Michael Rogers

Born in Trinidad, Michael Rogers began his career as an actor and director with the Everyman Company in Brooklyn. He also spent five years teaching acting and playwriting in Harlem.Rogers received an ...Show More

Born in Trinidad, Michael Rogers began his career as an actor and director with the Everyman Company in Brooklyn. He also spent five years teaching acting and playwriting in Harlem.Rogers received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama shortly before being cast in The Mosquito Coast as Francis Lungley, a local man who befriends Allie (played by Harrison Ford). Michael Rogers is a founding member of La Compagnia De' Colombari and has appeared in seven productions for Theatre for a New Audience. He has also appeared on Broadway in August Wilson's play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Rogers is story editor for Soho Films US. Hide