James Roque
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Acting
Skills
Accents
Acting Experience
Television
TVNZ
South Pacific Pictures Dir: Jesse Griffin
Maori Television Dir: Various
Mediaworks
Mediaworks
Mediaworks
Theatre
Fractious Tash / Pop-Up Globe NZ
NZ / USA tour / Indian Ink Theatre Company
Musgrove Studio Dir: Eli Matthewson & Hamish Parkinson
Indian Ink Theatre Company Dir: Justin Lewis
Basement Theatre Dir: Andrew Moorhead
Q Theatre / Fractious Tash Dir: Ben Henson
Web Series
Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Dir: Kiel McNaughton
Kevin & Co
Mini Monster Productions
Television Commercials
NZ
NZ, 2 Months
NZ
NZ
USA & Canada
Online Commercials
NZ
6 months, Digital Only
NZ, 6 months
Television Appearances
ThreeNow, Discovery NZ
TVNZ
TVNZ Dir: Various
Warner Bros
Mediaworks
Laughing Stock Productions
Mediaworks
TV Works Ltd
Voice Work
Mini Monster Productions
Stand Up Comedy
NZ International Comedy Festival
NZ International Comedy Festival
Mediaworks
NZ International Comedy Festival
NZ International Comedy Festival
MC / Speaker
MC / Speaker
Skills
Actor, Blogger, Brand Ambassador, Comedian, DJ, Entertainer, Host, Improvisor, Live Performance Host, MC, Panelist, Pod-caster, Satirist, TV Presenter, Vlogger, WriterBiography
James is a Filipino-Kiwi actor, comedian and writer. He started in comedy in 2009 at just 18 years old and has steadily risen up the ranks of the New Zealand comedy industry.
He has opened for a number of world-class comedians including Nick Kroll, Ron Funches, Demitri Martin, and Ronny Chieng. In 2019, he featured in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Up Late and his latest show Boy Mestizo sold out in Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington and Auckland. Boy Mestizo garnered him a nomination for the 2019 Fred Award for Best Show in the NZ International Comedy Festival and was recently filmed for a television comedy special.
James’s training as an actor further adds to his confident demeanour as a public speaker, comedian and MC. His recent TV credits include recurring roles in Good Grief, and Last at Eleven, and he was a regular contributor to sketch shows Jono and Ben, Funny Girls, Only in Aotearoa.
As well as consistently creating his own sell out shows, James is part of long standing hit comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro, who in 2021 debuted their tevision show Frickin Dangerous Bro: On The Road.
His mixture of relaxed, conversational energy and charming presence onstage is sure to win any crowd over.
Testimonials
"James MC'd our annual awards night in 2017 and we loved him so much we got him back this year. I loved that he made the effort to find out info about people, remembered most people from the year before and therefore made it a much more personalised experience than a generic stand-up show. The night is always a hit with everyone and a lot of it comes down to James' hosting (and the booze)! Basically, 5 Stars, would trade again."
Leah at Little Giant
Voice
Voice Characteristics
Character, Cartoon, Comedy, EnergeticNatural Accent
KiwiCreator
@RoqueComedy
@jamesroque
@jamesroquecomedy
jamesroquecomedyCreator
Biography
James is a Filipino-Kiwi comedian and writer, he started in comedy in 2009 at a ripe age of 18 years old. Since then, he has reached risen steadilty up the ranks of the New Zealand comedy industry.
James has opened for a number of world-class comedians inlcuding Nick Kroll, Ron Funches, Demitri Martin, and Ronny Chieng. In 2019, he was featured in Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Comedy Up Late and he debuted his latest show Boy Mestizo to sold out audiences in Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington and Auckland. Boy Mestizo garnered him a nomination for the Fred Award for Best Show in the 2019 NZ International Comedy Festival.
James’ NZ comedy television credits include writing and starring in Jono and Ben, Funny Girls, Only in Aotearoa and The NZ Comedy Gala, as well as being a panelist on the hit comedy panel shows 7 Days and Have You Been Paying Attention? NZ.
In 2020 he played the role of Ben in the TVNZ show Good Grief, as well as playing the role of Randall in TVNZ’s Last at Eleven.
James is also one-third of comedy trio ‘Frickin Dangerous Bro’ who in 2021 debuted their show Frickin Dangerous Bro: On The Road.
In 2021, he was also one of four judges on Masked Singer, NZ.
