Roscoe Born

Roscoe Born (born November 24, 1950 in Topeka, Kansas) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor.

In the last 25 years, Born has appeared most often in daytime television, first appearing on the soap opera "Ryan's Hope" as Joe Novak from 1981 to 1983 and again in 1988.Rabinowitz, Naomi. "The Born Identity." "Soap Opera Digest". September 16, 2008. Vol. 33, No. 38, pg. 63-65.] He next portrayed villain Mitch Laurence on "One Life to Live" from 1985 to 1986, during a season in which the series rose from #4 to #3 in the Nielsen Ratings (he would later return to the role from 2002 to 2003). Born later appeared on "Santa Barbara" as Robert Barr and his twin Quinn Armitage from 1989 to 1991, a role that earned him an Emmy Award-nomination. He was also a regular on the primetime soap "Paper Dolls" as Mark Bailey in 1984. His most recent performance was on "The Young and the Restless" in the critically acclaimed role of the evil Tom Fisher. Many of his daytime roles showcased him in evil roles, with the exception of Nick Rivers on the 1995-1997 ABC series "The City". Nick was a grizzled musician, allowing Born the opportunity to perform his own material.

In the 1980s he also guest starred in such prime time shows as "Murder She Wrote" and "Midnight Caller" and starred in the TV movies "The Haunting of Sarah Hardy" and "Lady Mobster". In 1989 he had a featured role in the cult-classic Independent Film "Pow Wow Highway". 1970s TV appearances include "The Incredible Hulk", "Six Million Dollar Man", two episodes of "The Rockford Files" and the TV movie "Fast Friends".

Born was married to fellow "Ryan's Hope" actor Randall Edwards from 1985 to 1990 and "Santa Barbara" co-star Roberta Weiss from 1994 to 1997. With Weiss, he had a daughter, born six weeks premature in October 1997. Around this time Born played the dastardly Jim Thomasen on "All My Children". In late 1997 he abruptly left the role [http://allmychildren.about.com/library/weekly/aa122297.htm] and did not appear on daytime for the next several years (save bit parts on "As the World Turns" and "Guiding Light"). Born was working outside of the industry when "One Life to Live" rehired him from 2002 to 2003 to reprise the role of Mitch. Born portrayed a prison warden on "Passions" in 2007, and played the contract role of Dean Trent Robbins on the NBC soap opera "Days of our Lives" from May 29, 2008 to September 26, 2008.

Born has the distinction of appearing in more soaps than any other actor (14) and at this time has appeared on all currently airing soaps, with the exception of "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital".

Over the last thirty years he has worked in Regional Theatre on both coasts, and Off Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway in New York.

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* [http://www.soapcentral.com/y&r/theactors/born.php Roscoe Born profile - SoapCentral.com]