Gustavo Raul "Gus" Sorola III (born February 22, 1978) is an American actor and podcast host. He is best known for his work with

Rooster Teeth Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is an American digital media company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2003 by Burnie Burns, Matt Hullum, Geoff Ramsey, Jason Saldaña, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman, Rooster Teeth is a subsidiary of W ...

Early life

Sorola was born in

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, and raised in

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, near the

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. After choosing to drop out from

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, he started working at a tech support company, teleNetwork, where he met

co-founders

Burnie Burns Michael Justin "Burnie" Burns (born January 18, 1973) is an American writer, actor, producer, comedian, host, and director previously based in Austin, Texas. He is a co-founder, former chief executive officer, and former chief creative offic ...

and Geoff Ramsey.

Career

Sorola is a founding member of Rooster Teeth Productions. He is still currently employed at the company and appears in many of their productions. Since 2003, he has voiced the character of Richard Simmons in the machinima series '' Red vs. Blue''. He was also a voice actor in '' The Strangerhood'' from 2004 to 2006. His live-action credits include ''Rooster Teeth Shorts'', which started in 2009, and ''Immersion'', which started in 2010. He also starred in three ''RT Docs'': ''Unconventional'', ''Why We're Here, and Common Ground''. Sorola has also managed and hosted the ''

Rooster Teeth Podcast The ''Rooster Teeth Podcast'', formerly known as the ''Drunk Tank'', is a weekly podcast produced by Rooster Teeth. It is hosted by Gus Sorola and features various members of Rooster Teeth's staff each week. It is sometimes advertised as simply ...

'' (formerly known as the ''Drunk Tank'') since 2008. On the podcast, Sorola shares many anecdotes about his life, including his childhood and early career. He was also part of several other podcasts such as ''

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,'' ''Let Me Clarify,'' and ''Heroes & Halfwits.'' Since March 2020 he has co-hosted the award-winning podcast ''Black Box Down''. Sorola was nominated for Host of the Year at the ''2022 Quill Podcast Awards'' for his work on ''Black Box Down''. In May 2022 he began co-hosting the ''ANMA'' podcast.

Personal life

Married to Esther Sorola, they live in

Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

with their dog, Oswald. Their previous dog, Benjamin, died on May 3, 2021. He is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church and has performed several marriages for his friends and colleagues. A pragmatic, straightforward person, Sorola describes himself as asocial and tries to avoid interactions with others. A self-proclaimed fan of

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"since '' Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete''", Sorola was instrumental in making Rooster Teeth fans of ''

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'', the series in which ''Red vs. Blue'' is made, as when he, Burns, Ramsey and

Matt Hullum Matthew Jay Hullum (born September 29, 1974) is an American director, producer, writer, actor and visual effects supervisor living in Austin, Texas. He is one of five co-founders and former CEO of production company Rooster Teeth, which specializ ...

visited E3 2001, Sorola made them visit the Bungie booth, featuring a '' Halo: Combat Evolved'' demo.Red vs. Blue : The Interview
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Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sorola, Gus 1978 births Living people American male voice actors American male web series actors 21st-century American male actors American male actors of Mexican descent Male actors from Austin, Texas Rice University alumni Rooster Teeth people People from Eagle Pass, Texas Screenwriters from Texas 21st-century American screenwriters