Conversations with Brady Rogers

Today we’d like to introduce you to Brady Rogers.

Hi Brady, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
My story is a long one…with gaps! My acting journey started when I was 6 years old when I auditioned for Roots. My first journey ended there. Fast forward to 18 and a senior in high school, a bunch of us at school were used as a crowd in an ABC made for TV movie called A Father’s Homecoming for a day. I was asked to stick around for the week due to be in a very visible spot. My journey ended there, again, although it was never really a pursuit. Fast forward again to 2016 and I had been laid off for the 3rd time in two years from an industry I had been in for 20 years. I decided I was done and was walking away from it forever. I saw a casting for background talent on The Vampire Diaries and thought it would be fun to see what a film set looked like 28 years later. They booked me for several days and so I decided to continue doing that until I figured out what I was going to do. Well two months later I auditioned for and booked a role in Independent feature film titled SWA-Tech (It’s still on Prime!) and that’s where the journey started for real. I then signed with Carol Shaginaw of Carol Shaginaw Talent and I’ve now been working actor for 10 years, have been nominated for several awards and WON! Atlanta’s Hottest Actor. Over the span I’ve accumulated over 20 film and tv credits and decent number of commercials on my resume.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
The biggest obstacle/challenge I feel I’ve faced in my 10 years is the 1-2 punch of the COVID years the really out a strain on productions with the extra and necessary safety protocols and then as soon as we were out of that, the SAG strike happened. Now as we are still in recovery mode, the industry is going through changes with productions moving over-seas and the mergers of the big studios/streamers.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I work full time in the film business. My “day job” is doing what is referred to as 2nd team or Stand-In. That basically entails substituting for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting and camera setup/movement rehearsals. 2nd team runs the scenes before the Principle Actor steps in.
I have also doubled for quite a few people on big shows (so you’ve seen me and didn’t even know it was me!)
Some people that I’ve doubled for are
Karl Urban in Hangman
Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Walking Dead
James Purefoy in Hap and Leonard
Christopher Gorham in Insatiable
and most recently, Denis Leary in Oh.What.Fun.

As far as credited talent, my biggest role has been on a show titled Broken Seeds. It’s a prequel episodic series to a 12x award winning film by the name of The Broken Rose.
I was also a Walker on The Walking Dead…see if you can find me!

I’m also heavily involved in the new world of Vertical Dramas, having collected 8 credits in 2 years and with a 9th starting production in February.

and hey! If you want a little personalized shout out message, a Howdy, a pep talk, for to sing Happy Birthday to you or someone…whatever you want (within reason of course!), I’m on Cameo..you can find me there!
Also feel free to follow my film adventure, and maybe even some behind the scenes live Instagram and photos at @ItsBradyRogers

What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I see the industry really fracturing into just a couple of studios that own everything and the independent film maker, as shown by the acquisition talks with Warner and Netflix (and Paramount).
Quality content is becoming easier to make from a production side and more independent avenues to get content in front of people.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://bradyrogers.godaddysites.com
• Instagram: ItsBradyRogers
• Agent contact: Carol@CarolShaginawTalent.com