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Roar (film)

Roar (1981) is Noel Marshall's adventure film starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and 150+ untrained big cats; an 11-year, $17 million production with 70+ crew injuries that grossed about $110,000.

Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans

Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans, also called Roar, is a 2014 Hindi action-adventure film, Kamal Sadanah's directorial debut, produced by Abis Rizvi, about a commando team hunting a CGI-whitened tigress in the Sundarbans after it kills a photojournalist; over 800 VFX shots, negative reviews.

Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (명량: 회오리 바다를 향하여)

Roaring Currents: The Road of the Admiral (명량: 회오리 바다를 향하여) is a 2015 South Korean documentary by Kim Han-min and Jung Se-kyo, a prequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents, retracing Yi Sun-sin's 16-day naval-reconstruction route before the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang.

Roast (comedy)

Roast (comedy): a consensual insult-tribute format from the New York Friars Club, popularized by Dean Martin and Comedy Central roasts, now a Netflix live-event staple (Tom Brady, Kevin Hart), with RoastMe and roast battle variants.

Roast! (吐槽大会)

Roast! (吐槽大会) is a Chinese celebrity roast show on Tencent Video from Xiaoguo Culture, hosted by Zhang Shaogang with planner Li Dan, modeled on Comedy Central Roast, running five seasons from 2017 with declining Douban ratings.

Rob & Big

Rob & Big, American MTV reality comedy series (2006-2008, 32 episodes) starring skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, produced by Dickhouse, Dyrdek's first MTV series.

Rob & Chyna

Rob & Chyna was a 2016 E! reality series, a Keeping Up with the Kardashians spin-off following Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna's engagement and pregnancy; one season, canceled, later central to Chyna's 2022 lawsuit.

Rob Anderson

Rob Anderson (@heartthrobanderson) is a NYC comedian and NYT-bestselling author behind the viral Gay Science TikTok series and the '90s-media recap show Are You Afraid of the '90s?; distinct from the UK health researcher and the barrister Robert Anderson KC.

Rob Beckett

Rob Beckett (born 1986) is an English stand-up comedian and presenter from south London, host of Parenting Hell with Josh Widdicombe, Rob & Romesh Vs with Romesh Ranganathan, 8 Out of 10 Cats captain, and voice of Celebs Go Dating.

Rob Benedict

Rob Benedict (Robert Patrick Benedict, born 1970) is an American actor known for Felicity, Threshold, Head Case, Chuck Shurley/God on Supernatural, and The Boys; also front man of the band Louden Swain.

Rob Brown (actor)

Rob Brown (born 1984, Harlem, New York) is the American actor discovered for the lead in Finding Forrester (2000), later starring in Coach Carter, The Express, HBO's Treme as Delmond Lambreaux, and NBC's Blindspot as Edgar Reade, distinct from the several other actors named Rob or Robert Brown.

Rob Brydon

Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian and impressionist: Uncle Bryn in Gavin & Stacey, host of Would I Lie to You? since 2009, and Steve Coogan's co-star in The Trip.

Rob Cohen

Rob Cohen (born 1949, Cornwall, New York) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, distinct from other Robert Cohens in TV comedy. He produced The Wiz and The Witches of Eastwick, then directed The Fast and the Furious (2001), xXx, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Rob Corddry

Rob Corddry (born 1971, Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor and comedian, a Daily Show correspondent 2002–2006 and creator-star of the Emmy-winning Adult Swim parody Childrens Hospital, later in Hot Tub Time Machine, Ballers, and AMC's The Audacity.

Rob Delaney

Rob Delaney (born 1977) is an American comedian, actor, and writer, co-creator and co-star of Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan, known for Twitter fame, Peter W. in Deadpool 2, and the grief memoir A Heart That Works.

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an MTV reality comedy series (2009, 7 seasons, TV-PG) in which skateboarder Rob Dyrdek runs eccentric ventures from a 25,000-square-foot skateable Los Angeles warehouse with Big Black, Drama, Big Cat, Steelo Brim, and Chanel West Coast.

Rob Estes

Rob Estes (Robert Alan Estes), American actor born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia; known for Sgt. Chris Lorenzo in Silk Stalkings, Kyle McBride in Melrose Place, and Harry Wilson in 90210; also directed episodes of those series.

Rob Garrison

Rob Garrison (1960–2019), American actor from Wheeling, West Virginia, played Tommy in The Karate Kid films and Cobra Kai, known for the line "Get him a body bag, yeah!" Not the DA Jim Garrison or silent-era Robert Garrison.

Rob Huebel

Rob Huebel (Robert Anderson Huebel, born 1969, Columbia, South Carolina) is an American comic actor, Human Giant co-creator, Dr. Owen Maestro on Childrens Hospital and Medical Police, and Len Novak on Transparent, with two Emmy nominations.

Rob Kardashian

Rob Kardashian (Robert Arthur Kardashian Jr., born 1987) is an American television personality and businessman known for the reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Rob Knox

Rob Knox (Robert Arthur Knox, 1989–2008), British actor who played Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; stabbed to death in Sidcup, London, defending his brother; his family founded the Rob Knox Foundation and London Film Festival.

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe (Robert Hepler Lowe, born 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American actor: 1980s Brat Pack star of The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire, reinvented on TV in The West Wing, Parks and Recreation, and 9-1-1: Lone Star.

Rob Mallard

Rob Mallard (Robert Stephen Mallard, born 1992, Manchester) is an English actor who has played Daniel Osbourne, Ken Barlow's son, in Coronation Street since November 2016, winning the 2017 British Soap Award for Best Newcomer and advocating for essential tremor awareness.

Rob Mariano

Rob "Boston Rob" Mariano (born 1975) is an American reality TV personality who played Survivor five times, won Redemption Island 8-1-0, was All-Stars runner-up, and later appeared on The Amazing Race, Deal or No Deal Island, and The Traitors.

Rob Marshall

Rob Marshall is an American film director and choreographer whose career began in Broadway and expanded to Hollywood films like The Little Mermaid.

Rob McElhenney

Rob McElhenney, also known as Rob Mac, born 1977, is an American actor and producer who co-created It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Mythic Quest, and co-owns Wrexham AFC with Ryan Reynolds.

Rob Mills

Rob Mills (born 1982, Melbourne), nicknamed Millsy, is an Australian singer, actor, and TV host: fifth place on Australian Idol 2003, Fiyero in Wicked, Finn Kelly on Neighbours, author of Putting On A Show.

Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff (Robert Ralph Minkoff, born 1962, Palo Alto) is an American animator-director, CalArts graduate and Disney veteran who co-directed The Lion King (1994) with Roger Allers, then directed Stuart Little, The Haunted Mansion, The Forbidden Kingdom, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, and Paws of Fury.

Rob Morrow

Rob Morrow (born 1962, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor and director known as Dr. Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure (1990-95) and FBI agent Don Eppes on Numb3rs (2005-10), with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and the film Quiz Show.

Rob Paulsen

Rob Paulsen (Robert Fredrick Paulsen III, born 1956, Detroit) is an American voice actor and singer known for Raphael (1987) and Donatello (2012) in TMNT, Yakko Warner and Pinky in Animaniacs, Carl Wheezer, a 1999 Daytime Emmy, three Annie Awards, the memoir Voice Lessons, and the Talkin' Toons podcast.