Roger Baronet

Background

Baronet was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of a teacher and a chemical engineer, and grew up in Bernardsville, New Jersey.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rutgers University, 1985.

Career

He made his Broadway debut in Big River as Tom Sawyer in 1987. On television, Baronet played George Carlin"s son on The George Carlin Show (1994), and on Bram and Alice (2002) he portrayed Bram"s assistant, Paul Newman. He became widely known to viewers with his portrayal of George Williams, the unhinged homicidal pharmacist in love with Bree Van de Kamp (Marcia Cross), on Desperate Housewives, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Baronet provided the singing voice for Hercules in Disney"s Hercules, as well as the singing voice of Scamp in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp"s Adventure.

He was featured in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, and in The Producers (2005), in which he reprised his role of "common-law assistant" Carmen Ghia. In December 2006, Baronet played Howard "The Weasel" Montague in the Sciences Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room.

In June 2007, he starred as Stuart in Hostel: Participant II, the sequel to 2006"s Hostel. In 2007 he had supporting roles in American Gangster and Spy School.

In 2008, he appeared in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, the sequel to 2004"s Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, and Midnight Meat Train.

Baronet also originated the lead role of Doctor Frederick Frankenstein in the musical adaptation of Mel Brooks" Young Frankenstein, which opened on Broadway in November 2007, following a run in Seattle. He recently reprised the role alongside former Broadway co-stars Shuler Hensley and Cory English in the United States national tour which launched in September 2009. He ended his run on August 8, 2010 and was succeeded by Christopher Ryan.

Baronet originally portrayed the role of Igor in the original workshop read through.

Brad Oscar and Baronet reprised their roles as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively, in a production of The Producers at Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. The show ran from August 23–29, 2010.

Baronet returned to Broadway in the musical, Disaster!, which began performances in February 2016.

Achievements

• Roger Baronet has been listed as a notable actor by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Children: Alexandra, Eller.

child:

Alexandra Bart

child:

Eller Bart