Roger Cross
{{Short description|Jamaican-Canadian actor (b. 1969)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{confuse|Roger Cross (footballer)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Roger Cross
| image = Roger Cross (36187855746).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Cross at the Florida Supercon in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|10|19}}
| birth_place = Christiana, Jamaica
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1989–present
| spouse =
| children = 2
| website =
}}
Roger Cross (born October 19, 1969) is a Jamaican-Canadian actor who has made numerous appearances in several films and television series, mostly on productions shot in Canada. He is known for his work as Curtis Manning on 24 (2005–2007), with other notable television roles including First Wave (1998–2001), Continuum (2012–2015), Motive (2013–2015), and Dark Matter (2015–2017). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a drama series for Coroner and the show was nominated for Best Drama Series, 2020.
Early life
Cross was born in Christiana, Jamaica.{{cite web|title=10 Black Hollywood Actors With Caribbean Roots |url=http://www.newsamericasnow.com/10-black-hollywood-actors-with-caribbean-roots/ |website=News Americas Now |date=February 5, 2016 |access-date=March 26, 2017}} When he was eleven, his family emigrated to Canada, settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. He graduated with a degree in Aviation and General Studies from Trinity Western University. Before his acting career, Cross was a professional pilot.{{cite web|title=Exclusive Interview: Roger Cross, Former Star of 24|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/24/exclusive-interview-roger-cros-4662.aspx|website=Buddy TV|date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=March 25, 2017}}
Career
Cross began his career in the 1990s playing guest roles in such series as Street Justice, The X-Files, Sliders, Stargate SG-1, Highlander: The Series, Relic Hunter, The 4400, Higher Ground, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Chuck.{{cite web|title=Vancouver, Toronto and even Halifax booming as TV production centres again|url=http://www.shawconnect.ca/NewsArticle/TV/6442511371_191/Vancouver,_Toronto_and_even_Halifax_booming_as_TV_production_centres_again/story.aspx|website=Shaw Connect|access-date=March 26, 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=Past Imperfect: Interview with Dark Matter's Roger Cross|url=http://scifiandtvtalk.typepad.com/scifiandtvtalk/2015/07/past-imperfect-interview-with-dark-matters-roger-cross.html|website=Sci-Fi and TV Talk|access-date=March 26, 2017}}
From 1998 to 2001, he starred as a lead character, Joshua Bridges, on the sci-fi series First Wave.{{cite web|last=Eramo|first=Steve|title=Police Procedure: Interview with Motive's Roger Cross|url=http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/television/police-procedure-interview-with-motives-roger-cross/|website=The Morton Report|access-date=March 26, 2017|language=en|date=February 27, 2013}}
From 2005 to 2007, Cross achieved wider recognition for his role as CTU Agent Curtis Manning on the Fox television drama 24.{{cite web|last=Goldman|first=Eric|title=IGN Interview: 24's Roger Cross|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2006/12/15/ign-interview-24s-roger-cross|website=IGN|access-date=March 26, 2017|date=December 15, 2006}} In 2009, he appeared as DJ and drag queen Sunset Boulevard/Sonny Benson in the Showtime series The L Word.{{cite book|last=Heller|first=Dana|title=Loving The L Word: The Complete Series in Focus|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=9781780764245|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6Yc395_O0UC&q=roger+cross+actor+L-word&pg=PA223|access-date=March 26, 2017|language=en|date=June 15, 2013}}
In 2010, Cross did voice-over work as Ulysses in the Fallout: New Vegas add-ons Old World Blues and Lonesome Road.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
Cross's other notable television roles include Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom in Motive, Detective Lucas Hilton in Arrow, Reggie Fitzwilliam in The Strain, Travis Verta in Continuum, and Six in Dark Matter.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2015/10/01/interview-continuums-roger-cross-is-enjoying-his-career-ride/|title=Interview: Continuum's Roger Cross is enjoying his career ride|date=October 1, 2015|website=TV, eh?|access-date=March 25, 2017}}
