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{{short description|Scottish film, television, voice & theatre actor, and acting coach}}
{{distinguish|Mike Rodgers}}
{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}
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{{Use British English|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Michael E. Rodgers
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|5|8|df=y}}{{cn|date=December 2019}}
| birth_place = [[Whitburn, West Lothian|Whitburn]], [[West Lothian]], [[Scotland]]{{cn|date=December 2019}}
| occupation = Actor, acting coach
| years_active = 1996&ndash;present
}}
'''Michael Ethan Rodgers''' (born 8 May 1969){{Cn|date=December 2019}} is a Scottish film, television, voice and theatre actor, and acting coach.

==Career==

He began his film career with a role in ''[[Gia]]'' with [[Angelina Jolie]]. Shortly thereafter, he went to work with [[Nigel Hawthorne|Sir Nigel Hawthorne]] and [[Minnie Driver]] in feature film ''[[At Sachem Farm|Uncorked]]'' and renowned director [[Allison Anders]] in ''[[Sugar Town (film)|Sugar Town]]''. He later played alongside [[Mel Gibson]] in ''[[The Patriot (2000 film)|The Patriot]]'' and with [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Peter Fonda]] in ''[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]]'' in which he played Mr C. Junior. He is best known{{Cn|date=December 2019}} for playing the acerbic [[Richard Dawson]] in the [[Bob Crane]] biopic, ''[[Auto Focus]]'', directed by [[Paul Schrader]]. He runs Michael Rodgers Studio in [[Milan, Italy]], an acting school.

He has appeared on various television series including ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', ''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[American Dreams]]'', ''[[Windfall (television series)|Windfall]]'', ''[[Will & Grace]]'' and the 2010 series ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage (TV series)]]'' and ''[[Mysterious Ways (TV series)]]''. He also provided the English voice of [[Characters of Final Fantasy XII#Gabranth|Judge Gabranth]] in ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''.

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1996
|''{{sortname|The|Dentist}}''
|Nervous Patient
|
|-
|1998
|''[[At Sachem Farm]]''
|Paul
|
|-
|1999
|''[[Sugar Town (film)|Sugar Town]]''
|Journalist
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Escape Under Pressure]]''
|Rupp
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Thomas and the Magic Railroad]]''
|Junior
|
|-
|2001
|''Thank Heaven''
|Horace
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Auto Focus]]''
|[[Richard Dawson]]
|
|-
|2003
|''[[Klepto]]''
|Sandy Hauser
|
|-
|2003
|''{{sortname|The|Bone Hunter|nolink=1}}''
|Aedgar
|
|-
|2004
|''Red Rose''
|Robert Burns
|
|-
|2005
|''What's Up, Scarlet?''
|Bruno
|
|-
|2006
|''Stranded''
|Mark
|Short
|-
|2007
|''[[Sinner (film)|Sinner]]''
|Stephen
|
|-
|2015
|''{{sortname|The|Good Italian|nolink=1}}''
|William
|Short
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1997
|''[[Night Man (TV series)|Night Man]]''
|Charles Hilliard
|Episode: "Whole Lotta Shakin'..."
|-
|1998
|''[[Gia]]''
|Red Dress Photographer
|
|-
|1998
|''[[NYPD Blue]]''
|Eddie 'The Fly' Golota
|Episode: "Twin Petes"
|-
|2000
|''[[Will & Grace]]''
|Charlie
|Episode: "Advise and Resent"
|-
|2000
|''Metropolis''
|Nate
|TV film
|-
|2001
|''[[Mysterious Ways (TV series)|Mysterious Ways]]''
|Everett Collins
|Episode: "Dead Dog Walking"
|-
|2002
|''[[American Family (2002 TV series)|American Family]]''
|Cingean Flanigan
|Episodes: "The Journey: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
|2003–04
|''[[American Dreams]]''
|Colin Blair
|Recurring role (seasons 2–3)
|-
|2004
|''[[Charmed]]''
|First Mate Reznor
|Episode: "Charrrmed!"
|-
|2005
|''[[Veronica Mars]]''
|Colin Nevin
|Episode: "[[Green-Eyed Monster (Veronica Mars)|Green-Eyed Monster]]"
|-
|2005
|''{{sortname|The|Matrix: Path of Neo}}''
|Doberman (voice)
|Video game
|-
|2005
|''{{sortname|The|Triangle|The Triangle (miniseries)}}''
|Bruce Geller
|TV miniseries
|-
|2006
|''[[CSI: Miami]]''
|Keith Gifford
|Episode: "The Score"
|-
|2006
|''[[Killer Instinct (TV series)|Killer Instinct]]''
|Mace / Edward Peterson
|Episode: "Love Hurts"
|-
|2006
|''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]''
|Jesse Kane
|Episode: "The Man on the Fairway"
|-
|2006
|''[[Final Fantasy XII]]''
|Judge Magister Gabranth (voice)
|Video game
|-
|2006
|''[[Windfall (TV series)|Windfall]]''
|Pascal / Patrick
|Episodes: "The Myth of More", "Urgent Care"
|-
|2008
|''[[As the World Turns]]''
|Neal Stokes
|Guest role (3 episodes)
|-
|2010
|''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]''
|Chapman
|Episode: "The Big Band Job"
|-
|2018
|''[[Penny on M.A.R.S.]]''
|Bruce
|Recurring role
|}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0734751|Michael E. Rodgers}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070510112444/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile
* http://palomapigeon.livejournal.com
* https://sites.google.com/site/michaelerodgersfansite/

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[[Category:Scottish male video game actors]]
[[Category:Scottish male television actors]]

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