Rob Bogue
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SOAP STAR STATS
Rob Bogue (Mallet, GL)
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Rob Bogue (Mallet, GL)
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Vital Statistics
- Birthdate:
- August 27
- Years on Show:
- 2005-present
- Marital Status:
- Divorced
- Children:
- Zeb, born in 2003, and Zoë, born in 2005.
The 411
Rob Bogue was born in Nebraska, but was raised in Kansas and Kentucky. While attending Colorado College, where he played basketball, he met director Sydney Pollack, the father of a classmate, and was intrigued by the idea of acting for a living. After graduating, he moved to New York to pursue acting.
In New York, he took acting classes, but didn't get his first break until 1990, when he was cast as Molly Ringwald's boyfriend in the Bob Dylan video for "Unbelievable."
Nine years later, Bogue spent two years on the show OZ as prisoner Jason Cramer. He was written out when he landed his own TV show. The Sci Fi Channel picked up 22 episodes of the show, under the condition that Bogue stay as lead and have creative control throughout the run. Then suddenly, Steven Spielberg called, determined to cast Bogue in his own show. Spielberg even offered to fly him back and forth from Canada to California so he could do both shows. Sadly, that didn't work out and right before he was supposed to start filming the Sci Fi show, the production company went bankrupt.
Bogue had to start from the beginning, landing commercials and bit roles on TV shows. Finally, he was recast in the temporary role of GL's A.C. Mallet. Originally, the character was only supposed to stick around for three months while Harley was in prison, but Bogue so impressed the show and the fans that he was offered a long-term contract.
Et Cetera
—Bogue is a founding member of the New Group Theater Company, a Manhattan-based production group.
—After filming Bob Dylan's music video, Dylan tried to give Bogue his harmonica, but when Bogue excused himself to use the bathroom, Dylan ended up leaving and giving the harmonica to someone else.
—The A.C. in Mallet's name stands for Anthony Camaletti.
Career Highlights
Other Soap Roles
AS THE WORLD TURNS (Kevin Williams), 1991
TV Roles
THE EXONERATED (Doyle, 2005)
WHOOPI (Carl, 2004)
MATTHEW BLACKHEART: MONSTER SMASHER (Matthew, 2002)
ED (Cliff Troobie, 2002)
LAW AND ORDER: SVU (Kevin Wilson, 2002)
THE SOPRANOS (Ed Restuccia, 2001)
THIRD WATCH (Roger, 2000)
OZ (Jason Cramer, 1999-2000)
SEX AND THE CITY (Paul, 1999)
Film Roles
Backseat (Ben, 2005)
5up 2down (Claude, 2005)
In the Weeds (Tom, 2000)
Not Afraid to Say (Alex, 1999)
24 Nights (Stan, 1999)
The Definite Maybe (Ted, 1997)
True Blue(Jeff Chambers, 1996)
Vibrations (Gabe, 1995)
Memorable Quotes
I feel at home shooting scenes behind bars." — On comparing his OZ experience to being a prison warden on GL, Soap Opera Digest, 8/2/05
"You are always haunted by whether they want an imitation, and there's a lot of people who like what [Mark Derwin's] interpretation was. You don't have the luxury of being haunted by that for too long." — On being a recast as GL's Mallet, Digest, 8/2/05
"We try to sharpen the dialogue up a bit, or try to raise the stakes to add as much comedy as we can to try to get that locker room banter going." — On improvising dialogue with Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus), Digest, 2/7/06
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