HLT #141 - BOBBY ROE

Bobby Roe (born December 15, 1978) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter, primarily known for his film The Houses October Built and its sequel The Houses October Built 2. It was produced by Steven Schneider, whose hits include Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Devil Inside and M. Night Shyamalan's The Visit, Split, Glass and Old.

Career

He grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Plano Senior High School. Attended UCLA and was an All-American pitcher on their baseball team where he played alongside MLB All Star's Chase Utley, Eric Byrnes and Garrett Atkins. He was then cast as a stunt double for Roger Clemens in Zack Snyder's "Rocket Unit" Cingular commercial. Roe eventually received his masters in film at Loyola Marymount University and went on to be a writer/producer that helped launch Reelz Channel. He was originally cast as Mark Mulder in Moneyball when Steven Soderbergh was directing.[1]

Roe directed, wrote and starred in the film The Houses October Built in 2014, and its sequel The Houses October Built 2. His brother Mikey Roe, Zack Andrews, Jeff Larson, and Brandy Schaefer appear as themselves.[2] Both he and Zack Andrews have also written the children's book Narah and the Unicorn - The Original Narwhal Story.

Needless to say, Mr Roe lives in the Great Pacific Northwest on Bainbridge Island and is a frequent contributor to the quality films presented at the HISTORIC LYNWOOD THEATRE. His latest work WILL HELM will screen at the BAINBRIDGE ISLAND FIM FESTIVAL on Nov 7-10. 

You can call anytime for details on Bobby, or our current lineup of special events (like THE SHINING on Halloween) at 206.451.4336.

Have a great weekend folks. 

Kevin

Bio curtesy of Wikipedia. Bumpers by John Williams from THE DARK KNIGHT. 

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