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ROGER BEHR
Roger Behr's performances showcases his talents as a stand-up comic, vocalist and actor. Behr offers a wide range of caricatures of top forty artists that vary from the hard-edged Axl Rose of Guns 'n Roses to the sultry, sexy voice of George Michael to the down-home country twang of Garth Brooks. Reviews across the country have singled out Roger Behr's "sense of satire and parody" and his "exact carbon's" of celebrity voices, all rolled up into a multi-talented, sharp-witted lunatic."
"I do vocal impressions, but the basic concept is to combine music and comedy in that all my music is geared with punch lines. I may do a REM thing which is obviously for a younger audience, but for an older audience who doesn't know who REM is, I still have a punch line which they can understand and enjoy," says Behr. ''It's contemporary comedy on contemporary music.
Roger Behr, the actor, was featured in Albert Brooks' film "Defending Your Life, "starring Brooks and Meryl Streep. The Geffen Film Company production, distributed by Warner Brothers, was a hit with the movie goers and critics alike. In addition to "Defending Your Life," Behr has performed on "Showtime At The Apollo," "An Evening AT The Improv," and in a recurring role on the award-winning children's series, "Zooblee Zoo." A veteran of more than 200 television and radio commercials, Behr most notably was the voice of "Mac Tonight" for McDonald's. Most recently, Behr had a guest starring role on the hit sitcom, "Mad About You!"
A native of Chicago, Roger Behr's first introduction to performing came at an early age. By the age of sixteen, Behr was singing professionally at Mr. Kelly's, Chicago's world-famous nightclub, performing a repertoire of pop, rock and R&B hits. His love for music continued at the University of Tennessee where he earned a degree in theater and music.
While in college, Roger Behr co-founded the singing group "The Gentlemen" and achieved his first taste of success with "Babe," a moderate hit on the Country charts. It was at this time, that he began writing comedy material for the group, "to add humor to our performances so our audience could have a break from the continuous music." Thus, Roger Behr unleashed his writing talents and started to follow another path into the creative arts.
Following graduation, Roger Behr became an associate at an advertising firm where he wrote, produced and di-rected nationally syndicated television commercials. In 1979, he decided to pursue his love of performing and relocated to Los Angeles, to start a new career as a comedian. Soon after arriving, Behr convinced Roger Peltz, a college friend, to join him in L. A. and within two short weeks, the pair auditioned for the owner of the world-famous Comedy Store in West Hollywood. Known as the comedy team of Roger & Roger, the two became very successful, headlining in nightclubs across the county, recording two comedy albums, and touring both nationally and internationally as co-stars with several top-of-the-charts recording artists. They made innumerable appearances on virtually every major talk show and variety show and were guest stars on "The People's Choice Awards." After an amicable split in 1987, Roger Behr returned to his roots at the Comedy Store and developed his new solo act which has propelled him to several headlining engagements around the country including the MGM Grand and the Dunes Hotel in Las Vegas. Roger Behr has also co-headlined in the main showrooms of Caesars Palace and The Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, Caesars Palace in Lake Tahoe and Caesers Boardwalk in Atlantic City.
Roger Behr is always thinking up new angles, new material, ultimately caring about his audience above all else. In a business that produces over-night sensations, which actually evolve over many years, Roger Behr seems poised to be show business' next such sensation.
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