Roger Cross

• Name — Roger Cross • Born — 19 October 1969 • Birthplace — Christiana, Jamaica • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1989–present • Children — 2 Roger Cross (born 19 October 1969) is a Jamaican actor. He is known for his work as Curtis Manning on 24 (2005–2007) and Detective Donovan McAvoy in Coroner (2019-2022). He earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Actor in a drama series for Coroner and the show was nominated for Best Drama Series, 2020. Cross also has other television roles that include First Wave (1998–2001), Arrow (2012), Continuum (2012–2015), Motive (2013–2016), Dark Matter (2015–2017), Murdoch Mysteries (2023-2024) Sight Unseen (2024-present). In film, He voiced John Stewart and Swamp Thing in the DC Animated Movie Universe films Justice League Dark (2017) and Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020). He also voiced Ulysses in the Lonesome Road expansion of the post-apocalyptic video game Fallout: New Vegas (2010).

Cross was born in Christiana, Jamaica. When he was eleven, his family emigrated to Canada, settling in Vancouver, British Columbia. He graduated with a degree in Aviation and General Studies from Trinity Western University. Before his acting career, Cross was a professional pilot.

Cross began his career in the 1990s playing guest roles in such series as Street Justice, The X-Files, Sliders, Stargate SG-1, Highlander: The Series, Relic Hunter, The 4400, Higher Ground, Star Trek: Enterprise, and Chuck. He auditioned for the role of Teal'c in Stargate SG-1, but lost out to Christopher Judge. From 1998 to 2001, he starred as a lead character, Joshua Bridges, on the sci-fi series First Wave. From 2005 to 2007, Cross achieved wider recognition for his role as CTU Agent Curtis Manning on the Fox television drama 24. In 2009, he appeared as DJ and drag queen Sunset Boulevard/Sonny Benson in the Showtime series The L Word. In 2010, Cross did voice-over work as Ulysses in the Fallout: New Vegas add-ons Old World Blues and Lonesome Road. Cross's other notable television roles include Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom in Motive, Detective Lucas Hilton in Arrow, Reggie Fitzwilliam in The Strain, Travis Verta in Continuum, and Six in Dark Matter. In addition to his work on television, Cross has appeared in such films as The Chronicles of Riddick, X2, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Beautiful Joe, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, World Trade Center, Re-Kill, and Mad Money.

