Roger L. Jackson

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Roger Labon Jackson is an American voice actor.

As a youth growing up in Georgia, Roger Labon Jackson spent a lot of time in front of the television. This, together with a liking for puppetry, started him performing at an early age.

As a formally trained stage actor, Jackson has performed Shakespeare, Chekhov and Albee (for which he won an award for directing). As a voice actor, his commercial clients include Hershey's, Levi's, Saturn, Taco Bell and Apple Computer.

E!: Entertainment Television named him as the forty-sixth Best Kept Secret of Hollywood.[1]

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[edit] The voice actor

Jackson is best known for his role as the killer's voice in the Scream slasher trilogy. He has also appeared in countless other animations like Disney's The Book of Pooh as well as Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys Movie. He also did the voice of the maniacal monkey genius Mojo Jojo on The Powerpuff Girls

Scream movie poster
Scream movie poster

Jackson has also played an active role in the electronic games industry; voicing monsters for Dungeons & Dragons; heroes for Galleon and Baldur's Gate and working for several Star Wars and Star Trek programs. On top of that, he provides voices for all the original cats on the Catz virtual pet program; contributed to Final Fantasy X and has done educational programs for The Learning Company and Broderbund. For American McGee's Alice, Jackson provided the voice for the Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter and Jabberwock. For an Electronic Arts Sherlock Holmes game, Jackson did over thirty characters. He also provided more than fifty for a forthcoming medieval project for Amuse interactive and was once a three-headed, man-eating plant that sang in harmony with itself. Here you can hear Roger's voice

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[edit] Trivia

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