Roger Bart

Actor

Roger Bart

Born September 29, 1962 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA27 films

Roger Bart (born September 29, 1962, in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American actor and singer, 5′ 8½″ (174 cm) tall, who grew up in Bernardsville, New Jersey, and earned a BFA in Acting from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 1985. His uncle is journalist Peter Bart. He made his Broadway debut as Tom Sawyer in Big River (1987), earned a Tony nomination as Carmen Ghia in The Producers (1991), and won both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for Snoopy in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. He is the singing voice of Young Hercules in Disney's Hercules (1997) and Scamp in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001), and has two daughters, Ali Kendall and Eller Bart. His most notable film credits include Roger Bannister in The Stepford Wives (2004, with Nicole Kidman and Bette Midler), Carmen Ghia in The Producers (2005, with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane), Stuart in Hostel: Part II (2007), US Attorney in American Gangster (2007, with Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe), Dr. Beecher in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008, with John Cho and Kal Penn), Jurgis in The Midnight Meat Train (2008), Brian Bringham in Law Abiding Citizen (2009, with Gerard Butler), Maurice in Last Vegas (2013, with Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman), Buddy Ross in Trumbo (2015, with Bryan Cranston), and Henry Asquith in Ghost Light (2018). On television he is best known as George Williams in Desperate Housewives (2004, for which he won a SAG Award), Howard "The Weasel" Montague in The Lost Room (2006, 3 episodes), Mason Treadwell in Revenge (2011–2015), Vice Principal Nero in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019, Netflix), and Judge Wilson in Good Trouble (2019–2021, Freeform), with additional credits in How I Met Your Mother (2005, 5 episodes), 30 Rock (2006), The Blacklist (2013, 2021), Elementary (2012), Quantico (2015), Scream Queens (2015), Graves (2016, 11 episodes), and There's Johnny! (2017)

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Hercules posterFirst watchHercules19977.5as Young Hercules (singing voice)A leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus.View film

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27 films as actor
  1. TBAButterfly in the TypewriterLes Phillabaum
  2. 2026The Man with the Bag
  3. 2026Office RomanceWilliam Butten
  4. 2021tick, tick... BOOM!Featured Diner #2
  5. 2021Captain DaddyDolphin (voice)
  6. 2018Ghost LightHenry Asquith
  7. 2017Speech & DebatePrincipal Bellingham
  8. 2016Internet FamousChris
  9. 2015TrumboBuddy Ross
  10. 2014How to Build a Better BoyJames Hartley
  11. 2013Last VegasMaurice
  12. 2013April ApocalypseJack
  13. 2013A Green StoryJohnson
  14. 2012SmileyProfessor Clayton
  15. 2012ExcisionBob
  16. 2012Freaky DeakyGerry
  17. 2009Law Abiding CitizenBrian Bringham
  18. 2008The Midnight Meat TrainJurgis
  19. 2008Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BayDr. Jack Beecher
  20. 2008Spy SchoolPrincipal Hampton
  21. 2007American GangsterUS Attorney
  22. 2007Hostel: Part IIStuart
  23. 2006I Want Someone to Eat Cheese WithBurl Cannalo
  24. 2005The ProducersCarmen Ghia
  25. 2004The Stepford WivesRoger Bannister
  26. 1999The InsiderSeelbach Hotel Manager
  27. 1997HerculesYoung Hercules (singing voice)