Bobby Roe

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Bobby Roe
BornDecember 15, 1978
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Author

Bobby Roe (born December 15, 1978) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter, primarily known for his film The Houses October Built and its sequel The Houses October Built 2 . It was produced by Steven Schneider, whose hits include Paranormal Activity , Insidious , The Devil Inside and M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit , Split, Glass and Old.

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Career

He grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Plano Senior High School. Attended UCLA and was an All-American pitcher on their baseball team where he played alongside MLB All Star's Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes and Garrett Atkins. He was then cast as a stunt double for Roger Clemens in Zack Snyder's "Rocket Unit" Cingular commercial. Roe eventually received his masters in film at Loyola Marymount University and went on to be a writer/producer that helped launch Reelz Channel. He was originally cast as Mark Mulder in Moneyball when Steven Soderbergh was directing. [1]

Roe directed, wrote and starred in the film The Houses October Built in 2014, and its sequel The Houses October Built 2 . His brother Mikey Roe, Zack Andrews, Jeff Larson, and Brandy Schaefer appear as themselves. [2] Both he and Zack Andrews have also written the children's book Narah and the Unicorn - The Original Narwhal Story.

According to Entertainment Weekly and Variety , Roe will direct and write a segment of the horror anthology, Isolation. [3] [4]

Roe has been tapped to write and direct the shared horror universe film "A Wicked Tale" from the producers of The Walking Dead . [5]

Forbes and UploadVR released that Roe and Andrews, with the help of their company Haunt Society, helped create the first sanctioned virtual reality haunted house for Rec_Room_(video_game) . [6] [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2002 Arli$$ Boxer/Weightlifter
2005 CSI: NY New York Baseball Player
2005 The Longest Yard Guard Football Player
2004-2005 Clubhouse Kevin Turek
2006 Superman Returns Ravens Baseball Player
2005-2006 Numb3rs Vick Johnston/Flashback Pitcher
2011The Houses October Built - DocumentaryDirector-Writer-Himself
2014 The Houses October Built Director-Writer-Bobby
2017 The Houses October Built 2 Director-Writer-Bobby
2021IsolationDirector-Writer
2025Untitled Slasher Welcome VillainDirector-Writer-Producer
2025 A Wicked Tale Director-Writer-Producer

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