Roger Bart was born on September 29,1962 and is an American actor and singer.
24 Facts About Roger Bart
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Roger Bart won a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for his performance as Snoopy in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
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Roger Bart performed the song "Go the Distance" from the 1997 animated film Hercules, which was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
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Roger Bart was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of a teacher and a chemical engineer, and grew up in Bernardsville, New Jersey.
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Roger Bart graduated from Bernards High School in 1980 and was later inducted into the school's hall of fame.
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Roger Bart earned his BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in 1985.
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Roger Bart was close friends with Jonathan Larson: both worked as waiters between theater jobs and frequently hung out at each other's workplaces.
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Roger Bart participated in early presentations of Larson's work including Tick, Tick.
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Roger Bart made his Broadway debut in Big River as Tom Sawyer in 1985.
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In 1996 and 1997, Roger Bart appeared as Bud Frump in the USA national tour of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
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Roger Bart became widely known to viewers with his portrayal of George Williams, the unhinged homicidal pharmacist in love with Bree Van de Kamp, on Desperate Housewives, which earned him a SAG Award.
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Roger Bart provided the singing voice for teenage Hercules in Disney's Hercules, as well as the singing voice of Scamp in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure.
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Roger Bart was featured in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, and in The Producers, in which he reprised his role of "common-law assistant" Carmen Ghia.
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In December 2006, Roger Bart played Howard "The Weasel" Montague in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.
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Roger Bart originated the lead role of Dr Frederick Frankenstein in the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, which opened on Broadway in November 2007, following a run in Seattle.
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Roger Bart reprised the role alongside former Broadway co-stars Shuler Hensley and Cory English in the United States national tour that launched in September 2009.
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Roger Bart ended his run on August 8,2010, and was succeeded by Christopher Ryan.
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Roger Bart originally portrayed the role of Igor in the original workshop read-through.
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Brad Oscar and Roger Bart reprised their roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively, in a production of The Producers at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
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In 2011, Roger Bart was cast in the recurring role of Mason Treadwell on the ABC drama series Revenge.
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In 2017, Roger Bart was cast in the recurring role of Vice Principal Nero on the second season of the Netflix comedy-drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events.
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In 2018, Roger Bart was cast in the main role of Judge Wilson on the Freeform drama series Good Trouble, the spin-off of The Fosters.
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In 2019, Roger Bart was cast as Hades in the world premiere of Disney's musical, Hercules.
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In 2021, Roger Bart cameoed in the film adaptation of Tick, Tick.