Roger Cross Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Leo Award in 2009 for his lead performance in the feature length drama "Playing for Keeps․"
• Attended Trinity Western University, where he earned his degree in aviation and general studies
• Planned to be a pilot, but began working as a stuntman to make ends meet while looking for aviation work
• Quote: "In the Sci-Fi genre, if you can imagine it, you can do it, and as long as you stay true to what you do in that imagined world, then you can get away with it all․"
• In the United States, he is best known for playing CTU Agent Curtis Manning on "24," and in Canada, he is best known for playing Joshua on "First Wave․"
• After living in his native Jamaica for 11 years, he and his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he spent the rest of his childhood
• Voiced the Biological Research Station and Ulysses in expansions for the video game "Fallout: New Vegas․"
• The first film he won an acting role in took him to China, Vietnam and Burma over the course of filming