Tristan Rogers (3 June 1946 – 15 August 2025) was an Australian actor. He was best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' The Rescuers Down Under.
While Rogers' Scorpio had been "killed with no body found" when he left the series in 1992, Rogers returned briefly in 1995 as Scorpio's spirit to comfort the character's daughter Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough), who is dealing with the death of her boyfriend to an AIDS-related illness and is herself HIV-positive.Matheson, Whitney. "Recalling some of TV's dearly departed." USAToday.com 31 August 2005. He returned again in January 2006 for six weeks, this time with Scorpio being very much alive. Rogers reappeared in April 2006 and left again that November.
From 5 August 2008 through 21 October 2008, Rogers reprised the role of Robert Scorpio on the second season of SOAPnet's , a primetime spin-off of General Hospital which stars Scorpio's daughter Robin.Logan, Michael. "Soaps News: Tristan Rogers Checks Back into GH." TVGuide.com 18 June 2008.Nordyke, Kimberly. "SoapNet renews Night Shift." The Hollywood Reporter. 27 May 2008. He was featured in 12 of the season's 14 episodes, and Soap Opera Digest named the appearance their "Best Return" of 2008. Rogers later reappeared on General Hospital for four episodes starting 22 December 2008 as Scorpio attends Robin's wedding.
Rogers returned to General Hospital as Robert Scorpio on 29 February 2012 after Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) called him back to Port Charles to tell him that their daughter Robin Scorpio-Drake had been killed in a lab accident. After seven episodes, he left again on 8 March 2012. Rogers expressed disappointment. He later returned to the series on 15 November 2012 but later departed on 18 December 2012 as his character was drugged into a coma. Rogers reprised the role on 4 October 2013 as part of his on-screen daughter's return. However, on 14 November 2013 it was announced that he would be departing the series to return to The Young and the Restless as Colin Atkinson. He made his last appearance on 30 January 2014.
Rogers returned to the series as Robert Scorpio on 17 December 2015 but he was also portraying Colin on Y&R at the same time. He later left the series on 2 February 2016, although he briefly returned from 26 August to 9 September in the same year.
Rogers returned to General Hospital in April 2018 for a story arc in which he aids Anna Devane who is trying to locate her long lost son Henrik Faison. Henrik is the unknown child that she bore in secret with Cesar Faison. After leaving the show on 1 June 2018, he later returned yet again from 27 July to 12 September in the same year for another story arc where Anna and Finn go missing. He exited the role when Robert left Port Charles on November 12, 2024. He made an unannounced two-day guest return, from 17 to 18 July 2025.
He voiced Jake the kangaroo mouse in The Rescuers Down Under, and also gave his voice to the 2015 video game, Mad Max.
From 1997 to 1998, Rogers played bar owner Harry in Fast Track, a series about stock car racing which was filmed in Canada. Since 2010, Rogers starred on the soap opera web series The Bay as Lex Martin. In 2019 he played Doc in the Amazon series, Studio City, a role that garnered him an Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama Series at the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
Rogers also did voice-over work representing restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse,Johns, Howard. "Trouble in Little Tuscany", PalmSpringsLife.com, March 2004. Foster's Lager, Reebok, Epson and others.
| 1972 | Four Dimensions of Greta | Hans Wiemer | Feature film |
| 1972 | The Flesh and Blood Show | Tony Weller | Feature film |
| 1973 | Sex Farm | Robert Waitman | |
| 1990 | The Rescuers Down Under | Jake | Voice A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. |
| 1992 | Soulmates | Richard Wayborn | |
| 1993 | Night Eyes 3 | Jim Stanton | Feature film |
| 2000 | A Piece of Eden | Victor Hardwick | Feature film |
| 2008 | Delgo | Nohrin Officer | Voice |
| 2008 | Jack Rio | Morton the Gallery Owner | Feature film |
| 2009 | Opportunity Knocks | Death | Short film |
| 2010 | Raven | Ancient Priest | |
| 2011 | The Los Angeles Ripper | Singing Class Member |
| 1970 | The Link Men | Detective Constable Ray Gamble | TV series |
| 1970–71 | Barrier Reef | TV series | |
| 1974 | Number 96 | Cain Carmichael | TV series |
| 1975 | The Box | Peter Kendall | TV series |
| 1976 | Power Without Glory | TV miniseries | |
| 1977 | Bellbird | TV series | |
| 1980–1992, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2012–2016, 2018–2025 | General Hospital | Robert Scorpio | TV series |
| 1984 | Cover Up | Eric Ducane | Episode: "Death in Vogue" |
| 1989 | Mancuso, F.B.I. | Dennis Grant | Episode: "Betrayal" |
| 1994 | Babylon 5 | Malcolm Biggs | Episode: "The War Prayer" |
| 1996 | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Hawkins | Voice, episode: "Ndovu's Last Journey" |
| 1997–98 | Fast Track | Harry | TV series |
| 1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Stig Snowden | Voice, episode: "Showdown" |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Simon Harper | Voice, episode: "Sentries of the Last Cosmos" |
| 2008 | Robert Scorpio | TV series | |
| 2010 | The Bay | Lex Martin | Web series |
| 2010–2012, 2014–2017, 2019, 2025 | The Young and the Restless | Colin Atkinson | TV series |
| 2019 | Studio City | Doc |
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