In addition to his work on television, Cross has appeared in such films as The Chronicles of Riddick, X2, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Beautiful Joe, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, World Trade Center, Re-Kill, and Mad Money.{{cite web|url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3366083/review-re-kill-another-unfortunate-case-done/|title=After Dark's 'Re-Kill' Reviewed!|date=October 19, 2015|website=Bloody Disgusting!|access-date=March 26, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2008-01-18-voa47/333391.html|title=All-Star Cast Makes for Unlikely Trio of Bank Robbers in 'Mad Money'|website=VOA|date=November 2009 |language=en|access-date=March 26, 2017}}
Personal life
Cross is in a long-term relationship with actress and yoga instructor Josephine Jacob. They have two sons, Kaniel Jacob-Cross and actor Gabriel Jacob-Cross, whose appearances include The Man in the High Castle (2015) and Snowpiercer (2020).{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS33NOAr74s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/NS33NOAr74s |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live |title=Part One: Tamera's "A Christmas Miracle" Co-Stars Brooks Darnell & Gabriel Jacob-Cross |website=YouTube |date=November 17, 2019 |publisher=The Real Daytime |access-date=September 4, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|1993
| Judgment Day: The John List Story | Dennis | |
| Miracle on Interstate 880
| Calvin | |
| Woman on the Ledge
| Fire Rescue Leader | |
| Look Who's Talking Now
| Pilot | |
| rowspan="4"|1994
| In Spite of Love | Archie | |
| data-sort-value="Man Who Wouldn't Die, The" | The Man Who Wouldn't Die
| McKinnon | |
| Deadly Vows
| | |
| data-sort-value="Disappearance of Vonnie, The" | The Disappearance of Vonnie
| Officer #2 | |
| rowspan="6"|1995
| Assistant District Attorney Bob Melchor | |
| Hideaway
| Harry | |
| She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
| Marine Captain Talmadge | |
| data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" | The Surrogate
| Guard | |
| Suspicious Agenda
| Johnson | |
| Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain
| Paramedic | |
| rowspan="2"|1997
| 1st Mate Stevens | |
| Doomsday Rock
| Gibson | |
| rowspan="3"|1998
| Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story | | |
| Voyage of Terror
| Robert Fernandez | |
| American Dragons
| Detective Dion Edwards | |
| rowspan="3"|1999
| Hotel Manager | |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
| Allen | |
| NASCAR Racers: The Movie
| Steve 'Flyer' Sharp | |
| rowspan="3"|2000
| data-sort-value="Father's Choice, A" | A Father's Choice | Detective Ross | |
| Beautiful Joe
| Roscoe Lee | |
| Sole Survivor
| Dr. Smithie | |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Trapped | Chief Edwards | |
| data-sort-value="Void, The" | The Void
| Detective | |
| rowspan="5"|2002
| Officer Miller | |
| Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
| DIA Agent Zane | |
| Kid Bang
| 'Cee Note' | |
| Deadly Little Secrets
| Elliot Kincaid | |
| Interceptor Force 2
| Nathan McCallister | |
| rowspan="2"|2003
| Isabella's Husband | |
| X2
| Oval Office Agent Cartwright | |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 | Co-Pilot | |
| data-sort-value="Chronicles of Riddick, The" | The Chronicles of Riddick
| Commander Toal | |
| 2005
| Byron | |
| 2006
| Will's Doctor | |
| rowspan="2"|2008
| Barry | |
| data-sort-value="Day the Earth Stood Still, The" | The Day the Earth Stood Still
| General Quinn | |
| rowspan="3"|2012
| Noah's Ark: The New Beginning | Tarkus | |
| Re-Kill
| Sergeant | |
| Tasmanian Devils
| Simon | |
| 2015
| Burke | |
| rowspan="2"|2017 |
| War for the Planet of the Apes
| Captain | |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Justice League Dark: Apokolips War | John Stewart, Swamp Thing |
| DC Showcase: Adam Strange
| Foreman |
| 2023
| data-sort-value="Snowy Day in Oakland, A" | A Snowy Day in Oakland | Brother Freeman | |
| 2024
| Hernandez | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes |
|---|
| 1989
| Student | Episode: "Old Haunts in a New Age"; uncredited |
| 1990
| Wiseguy | Smash Cut | Episode: "Changing Houses" |
| rowspan="2"|1992
| Riley | Episode: "Color Lines" |
| data-sort-value="Hat Squad, The" | The Hat Squad
| Sid | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1992–1993
| Davey / Doug | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|1993
| Madison | Officer Norm Michaels | Episode: "Tough Cries" |
| data-sort-value="Commish, The" | The Commish
| Officer Terry Cooper | 4 episodes |
| Born to Run
| Roscoe | Television film |
| rowspan="5"|1994
| Cobra | First Robber | Episode: "Lost in Cyberspace" |
| M.A.N.T.I.S.
