Roger Rodd

Roger Rodd

CA, US
A versatile speaker, actor, writer, and stand-up comic, Roger uses laughter to humanize and heal today's all too prevalent hatred and prejudicial judgments.

Roger Louis Rodd is a former police officer, with a unique backstory. He is the host and creator of the Blue Lives Matter Comedy Tour. Far from just another comedy show, it employs laughter to humanize and heal today's all too prevalent hatred and prejudicial judgments.

Roger is an expert speaker on the following topics: Sexual Harassment Prevention for employees conjoined with increased training for management.Gambling Addiction, a silent but eminent social malady. He is also an outstanding  "stand - up" comic, & M/C.
Roger's decision to leave law enforcement has blossomed into an impressive film and TV resume as both an actor, comedian, M/C, and lecturer.

His background spans from roles as an action-adventure hero, to performing as a comedian on the precarious stage of The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.This has led to several TV appearances including Showtime's comedy special "White Boyz in the Hood", P. Diddy's "Bad Boys of Comedy", Bill Bellamy's "Who's Got Jokes?", and three performances on BET's "Comicview." He has captured the title in the "Bay Area Def Comedy Jam", and finished third in the "Bay Area Black Comedy Competition" at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, Ca.

TV appearances including Showtime's comedy special:

  • CoStar "The Mojave Sisters"
  • Showtime "White Boyz in the Hood",
  • HBO "Bad Boys of Comedy",
  • TV1 "Who's Got Jokes?",
  • BET's "Comic View."

Books by Roger Rodd include:

  • The Sexual Harassment Prevention: Employee Manual
  • The Sexual Harassment Prevention: Management Manual

Roger Louis Rodd is a former police officer, with a unique backstory. He is the host and creator of the Blue Lives Matter Comedy Tour. Far from just another comedy show, it employs laughter to humanize and heal today's all too prevalent hatred and prejudicial judgments.

Roger is an expert speaker on the following topics: Sexual Harassment Prevention for employees conjoined with increased training for management.Gambling Addiction, a silent but eminent social malady. He is also an outstanding  "stand - up" comic, & M/C.
Roger's decision to leave law enforcement has blossomed into an impressive film and TV resume as both an actor, comedian, M/C, and lecturer.

His background spans from roles as an action-adventure hero, to performing as a comedian on the precarious stage of The Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.This has led to several TV appearances including Showtime's comedy special "White Boyz in the Hood", P. Diddy's "Bad Boys of Comedy", Bill Bellamy's "Who's Got Jokes?", and three performances on BET's "Comicview." He has captured the title in the "Bay Area Def Comedy Jam", and finished third in the "Bay Area Black Comedy Competition" at the Paramount Theater in Oakland, Ca.

TV appearances including Showtime's comedy special:

  • CoStar "The Mojave Sisters"
  • Showtime "White Boyz in the Hood",
  • HBO "Bad Boys of Comedy",
  • TV1 "Who's Got Jokes?",
  • BET's "Comic View."

Books by Roger Rodd include:

  • The Sexual Harassment Prevention: Employee Manual
  • The Sexual Harassment Prevention: Management Manual

Sexual Harassment Prevention

Sexual Harassment Prevention Programs defines and directs what is expected in today's workplace for both employees and management. The employees are educated on specified behavioral boundaries, mandated conduct, along with an informed course of action when victimized.In addition to a reiteration of the employee's lecture material, the management's lecture will focus upon prevention through competent and vigorous supervision. The benefit of the program in terms of comprehension and potential...
Educational / Informative

Gambling Addiction: America's Silent Epidemic

Since the nexus of TV poker and the internet, the once leisure time activity of gambling has societally escalated into nearly an epidemic status. Addictive gambling has quietly become the number one problem on college campuses-over alcohol and drugs. The speaker began playing poker professionally at Stanford, where his scholarship was not inclusive of room and board. Simply stated, it was won or don't eat.The necessity of navigating the countless minefields of that industry, while...
Educational / Informative

Roast, Host, M.C.

For nearly three decades, this performer has appeared nationally and internationally on the stand-up comedy circuit, as both a comic and host. He has roasted celebrities and was a member of the now-defunct Friars Club Of Beverly Hills.His stand-up set earned him a standing ovation at the infamous Apollo Theater in New York. That performance subsequently led to several urban film and television castings as both a comedian and an actor.His most recent acting credit is for the lead role of...
Audience ActivityHumorous / Funny