Loren Lester filmography and biography
Date of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Loren Lester biography
Loren Lester, a native of Los Angeles, began his career as a teenager
and has accumulated more than 30 years of film, stage, and television
credits. In his early years he played the evil hall monitor "Fritz
Hansel" in the cult classic film Rock 'n' Roll High School and he
recurred for five seasons as "Roy" on The Facts of Life opposite Nancy
McKeon.
Since then Loren has appeared in more than 200 episodics including Curb
Your Enthusiasm, The Closer, Undercovers, Greek, Cold Case, Criminal
Minds, Castle, Two and a Half Men, Notes from the Underbelly (directed
by Barry Sonnenfeld), Side Order of Life (directed by David Paymer),
and Las Vegas (directed by Timothy Busfield.)
He is now recurring on the HBO hit comedy series Hung, directed by
Academy-award winner Alexander Payne, and the Nickelodeon series
Victorious.
Recent motion pictures include the 2010 releases The Green Hornet
(starring Seth Rogen, directed by Michel Gondry) Hit List (starring
Joey Lawrence) and After the Wizard, a new sequel to The Wizard of Oz.
Other films include Seventeen Again (starring Zac Efron and Matthew
Perry), the Wes Craven suspense thriller Red Eye (starring Rachel
McAdams), and Midnight Clear (starring Stephen Baldwin.)
As a voice-over artist, Loren is best known for creating the roles of
"Robin" and "Nightwing" on Batman: The Animated Series and The
Adventures of Batman and Robin.
His voice has been heard in hundreds of TV and radio commercials. He has
also received rave reviews for his audiobook narration of Midnight
Clear, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, In-N-Out Burger, and The Upside of
Turbulence.
Loren is a graduate of Occidental College's theater department and has
starred in dozens of plays and musicals. Loren and his wife (and
frequent co-star), actress Kelly Lester, are the proud parents of three
daughters.
Loren Lester trivia
- Voice of Dick Grayson/Robin 1/Nightwing on Batman (aka
Batman: The Animated Series) and its spin-off series.
- Brother-in-law of Lucas Richman.
- Son-in-law of Peter Mark Richman and Helen Richman.