| Dixon | Episode: "Tango Blues" |
| Seasons of the Heart
| | Television film |
| Beyond Suspicion
| Curtis | Television film |
| Don't Talk to Strangers
| Curtis | Television film |
| 1994
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files | Officer Green | Episode: "E.B.E." |
| rowspan="4"|1995
| Hawkeye | Angel / Anjou | Episode: "Fly with Me" |
| Sliders
| Wilkins | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Strange Luck
| Bryant | Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff" |
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files
| Private Kittel | Episode: "Fresh Bones" |
| 1995–2001
| data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits | Bartender / Jon / | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="6"|1996
| data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel | Captain Mathis | Episode: "The Switchman" |
| Viper
| Carpenter | Episode: "Winner Take All" |
| Highlander: The Series
| Derek Worth | Episode: "Little Tin God" |
| Captains Courageous
| Hannibal | Television film |
| data-sort-value="Limbic Region, The" | The Limbic Region
| Brownlee | Television film |
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files
| Swat Lieutenant | Episode: "Pusher" |
| rowspan="2"|1997
| Officer Shaw | Episode: "Wide Open" |
| Cloned
| Frank Zago | Television film |
| 1997–1998
| Captain Conner / | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|1998
| Shield Agent #1 | Television film |
| data-sort-value="Color of Courage, The" | The Color of Courage
| Thurgood Marshall | Television film |
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files
| Agent Rice | Episode: "Folie à Deux" |
| 1998–2001
| Joshua / Cain / | Recurring role, 27 episodes |
| 1999
| Voice—uncredited | Episode: "Girl's Night Out" |
| rowspan="3"|2000
| Roger Claypool | 4 Episodes |
| Hollywood Off-Ramp
| Devon Monk | Episode: "Watch Your Step" |
| 2gether: The Series
| Glenn Brummer | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2001
| Carter | Episode: "All Too Human" |
| UC: Undercover
| Captain Eddie Jackson | Episode: "Zero Option" |
| rowspan="2"|2002
| Masters | Episode: "Hunting with the Enemy" |
| Taken
| Capt. Walker | Television miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 2002–2003
| CJ Leon | Main role, 19 episodes |
| rowspan="3"|2003
| data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone | The Leader | Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" |
| Peacemakers
| Isaac Evans | 2 episodes |
| Star Trek: Enterprise
| Tret | Episode: "Extinction" |
| rowspan="2"|2004
| JAG | Lt. Hugh Gaston | Episode: "Trojan Horse" |
| data-sort-value="Days, The" | The Days
| Damien Morgan / Trey's Dad | 2 episodes |
| 2005
| data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400 | Major Culp | Episode: "Lockdown" |
| 2005–2007
| 24 | Curtis Manning | Recurring role (seasons 4, 6) |
| 2007
| Bomani | Episode: "Trust Issues" |
| 2008
| NCIS | Lt. Cmdr. David Warfield | Episode: "Dog Tags" |
| 2008–2009
| data-sort-value="Guard, The" | The Guard | Jim McGregor | Recurring role, 10 episodes |
| rowspan="6"|2009
| Playing for Keeps | Ty Rivers | Television film |
| data-sort-value="L Word, The" | The L Word
| Sunset Boulevard / Sonny Benson | 6 episodes |
| Flashpoint
| Anton Burrows | Episode: "Just a Man" |
| Fringe
| Hybrid / Smith | 2 episodes |
| What Color Is Love?
