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Roger Aaron Brown
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<h2 id="career">Career</h2> <p>Brown appears in the first two episodes of the TNT television series <i><a href="/facts/Saving_Grace_(American_TV_series)/UaWvRfRJ">Saving Grace</a></i> as the Chief of Detectives, as well as portraying Colonel Joseph Ntila in the 4th episode of the 6th season of <i><a href="/facts/House_M.D./BBuQRdQ8">House M.D.</a></i>. Brown has made a number of appearances in many films especially <a href="/facts/Caravan_Pictures/9EQocesY">Caravan Pictures</a>. He portrayed <a href="/facts/John_Henry_(folklore)/gBFhTwwS">John Henry</a> in <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Pictures/22zg1xut">Disney</a>'s <i><a href="/facts/Tall_Tale_(film)/0ncve3Ha">Tall Tale</a></i> (1995). Other roles include <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_Motion_Picture/64o0qNlk">Star Trek: The Motion Picture</a></i> (1979), <i><a href="/facts/Cobra_(1986_film)/bRYvzThj">Cobra</a></i> (1986), <i><a href="/facts/Near_Dark/FRPgEerf">Near Dark</a></i> (1987), <i><a href="/facts/Action_Jackson_(1988_film)/jFmmHWlA">Action Jackson</a></i> (1988), <i><a href="/facts/Downtown_(film)/SAwhv6Nm">Downtown</a></i> (1990), and <i><a href="/facts/RoboCop_2/Mp80zk2m">RoboCop 2</a></i> (1990).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p><p>He also provided the voice of Achilles Davenport in the 2012 <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video game</a>, <i><a href="/facts/Assassin%2527s_Creed_III/dG2jJHnh">Assassin's Creed III</a></i>. He reprised the role, albeit as a much younger version of the character, in 2014's prequel <i><a href="/facts/Assassin%2527s_Creed_Rogue/N61SXF4J">Assassin's Creed Rogue</a></i>. Brown alsovoiced Dr. Imran Zere in the <a href="/facts/2015_in_video_gaming/9MqPYo7V">2015</a> survival-horror game, <i><a href="/facts/Dying_Light/BgohlaVY">Dying Light</a></i>. </p> <h2 id="filmography">Filmography</h2> <h3>Film</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1950</td><td><a href="/facts/Immaculate_(1950_film)/61d8oobw"><i>Immaculate</i></a></td><td>—</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1973</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Crazies_(1973_film)/DdzehCvh"><i>The Crazies</i></a></td><td>#3 Soldier at house</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek%3a_The_Motion_Picture/64o0qNlk">Star Trek: The Motion Picture</a></i></td><td>Epsilon Technician</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td><a href="/facts/First_Family_(film)/eJHvWCmY"><i>First Family</i></a></td><td>Longo's Left Hand Man</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Don%2527t_Cry%2c_It%2527s_Only_Thunder/wJTx3JSh">Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder</a></i></td><td>Moses Drapper</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/Cobra_(1986_film)/bRYvzThj"><i>Cobra</i></a></td><td>Policeman #2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Near_Dark/FRPgEerf">Near Dark</a></i></td><td>Cajun Truck Driver</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/Action_Jackson_(1988_film)/jFmmHWlA"><i>Action Jackson</i></a></td><td>Officer Lack</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Moon_over_Parador/jxWDQ6W7">Moon over Parador</a></i></td><td>Desmond</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1988</td><td><a href="/facts/Alien_Nation_(film)/CuWJzeKH"><i>Alien Nation</i></a></td><td>Bill Tuggle</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td><i>Downtown</i></td><td>Lt. Sam Parral</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Meet_the_Applegates/wdU8K3Bp">Meet the Applegates</a></i></td><td>Sheriff Heidegger</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td><i><a href="/facts/RoboCop_2/Mp80zk2m">RoboCop 2</a></i></td><td>Whittaker</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i>Shout</i></td><td>Additional voices</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i>Grave Images</i></td><td>First Cop</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><i><a href="/facts/China_Moon/qPrqTNao">China Moon</a></i></td><td>Police Captain</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/Tall_Tale_(film)/0ncve3Ha"><i>Tall Tale</i></a></td><td>John Henry</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Galaxis/XjxU0M2v">Galaxis</a></i></td><td>Detective