Rodger Parsons

Rodger Parsons (also known as Ken Gates) is an American voice actor for the English-language dub of the Pokémon anime. He is a graduate of New York University and holds a BFA degree in Television, Motion Pictures, Radio.
He is affiliated with TAJ Productions and later DuArt, his major recurring role of the Pokemon series' narrator had been re-casted to Mike Pollock following the dub studio's relocation to 4Kids' personal studio for Series 6, Series 7, and Series 8; He then later returns to his role as the narrator from Season 9 to 25.
==Roles==
===Characters===
*Flint 
*Tōkichi
*Pop-Pop
*Mr. Saridakis
*Jamero
*King of Pokélantis
*Enta
*Miner ()
*Reporter 2 ()
*Butler ()
*Cowboy 1 ()
*Old man ()
*Announcer ()
*Mayor ()
*Officer Jenny's police squad ()
*J's Henchmen
*Narrator (—, —)
===Pokémon===
*Whiscash (Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate!)
*Red Lightning
===Video games===
*Announcer (Pokémon Battle Revolution)
*Narrator (Dissidia: Final Fantasy)
===Non-Pokémon series===
*Valkyrie Profile - Odin, Brahms
*WordGirl - Intsrstills Announcer
==Trivia==
* His first name was misspelled as "Roger" in the credits for Season 10 episodes.
* He, along with Rachael Lillis, were two of the few members in the English dub of the series to return after 4Kids lost the rights to dub the series to The Pokémon Company International in 2006.
** Though, he only returned in Season 9 as the narrator after a three and a half season/three year hiatus.
==Gallery==
Flint (Kanto).jpg|Flint
Tōkichi.jpg|Tōkichi
Nanny and PopPop.png|Pop-Pop (right)
Mr. Saridakis.png|Mr. Saridakis
Luna Scizor.png|Red Lightning
Enta.jpg|Enta
Old Man.png|Old man (Steamboat Willies)
Category:TPCi voice actors
Category:Narrators
Category:4Kids voice actors