Brandon Rogers

Brandon George Rogers is an American YouTuber, comedian, actor, writer, director, and editor who posts satirical and often offensive sketches featuring various outlandish characters played by himself.
He voices Katie Killjoy in the Hazbin Hotel series,Broadway Superstars Check Into 'Hazbin Hotel' to Complete the Ensemble Cast [Exclusive] COLLIDER article and is a co-writer of Helluva Boss who voices Blitzo and Loopty Goopty, as well as some minor characters.
==Career==
Brandon was born in Hayward, California but has since moved to L.A.
In 2006, after graduating from Livermore High School, he sought auditions for theatre and films but was unsuccessful. Because of this he started a YouTube channel which was originally called "hotbananastud".
On his channel (now named after himself), he posts numerous comedic sketches where he plays over-the-top and stereotypical characters. He dresses up as them and goes out in public, resulting in shenanigans that get him kicked out of various establishments. With these characters, he also often makes full-length series.
Some of his popular characters include:
* Blah Blah the Clown, a hot-tempered clown who was accused of murder in Blood & Makeup.
* Blame, a stereotypical "thug" who was tasked with saving the world from an apocalypse in Blame the Hero.
* Bryce Tankthrust, a sadistic company CEO who stars in BRYCE.
* Cathy, a dysfunctional mother of anywhere between 10 and 28 children.
* Grandpa, a horny old man with Alzheimer's.
* Mr. Rimmer, a violent theater teacher who debuted in 2009's Theater Class, and more recently stars in 2024's Class Acts.
* Sam, an upbeat and ditzy guy who get into shenanigan's in Stuff & Sam.
All of his characters live in the same universe and often reference each other in different videos.
In 2015, he accidentally started the "Try me, bitch!" meme, which was taken from a clip from Grandpa Hates Valentimes and posted on Vine. He was, however, uncredited for this.
==Roles==
===Hazbin Hotel===
Katie Killjoy (Main Series).jpeg|Katie Killjoy(main series)
===Helluva Boss===
Blitzo.png|Blitzo
Doctor (Helluva Boss pilot).png|Doctor(Helluva Boss pilot)
Loopty Goopty.png|Loopty Goopty("C.H.E.R.U.B")
Human16.png|Tour Guide("C.H.E.R.U.B" and "Seeing Stars")
IMG 0785.jpeg|Imp maid("Exes and Oohs")
Blitzotrickortreater.png|Human Trick-or-Treater("Apology Tour")
Grandpa (Cameo Easter Egg).jpeg|Grandpa("Apology Tour")
Penguin.png|Penguin("Mission: Antarctica")
EmberlynnDad.png|Emberlynn's Dad("Mission: Weeaboo-boo")
==Trivia==
*In 2018, he came out as gay in the Drinkin' Bros Podcast.Episode 271 - Too Buzzed To Air #5 - The One Where Georgie Left (49:20)Brandon Rogers Bares All article
*Rogers is also known for his Mad Tea Party video on his channel. Coincidentally, a fan of Hazbin Hotel made an animatic with selective bits from said audio and Vivienne herself commented on it; which may have been an influence for Rogers' involvement in the project, as well as the fact that both of them are friends.Mad Tea Party - Hazbin Hotel animatic
**Incidentally, initial tests for storyboard work on the pilot involved developing boards using excerpts from Rogers' work amongst other material.
*Rogers is the only Helluva Boss actor to not have a scratch track actor as he records his scratch tracks on his phone.
**However, an early animatic for the episode "The Harvest Moon Festival" has actor Kestin Howard scratch track voicing Blitzo, assuming Brandon re-recorded the scratch track for either the purpose of the streams or/for when revisions of the animatic took place.Tweet by @Atherist about board the #Stolitz scene in ep 5 of #HelluvaBoss
*His favorite color is teal.
*According to Vivziepop, she inquired Rogers due to not only being a fan of his work but because his MCN wanted to inquire her to join them. Instead, she sent them the Helluva pitch and asked to acquire Rogers to only voice Blitzo. Immediately, Rogers agreed to sign to the project and co-wrote the script with her at a fast pace.VIVIENNE MEDRANO (HAZBIN HOTEL) | Double Toasted Interview
*Being a skilled digital painter and caricature artist, Rogers previously had a DeviantArtDeviantArt profile where he made a series of self-portraits. Rogers eventually contributed a poster design for the Helluva Streamily autograph events. This makes him one of the two Hellaverse voice alumni to contribute merchandise design for the franchise; the other being Mick Lauer.Streamily profile
**The crude drawn Blitzo design was later recycled as a permanent easter egg located in the I.M.P headquarters from the episode "Seeing Stars" onwards.
* His in-universe character is a Holly's Wood star by the name of Brennon Ragers, as shown in "Seeing Stars". Albeit, his character-counterpart died in his debut episode, after breaking Octavia's fall from the grimoire's portal.
*In 2023 Brandon Rogers was nominated and won a Streamy Award in the Scripted Series category for his series BRYCE.'BRYCE' is winning the #streamys for Scripted Series!
*Brandon's favorite snack is cheese and hot sauce.
*Brandon's favorite episode in Helluva Boss is "Ghostfuckers", explaining that he is biased because he "loves ghosts and loves fuckers, and he also loves John Waters".Brandon honored to write the Helluva Halloween ep: "Ghostfuckers" 👻
*Ironically, while his character Blitzo loves horses, Brandon himself hates horses.HAZBIN HOTEL and HELLUVA BOSS VIVIENNE MEDRANO INTERVIEW! Easter Eggs, Relationships, Updates! (58:33)
*Brandon never went to the Helluva Boss pilot premiere, which still pains him and he feels guilty about. He explained that he thought it was just another pilot or one-off thing that wasn't going anywhere and wasn't going to be as popular as it became, even despite Adam Neylan telling him it was goldmine in animation.HELLUVA BOSS INTERVIEW REVEALS NEW EPISODES & SEASON FINALE (BRANDON ROGERS, BLITZ) (9:12)
*Brandon explained that Vivziepop had watched his show Blame the Hero and liked that he wrote and acted in it, and was looking for someone for the lead role in a show and to help her write so she contacted him with three show options including Helluva Boss, and within a day he was Blitzo.Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss Cast | FULL PANEL | Alex Brightman and Brandon Rogers (25:46)
*Brandon explained that when recasting Katie Killjoy, Vivziepop asked him one day while they were hanging out if he would like to play her, which he excitedly agreed to as she was the one character he wanted to play.Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss Cast | FULL PANEL | Alex Brightman and Brandon Rogers (36:18)
==Videos==
Helluva Boss WINS!
Blitzø VS Grandpa
==External Links==
*Official YouTube
*Official Instagram
*Official Facebook
*Official TikTok
*Official DeviantArt
*IMDb page
*Behind the Voice Actors page
==References==
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