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Reg Rogers
American actor (born )
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Reg Rogers (born December 23, ) is an American stage, film, and television actor, known for his roles in Primal Fear and Runaway Bride and for the TV miniseries Attila. He also appears in theater, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway.
Early life
Rogers was raised in Newport Beach, California. After high school, he attended several colleges before graduating from the Yale School of Drama in [1]
Career
Rogers has frequently appeared in guest roles on television shows including Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Friends, The Closer, Boardwalk Empire, Touched by an Angel, The Knick, Lipstick Jungle, Miss Match, Hell on Wheels, The Americans, The Blacklist and the TV miniseries Attila. He played the killer Andrew Lincoln in the TV film Stone Cold, part of the Jesse Stone TV film series.
Films that featured Rogers include Primal Fear, I Shot Andy Warhol, Runaway Bride, The Photographer, Analyze That, Igby Goes Down, and Lovely by Surprise.[2]
Theater
Rogers was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for a Broadway revival of Philip Barry's Holiday.[3] He won the Obie Award as Outstanding Actor for his role in Richard Greenberg's Off-Broadway play The Dazzle.[4][5]
In May , he costarred with Marin Hinkle in the Craig Lucas adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.[6]
In , he performed in two plays at Shakespeare in the Park in New York City: Measure for Measure and All's Well That Ends Well. In September he appeared in the new Theresa Rebeck play Poor Behavior at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.[1]
In August , Rogers costarred with Johanna Day in the world premiere of Carly Mensch’s play Oblivion at the Westport Country Playhouse.[7]
In the Broadway production of You Can't Take It with You, he played Boris Kolenkhov, the Russian refugee and dance teacher.[8]
In March , he began performing as Morris Dixon in the Broadway production of Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline.[9]
In September , he originated the role of Ron Carlisle in Tootsie, which moved to Broadway in March
Rogers played the part of Joe Josephson in the Off-Broadway revival of Merrily We Roll Along,[10] which transferred to the Hudson Theatre as the first Broadway revival of the show in September [11]
In December , he took over the role of Mr Mushnik in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors replacing Stephen DeRosa.[12]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | Law & Order | Joshua Felner, Edgar Varick, Jason Bregman | 3 episodes |
| Chicago Hope | Elks Williams | Episode: "The Day Of The Rope" | |
| Friends | The Director | 3 episodes | |
| Touched by an Angel | John Wilkes Booth | Episode: "Beautiful Dreamer" | |
| Attila | Valentinian | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| Ed | Ted | 2 episodes | |
| Miss Match | Richard Lonneman | 2 episodes | |
| Eyes | Danny Agermeyer | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Jesse Stone: Stone Cold | Andrew Lincoln | TV movie | |
| Uncommon Sense | Himself | TV movie | |
| If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now | Curtis | TV movie | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. James Corliss | Episode: "Brother's Keepers" | |
| Them | Ezekial Smits | TV movie | |
| Lipstick Jungle | Stephen Draper | Episode: "Chapter Seventeen: Bye, Bye Baby" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jonathan Danson | Episode: "A Space Oddity" | |
| Scoundrels | Sparky | Episode: "Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Bags Full" | |
| Georgetown | Len Foster | TV movie | |
| The Closer | Jerry Cooper | Episode: "Fool's Gold" | |
| Blue Bloods | Vance Bradley | Episode: "Greener Grass" | |
| Elementary | Micah Elrich | Episode: "The Leviathan" | |
| –15 | The Americans | Charles Duluth | 4 episodes |
| The Good Wife | Asher Mercer | Episode: "A Material World" | |
| Boardwalk Empire | Robert Hodge | 2 episodes | |
| –15 | The Knick | Dr. Bertram Checkering Sr. | 7 episodes |
| Flesh and Bone | Jasper | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| –16 | Hell on Wheels | James Strobridge | 8 episodes |
| Turn: Washington's Spies | Randall, Joseph Reed | 4 episodes | |
| Bull | Freddy Bensimon | Episode: "The Necklace" | |
| Mercy Street | Episode: "The House Guest" | ||
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carl Fleming | Episode: "Flight Risk" | |
| Instinct | Russ Mosher | Episode: "Live" | |
| You | Professor Paul Leary | 2 episodes | |
| The Code | Dennis Swillice | Episode: "Molly Marine" | |
| –20 | NOS4A2 | Abe | 2 episodes |
| The Blacklist | Neville Townsend | 12 episodes |
Video games
References
- ^ ab Zeitchik, Steven. "Reg Rogers is misbehavin', to good effect", Los Angeles Times, September 11,
- ^Reg Rogers Filmography at IMDb
- ^" Holiday Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11,
- ^, – Obie Awards
- ^The Dazzle , retrieved March 11,
- ^Hernandez, Ernio. Marin Hinkle Stars as Miss Julie in Craig Lucas' Adaptation Off-Broadway Playbill, May 12,
- ^Gates, Anita. "Review of ‘Oblivion,’ at Westport Country Playhouse", The New York Times, August 29,
- ^" You Can't Take It with You Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11,
- ^"Casting Complete for Broadway's Present Laughter, Starring Kevin Kline". Playbill. Retrieved March 20,
- ^"NYTW / Merrily We Roll Along". NYTW. Retrieved November 15,
- ^"". . Retrieved November 15,
- ^Reg Rogers Is the Next Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway