Roger Bridges

Roger Bridges is a Los Angeles based actor, comedian, and writer. A self-described childhood "nerd" and one of nine children, Bridges spent his formative years growing up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast not far from New Orleans, Louisiana. On a whim he began taking acting classes for fun and eventually would land the role of Asagai in a Bay Area production of A Raisin in the Sun. The director of The Lorraine Hansberry Theater/San Francisco took notice of the actor's work in Raisin and cast him in The Piano Lesson, Bridges' first professional play. And as they say the rest is history. Bridges received the majority of his formal training at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2005, the actor has worked in film, television, and theater. Notable film work includes Hood of Horrors with Jason Alexander and Ernie Hudson and the independent comedy film, Extra Ordinary Barry. Bridges has had featured television roles on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Law & Order: LA (NBC) Private Practice (ABC) and the new action comedy Supah Ninjas (Nickelodeon). Roger's Los Angeles stage performances include roles in Savage World/Met Theater, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun/Boston Court Theater, and David Mamet's Edmund/Underground Theater. He is coached by his mentor, director Gordon Hunt, father of Oscar winner Helen Hunt. Bridges has performed stand up at the Ha Ha Comedy Club in North Hollywood, CA and The Comedy Store in Hollywood, CA. In addition to being a talented actor and performer, Roger is a trained social worker and professional mentor with a masters degree in social work. He has dedicated nearly his entire adult life to advancing children's causes and issues, working as a counselor to children from all walks of life and as a mentor to at-risk youth. Bridges helped to start an after school tutoring program for at risk youth in the Los Angeles area and has given inspirational talks to youth and parents in The San Francisco Bay Area, Watts (Los Angeles) and Atlanta, Georgia.