Jeff  R. Roop Online

Jeff Roop is a television, film and theatre actor. He was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a businessman father and a kindergarten teacher mom. As a child he was very shy, far too shy to attempt acting. It wasn't until he was pursuing a business degree at McGill University that, on the advice of an English professor, he began taking acting classes and performing in college plays. His acting debut was playing the role of Steve in a local theatre production of "The Shadow Box". Once Jeff completed his undergraduate degree, he passed on law school to go to theatre school at the Moscow Art Theatre, in Russia, and at Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he obtained his Master's Degree in acting offered jointly by both schools.

 

His first professional television job was on an episode of the soap opera "The Guiding Light". Jeff has appeared in numerous American and Canadian television shows, and landed his first feature film role, as Brad in the movie "Free Money" (1998), starring Marlon Brando.

 

2001 he landed his first starring role in a Canadian television series, as Drew in "Vampire High", a show which had aired in many countries and has found a cult following. Also in 2001, he had a starring role on an NBC movie of the week called "Critical Assembly" starring with Katherine Heigl and Kerr Smith.

 

2002 Jeff land his first starring role in a feature film, playing the character Kootch in Awake. Since then Jeff has appeared in American and Canadian television series as well as movies such as "Code Breakers", an ESPN Original Entertainment TV movie, "Before You Say I Do", and "Canada Russia '72", playing Frank Mahovlich.

 

Jeff has been on stage when he's not in any TV/Movie Roles. He Co-founded the critically acclaimed theatre company "Arbat Theatre" in his hometown of Montreal with friend Paul Hopkins who also starred in "Vampire High". In January 2002 Jeff and this theatre company put on a Kenneth Lonergan's Play called "This is our Youth." He Played Warren. It has since despanded.

 

He co-founded the Harbinger Theater Company in Los Angeles, California. They did a play called "Spike Heels" January 2010 in LA which got great Reviews.

 

He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.