Reg Rogers (born December 23, 1964) 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.
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| Born | Reg Rogers December 23, 1964 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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Early life
editRogers was raised in Newport Beach, California. After high school, he attended several colleges before graduating from the Yale School of Drama in 1993.[1]
Career
editRogers 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 2005 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
editRogers was nominated for the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and the 1996 Drama Desk Award for a Broadway revival of Philip Barry's Holiday.[3] He won the 2002 Obie Award as Outstanding Actor for his role in Richard Greenberg's Off-Broadway play The Dazzle.[4][5]
In May 2005, he costarred with Marin Hinkle in the Craig Lucas adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.[6]
In 2011, 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 2011 he appeared in the new Theresa Rebeck play Poor Behavior at the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.[1]
In August 2013, Rogers costarred with Johanna Day in the world premiere of Carly Mensch’s play Oblivion at the Westport Country Playhouse.[7]
In the 2014 Broadway production of You Can't Take It with You, he played Boris Kolenkhov, the Russian refugee and dance teacher.[8]
In March 2017, he began performing as Morris Dixon in the Broadway production of Present Laughter starring Kevin Kline.[9]
In September 2018, he originated the role of Ron Carlisle in Tootsie, which moved to Broadway in March 2019.
Rogers played the part of Joe Josephson in the 2022 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 2023.[11]
In December 2024, he took over the role of Mr Mushnik in the Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors replacing Stephen DeRosa.[12]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Film | Role | Note(s) |
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| 1996 | I Shot Andy Warhol | Paul Morrisey | |
| 1996 | Primal Fear | Jack Connerman | |
| 1997 | The End of Violence | Jack | |
| 1997 | 'Til There Was You | Bob | |
| 1999 | Jump | Gordon | |
| 1999 | Runaway Bride | George "Big Guy" Swilling | |
| 1999 | I'll Take You There | Bill | |
| 2000 | The Photographer | Max Martin | |
| 2001 | Get Well Soon | Keith Charles | |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Therapist | |
| 2002 | Analyze That | Raoul Berman | |
| 2006 | The Wedding Weekend | Richard | |
| 2007 | Chicago 10 | Tom Hayden, Unidentified Yippie, Marshal 3 | Voice role |
| 2007 | Lovely by Surprise | Bob | |
| 2008 | The Guitar | Brett | |
| 2013 | Last Time We Checked | Himself | |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Alec | |
| 2014 | Little Girl Blue | Amos | |
| 2015 | El cielo de azul | Man | |
| 2017 | Present Laughter | Morris Dixon |
Television
edit| Year | Show | Role | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–2010 | Law & Order | Joshua Felner, Edgar Varick, Jason Bregman | 3 episodes |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Elks Williams | Episode: "The Day Of The Rope" |
| 1997 | Friends | The Director | 3 episodes |
| 1998 | Touched by an Angel | John Wilkes Booth | Episode: "Beautiful Dreamer" |
| 2001 | Attila | Valentinian | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Ed | Ted | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Richard Lonneman | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Eyes | Danny Agermeyer | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | Jesse Stone: Stone Cold | Andrew Lincoln | TV movie |
| 2005 | Uncommon Sense | Himself | TV movie |
| 2006 | If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now | Curtis | TV movie |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Dr. James Corliss | Episode: "Brother's Keepers" |
| 2007 | Them | Ezekial Smits | TV movie |
| 2008 | Lipstick Jungle | Stephen Draper | Episode: "Chapter Seventeen: Bye, Bye Baby" |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jonathan Danson | Episode: "A Space Oddity" |
| 2010 | Scoundrels | Sparky | Episode: "Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Bags Full" |
| 2011 | Georgetown | Len Foster | TV movie |
| 2012 | The Closer | Jerry Cooper | Episode: "Fool's Gold" |
| 2012 | Blue Bloods | Vance Bradley | Episode: "Greener Grass" |
| 2012 | Elementary | Micah Elrich | Episode: "The Leviathan" |
| 2013–15 | The Americans | Charles Duluth | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | The Good Wife | Asher Mercer | Episode: "A Material World" |
| 2014 | Boardwalk Empire | Robert Hodge | 2 episodes |
| 2014–15 | The Knick | Dr. Bertram Checkering Sr. | 7 episodes |
| 2015 | Flesh and Bone | Jasper | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2015–16 | Hell on Wheels | James Strobridge | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Turn: Washington's Spies | Randall, Joseph Reed | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Bull | Freddy Bensimon | Episode: "The Necklace" |
| 2017 | Mercy Street | Episode: "The House Guest" | |
| 2018 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carl Fleming | Episode: "Flight Risk" |
| 2018 | Instinct | Russ Mosher | Episode: "Live" |
| 2018 | You | Professor Paul Leary | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | The Code | Dennis Swillice | Episode: "Molly Marine" |
| 2019–20 | NOS4A2 | Abe | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | The Blacklist | Neville Townsend | 12 episodes |
Video games
edit| Year | Game | Role | Note(s) |
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| 2007 | Manhunt 2 | The Legion | Voice role |
| 2017 | Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 | Additional Voices | Voice role |
References
edit- ^ a b Zeitchik, Steven. "Reg Rogers is misbehavin', to good effect", Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2011
- ^ Reg Rogers Filmography at IMDb
- ^ " Holiday Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11, 2017
- ^ infoplease.com, 2001–2002 Obie Awards
- ^ The Dazzle lortel.org, retrieved March 11, 2017
- ^ Hernandez, Ernio. Marin Hinkle Stars as Miss Julie in Craig Lucas' Adaptation Off-Broadway Playbill, May 12, 2005
- ^ Gates, Anita. "Review of ‘Oblivion,’ at Westport Country Playhouse", The New York Times, August 29, 2013
- ^ " You Can't Take It with You Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11, 2017
- ^ "Casting Complete for Broadway's Present Laughter, Starring Kevin Kline". Playbill. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "NYTW / Merrily We Roll Along". NYTW. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ "Broadway.com". Broadway.com. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
- ^ Reg Rogers Is the Next Mushnik in Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway
External links
edit- Reg Rogers at IMDb
- Reg Rogers at the Internet Broadway Database
- Reg Rogers at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Reg Rogers profile at Manhattan Theatre Club