Roger Rose

Roger Rose
Rose in 2018
Born	(1958-08-15) August 15, 1958 (age 66) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupations	Actor VJ
Years active	1979–present
Agent	Atlas Talent Agency
Notable work	The Super Hero Squad Show as Doctor Strange Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Superman
Children	2
Father	Hilly Rose
Website	rogerrose.com

Roger Rose (born August 15, 1958) is an American actor, known for such films as Ski Patrol^[1] and for voice work in animated films and television series such as Happy Feet, Rugrats, Scooby-Doo, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Quack Pack. He is also an occasional announcer.

Career

His first live role was in an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He auditioned at Rod Roddy's podium in 2004 for the announcing job on television's longest-running game show, The Price Is Right, and was the announcer for the show's ceremonial 6,000th episode.

He starred in Ski Patrol (1990) and produced and acted in Comic Book: The Movie (2004). He voices on-air promos for most Major Television networks. He was the in-show Announcer for the Emmy Awards hosted by Jane Lynch on Fox. He voiced both the Dark Fiend Charles the 3rd and Aquatic Terror Gran Bruce in the video game Viewtiful Joe (2003). Some of his notable anime roles include several minor characters of Zatch Bell!. He also did the voice of Garbel of Manicuria on Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo. He also voiced promos for TV shows such as Ugly Betty and Hannah Montana "NCIS" "Big Bang". He has also done a David Letterman impression on several animated series, such as Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. In 2009, he voiced Doctor Strange on The Super Hero Squad Show, Superman on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and an announcer in Danger Force. He has narrated documentaries for Animal Planet, (Discovery) and (National Geographic). Rose also announced the 2011 Emmy Awards.

He can be heard on WLS-TV in Chicago, (WLNY) in New York City, and KGO-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Personal life

