Roger Bart

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Roger Bart (born September 29, 1962 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) is an American actor and musical artist . Throughout his career, he has won the Tony Award , the Drama Desk Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award .

Life

Roger Bart was born on September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut, United States . He is the nephew of the writer and producer Peter Bart and the cousin of the costume designer Colby P. Bart . 1985 studied at Rutgers University and made his Bachelor of Fine Arts in the same year . In 1986 his first daughter Ali Kendall was born, who also works as an actress, and in 2001 his second child Eller Bart was born.

job

He began his career as a musical actor in 1987 with the play Big River, followed by Up Against It in 1989 and Henry IV. Part I and Part II in 1991. In 1994 he made his first step in the film business and had a guest appearance on the series The George Carlin Show . In 1995 he played the role of cousin Kevin in the German premiere of the musical Tommy ( Musical Theater Offenbach ). Then he took over the dubbing of the singing of the young Hercules in 1997 in the Disney production Hercules . This was followed by a small role in Michael Mann's Insider 1999. In the same year he was awarded the most important theater and musical prize in the United States, the Tony Award for his portrayal in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown for his performance, he also received the Drama Desk Award . A year later he had guest appearances on the series Law & Order and Law & Order: New York . In 2001 he took on the role of the tramp's song in Lady and the Tramp 2: Little Tramp - Big Adventure! and was nominated again for a Tony Award for his performance on Mel Brooks The Producers . He then starred in Stepford Wives (2004), the film version of The Producers (2005) and The Vanishing Room (2006). In 2007 he played one of the leading roles in Eli Roth's horror film Hostel 2 and took on the role of Frankenstein in Mel Brooks Musical Youth Frankenstein . That same year he starred in American Gangster . In 2008 he took on a role in Harold & Kumar 2 - Escape from Guantanamo and 2009 in Law of Vengeance . For some time now, Roger Bart has mainly appeared in television series, for example in CSI: Miami (2010), Human Target (2010), Medium - Nothing Remains Hidden (2011), CSI: The Criminals On The Track (2012) and Grimm (2012). In the same year he played a family man in Excision . By 2012 he had also worked on Desperate Housewives since 2005 . In 2013 he played a supporting role in the film Last Vegas .

Awards

As a musical actor:

As a film actor:

Filmography

Works as musical performers

  • 1987: Big River
  • 1989: Up Against It
  • 1991: Heinrich IV. Part I
  • 1991: Heinrich IV. Part II
  • 1997: King David
  • 1997-1998: Triumph of Love
  • 1999: You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
  • 2001-2007: The Producers
  • 2004: The Frogs
  • 2007-2009: Young Frankenstein
  • 2020: Back to the Future

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personal data
SURNAME Bart, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwalk , Connecticut , United States