dennis	Episode: "As Difficult as ABC"
1993	Wings	Otto	Episode: "The Key to Alex"
1998	Arli$$	Reporter	Episode: "Where Do Clients Come From?"
1999	Becker	Mr. Preston	Episode: "Hate Thy Neighbour"
2000	Titus	Bar Patron	Episode: "Red Asphalt"
2001	Malcolm in the Middle	Police Officer	Episode: Flashback
	Ultimate Revenge	Mobster	Episode: "2 December 2001"
2002	Son of the Beach	Main Crony	Episode: "The Long Hot Johnson"
2004	The West Wing	Cable Pundit	Episode: "The Dover Test"
2005	Las Vegas	Wally Ford	Episode: "For Sail by Owner"
	Boston Legal	Smith	Episode: "Gone"
2005–2013	The Office	Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration	Recurring role, 24 episodes
2006	In Justice	Prison Guard	Episode: "Pilot"
2008	MANTIME with Fran and Ramis	Santa	Episode: "Christmas Special"
	The Young and the Restless	Howard Sullivan	Guest role, 1 episode
2009	Desperate Housewives	Supervisor	Episode: "The Coffee Cup"
2010	Cold Case	Nate 'Red Scare' Beecher '10	Episode: "One Fall"
2011	How I Met Your Mother	Uncle Pete	Episode: "Last Words"
2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Rodney's Dad	Episode: "Strip Club Hostage Situation/Game Night"
	Pair of Kings	King Malakai	Episode: "The Evil King"
	Sherman's in Sanity	Vern Pfinger	2 episodes
2013	The Silicon Assassin Project		Episode: "The Medusa Meeting"
	The Bridge	Karl Millwright	Episode: "Pilot"
	Side Effects	Police Chief	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	The Messengers	Earl Cowen	Episode: "Why We Fight"
2016	Criminal Minds	Chief Arthur Emmett	Episode: "The Crimson King"
2016-2017	Adam Ruins Everything	Ray Murphy	Recurring role, 4 episodes
2017	A Girl Is a Gun	Van De Moortel
2018	I'm a Man	Frank	Mini-series