John Roselius is a well-known American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film and television actor. He is married and has one daughter named Gena Roselius, named after Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands

Gena Rowlands is an American actress of film, stage and television. The four-time Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner is best known for her collaborations with her actor-director husband John Cassavetes in ten films, in two of which, Gloria and A Woman Under the Influence, she gave Academy...

, the wife of famous independent film director John Cassavetes

John Cassavetes

John Nicholas Cassavetes was an American actor, screenwriter and filmmaker. He acted in many Hollywood films, notably Rosemary's Baby and The Dirty Dozen...

 his friend and mentor for many years. He appeared in numerous films, guest starred on many TV shows, and was the principal actor in over 200 television commercials, many of them regarded the most popular in television history (ex: This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs..) He is also very well known in the boxing community, and was related to the decaf coffee inventor Ludwig Roselius

Ludwig Roselius

Ludwig Roselius was a German coffee merchant and founder of the company KAFFEE HAG. He was born in Bremen and is credited with the development of commercial decaffeination of coffee...

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! Notable Show/Movie
! Role
! Year
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| JAG

JAG (TV series)

JAG is an American adventure/legal drama television show that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television and, for the first season only, NBC Productions...

| Admiral Drake
| 1995–2002
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| Con Air

Con Air

Con Air is an Academy Award–nominated 1997 American action-thriller film directed by Simon West and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich...

| Skip Devers
| 1997
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| Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess is a 1994 film starring Shirley MacLaine and Nicolas Cage, directed by Hugh Wilson.MacLaine plays the part of a fictional former First Lady protected by an entourage of Secret Service bodyguards led by a reluctant Doug Chesnic ....

| Tom Bahlor
| 1994
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| The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Deep End of the Ocean is a best-selling novel by Jacquelyn Mitchard, released in 1996. It is about an American middle class, suburban family that is torn apart when the youngest son is kidnapped and raised by a mentally ill woman, until he appears at the frontdoor step of his real mother and...

| Chief Bastokovich
| 1999
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| Blast from the Past

Blast From the Past (film)

Blast from the Past is a 1999 romantic comedy film based on a story and directed by Hugh Wilson and starring Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, and Dave Foley.-Plot:...

| Atkinson
| 1999
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| The Truman Show

The Truman Show

The Truman Show is a 1998 American satirical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. The cast includes Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, as well as Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, Ed Harris and Natascha McElhone...

| The Dad on Beach
| 1998
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| Lost Highway
| Detective Al
| 1997
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| High Incident

High Incident

High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian and Dave Alan Johnson...

| Stan Wilitz
| 1996–1997
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| Space Jam

Space Jam

Aside from Jordan, a number of NBA players and coaches appeared in the film. Larry Bird portrays a friend of Jordan who joins him for a game of golf. When the Monstars steal the NBA players' talent, they invade a game between the Phoenix Suns and the New York Knicks, causing the Knicks' Patrick...

| Baron's Manager
| 1996
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| Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress

Devil in a Blue Dress is a 1990 hardboiled mystery novel by Walter Mosley.The text centers on the main character, Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, and his transformation from a day laborer into a detective. The story begins with Easy out-of-work and unable to pay his mortgage...

| Detective Mason
| 1995
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| State of Grace

State of Grace

State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.-Plot:...

| Borelli's Man
| 1990
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| Let It Ride

Let It Ride (film)

Let It Ride is a 1989 comedy film. It stars Richard Dreyfuss as a normally unsuccessful habitual gambler who experiences a day in which he wins every bet he places...

| Reardon
| 1989
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| Love Streams

Love Streams

Love Streams is an 1984 American film directed by John Cassavetes that tells the story of a middle-aged brother and sister who find themselves caring for one another after the other loves in their lives abandon them. The visual style of the film is decidedly different from Cassavetes' other works,...

| Ken
| 1984
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