Reg Rogers

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Reg Rogers
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Reg Rogers

(1964-12-23) December 23, 1964 (age 59)
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active1994–present

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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Early life

Rogers was raised in Newport Beach, California. After high school, he attended several colleges, finally attending the Yale School of Drama, graduating in 1993. [1]

Career

Rogers has frequently appeared in guest roles on television shows including Law & Order , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Friends , Boardwalk Empire , The Knick , Lipstick Jungle , Miss Match , the TV miniseries Attila , Hell on Wheels , The Americans and The Blacklist . 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

Rogers 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 plays 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]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNote(s)
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
1999I'll Take You ThereBill
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 3Voice role
2007 Lovely by Surprise Bob
2008 The Guitar Brett
2013Last Time We CheckedHimself
2014 Elsa & Fred Alec
2014Little Girl BlueAmos
2015El cielo de azulMan
2017 Present Laughter Morris Dixon

Television

YearShowRoleNote(s)
1994–2010 Law & Order Joshua Felner, Edgar Varick, Jason Bregman3 episodes
1997 Chicago Hope Elks WilliamsEpisode: "The Day Of The Rope"
1997 Friends The Director3 episodes
1998 Touched by an Angel John Wilkes Booth Episode: "Beautiful Dreamer"
2001 Attila Valentinian Miniseries; 2 episodes
2003 Ed Ted2 episodes
2003 Miss Match Richard Lonneman2 episodes
2005 Eyes Danny AgermeyerEpisode: "Pilot"
2005 Jesse Stone: Stone Cold Andrew LincolnTV movie
2005Uncommon SenseHimselfTV movie
2006If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By NowCurtisTV movie
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Dr. James CorlissEpisode: "Brother's Keepers"
2007ThemEzekial SmitsTV movie
2008 Lipstick Jungle Stephen DraperEpisode: "Chapter Seventeen: Bye, Bye Baby"
2009 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jonathan DansonEpisode: "A Space Oddity"
2010 Scoundrels SparkyEpisode: "Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Bags Full"
2011GeorgetownLen FosterTV movie
2012 The Closer Jerry CooperEpisode: "Fool's Gold"
2012 Blue Bloods Vance BradleyEpisode: "Greener Grass"
2012 Elementary Micah ElrichEpisode: "The Leviathan"
2013–15 The Americans Charles Duluth 4 episodes
2014 The Good Wife Asher MercerEpisode: "A Material World"
2014 Boardwalk Empire Robert Hodge2 episodes
2014–15 The Knick Dr. Bertram Checkering, Sr.7 episodes
2015 Flesh and Bone JasperMiniseries; 3 episodes
2015–16 Hell on Wheels James Strobridge8 episodes
2016 Turn: Washington's Spies Randall, Joseph Reed4 episodes
2016 Bull Freddy BensimonEpisode: "The Necklace"
2017 Mercy Street Episode: "The House Guest"
2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Carl FlemingEpisode: "Flight Risk"
2018 Instinct Russ MosherEpisode: "Live"
2018 You Professor Paul Leary2 episodes
2019 The Code Dennis SwilliceEpisode: "Molly Marine"
2019–20 NOS4A2 Abe2 episodes
2021 The Blacklist Neville Townsend12 episodes

Video games

YearGameRoleNote(s)
2007 Manhunt 2 The LegionVoice role
2017 Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Additional VoicesVoice role

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References

  1. 1 2 Zeitchik, Steven. "Reg Rogers is misbehavin', to good effect", Los Angeles Times, September 11, 2011
  2. ↑ Reg Rogers Filmography at IMDb
  3. ↑ " Holiday Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11, 2017
  4. ↑ infoplease.com, 2001–2002 Obie Awards
  5. ↑ The Dazzle lortel.org, retrieved March 11, 2017
  6. ↑ Hernandez, Ernio. Marin Hinkle Stars as Miss Julie in Craig Lucas' Adaptation Off-Broadway Playbill, May 12, 2005
  7. ↑ Gates, Anita. "Review of ‘Oblivion,’ at Westport Country Playhouse", The New York Times, August 29, 2013
  8. ↑ " You Can't Take It with You Broadway" Playbill, retrieved March 11, 2017
  9. ↑ "Casting Complete for Broadway's Present Laughter, Starring Kevin Kline". Playbill. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  10. ↑ "NYTW / Merrily We Roll Along". NYTW. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Broadway.com". Broadway.com. Retrieved November 15, 2023.
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