Greg Rogers (actor)
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| Born | March 12, 1951 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
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| Years active | 1970s–present |
Greg Rogers (born 12 March 1951) is a Canadian actor and former radio drama producer. Based for much of his early career in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, before relocating to British Columbia, Rogers has worked as a stage, radio, and screen performer since the early 1970s. His television and film credits include guest and supporting roles on The X-Files, Highlander: The Series, The Outer Limits, and the science-fiction series Caprica, as well as a recurring role as Councilman Kullens on Arrow.
Early life
Rogers was born on 12 March 1951 at the Evangeline Home, a maternity facility for unmarried mothers in Saint John, New Brunswick. He has said he met his biological father only once. His mother, Leona (Livingston) Rogers (1933–2011), later married Charles "Chuck" Rogers, whose surname Rogers adopted as his stepfather. He has a half-sister, Cindy-Lee Rogers, and a half-brother, Shawn Rogers.
Rogers attended nine schools in Saint John before his family relocated to Burlington, Ontario when he was fifteen, after his stepfather found work there.
Career
Theatre and radio
Rogers began performing on Canadian stages in the early 1970s, including a production of John Herbert's Fortune and Men's Eyes in Buffalo, New York, in which he played the role of Rocky.
By the early 1980s Rogers was based in Calgary, working as an actor and director and serving as associate director of the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton. In May 1983 he became drama producer for the CBC radio network's Calgary-based operations, overseeing productions including a radio adaptation of Sharon Pollock's Whiskey Six and a dramatization of Donald B. Smith's biography of Sylvester Long broadcast on Peter Gzowski's CBC morning programme. A contemporary profile of the Alberta acting scene in Cinema Canada described Rogers as "already a busy actor" when he took the post, and listed him among the cast of Bush Pilots, a three-part pilot for pay television.
Rogers continued to work on Calgary stages through the mid-to-late 1980s, including a role in a 1984 production of André Roussin's Nina at the Glenmore Dinner Theatre, a 1987 stint as an adjudicator for the Alberta Drama Festival Association's provincial one-act play festival in Red Deer, and directing Scrooge — The Female Version at Glenmore Dinner Theatre later that year.
After relocating to the Steveston area of Richmond, British Columbia, around 1989, Rogers directed a 1992 Vancouver production of Fortune and Men's Eyes — the same play in which he had appeared two decades earlier. In 1996 he starred opposite Julian Fargey in Willy Russell's Educating Rita for a Jupiter Theatre production in Vernon, British Columbia.
Television and film
Rogers appeared in numerous Vancouver-shot Canadian television series from the late 1980s onward, including Lonesome Dove, Neon Rider, The Commish, 21 Jump Street, Danger Bay, Max Glick, Northwood, Bordertown, and Sliders.
In 1995 he appeared as defense attorney Daniel Charez in The X-Files episode "The List," and had guest roles on Highlander: The Series and The Outer Limits. He also appeared opposite Sam Elliott in the film Final Cut and opposite Graham Greene in Wounded.
Rogers' later screen credits include a guest appearance as a businessman in the science-fiction series Caprica (2010), a prequel to the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, and a recurring role as Councilman Kullens on Arrow, which he played across five episodes between 2016 and 2019.
Personal life
As of 1998 Rogers was a member of the Union of British Columbia Performers and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. He has also worked as a writer, co-writing an original screenplay, The Vault, based on his own theory about an unsolved 1977 robbery. Rogers later moved from Steveston to Coquitlam.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | The X-Files | Daniel Charez | Episode: "The List" |
| 1995 | Highlander: The Series | Detective Sheridan | Episode: "Leader of the Pack" |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Don Haas | 1 episode |
| 2000 | The Outer Limits | Reverend Samuel Garland | Episode: "Revival" |
| 2000 | Special Delivery | Charlie Zwick | Television film |
| 2001 | Mysterious Ways | Richard Beech | Episode: "John Doe No. 28" |
| 2001 | Cold Squad | — | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' | CBC Executive #1 | Television film |
| 2004 | The Days | Bart Flack | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Ladies Night | Banker | Television film |
| 2006 | The Suspect | Phil Gold | |
| 2006 | Memory | Dr. Costas | |
| 2008 | Making Mr. Right | Angelo | Television film |
| 2009 | The Thaw | Webcam Voice | Voice role |
| 2010 | Caprica | Businessman | Episode: "Unvanquished" |
| 2016–2019 | Arrow | Councilman Kullens | 5 episodes |
| 2017 | Miss Christmas | — | Television film |
| 2020 | Cranberry Christmas | — | Television film |
| 2021 | A Dickens of a Holiday! | — | Television film |
| 2022 | The Wedding Veil | — | Television film |
| 2023–2024 | The Dragon Prince | Kpp'Ar | Voice role; 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Christmas with the Singhs | Jake Sr. | Television film |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Riding the Bullet | Businessman Selling Cadillac | |
| 2012 | The Possession | Dr. Walterson | |
| 2022 | Undeveloped | Paul | Short film |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2024 | Star Wars Outlaws | — | Voice |
References
- ↑ Davis, Chuck (12 March 1993). "Birthdays Etc". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Weisz, Marni (27 January 1998). "Home Again". Saint John Times Globe. Saint John, New Brunswick. p. 29. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Rogers, Leona (Livingston)". The Standard. St. Catharines, Ontario. 21 November 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Dykk, Lloyd (14 October 1992). "Prison Drama Held Captive by Its Contrived Archetypes". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. p. 39. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Brennan, Brian (15 June 1983). "Viewers Face a Long Wait for Sharon Pollock Movie". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. p. 44. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kupecek, Linda (July–August 1983). "'A' as in Alberta Actor". Cinema Canada. p. 23.
- ↑ McCracken, Rosemary (27 October 1984). "Theatre Serves Hammy Repast". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. p. 25. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Wide Variety of Plays Offered at Festival". Red Deer Advocate. Red Deer, Alberta. 18 March 1987. p. 35. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Zimmerman, Kate (1 November 1987). "King Well Suited to Comic Scrooge". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. p. 46. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Rita Gets an Education". The Morning Star. Vernon, British Columbia. 30 June 1996. p. 28. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Scott, Hannah (24 February 2020). "Ex-Steveston Resident Shares Insights into His Theatre Career". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
External links
- Greg Rogers at IMDb