# Mike Roche
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{{Short description|American actor}}
{{about||the American Olympic athlete|Mike Roche (runner)|similar names|Michael Roche (disambiguation){{!}}Michael Roche}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mike Roche
| image = Mike Roche.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = September 23
| birth_place = [Pascack Valley](/source/Pascack_Valley), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| alma_mater = [Ramapo College](/source/Ramapo_College) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
| spouse = {{marriage|[Holly O'Brien](/source/Holly_O'Brien)|2016}}
| website = {{URL|MikeRoche.net}}
}}
'''Mike Roche''' (born September 23 in [Pascack Valley](/source/Pascack_Valley), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey)) is an American actor of film, stage and television.
Roche played Humphrey James in the 2007 [Off-Broadway](/source/Off-Broadway)[{{cite web |first=Andrew |last=Gans |url=https://playbill.com/article/academy-award-winner-parsons-will-direct-taos-off-broadway-for-intar-com-142900 |title=Academy Award Winner Parsons Will Direct Taos Off-Broadway for INTAR |work=Playbill |date=August 9, 2007}}] revival of ''[Night Over Taos](/source/Night_Over_Taos)''[{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2007/legit/reviews/night-over-taos-1200555785/|title=Night Over Taos|first=Mark|last=Blankenship|date=October 2, 2007}}] by [Maxwell Anderson](/source/Maxwell_Anderson), directed by [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) winner [Estelle Parsons](/source/Estelle_Parsons)[{{Cite web|url=https://aaspeechesdb.oscars.org/link/040-4/|title=Academy Awards Acceptance Speeches - Search Results | Margaret Herrick Library | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences}}] at the [Theatre for the New City](/source/Theatre_for_the_New_City) in New York City. The show was produced by [INTAR Theatre](/source/INTAR_Theatre) ([Eduardo Machado](/source/Eduardo_Machado), [Artistic Director](/source/Artistic_Director)).
==Early life and education==
Roche was raised in [Bergenfield, New Jersey](/source/Bergenfield%2C_New_Jersey), and is a graduate of [Bergenfield High School](/source/Bergenfield_High_School).
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature with a minor in [political science](/source/political_science) from [Ramapo College](/source/Ramapo_College), located in [Mahwah, New Jersey](/source/Mahwah%2C_New_Jersey). He is an [Eagle Scout](/source/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)) and while at Ramapo College he played [baseball](/source/baseball)[Shattuck, Kathryn (September 16, 2016). [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/fashion/weddings/two-actors-find-the-perfect-parts-in-love.html "Two Actors Find the Perfect Parts in Love"]. ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''. Retrieved February 23, 2018. "He was also a baseball player at Ramapo College in New Jersey before working as a production assistant and an actor for Estelle Parsons and then winning a 2010 Drama Desk Award as a member of the Godlight Theater Company."] and received the college's Dean's Award for "Exceptional Service to the Campus Community".
==Career==
===Stage work===
Roche played the role of Droog Pete in the 2004–2005 New York City theatrical production of the play ''[A Clockwork Orange](/source/A_Clockwork_Orange%3A_A_Play_with_Music)''[{{cite web |url=http://www.thetheatresource.com/reviews/a-clockwork-orange/ |title=A Clockwork Orange Theatre Review |work=TheTheatreSource |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204175405/http://www.thetheatresource.com/reviews/a-clockwork-orange/ |archive-date=4 February 2013}}] by [Anthony Burgess](/source/Anthony_Burgess) at the [Ensemble Studio Theatre](/source/Ensemble_Studio_Theatre) and [59E59 Theaters](/source/59E59_Theaters) and played [Faber](/source/Faber_(Fahrenheit_451))[{{cite web|url=http://www.robertaonthearts.com/id628.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227220859/http://www.robertaonthearts.com/id628.html |archive-date=2019-12-27 |url-status=dead | title=Farenheit 451, The Play, Is Presented by Godlight Theatre Company|website=robertaonthearts.com}}] in the 2006 New York City theatrical premiere of ''[Fahrenheit 451](/source/Fahrenheit_451)''[http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002234248 {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes|work = [Backstage](/source/Backstage_(job_platform_and_publication)) }}] by [Ray Bradbury](/source/Ray_Bradbury) at 59E59 Theaters. The productions were both directed by Joe Tantalo [{{cite web |url=http://www.southernct.edu/alumni/southernmag/04fall/features/p13.html |title=The Company We Keep |accessdate=July 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121212093628/http://www.southernct.edu/alumni/southernmag/04fall/features/p13.html |archivedate=December 12, 2012 }}] and were produced by Tantalo's [Drama Desk Award](/source/Drama_Desk_Award)-winning Godlight Theatre Company.[{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139731-Patti-LuPone-Hosts-Drama-Desk-Awards-May-23 |title=Patti LuPone Hosts Drama Desk Awards May 23 |accessdate=July 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312213115/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139731-Patti-LuPone-Hosts-Drama-Desk-Awards-May-23 |archivedate=March 12, 2014 |date=May 23, 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Gans | work = [Playbill](/source/Playbill)}}]
He performed in both ''A Clockwork Orange''[{{cite web |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/9097/a-clockwork-orange |title=The Stage / Reviews / A Clockwork Orange |website=www.thestage.co.uk |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505062605/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/9097/a-clockwork-orange |archive-date=5 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}] and ''Fahrenheit 451''[{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100525-Mickey-Mouse-Is-Dead-Fahrenheit-451-Fargo-and-More-Play-NYCs-59E5 |title=''Mickey Mouse Is Dead'', ''Fahrenheit 451'', ''Fargo'' and More Play NYC's 59E59 Theaters Prior to Edinburgh |work=[Playbill](/source/Playbill) |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131173047/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/100525-Mickey-Mouse-Is-Dead-Fahrenheit-451-Fargo-and-More-Play-NYCs-59E59-Theaters-Prior-to-Edinburgh#selection-671.0-673.54 |archive-date=31 January 2013}}] when they transferred from New York City to the [Edinburgh Festival Fringe](/source/Edinburgh_Festival_Fringe) in Scotland.
