Roger Bart

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Roger Bart
Roger Bart in Desperate Housewives
Born	September 29, 1962 (age 44) Norwalk, Connecticut
Years active	1987 - present

Roger Bart (born on September 29, 1962) is an American actor.

Born in Norwalk, Connecticut, Bart made his Broadway debut in Big River in 1987. Additional theatre credits include Jonathan in the Alan Menken/Tim Rice musical King David, Harlequin in Triumph of Love, Snoopy in the Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (for which he won the Drama Desk Award and a Tony), Carmen Ghia and later Leo Bloom in The Producers (earning Drama Desk and Tony nominations), and The Frogs at Lincoln Center, which reunited him with fellow Producers star Nathan Lane.

On television Bart played George Carlin's son on The George Carlin Show (1994), and on Bram and Alice (2002) he portrayed Bram's assistant Paul Newman. He became widely known to viewers with his portrayal of George, the murderous pharmacist in love with Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), on Desperate Housewives.

Bart provided the singing voice for Hercules in Disney's Hercules, as well as the singing voice of Scamp in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure. He was featured in the 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives with Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken and Glenn Close, and in The Producers (2005), in which he reprised his role of "common-law assistant" Carmen Ghia.

In December 2006, Bart played Howard "The Weasel" Montague in the Sci Fi Channel miniseries The Lost Room. In June 2007, he will co-star in Hostel: Part 2, the sequel to 2006's Hostel.

In May 2007, Bart will reunite with Charlie Brown co-star Kristin Chenoweth in an original New York City Center Encores! revue entitled Stairway to Paradise.

Bart has two daughters, Eller and Alexandra.