Roger Hendricks Simon

Acting

Roger Hendricks Simon

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

A graduate and founding member of Robert Brustein's Yale Repertory Company, Roger went on to direct and act for Joe Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, and also London's Royal Court Theatre, Dublin's Abbey Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, La Mama, Roundabout, Juilliard Opera, Los Angeles Theatre Center, the Williamstown Theatre Festival, O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Folger Shakespeare Group, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, PBS, Metromedia and BBC-TV, and National Public Radio. Elected to Notable Names in American Theatre, Roger has directed in London, New York and international festival premieres by Tennessee Williams, Sam Shepard, David Hare, Michae…

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Film credits

2020s · 4 titles

2010s · 4 titles

The Ticket poster
5.8

A blind man who regains his vision finds himself becoming metaphorically blinded by his obsession for the superficial.

The Ticket

2016

Forgetting Sandy Glass poster
NR

A story of three brothers and their dysfunctional family unfolds once eldest brother, Sandy Glass, is released from prison after an eight year sentence. Middle brother Michael is forced to work three jobs in order to put a roof over his younger brother Tommy and his girlfriend Stephanie's heads. Sandy is greeted with open arms from Tommy, who idolizes him, but Michael is rather worried than happy. Sandy has put Michael through hell and back after their mother's death and has done nothing to support the family, leaving Michael with nothing but resentment towards him.

Forgetting Sandy Glass

2016

Lonely Boys poster
3.5

Following a recent breakup, struggling writer Jules (Dan Simon) crashes with his recently separated best friend, Saul (Gregory Lay), at his apartment in Brooklyn. While Saul wants to drink heavily and lament over his impending divorce, Jules just wants to escape into latest script. After Saul is fired from his job as restaurant manager and Jules loses an off-Broadway production of his play, the two embark on a weekend bender through New York City and Connecticut in search of solace and sometimes more pain. When the sun finally rises, neither expects to see the light.

Lonely Boys

2016

Paradise City poster
NR

The worlds of a young cop with a checkered past, an ex-con turned devout Muslim, and a junkie with affluent roots collide in a plot to justify New York City's counter-terrorism campaign against homegrown extremists.

Paradise City

2019

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