His parents, Frania and Israel Rubinek, were survivors of the Holocaust. They were hidden by Polish farmers during World War II. His father was a factory worker, theatre company manager, Yiddish Theatre actor, and Talmudic scholar.
Was good friends with the late Maury Chaykin. The two acted in
many movies together.
Saul Rubinek plays a knife-wielding subway mugger (uncredited) in the original 1974 Death Wish. Twenty years later, Rubinek plays a completely new character; a prosecutor, in the fifth and final installment of "Death Wish" which stars Charles Bronson - "Death Wish V: The Face of Death.".
Co-produced the movie Jerry and Tom (1998), which became an official entry at Sundance in 1998, with wife Elinor Reid. They have two children: Hannah (born 1991) and Sam (born 1995).
Starring as "Artie Neilsen" on the Syfy Channel's original action/mystery/science fiction television series, Warehouse 13 (2009). (July 2009)