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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Jackson is known for his role as the killer's voice in the Scream slasher trilogy. He has also appeared in animated films and television programs like Disney's The Book of Pooh as well as Nickelodeon's The Wild Thornberrys Movie. He also does the voice of the maniacal monkey genius Mojo Jojo & the Rowdyruff Boy, Butch on The Powerpuff Girls.

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; he also contributed to Final Fantasy X and King's Quest VII 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. Jackson played the tyrant Colonel Nohman from Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner.

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