Carter</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Wind_in_the_Willows_(1995_film)/4mJqFGsH"><i>The Wind in the Willows</i></a></td><td>Pan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><a href="/facts/DNA_(1997_film)/pAnanVFL"><i>DNA</i></a></td><td>Loren Azenfeld</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Princess_and_the_Frog/1uBbfmKw">The Princess and the Frog</a></i></td><td>Additional voices</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i>The LXD: The Uprising Begins</i></td><td rowspan="2">Narrator</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><i>The LXD: The Secrets of the Ra</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Seeking_a_Friend_for_the_End_of_the_World/2oI3kBec">Seeking a Friend for the End of the World</a></i></td><td>Alfred</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Holy_Ghost_People_(2013_film)/zz6YsqeU"><i>Holy Ghost People</i></a></td><td>Brother Cole</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Meddler/zwqs7Tww">The Meddler</a></i></td><td>Airport Security</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Television</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Great_Performances/9cFUaDW0">Great Performances</a></i></td><td>Bellerose / Cadet</td><td>Episode: "<a href="/facts/Cyrano_de_Bergerac_(1974_film)/gWUhtRLU">Cyrano de Bergerac</a> "</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Streets_of_San_Francisco/g53RVqKU">The Streets of San Francisco</a></i></td><td>Bennett</td><td>Episode: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore"</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Bad_Ronald/VSyLHCS1">Bad Ronald</a></i></td><td>Sergeant Carter</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><a href="/facts/Cannon_(TV_series)/NaQy5nrz"><i>Cannon</i></a></td><td>Jebediah</td><td>Episode: "A Killing in the Family"</td></tr><tr><td>1974</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Good_Times/7KskpbHV">Good Times</a></i></td><td>Officer Connors</td><td>Episode: "The Gang: Part 2"</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Mannix/fQwhh7cy">Mannix</a></i></td><td>Bill Rogell</td><td>Episode: "Chance Meeting"</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Kojak/JNPqsH2p">Kojak</a></i></td><td>Thompson</td><td>Episode: "Two-Four-Six for Two Hundred"</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td><a href="/facts/Caribe_(American_TV_series)/bGqup5YR"><i>Caribe</i></a></td><td>Willie Foyle</td><td>Episode: "School for Killers"</td></tr><tr><td>1975</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Foster_and_Laurie/zB1dP2Mc">Foster and Laurie</a></i></td><td>Sims</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><i>McNaughton's Daughter</i></td><td>Zareb Parker</td><td>Episode: "McNaughton's Daughter"</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Rockford_Files/VQuCn4vw">The Rockford Files</a></i></td><td>Officer Aaron</td><td>Episode: "Feeding Frenzy"</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Spencer%2527s_Pilots/IQJFEc3Q">Spencer's Pilots</a></i></td><td>Jerry</td><td>Episode: "The Search"</td></tr><tr><td>1976</td><td><a href="/facts/Delvecchio_(TV_series)/K6TvLz8H"><i>Delvecchio</i></a></td><td>Stan the Man</td><td>Episode: "Thicker Than Water"</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td><a href="/facts/Switch_(American_TV_series)/RHtbQeWL"><i>Switch</i></a></td><td>Col. George Radburn</td><td>Episode: "Heritage of Death"</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_3%2c000_Mile_Chase/k8GdYFYx">The 3,000 Mile Chase</a></i></td><td>Prosecutor</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Incredible_Hulk_(1978_TV_series)/x6gW0xQU"><i>The Incredible Hulk</i></a></td><td>Lab Technician</td><td>Episode: "Death in the Family"</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Barney_Miller/jTKyV4Qz">Barney Miller</a></i></td><td>Dr. Anthony Keeling</td><td>Episode: "Computer Crime"</td></tr><tr><td>1979</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Death_Car_on_the_Freeway/tpkc8Rjh">Death Car on the Freeway</a></i></td><td>Eddie</td><td rowspan="2">Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1981</td><td><i>Thornwell</i></td><td>Court Officer</td></tr><tr><td>1981–1985</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Days_of_Our_Lives/1Yp1cvIc">Days of Our Lives</a></i></td><td>Danny Grant</td><td>194 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td><i>Sins of the Past</i></td><td>Dennis