Bobby Roe

Bobby Roe (born December 15) 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 and Glass.

Bobby Roe
Born
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
OccupationActor, Director, Screenwriter, Author

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.

According to Entertainment Weekly and Variety, Roe will direct and write a segment of the horror anthology, Isolation.[3][4]

Roe has been tapped to write and direct the shared horror universe film "A Wicked Tale" from the producers of The Walking Dead.[5]

Filmography
Year Title Role
2002Arli$$Boxer/Weightlifter
2005CSI: NYNew York Baseball Player
2005The Longest YardGuard Football Player
2004-2005ClubhouseKevin Turek
2006Superman ReturnsRavens Baseball Player
2005-2006Numb3rsVick Johnston/Flashback Pitcher
2011The Houses October Built - DocumentaryDirector-Writer-Himself
2014The Houses October BuiltDirector-Writer-Bobby
2017The Houses October Built 2Director-Writer-Bobby
2020IsolationDirector-Writer
2020Heartland CartelProducer
2021A Wicked Tale (2021)Director-Writer-Producer

Awards

Bibliography

References
  1. "'IMDB Trivia". imdb.com.
  2. "'The Houses October Built' Sequel To Come Knocking In September Via RLJE Films". deadline.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  3. "'How a group of directors filmed a horror movie entirely in quarantine". EW.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  4. "'Horror Anthology Film 'Isolation' Finishes Filming Entirely in Quarantine (EXCLUSIVE)". variety.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  5. "'Circle of Confusion Nabs A Wicked Tale' Script With Plans To Launch Shared Horror Film Universe Based On Classic Fairy Tales". deadline.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  6. "Awards". Sitges Film Festival. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  7. "Awards". Archived from the original on August 9, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
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