Roger Bart
Roger Bart ( born September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American film actor and musical performer. During his career he won the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Life
Roger Bart was born on September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut in the USA. He is a nephew of the writer and producer Peter Bart and cousin of the costume designer Colby P. Beard. 1985 studied at Rutgers University and received in the same year his Bachelor of Fine Arts. 1986 his first daughter Kendall was Ali who is also active as an actor and his second child Bart Eller born 2001.
Work
His career as a musical performer, he began in 1987 with the song Big River then followed in 1989 Up Against It, and in 1991 Heirich IV Part I and Part II In 1994 he made his first step in the film business and had a guest appearance on the series The George Carlin show. Then he took over in 1997, the synchronization of the song of the young Hercules in the Disney production Hercules. This was followed by a small role in Michael Mann's insider 1999. During the same year he also became the main theater and musicals Price U.S. Tony Award for his performance 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 in the series Law & Order and Law & Order: SVU. In 2001 he took over the role of the singing of the Tramp in Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp - Great Adventure! and was again nominated for the Tony Award for his performance in Mel Brooks The Producers. After that he played in The Stepford Wives (2004 ), the film version of The Producers (2005) and The Lost Room (2006). In 2007, he played one of the lead roles in Eli Roth's horror film Hostel 2 and took on the role of Frankenstein's monster in Mel Brooks Musical Youth Frankenstein. In the same year, he starred in American Gangster. In 2008 he took a role in Harold & Kumar 2 - Escape from Guantanamo Bay and 2009 in Law Abiding Citizen. For some time, Roger Bart is mostly seen in TV series such as in CSI: Miami (2010), Human Target (2010 ), Medium - Nothing is hidden (2011), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012 ) or Grimm ( 2012). In the same year he played in excision a family man. By 2012, he had worked on Desperate Housewives as well since 2005. In 2013 he starred in the movie Last Vegas a minor role.
Awards
As a musical actor:
- Tony Award as Best Actor in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
- Nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor in The Producers
- Nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in The Producers
As a film actor:
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series for Desperate Housewives
- Nomination for the DVD Exclusive Award as Best Original Song for Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp - Great Adventure!