Warren</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td><i><a href="/facts/T._J._Hooker/D6hzVCN4">T. J. Hooker</a></i></td><td>Coleman Young</td><td>Episode: "Anatomy of a Killing"</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td><td><i>Anatomy of a Killing</i></td><td>Bob Waters</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td><a href="/facts/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_(1985_TV_series)/dtIX4vsU"><i>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</i></a></td><td>Joe Chandler</td><td>Episode: "Night Fever"</td></tr><tr><td>1985</td><td><i>Streets of Justice</i></td><td>Det. Crowther</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Scarecrow_and_Mrs._King/wpecCMCN">Scarecrow and Mrs. King</a></i></td><td>Rashidi</td><td>Episode: "Billy's Lost Weekend"</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td><a href="/facts/Outlaws_(1986_TV_series)/YrYlk74D"><i>Outlaws</i></a></td><td>Lieutenant Jack Kirkum</td><td>Episode: "Outlaws"</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td><a href="/facts/Ohara_(TV_series)/6GByz0Bj"><i>Ohara</i></a></td><td>Cop #3</td><td>Episode: "Eddie"</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Night_Court/BN1NSmfv">Night Court</a></i></td><td>Clinton</td><td>Episode: "Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson"</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hard_Time_on_Planet_Earth/rmFqIn1f">Hard Time on Planet Earth</a></i></td><td>Officer Stoff</td><td>Episode: "The Way Home"</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td><td><a href="/facts/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series)/h9mxceYI"><i>MacGyver</i></a></td><td>Various roles</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td><a href="/facts/Matlock_(1986_TV_series)/NvE06BBC"><i>Matlock</i></a></td><td>Daryl Wilson</td><td>Episode: "Nowhere to Turn"</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Father_Dowling_Mysteries/AoWskcH2">Father Dowling Mysteries</a></i></td><td>Father Pike</td><td>Episode: "The Priest Killer Mystery"</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Parker_Lewis_Can%2527t_Lose/1o3pDVgG">Parker Lewis Can't Lose</a></i></td><td>Coach Tripp</td><td>Episode: "Fat Boy and Little Man"</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Reasonable_Doubts/dozPrpP3">Reasonable Doubts</a></i></td><td>Samuel Gunn</td><td>Episode: "Dicky's Got the Blues"</td></tr><tr><td>1991–1993</td><td><a href="/facts/I%2527ll_Fly_Away_(TV_series)/NLYStk3w"><i>I'll Fly Away</i></a></td><td>Reverend Henry</td><td>10 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><i>With a Vengeance</i></td><td>Arnold Bell</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Picket_Fences/18FmQmCL">Picket Fences</a></i></td><td>FBI Agent</td><td>Episode: "The Green Bay Chopper"</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Cries_from_the_Heart/twcaJBKr">Cries from the Heart</a></i></td><td>Eliot</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td><a href="/facts/On_Our_Own_(1994_TV_series)/9DJ3W6Mq"><i>On Our Own</i></a></td><td>Gordon Ormsby</td><td>11 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td><a href="/facts/JAG_(TV_series)/l9RKaAMU"><i>JAG</i></a></td><td>General Larry Butler</td><td>Episode: "Desert Son"</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Diagnosis%3a_Murder/dLFzFqbr">Diagnosis: Murder</a></i></td><td>Attorney Clark Easton</td><td>Episode: "Murder Can Be Contagious"</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Dark_Skies/g2rBrNbg">Dark Skies</a></i></td><td>Reverend Poole</td><td>Episode: "We Shall Overcome"</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Hangin%2527_with_Mr._Cooper/LEaIe1vM">Hangin' with Mr. Cooper</a></i></td><td>Spencer Russell</td><td>Episode: "The In-Laws"</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Gregory_Hines_Show/pcgEPjun">The Gregory Hines Show</a></i></td><td>Emcee</td><td>Episode: "Ben-Her"</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Party_of_Five/btJFqPQg">Party of Five</a></i></td><td>Minister</td><td>Episode: "Sickness, Health/Richer, Poorer"</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/Promised_Land_(1996_TV_series)/uTe2qgjE"><i>Promised Land</i></a></td><td>Howard Banks</td><td>Episode: "Denver, Welcome Home"</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td><a href="/facts/To_Have_%2526_to_Hold_(American_TV_series)/vBhy0Tg0"><i>To Have & to Hold</i></a></td><td>Prosecutor</td><td>Episode: "Who's Sorry Next?"