He is the son of Hilly Rose, a radio personality in Los Angeles, and Sondra B. Gair, a pioneer radio interviewer with Chicago Public Radio. His brother was Judd Rose, of ABC.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Man Who Loved Women	Sergeant Stone
1984	Hot Moves	Cliff
	Micki + Maude	Newscaster
1986	Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives	Steven
1990	Ski Patrol	Jerry Cramer
1991	The Five Heartbeats	The Five Horsemen
1992	Double Vision	Salesman
1993	Love Bites	Dwight Putnam
1994	Dead On	Russ Russell
2000	Rugrats in Paris	Finster Wedding DJ	Voice[2]
	The Brainiacs.com	Smartball	Voice
2003	Brother Bear	Additional Voices	Voice
2004	Comic Book: The Movie	Taylor Donohue
2006	Naruto the Movie: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom	Additional Voices
	Happy Feet	Leopard Seal	Voice[2]
2007	Jekyll	Guy #2
2010	The Cost of Heaven	Administrator
	Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers	Brick Masterson	Voice
2014	Justice League: War	Pinstriped Loudmouth	Voice, direct-to-video[2]
2019	Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island	Lead Cat Person, Trailer Narrator	Voice, direct-to-video[2]
2021	Free Birds	Ice Dragon	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Marcos	Episode: "The Golden Man"
	Too Close for Comfort	Magician	Episode: "Guess Who's Coming to Burp?"
1983	Alice	Customer #2	Episode: "Vera's Secret Lover"
1984	Airwolf	Delivery Boy	Episode: "Random Target"
1985	Down to Earth	Herbie Schroeder	Episode: "The Radio Show"
	Knight Rider	Valet	Episode: "Knight by a Nose"
	Mr. Belvedere	Police Officer	Episode: "What I Did for Love"
	The Jetsons		Episode: "Elroy in Wonderland"
1986	Wildfire	Halavex	Voice, episode: "The Highwayman"
	Pound Puppies	Byron P. Fleabottom, Clawfinger, Spy 1	Voice
1990	Gravedale High	Vinnie Stoker	Voice
1991	Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter	Cousin Larry
1991	Where's Wally?	Additional Voices
1990–1992	Tiny Toon Adventures		[2]
1992–1993	Batman: The Animated Series	Gilbert, Jaguar Shaman	Voice, 2 episodes
1993	Tom and Jerry Kids Show	Additional Voices
	I Yabba-Dabba Do!
	Seinfeld	Mark	Episode: "The Pilot"
	Bonkers
	2 Stupid Dogs	Platypus, Quark	Voice, 2 episodes
1994	All-New Dennis the Menace	Additional Voices
	Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
	The Super Dave Superbowl of Knowledge
	Taz-Mania	Arnie	Voice, episode: "The Return of the Road to Taz-Mania Strikes Back"
	Gargoyles	Cop 2, Doyle Spokesman	Voice, episode: "Ransom"[2]
1995	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	Additional Voices
1991–1995	Silk Stalkings	Dwight Guernsey Eddie
1994–1996	The Tick	Four-Legged Man, Brian Pinhead, additional voices	[2]
1996–1997	Duckman	Carbone	Voice, 2 episodes
1995–1997	Pinky and the Brain	David Letterman, Man #1, additional voices	Voice, 3 episodes[2]
1995–1997	What a Cartoon!	Gorilla, Reilly	Voice, 3 episodes[2]
1996	The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest	Vince Vance	Voice, episode: "Manhattan Maneater"[2]
1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Driver Cop	Voice, episode: "The Last Son of Krypton" Pt. 1[2]
1996	Quack Pack	Kent Powers	Voice
1997	The Weird Al Show	Talk Show Host	Episode: "Talent Show"
1997–2004	Johnny Bravo	Various voices	[2]
1998	Animaniacs	David Letterman	Voice, episode: "Hooray for North Hollywood"[2]
1998	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Butler	Voice, episode: "A Fist Full of Lutefisk"[2]
1998	Cow and Chicken	Cashier, Salesmen	Voice, episode: "Free Inside!"[2]
1998–1999	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	Worker, Guard, Humpty Dumpty	Voice, 2 episodes[2]
1999	The Brothers Flub	Additional Voices
2000	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Additional Voices	2 episodes[2]
2001	The Zeta Project	Ad-Bot	Voice, episode: "Hicksburg"[2]
2001–2003	The Powerpuff Girls	Additional voices	2 episodes[2]
2001–2005	Growing Up...	Narrator
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Additional Voices
	Ozzy & Drix	Jumbo	Voice, episode: "The Globfather"[2]
	My Life as a Teenage Robot	Julian, Charmer, Man	Voice, episode: "Shell Game"[2]
2003–2007	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy	Various voices	[2]
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Lasser	Voice, episode: "Fearful Symmetry"[2]
2005	Zatch Bell!	Hige, Rembrant, Zoboron, Fein, additional voices	Recurring role
2005–2006	Codename: Kids Next Door	Little Juan	2 episodes
2007	The Batman	Chris	Voice, episode: "The Joining"[2]
2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Bully Guard	Voice, episode: "The Boiling Rock"[2]
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Superman	Voice, 2 episodes[2]
2009–2011	The Super Hero Squad Show	Doctor Strange, Goodman	Voice, 7 episodes[2]
2011	Regular Show	Infomercial Voice	Voice, episode: "Peeps"[2]
2013–2015	Monsters and Mysteries in America	Narrator
2015	Turbo Fast	Announcer, Bulgarian Snail	Voice, episode: "Tough as Snails"[2]
2016	Avengers Assemble	Tad McDodd	Voice, episode: "Ant-Man Makes It Big"[2]
2022	Danger Force	Announcer	Episode: "The Supies"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Blazing Dragons	Sir Juicealot, Police Officer
1997	Zork: Grand Inquisitor	Marvin the Mythical Goatfish
	Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant	Pinky Flamingo	[2]
2001	Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty	Russian Soldier	English version[2]
2002	Dead to Rights	Augie Blatz, Tattoo, Fat Chow	[3]
	Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance	Russian Soldier
2003	Viewtiful Joe	Charles the 3rd, Gran Bruce	[2]
2004	Viewtiful Joe 2	Flinty Stone	[2]
2005	Shadow of Rome	Sextus	[2]
	Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble	Charles III, Gran Bruce, Flinty Stone	[2]
2006	Gothic 3	Additional voices
	Metal Gear Acid 2	Golab	[2]
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Vision, Captain Marvel	[2]
	Downhill Jam	Antonio Segul
	Happy Feet	Leopard Seal	[2]
2007	Shrek the Third	Peasant, Bandit, Pirate	[2]
2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Additional Voices
	Assassin's Creed II	Thieves
	Batman: Arkham Asylum	William North, Masked Guard	[2]
2010	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Thieves
2011	Rage	Additional voices
	PlayStation Move Heroes	Buccaneer	[2]
	Batman: Arkham City	M.P.T. Officer William North, GCPD Officer Strictland
2013	Marvel Heroes	Mole Man	[2]
2014	Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes	Soldiers, Agent Brian	[2]
2015	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Soldiers	[2]
2016	Fire Emblem Fates	Takumi, Niles, Hisame	[2]
2018	Red Dead Redemption 2	The Local Pedestrian Population
2018	World of Final Fantasy Maxima	The Immortal Dark Dragon	[4]
2023	Honkai: Star Rail	Sampo	[5]

References

1. James, Caryn (January 13, 1990). "Ski Patrol (1989) Review/Film; Meanwhile, Pops Is Back At the Lodge". The New York Times.
2. "Roger Rose (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved January 23, 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. Namco. Dead to Rights. Namco. Scene: Ending credits, 5:43:50 in, Voice Talent.
4. "World of Final Fantasy Maxima Who's Who Character Lore". YouTube. November 9, 2018.
5. "Characters - Honkai: Star Rail official website". Honkai: Star Rail Official Website. HoYoverse. Retrieved June 9, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Roger Rose at IMDb