| Ty Rivers | Television film |
| Polar Storm
| President | Television film |
| rowspan="2"|2010
| Chuck | Ring Agent | Episode: "Chuck Versus the American Hero" |
| data-sort-value="Gates, The" | The Gates
| Coach Ross | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2011
| Obscurus Lupa Presents | Shield Agent #1 | Episode: "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D" |
| Charlie's Angels
| Detective Bradley Dumont | Episode: "Angels Never Forget" |
| rowspan="4"|2012
| data-sort-value="Firm, The" | The Firm | Sergeant Leonard Debbs | Episode: "Chapter Nine" |
| Eureka
| Major William Shaw | 3 episodes |
| Arrow
| Detective Hilton | 9 episodes |
| Abducted: The Carlina White Story
| Carl | Television film |
| 2012–2015
| Travis Verta | Main role, 36 episodes |
| 2013–2016
| Motive | Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom / | Main role |
| 2014
| Carlton | Episode: "Governed as It Were by Chance" |
| 2014–2015
| data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain | Mr. Fitzwilliam | Recurring role |
| rowspan="2"|2015
| Bones | Kevin O'Donnell | 2 episodes |
| data-sort-value="Returned, The" | The Returned
| Matt | Recurring role |
| 2015–2017
| Six / Griffin Jones / Kal Varrick | Main role |
| rowspan="2"|2016
| data-sort-value="100, The" | The 100 | Commander Cole McAdams | Episode: "Thirteen" |
| Blue Bloods
| James Reed | Episode: "Personal Business" |
| rowspan="2"|2017
| Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Eddie, Farah Black's brother | 2 episodes |
| iZombie
| Private Detective Coleman Baker | Episode: "Dirt Nap Time" |
| rowspan="3"|2018
| Caught | Rodd Murin | 2 episodes |
| data-sort-value="Magicians, The" | The Magicians
| Admiral Lacker | 2 episodes |
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files
| Officer Wentworth | Episode: "Familiar" |
| 2019–2022
| Coroner | Detective Donovan McAvoy | Main role |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | The Rookie | Norman Jangus | Episode: "Casualties" |
| Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
| Reverend Delman Chase | Episode: "Garland's Baptism by Fire" |
| 2021
| MacGyver | Conor | Episode: "Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt " |
| 2022
| All Saints Christmas | Matthew | Television film (Hallmark) |
| 2022–2023
| Maurice Majors | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2"|2023
| Dream Moms | Mark | Television film (Hallmark) |
| Buying Back My Daughter
| Curtis | Television film |
| 2024
| Parole Agent | Episode: "I Do" |
| 2024–present
| Superintendent Bennett | 12 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role |
|---|
| 2010
| Ulysses, Biological Research Station |
| 2011
| Additional Voices |
| rowspan="3"|2012
| Additional Voices |
| Infex
| Grissett |
| Starhawk |
| 2013
| Additional Voices |
References
{{reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb name}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Roger}}
Category:20th-century Canadian male actors
Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:Black Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male voice actors
Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent
Category:Jamaican expatriates in Canada
Category:Jamaican expatriates in the United States
Category:Jamaican male film actors
Category:Jamaican male television actors
Category:Male actors from Vancouver
Category:20th-century Jamaican male actors