</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Hughleys/IqjpBaoa">The Hughleys</a></i></td><td>Uncle Gus</td><td>Episode: "Roots: Part 1"</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Judging_Amy/lGxe6UsG">Judging Amy</a></i></td><td>Judge Fastbind</td><td>Episode: "Zero to Sixty"</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Miracle_in_Lane_2/begjWwKj">Miracle in Lane 2</a></i></td><td>Vic Sauder</td><td>Television film</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Trouble_with_Normal_(TV_series)/q7NS3sMA"><i>The Trouble with Normal</i></a></td><td>Mr. Vesper</td><td>Episode: "Not One Pilot"</td></tr><tr><td>2000–2004</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_District/U3Qgc2RF">The District</a></i></td><td>Deputy Chief Joe Noland</td><td>89 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><a href="/facts/Clubhouse_(TV_series)/VHC9BWQo"><i>Clubhouse</i></a></td><td>Clyde 'Smoky' Gable</td><td>Episode: "Old Timers Day"</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td><i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_Crime_Scene_Investigation/U3q52GDI">CSI: Crime Scene Investigation</a></i></td><td>Mr. James</td><td>Episode: "Bodies in Motion"</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Criminal_Minds/HwA2dywG">Criminal Minds</a></i></td><td>Warden Charles Diehl</td><td>Episode: "Riding the Lightning"</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td><a href="/facts/ER_(TV_series)/CJa39EBx"><i>ER</i></a></td><td>Dr. Jared Ames</td><td>Episode: "Body & Soul"</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="/facts/Saving_Grace_(American_TV_series)/UaWvRfRJ"><i>Saving Grace</i></a></td><td>Lt. Percy Yukon</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td><a href="/facts/Life_(American_TV_series)/gpymqxVS"><i>Life</i></a></td><td>Det. Carl Ames</td><td>5 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td><a href="/facts/Medium_(TV_series)/p7cD6e1c"><i>Medium</i></a></td><td>Dr. Evan Sabow</td><td>Episode: "Aftertaste"</td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td><i><a href="/facts/CSI%3a_NY/D1sHpMaR">CSI: NY</a></i></td><td>Commander Richard Jackson</td><td>Episode: "Hostage"</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><i><a href="/facts/General_Hospital/w9QXt2jG">General Hospital</a></i></td><td>Senator Fullerton</td><td>2 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><a href="/facts/House_(TV_series)/BBuQRdQ8"><i>House</i></a></td><td>Ntila</td><td>Episode: "The Tyrant"</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Nip%2fTuck/ESgmgJyN">Nip/Tuck</a></i></td><td>Jeremiah Cole</td><td>Episode: "Wesley Clovis"</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><a href="/facts/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)/XqDe80F8"><i>Supernatural</i></a></td><td>Joshua</td><td>Episode: "Dark Side of the Moon"</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td><a href="/facts/The_Whole_Truth_(TV_series)/GoGYIqJY"><i>The Whole Truth</i></a></td><td>Judge Hampton</td><td>Episode: "Judicial Discretion"</td></tr><tr><td>2010–2011</td><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Legion_of_Extraordinary_Dancers/VynwCHcH">The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers</a></i></td><td>Narrator</td><td>20 episodes</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/See_Dad_Run/rDTyHF8N">See Dad Run</a></i></td><td>Interviewer</td><td>Episode: "See Dad Meet Matthew Pearson"</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td><a href="/facts/Elementary_(TV_series)/U958NAgj"><i>Elementary</i></a></td><td>John Douglas</td><td>Episode: "A Landmark Story"</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Video games</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%2527s_Creed_III/dG2jJHnh">Assassin's Creed III</a></i></td><td rowspan="2">Achilles Davenport</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Assassin%2527s_Creed_Rogue/N61SXF4J">Assassin's Creed Rogue</a></i></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td><i><a href="/facts/Dying_Light/BgohlaVY">Dying Light</a></i></td><td>Dr. Zere / Additional voices</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114578/">Roger Aaron Brown</a> at <a href="/facts/IMDb_(identifier)/uWrqVYVy">IMDb</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The SF Site Featured Review: Near Dark". www.sfsite.com. 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