Roche played Humphrey James in the 2007 Off-Broadway[{{cite web|url=http://www.theateronline.com/reviewShow.xzc?PK=40716|title=Theater Online|website=theateronline.com}}]
In 2020, he performed the role of Larry Slade in [Eugene O'Neill](/source/Eugene_O'Neill)'s play ''[The Iceman Cometh](/source/The_Iceman_Cometh)'' in the two-part [Zoom](/source/Zoom_(software)) [premiere](/source/premiere) on [YouTube Live](/source/YouTube_Live) as a [benefit performance](/source/benefit_performance) for the [Actors Fund](/source/Actors_Fund) during the [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) [pandemic](/source/pandemic) of 2020.[{{cite web| url = https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/THE-ICEMAN-COMETH-A-2-Part-Zoom-Premiere-to-Stream-Next-Weekend-20200512| title = The Iceman Cometh, A 2-Part Zoom Premiere to Stream Next Weekend | publisher = [BroadwayWorld](/source/BroadwayWorld)}}]
Roche performed the role of the Husband in Clark Kee's adaptation of [Arthur Schnitzler](/source/Arthur_Schnitzler)'s play ''[La Ronde](/source/La_Ronde_(play))'' (Reigen) entitled ''Round Dance''. The production was performed at the [IRT Theatre](/source/IRT_Theatre) in New York City in 2022.[{{Cite web |last=Rabinowitz |first=Chloe |title=Arthur Schnitzler's Round Dance Is Coming to IRT Theater |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-off-broadway/article/Arthur-Schnitzlers-ROUND-DANCE-is-Coming-to-IRT-Theater-20220126 |access-date=2023-09-15 |publisher = [BroadwayWorld](/source/BroadwayWorld) |language=en}}]
He played the role of Judge Brack[{{Cite web |last=Kliszus |first=Edward A. |date=2022-10-08 |title=Hedda Gabler |url=https://openingnight.online/hedda-gabler-at-the-theater-for-the-new-city/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=OpeningNight.Online |language=en-US}}] in an updated version of [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen)'s play ''[Hedda Gabler](/source/Hedda_Gabler)'', directed and adapted by Robert Greer, at the Theatre for the New City with the [August Strindberg Repertory Theatre](/source/August_Strindberg_Repertory_Theatre).
In 2023, Roche performed the role of Gustav in a new production of [August Strindberg](/source/August_Strindberg)'s play ''[Creditors](/source/Creditors_(play))'' at the Theatre for the New City with the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre, directed and adapted by Robert Greer.[{{Cite web |last=Whalen |first=Eva |date=2023-05-24 |title=Strindburg's "Creditors" at Theater for The New City |url=https://www.beautynewsnyc.com/city-pulse/strindburgs-creditors-at-theater-for-the-new-city/ |access-date=2023-09-15 |website=Beauty News NYC – The First Online Beauty Magazine |language=en-US}}]
Roche played the role of the longshoreman Meathead in the American premiere of an adaptation of [Arthur Miller](/source/Arthur_Miller)'s screenplay ''[The Hook](/source/The_Hook_(screenplay))'', adapted by [Ron Hutchinson](/source/Ron_Hutchinson_(screenwriter)) and directed by Claire Beckman at the [Waterfront Museum](/source/Waterfront_Museum) Barge in [Red Hook, Brooklyn](/source/Red_Hook%2C_Brooklyn), with the [Brave New World Repertory Theatre](/source/Brave_New_World_Repertory_Theatre) in 2023.[{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Rose |date=2023-06-09 |title=7 Decades Later, Arthur Miller's 'The Hook' Comes Home to Brooklyn |language=en-US |work= [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/theater/the-hook-waterfront-museum.html |access-date=2023-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}]
==Personal life==
Roche married actress and singer [Holly O'Brien](/source/Holly_O'Brien) on August 28, 2016, in New York City.[
He is a [black belt](/source/Black_belt_(martial_arts)) in [taekwondo](/source/taekwondo).][{{cite web |url=https://www.wtmu.org/copy-of-dan-processing-1 |title=Kukkiwon America |publisher=World Taekwondo Masters Union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609110141/https://www.wtmu.org/copy-of-dan-processing-1 |archive-date=June 9, 2023}}]{{failed verification|date=June 2025}} and a [blue belt](/source/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu_ranking_system) in [Brazilian jiu-jitsu](/source/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu) under [Marcelo Garcia](/source/Marcelo_Garcia_(grappler)).[{{cite web |url=https://marcelogarciajj.com/mgjj/ |title=Marcelo Garcia Jiu-Jitsu}}]{{failed verification|date=June 2025}}
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