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28 Facts About Tristan Rogers

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Tristan Rogers was born on 3 June 1946 and is an Australian actor.

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Tristan Rogers is best 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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Tristan Rogers is currently starring as Robert Scorpio on General Hospital.

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Tristan Rogers's early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas Bellbird, Number 96, and The Box.

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Tristan Rogers 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 1976 miniseries Power Without Glory.

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Tristan Rogers originally appeared on General Hospital from December 1980 until February 1992.

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Tristan Rogers returned again in January 2006 for six weeks, this time with Scorpio being very much alive.

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Tristan Rogers reappeared in April 2006 and left again that November.

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From 5 August 2008 through 21 October 2008, Tristan 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.

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Tristan Rogers was featured in 12 of the season's 14 episodes, and Soap Opera Digest named the appearance their "Best Return" of 2008.

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Tristan Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting 22 December 2008 as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.

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Tristan Rogers returned to General Hospital as Robert Scorpio on 29 February 2012 after Anna Devane called him back to Port Charles to tell him that their daughter Robin Scorpio-Drake had been killed in a lab accident.

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Tristan Rogers later returned to the series on 15 November 2012 but later departed on 18 December 2012 as his character was drugged into a coma.

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Tristan Rogers reprised the role on 4 October 2013 as part of his on-screen daughter's return.

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Tristan Rogers made his last appearance on 30 January 2014.

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Tristan Rogers later left the series on 2 February 2016, although he briefly returned from 26 August to 9 September in the same year.

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Tristan Rogers returned to General Hospital in April 2018 for a story arc in which he aids Anna Devane who is trying to locate her long lost son Henrik Faison.

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Tristan Rogers returned to daytime television on 8 December 2010 when he joined the cast of The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson.

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Tristan Rogers was placed on contract with the show in February 2011.

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However, Tristan Rogers' character was written out of the series in October 2011.

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

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Tristan Rogers voiced Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under, and gave his voice to the 2015 video game, Mad Max.

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From 1997 to 1998, Tristan Rogers played bar owner Harry in Fast Track, a series about stock car racing which was filmed in Canada.

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Since 2010, Tristan Rogers has starred on the soap opera web series The Bay as Lex Martin.

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Tristan Rogers has done voice-over work representing restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse, Foster's Lager, Reebok, Epson and others.

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Tristan Rogers has been married to Teresa Parkerson since 21 May 1995.

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Tristan Rogers bought a home in Palm Springs, California, in 1997.

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Tristan Rogers was formerly married to Barbara Meale from 7 June 1973 until 1983 when they divorced.