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Gustavo Raul "Gus" Sorola III (born February 22, 1978) is an American actor and podcast host. He is best known for his work with Rooster Teeth.[1][2]

Gustavo Sorola
Sorola at RTX 2013
Born	Gustavo Raul Sorola III (1978-02-22) February 22, 1978 (age 44) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, podcast host
Years active	2003–present
Employer	Rooster Teeth
Notable work	Red vs. Blue Rooster Teeth Podcast
Spouse	Esther Sorola

Early life

Sorola was born in Austin, and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas, near the Mexico–United States border.[3] After choosing to drop out from Rice University, he started working at a tech support company, teleNetwork, where he met Rooster Teeth co-founders Burnie Burns and Geoff Ramsey.[4]

Career

Sorola is a founding member of Rooster Teeth Productions.[3][5] He is still currently employed at the company and appears in many of their productions. Since 2003, he has voiced the character of Richard Simmons in the machinima series Red vs. Blue.[6] He was also a voice actor in The Strangerhood from 2004 to 2006.[7] His live-action credits include Rooster Teeth Shorts, which started in 2009, and Immersion, which started in 2010. He also starred in three RT Docs: Unconventional, Why We're Here, and Common Ground.[8][9][10]

Sorola has also managed and hosted the Rooster Teeth Podcast[11] (formerly known as the Drunk Tank[12]) since 2008. On the podcast, Sorola shares many anecdotes about his life, including his childhood and early career. He was also part of several other podcasts such as The Patch,[13] Let Me Clarify,[14] and Heroes & Halfwits.[15] Since March 2020 he has co-hosted the award-winning podcast Black Box Down.[16][17] Sorola was nominated for Host of the Year at the 2022 Quill Podcast Awards for his work on Black Box Down.[18] In May 2022 he began co-hosting the ANMA podcast.[19] ^{[better source needed]}

Personal life

Married to Esther Sorola, they live in Austin, Texas with their dog, Oswald. Their previous dog, Benjamin, died on May 3, 2021.[20] He is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church and has performed several marriages for his friends and colleagues. A pragmatic, straightforward person, Sorola describes himself as asocial^{[citation needed]} and tries to avoid interactions with others.

A self-proclaimed fan of Bungie "since Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete", Sorola was instrumental in making Rooster Teeth fans of Halo, the series in which Red vs. Blue is made, as when he, Burns, Ramsey and Matt Hullum visited E3 2001, Sorola made them visit the Bungie booth, featuring a Halo: Combat Evolved demo.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Lazer Team	Scientist
2017	Lazer Team 2	Scientist

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	@midnight	Himself	Contestant
2017	Bill Nye Saves the World	Himself	Episode: "Cheat Codes for Reality"

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003–present	Red vs. Blue	Simmons, Gene (voices)[22]	also producer
2004–2006, 2015	The Strangerhood	Mister Mystery (voice)	Credited as Gustavo Sorola
2008–present	Rooster Teeth Podcast	Himself (host)
2009–present	Rooster Teeth Shorts	Himself
2010–2015	Immersion	Himself
2012–2013	The Gauntlet	Himself
2014	X-Ray and Vav	X-Ray's Mom (voice)
2014	Ten Little Roosters	Gus
2016	Crunch Time	Bartender	Episode: "The Beginning"
2017	The Eleven Little Roosters	So'Rolla
2020	RWBY	Fiona's Uncle

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2007	Halo 3	Additional Voices
2016	Marvel Avengers Academy	Hawkeye

References

External links

• Gus Sorola at IMDb
• Gus Sorola on Twitter

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