Background
Robards was born in New York City, the son of actors Jason Robards, Junior., and Lauren Bacall.
Robards was born in New York City, the son of actors Jason Robards, Junior., and Lauren Bacall.
In the fall of 1980, he attended the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O"Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut.
He is an alumnus of Sarah Lawrence College. He began his acting career in 1980 in an off-Broadway production of Album, and made his feature film debut in director Paul Mazursky"s 1982 film Tempest. Robards appeared alongside his father in 1988"s Bright Lights, Big City, in their only film collaboration (his father died in 2000).
He co-starred with his mother in the 1993 Robert Altman film Prêt-à-Porter.
He portrayed Harold Ross, first editor of The New Yorker, in the Dorothy Parker biographical film Mistress Parker and the Vicious Circle in 1994 for writer-director Alan Rudolph.
His film résumé also includes Fandango, Casualties of War, American Beauty, Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence, Life as a House, The Other Side of the Tracks and The Art of Getting By. In July 2008, Robards took over the role of Richard Hannay in the New York City theatrical run of The 39 Steps.
Robards"s television credits include a recurring role on Get a Life as well as appearances on Spin City, The West Wing, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Sex and the City, The Outer Limits, and Body of Proof.
His current projects include recurring roles on the series Gossip Girl and Treme, and a regular role on Twisted.