Cross is in a long-term relationship with actress and yoga instructor Josephine Jacob. They have two sons, Kaniel Jacob-Cross and actor Gabriel Jacob-Cross, whose appearances include The Man in the High Castle (2015) and Snowpiercer (2020).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — 21 Jump Street — Student — Episode: "Old Haunts in a New Age"; uncredited • 1990 — Wiseguy — Smash Cut — Episode: "Changing Houses" • 1992 — Neon Rider — Riley — Episode: "Color Lines" • data-sort-value="Hat Squad, The" | The Hat Squad — Sid — Episode: "Pilot" • 1992–1993 — Street Justice — Davey / Doug — 2 episodes • 1993 — Madison — Officer Norm Michaels — Episode: "Tough Cries" • data-sort-value="Commish, The" | The Commish — Officer Terry Cooper — 4 episodes • Born to Run — Roscoe — Television film • 1994 — Cobra — First Robber — Episode: "Lost in Cyberspace" • M.A.N.T.I.S. — Dixon — Episode: "Tango Blues" • Seasons of the Heart — Television film • Beyond Suspicion — Curtis — Television film • Don't Talk to Strangers — Curtis — Television film • 1994 — data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Officer Green — Episode: "E.B.E." • 1995 — Hawkeye — Angel / Anjou — Episode: "Fly with Me" • Sliders — Wilkins — Episode: "Pilot" • Strange Luck — Bryant — Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff" • data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Private Kittel — Episode: "Fresh Bones" • 1995–2001 — data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits — Bartender / Jon / Kevin Flynn / Lt. Lockhart — 4 episodes • 1996 — data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel — Captain Mathis — Episode: "The Switchman" • Viper — Carpenter — Episode: "Winner Take All" • Highlander: The Series — Derek Worth — Episode: "Little Tin God" • Captains Courageous — Hannibal — Television film • data-sort-value="Limbic Region, The" | The Limbic Region — Brownlee — Television film • data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Swat Lieutenant — Episode: "Pusher" • 1997 — Millennium — Officer Shaw — Episode: "Wide Open" • Cloned — Frank Zago — Television film • 1997–1998 — Stargate SG-1 — Captain Conner / Lieutenant Connor — 2 episodes • 1998 — Nick Fury: Agent of Shield — Shield Agent #1 — Television film • data-sort-value="Color of Courage, The" | The Color of Courage — Thurgood Marshall — Television film • data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Agent Rice — Episode: "Folie à Deux" • 1998–2001 — First Wave — Joshua / Cain / Joshua Bridges — Recurring role, 27 episodes • 1999 — War Planets — Voice—uncredited — Episode: "Girl's Night Out" • 2000 — Higher Ground — Roger Claypool — 4 Episodes • Hollywood Off-Ramp — Devon Monk — Episode: "Watch Your Step" • 2gether: The Series — Glenn Brummer — 2 episodes • 2001 — Andromeda — Carter — Episode: "All Too Human" • UC: Undercover — Captain Eddie Jackson — Episode: "Zero Option" • 2002 — Relic Hunter — Masters — Episode: "Hunting with the Enemy" • Taken — Capt. Walker — Television miniseries, 3 episodes • 2002–2003 — Just Cause — CJ Leon — Main role, 19 episodes • 2003 — data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone — The Leader — Episode: "Eye of the Beholder" • Peacemakers — Isaac Evans — 2 episodes • Star Trek: Enterprise — Tret — Episode: "Extinction" • 2004 — JAG — Lt. Hugh Gaston — Episode: "Trojan Horse" • data-sort-value="Days, The" | The Days — Damien Morgan / Trey's Dad — 2 episodes • 2005 — data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400 — Major Culp — Episode: "Lockdown" • 2005–2007 — 24 — Curtis Manning — Recurring role (seasons 4, 6) Main role (seasons 4–5) 45 episodes • 2007 — Bionic Woman — Bomani — Episode: "Trust Issues" • 2008 — NCIS — Lt. Cmdr. David Warfield — Episode: "Dog Tags" • 2008–2009 — data-sort-value="Guard, The" | The Guard — Jim McGregor — Recurring role, 10 episodes • 2009 — Playing for Keeps — Ty Rivers — Television film • data-sort-value="L Word, The" | The L Word — Sunset Boulevard / Sonny Benson — 6 episodes • Flashpoint — Anton Burrows — Episode: "Just a Man" • Fringe — Hybrid / Smith — 2 episodes • What Color Is Love? — Ty Rivers — Television film • Polar Storm — President — Television film • 2010 — Chuck — Ring Agent — Episode: "Chuck Versus the American Hero" • data-sort-value="Gates, The" | The Gates — Coach Ross — 4 episodes • 2011 — Obscurus Lupa Presents — Shield Agent #1 — Episode: "Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D" • Charlie's Angels — Detective Bradley Dumont — Episode: "Angels Never Forget" • 2012 — data-sort-value="Firm, The" | The Firm — Sergeant Leonard Debbs — Episode: "Chapter Nine" • Eureka — Major William Shaw — 3 episodes • Arrow — Detective Hilton — 9 episodes • Abducted: The Carlina White Story — Carl — Television film • 2012–2015 — Continuum — Travis Verta — Main role, 36 episodes • 2013–2016 — Motive — Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom / Superintendent Boyd Bloom — Main role • 2014 — Orphan Black — Carlton — Episode: "Governed as It Were by Chance" • 2014–2015 — data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain — Mr. Fitzwilliam — Recurring role • 2015 — Bones — Kevin O'Donnell — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Returned, The" | The Returned — Matt — Recurring role • 2015–2017 — Dark Matter — Six / Griffin Jones / Kal Varrick — Main role • 2016 — data-sort-value="100, The" | The 100 — Commander Cole McAdams — Episode: "Thirteen" • Blue Bloods — James Reed — Episode: "Personal Business" • 2017 — Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency — Eddie, Farah Black's brother — 2 episodes • iZombie — Private Detective Coleman Baker — Episode: "Dirt Nap Time" • 2018 — Caught — Rodd Murin — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Magicians, The" | The Magicians — Admiral Lacker — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Officer Wentworth — Episode: "Familiar" • 2019–2022 — Coroner — Detective Donovan McAvoy — Main role • 2020 — data-sort-value="Rookie, The" | The Rookie — Norman Jangus — Episode: "Casualties" • Law and Order: Special Victims Unit — Reverend Delman Chase — Episode: "Garland's Baptism by Fire" • 2021 — MacGyver — Conor — Episode: "Rails + Pitons + Pulley + Pipe + Salt " • 2022 — All Saints Christmas — Matthew — Television film (Hallmark) • 2022–2023 — Murdoch Mysteries — Maurice Majors — 6 episodes • 2023 — Dream Moms — Mark — Television film (Hallmark) • Buying Back My Daughter — Curtis — Television film • 2024 — Fire Country — Parole Agent — Episode: "I Do" • 2024–present — Sight Unseen — Superintendent Bennett — 12 episodes

• Year — Title — Role • 2010 — Fallout: New Vegas — Ulysses, Biological Research Station • 2011 — Saints Row: The Third — Additional Voices • 2012 — Syndicate — Additional Voices • Infex — Grissett • Starhawk — Logan Graves / Outlaw • 2013 — BioShock Infinite — Additional Voices

Roger Cross is recorded with the occupation television actor. Recorded with the occupation stunt performer. Recorded as a citizen of Jamaica. Established in Library of Congress under no2007026607. Established in VIAF under 9617361.