Channon Roe

Channon Roe
Born	James Channon Roe October 27, 1969 (1969-10-27) Pasadena, California
Occupation	Actor

James Channon Roe (born October 27, 1969) is an American actor. He began his film and television career in the mid-1990s. He first appeared on TV series My So-Called Life as Billy in 1994. Roe began his acting career in independent films including "The Low Life" and "Junked".

Biography

Personal life

Roe was born in Pasadena, California, but raised in Corona del Mar before training as an actor at the Joanne Baron D.W. Brown Studio and then at the British Academy of Dramatic Arts at Stanford.

Channon Roe is an avid surfer, and is highly involved with activist groups Green Peace, Heal the Bay and Surfrider Foundation. Channon has been a vegetarian for over 20 years and drives a Mercedes 1983 Vegetable Oil Conversion by Love Craft.

Career

Roe began his film and television career in the mid-1990s. He first appeared on TV series My So-Called Life as Billy in 1994 and his acting career in independent films including "The Low Life" and "Junked".

In 1996, Roe starred as the lead character "Cash", Primogen (leader) of the Gangrel Clan of vampires, in the cult television series Kindred: The Embraced. Bio-Dome and Soldier Boys soon followed in Person's Unknown, alongside Naomi Watts, Kelly Lynch, Joe Mantegna and directed by George Hickenlooper, and Academy Award Nominated Boogie Nights.

Channon Roe has appeared in over 35 television series to date, including recurring performances such as Dirt starring Courteney Cox as Jeff Stagliano, the Indie Director who impregnates a very disturbed Shannyn Sossamon, and Windfall as Jeremy. Roe has also appeared on The OC, 24, Prison Break, Bones, CSI: Miami, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Going to California, Without a Trace, NYPD Blue, Diagnosis Murder, Touched by an Angel, The Pretender, Fugitive, Spawn and HeadCase.

In 2008, Roe completed filming on two new projects, Under a pilot for A&E Television alongside Henry Thomas and Behind Enemy Lines: Columbia as Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Derricks for Fox.

Filmography

Film

• Person's Unknown 1996 – Lewis
• Soldier Boyz 1996 – Brophy
• Bio Dome 1996 – Roach
• Boogie Nights 1997 – Joe The Surfer
• Girl – 1998 – Kevin
• Can't Hardly Wait 1998 – Jake
• Junked 2000 – Jimmy
• The 40-year-old Virgin 2006 – Video Joe
• Behind Enemy Lines – Columbia 2008 – Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Derricks

Television

• Kindred: The Embraced – 1995 – Cash
• My So Called Life – 1995 – Billy
• Marshal Law – 1996 – Skin
• Touched By An Angel – 1996 – Lucas Tremaine
• Spawn – 1997 – Joey
• Nypd Blue – 1997 – Jimmy Mosler
• X Files – 1997 – Derek Banks
• The Pretender – 1998 – Pat Rash
• Significant Others – 1998 – Niki
• Diagnosis Murder – 1999 – Lucas
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer – 1999 – Jack O'Tool
• Fugitive – 2000 – Adam Barnette
• Going To California – 2001 – Baggo
• CSI: Miami – 2002 – Brad Repkin
• Charmed – 2002 – Cree
• Without A Trace – 2004 – Drew Anderson
• Windfall – 2006 – Jeremy
• 24 – 2006 – Cal
• CSI: Miami – 2006 – Brad Repkin
• Dirt – 2007 – Joe Staggliano
• Prison Break – 2007 – Robber
• The OC – 2007 – Jake
• Bones – 2008
• Under – 2008
• Headcase – 2008 – The Tard
• "NCIS" - 2009 - Sergeant Gordon Lambro
• Justified - 2011 - Cutter

External links

• Channon Roe at the Internet Movie Database