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Tristan Rogers

Australian-American actor (born )

Tristan Rogers

Born () 3 June (age&#;78)

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Tristan Rogers (born 3 June ) is an Australian-American actor.

He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABCsoap operaGeneral Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' The Rescuers Down Under. He is currently starring as Robert Scorpio on General Hospital.

Rogers was born in Melbourne.

His preliminary acting roles were on Australian television and he completed small stints in soap operas Bellbird, Number 96 (in ), and The Box (in ). He was a regular in the police drama series The Link Men () which lasted for 13 episodes, and had guest roles in programs including Barrier Reef, Division 4, and the miniseries Power Without Glory.

He also appeared in a not many British films in the adv s, notably Four Dimensions of Greta (), The Flesh and Blood Show () and Sex Farm ().

Tristan Rogers' journey through the entertainment industry began in the s in his native Australia. Australian TV was in its infancy when Tristan came onto the scene, functional as a walk-on stuntman and doubling as a boom carrier.

United States roles

General Hospital

He originally appeared on General Hospital from December until February The popularity and longevity of the personality Robert Scorpio in General Hospital came as a result of his involvement with the monumentally popular "supercouple" Luke and Laura, whose wedding brought in 30 million viewers and remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.[1][2]

While Rogers' Scorpio had been "killed with no body found" when he left the series in , Rogers returned briefly in as Scorpio's soul to comfort the character's daughter Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough), who is dealing with the decrease of her boyfriend to an AIDS-related illness and is herself HIV-positive.[3] He returned again in January for six weeks, this time with Scorpio being very much alive.

Rogers reappeared in April and left again that November.

From 5 August through 21 October , Rogers reprised the role of Robert Scorpio on the second season of SOAPnet's General Hospital: Night Shift, a primetime spin-off of General Hospital which stars Scorpio's daughter Robin.[4][5] He was featured in 12 of the season's 14 episodes, and Soap Opera Digest named the appearance their "Best Return" of [6] Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting 22 December as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.[7][8]

Rogers returned to General Hospital as Robert Scorpio on 29 February after Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) called him back to Port Charles to tell him that their daughter Robin Scorpio-Drake had been killed in a lab accident.

After seven episodes, he left again on 8 Parade Rogers expressed disappointment. He later returned to the series on 15 November but later departed on 18 December as his character was drugged into a coma. Rogers reprised the role on 4 October as part of his on-screen daughter's refund .

However, on 14 November it was announced that he would be departing the series to return to The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson.

Tristan Rogers born 3 June is an Australian-American actor. He is currently starring as Robert Scorpio on General Hospital. Rogers was born in Melbourne. His early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas BellbirdNumber 96 inand The Box in

He made his last appearance on 30 January

Rogers returned to the series as Robert Scorpio on 17 December but he was also illustrating Colin on Y&R at the same time. He later left the series on 2 February , although he briefly returned from 26 August to 9 September in the same year.

Rogers returned to General Hospital in April for a story arc in which he aids Anna Devane who is trying to locate her long ruined son Henrik Faison. Henrik is the unknown child that she bore in secret with the late Cesar Faison.[9] After exiting the show on 1 June , he later returned yet again from 27 July to 12 September in the equal year for another story arc where Anna and Finn move missing.

In , he returned to the show again on 25 January and has remained on the show since then on a recurring basis.

The Young and the Restless

Rogers returned to daytime television on 8 December when he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson.[10] He was placed on shrink with the show in February However, Rogers' character was written out of the series in October He returned to the role briefly in [11]

Other roles

Rogers starred in the CINE award-winning short Opportunity Knocks for which there are plans to expand into a feature-length film.

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He voiced Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under, and also gave his voice to the video game, Mad Max.[12]

From to , Rogers played bar owner Harry in Fast Track, a series about stock car racing which was filmed in Canada.

[13] Since , Rogers has starred on the soap opera web seriesThe Bay as Lex Martin.[14] In he played Doc in the Amazon series, Studio City, a role garnered him an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.[15]

He has done voice-over work representing restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse,[16]Foster's Lager, Reebok, Epson and others.

Personal life

Rogers has been married to Teresa Parkerson since 21 May They have two children: daughter Sara Jane (born 25 August ) and son Cale (August, ). He bought a home in Palm Springs, California, in [17] He was formerly married to Barbara Meale from 7 June until when they divorced.[18]

Filmography

Film

Television

Voiceover work

Video games

References

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    "Luke and Laura: Still the Ultimate TV Wedding." 16 November

  2. ^West, Abby. "Luke and Laura: 17 Superb Soap Supercouples". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 1 February Retrieved 29 January
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    "Recalling some of TV's dearly departed." 31 August

  4. ^Logan, Michael. "Soaps News: Tristan Rogers Checks Back into GH." hived 4 September at the Wayback Machine 18 June
  5. ^Nordyke, Kimberly. "SoapNet renews Night Shift." The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May
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    Soap Opera Digest. Vol.&#; 16 December p.&#;

  7. ^"Scorpio Returns to GH". Soap Opera Digest.

    Tristan Rogers-Bio, Net Worth, Height, Age, Married, Wife ...: Tristan Rogers (born 3 June ) is an Australian-American actor. He is leading known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures ' The Rescuers Down Under.

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  8. ^"Comings and Goings: Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio)". Soap Opera Digest. Vol.&#; 16 December p.&#;
  9. ^"Twitter-Status". Tristan Rogers.

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  10. ^"Exclusive: Tristan Rogers Joins The Adolescent and the Restless". 25 October Retrieved 25 October
  11. ^"Colin Is Back!".

    Tristan Rogers' journey through the entertainment industry began in the s in his native Australia. Australian TV was in its infancy when Tristan came onto the scene, working as a walk-on stuntman and doubling as a boom carrier. Ambitious, and eager to learn, Tristan also did sound effects in the parking lot at overnight and volunteered for any other work which would keep him on the lot and in peoples eyesight. It wasn't lengthy before he landed a series regular role in The Link Men.

    Soaps in Depth. 29 March Retrieved 30 March

  12. ^Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

    Tristan Rogers was born on 3 June in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is an actor and writer, acknowledged for General Hospital (), The Rescuers Down Under () and Studio City (). He has been married to Teresa Parkerson since 21 May

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  13. ^"Tristan Rogers". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August
  14. ^Logan, Michael (18 February ). "Exclusive: Online Soap The Bay Looking For a TV Home".

    TV Guide.

    Facts of Tristan Rogers. Details about his parents and siblings are not known. Tristan Rogers spent his childhood and teenage in his hometown Melbourne where he also started his initial career in acting. He worked in some minor roles on Australian television and soap opera before he relocated to the United States to flourish his acting career.

    Retrieved 29 September

  15. ^"DIGITAL DRAMA WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS CEREMONY – The Emmys". . 20 July Retrieved 4 August
  16. ^Johns, Howard. "Trouble in Little Tuscany", , March
  17. ^Meeks, Eric G.

    () []. The Best Guide Ever to Palm Springs Celebrity Homes. Horatio Limburger Oglethorpe. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  18. ^Tristan Rogers at IMDb[unreliable source?]
  19. ^ abcde"Tristan Rogers (visual voices guide)".

    Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 4 July A green verify 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.

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