Jason Rogel is an American actor. He recently played Sebastian on Season 2 of ''

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.'' Rogel also starred as Ricky, the office gossip, on Freeform's '' Kevin from Work,'' and as Larry in ABC Family's Christmas musical, ''

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.'' Also guest starring on Henry danger as Morgan Maykew.

Life and career

Rogel was born and raised in

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. He is of

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descent. Rogel graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from California State University, Long Beach, and also studied acting at Australia's

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. In 2009, Rogel appeared opposite

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, and Christopher McDonald in the indie romantic-comedy '' Splinterheads''. Since then, he has appeared in various commercials, webseries, and television shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Dexter'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' How I Met Your Mother''. He played Martin, the tech-savvy busboy in the 2011 SyFy original movie, '' Swamp Shark'', also starring

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, D.B. Sweeney,

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and baseball legend

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. He also recurred as Physics grad student Leo on ABC Family's, '' State of Georgia'', starring

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and

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. In 2012, he starred alongside

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and

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in ABC Family's first original holiday musical, ''

'', which premiered as part of their

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event. Rogel also played cameraman Marcus on the MTV series, ''

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'' starring comedian, Bo Burnham. In addition to film and TV, Rogel has appeared in numerous theatre productions, working with such companies as

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, LoudRMouth, and The Garage Theatre Company. He has also toured his mini-musical, ''M.Saigon'', a parody of the

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hit ''

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'', throughout the United States. In 2014, Rogel appeared in the

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ads with

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and

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. He was a cast member of the Fil-Am sketch comedy show ''PUN PLIP PRIDAYS'', which aired on LA18's ''Kababayan Today with G. Tongi''. In 2015, he appeared opposite

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& Jill Scott in the Lifetime (TV network) Original,

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, written and directed by Nzingha Stewart.

Filmography and TV roles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogel, Jason 1976 births Living people American male film actors American male television actors American male actors of Filipino descent 21st-century American male actors Male actors from Long Beach, California California State University, Long Beach alumni