LOREN LESTER, a native of Los Angeles, currently resides in New York City. He began his career as a teenager and has amassed over 45 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 5 seasons as “Roy” on The Facts of Life opposite Nancy McKeon.
Since then, he has appeared in over 200 TV shows including The Orville, I’m Dying Up Here, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scorpion, Parenthood, Bones, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and many others.
He recurred on all three seasons of the HBO hit comedy series Hung.
One of his favorite roles was in the season finale of Final Witness, an ABC docudrama anthology series in which he played real-life killer “Hans Reiser.”
One of Loren’s dearest film memories is working with the late, great director Wes Craven in the suspense thriller Red Eye.
A highly successful voice-over artist, Loren has been called the quintessential “Dick Grayson” (both as “Robin” and “Nightwing”) starring on Batman: The Animated Series and The Adventures of Batman and Robin. Loren is the first actor to ever voice “Nightwing” and he returned to the role in the feature Batman and Harley Quinn, Other iconic animation roles include “Barbecue” on G.I. Joe, and he is the first actor to every voice the character “The Iron Fist” in the Marvel Universe.
Loren is a graduate of Occidental College’s theatre department and has starred in dozens of plays and musicals, including the National Tour of the Tony award-winner, The Band’s Visit. Loren and his wife actress Kelly Lester, are the proud parents of three actress-daughters: Jenny, Lily and Julia Lester.
