Greg Rogers (actor)

Greg Rogers
Born (1951-03-12) March 12, 1951
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • radio producer
Years active1970s–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.[1][2] He has said he met his biological father only once.[2] His mother, Leona (Livingston) Rogers (1933–2011), later married Charles "Chuck" Rogers, whose surname Rogers adopted as his stepfather.[3] He has a half-sister, Cindy-Lee Rogers, and a half-brother, Shawn Rogers.[3]

Rogers attended nine schools in Saint John before his family relocated to Burlington, Ontario when he was fifteen, after his stepfather found work there.[2]

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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[5] 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.[6]

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,[7] a 1987 stint as an adjudicator for the Alberta Drama Festival Association's provincial one-act play festival in Red Deer,[8] and directing Scrooge — The Female Version at Glenmore Dinner Theatre later that year.[9]

After relocating to the Steveston area of Richmond, British Columbia, around 1989,[2] Rogers directed a 1992 Vancouver production of Fortune and Men's Eyes — the same play in which he had appeared two decades earlier.[4] In 1996 he starred opposite Julian Fargey in Willy Russell's Educating Rita for a Jupiter Theatre production in Vernon, British Columbia.[10]

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.[10][2]

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.[2] He also appeared opposite Sam Elliott in the film Final Cut and opposite Graham Greene in Wounded.[2]

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.[11]

Personal life

As of 1998 Rogers was a member of the Union of British Columbia Performers and the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.[2] He has also worked as a writer, co-writing an original screenplay, The Vault, based on his own theory about an unsolved 1977 robbery.[2] Rogers later moved from Steveston to Coquitlam.[11]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995The X-FilesDaniel CharezEpisode: "The List"
1995Highlander: The SeriesDetective SheridanEpisode: "Leader of the Pack"
1996The SentinelDon Haas1 episode
2000The Outer LimitsReverend Samuel GarlandEpisode: "Revival"
2000Special DeliveryCharlie ZwickTelevision film
2001Mysterious WaysRichard BeechEpisode: "John Doe No. 28"
2001Cold Squad—2 episodes
2003Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'CBC Executive #1Television film
2004The DaysBart Flack2 episodes
2005Ladies NightBankerTelevision film
2006The SuspectPhil Gold
2006MemoryDr. Costas
2008Making Mr. RightAngeloTelevision film
2009The ThawWebcam VoiceVoice role
2010CapricaBusinessmanEpisode: "Unvanquished"
2016–2019ArrowCouncilman Kullens5 episodes
2017Miss Christmas—Television film
2020Cranberry Christmas—Television film
2021A Dickens of a Holiday!—Television film
2022The Wedding Veil—Television film
2023–2024The Dragon PrinceKpp'ArVoice role; 2 episodes
2024Christmas with the SinghsJake Sr.Television film

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Riding the BulletBusinessman Selling Cadillac
2012The PossessionDr. Walterson
2022UndevelopedPaulShort film

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024Star Wars Outlaws—Voice

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Chuck (12 March 1993). "Birthdays Etc". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 "Rogers, Leona (Livingston)". The Standard. St. Catharines, Ontario. 21 November 2011. p. 18. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ Kupecek, Linda (July–August 1983). "'A' as in Alberta Actor". Cinema Canada. p. 23.
  7. ↑ McCracken, Rosemary (27 October 1984). "Theatre Serves Hammy Repast". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. p. 25. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "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.
  9. ↑ Zimmerman, Kate (1 November 1987). "King Well Suited to Comic Scrooge". Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alberta. p. 46. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. 1 2 "Rita Gets an Education". The Morning Star. Vernon, British Columbia. 30 June 1996. p. 28. Retrieved 20 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 Scott, Hannah (24 February 2020). "Ex-Steveston Resident Shares Insights into His Theatre Career". Richmond Sentinel. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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