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Gustavo Sorola
Gustavo Sorola
	Sorola at RTX 2013
Born	Gustavo Raul Sorola III; February 22, 1978 (age 46); Austin, Texas, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, podcast host
Years active	2003–present
Employer	Rooster Teeth
Notable work	Red vs. Blue; Rooster Teeth Podcast;
Spouse	Esther Sorola

Gustavo Raul "Gus" Sorola III (born February 22, 1978) is an American actor and podcast host.^[1]^[2]

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 was a founding member of Rooster Teeth Productions,^[3]^[5] appearing in many of their productions. Sorola was employed by Rooster Teeth until their closure in May 2024. 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 had also managed and hosted the Rooster Teeth Podcast^[11] (formerly known as the Drunk Tank^[12]) from its inception in 2008 until his final episode as the regular host on June 5, 2023.^[13] On the podcast, Sorola shared many anecdotes about his life, including his childhood and early career. He was also part of several other podcasts such as The Patch,^[14] Let Me Clarify,^[15] and Heroes & Halfwits.^[16] Since March 2020 he has co-hosted the award-winning podcast Black Box Down.^[17]^[18] Sorola was nominated for Host of the Year at the 2022 Quill Podcast Awards for his work on Black Box Down.^[19] In May 2022 he began co-hosting the ANMA podcast.^[20] ^{[better source needed]}

Personal life

Sorola is married and lives in Austin, Texas with their dog, Oswald. 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
2024	Red vs. Blue: Restoration	Simmons	Voice; Direct-to-Video

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
2003–2020	Red vs. Blue	Simmons, Gene^[22]	Voice; also producer
2004–2006, 2015	The Strangerhood	Mister Mystery	Voice; credited as Gustavo Sorola
2008–2023	Rooster Teeth Podcast	Himself (host)
2009–2020	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
2023–present	Stinky Dragon Adventures	Catawumpus, Rusty, Scuz, additional voices	Voice

Video games

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

References

^ "Meet Rooster Teeth, the online video powerhouse". Stuff.co.nz. January 25, 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ Rorke, Adam (January 31, 2016). "Interview - Gus Sorola - RTX Australia". Player2.net.au. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Weiss, Geoff (2018-10-24). "Rooster Teeth Co-Founder Gus Sorola To Explore Immigration In New RT Doc Ahead Of U.S. Midterms". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Gross, Joe (July 6, 2004). "'Red Vs. Blue' = Green". Austin American-Statesman. Cox Texas Newspapers, L.P. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2006.
^ "Rooster Teeth Co-Founder Gus Sorola To Explore Immigration In New RT Doc Ahead Of U.S. Midterms". Tubefilter. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ Gaudiosi, John (February 3, 2016). "How Rooster Teeth Conquered Hollywood With 'Lazer Team' - Fortune". Fortune. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
^ "Meet the Makers of The Strangerhood". Wired. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
^ "'Unconventional' Trailer: Rooster Teeth Documentary Explores the Wild World of Fan Conventions". IndieWire. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Rosenthal, Abigail (2018-04-19). "Rooster Teeth Turns 15". Austin Monthly Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Whittaker, Richard (November 2, 2018). "Rooster Teeth Finds Some Common Ground". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Johnson, Eric (September 9, 2015). "Here It Is, the Worst Virtual Reality App Idea Ever". Re/code. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
^ "Gustavo Sorola - Discuss | MovieChat". moviechat.org. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "It's the end of an era!". @RoosterTeeth on X (formerly Twitter). 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
^ "The Patch". Podchaser. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ "Rooster Teeth Unveils Slate Of 12 Talk Shows And Podcasts For 2017 (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
^ Weiss, Geoff (2017-01-18). "Rooster Teeth Unveils Slate Of 12 Talk Shows And Podcasts For 2017 (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ "'Mind Love' Wins Top Honor In The 2022 Quill Podcast Awards". Insideradio.com. March 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Stanley, Grace (2022-07-07). "Rooster Teeth's Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais talk meeting fans, creator workloads, podcasting, and monetization backstage at this year's 'RTX' Convention". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
^ "2022 Nominees". www.quillpodcasting.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ "ANMA". Spotify. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
^ Red vs. Blue : The Interview
^ "Sixteen Years of Red vs. Blue: An Interview With Gus Sorola". Bleedingcool.com. December 14, 2018.

External links

Gus Sorola at IMDb
Gus Sorola on Twitter

[1] "Meet Rooster Teeth, the online video powerhouse". Stuff.co.nz. January 25, 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[2] Rorke, Adam (January 31, 2016). "Interview - Gus Sorola - RTX Australia". Player2.net.au. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[:0-3] Weiss, Geoff (2018-10-24). "Rooster Teeth Co-Founder Gus Sorola To Explore Immigration In New RT Doc Ahead Of U.S. Midterms". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[4] Gross, Joe (July 6, 2004). "'Red Vs. Blue' = Green". Austin American-Statesman. Cox Texas Newspapers, L.P. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved July 12, 2006.

[5] "Rooster Teeth Co-Founder Gus Sorola To Explore Immigration In New RT Doc Ahead Of U.S. Midterms". Tubefilter. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[6] Gaudiosi, John (February 3, 2016). "How Rooster Teeth Conquered Hollywood With 'Lazer Team' - Fortune". Fortune. Retrieved 11 April 2016.

[7] "Meet the Makers of The Strangerhood". Wired. Archived from the original on April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[8] "'Unconventional' Trailer: Rooster Teeth Documentary Explores the Wild World of Fan Conventions". IndieWire. 2017-06-23. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[9] Rosenthal, Abigail (2018-04-19). "Rooster Teeth Turns 15". Austin Monthly Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[10] Whittaker, Richard (November 2, 2018). "Rooster Teeth Finds Some Common Ground". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[11] Johnson, Eric (September 9, 2015). "Here It Is, the Worst Virtual Reality App Idea Ever". Re/code. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

[12] "Gustavo Sorola - Discuss | MovieChat". moviechat.org. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[13] "It's the end of an era!". @RoosterTeeth on X (formerly Twitter). 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-09-18.

[14] "The Patch". Podchaser. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[15] "Rooster Teeth Unveils Slate Of 12 Talk Shows And Podcasts For 2017 (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2022-07-30.

[16] Weiss, Geoff (2017-01-18). "Rooster Teeth Unveils Slate Of 12 Talk Shows And Podcasts For 2017 (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[17] "'Mind Love' Wins Top Honor In The 2022 Quill Podcast Awards". Insideradio.com. March 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[18] Stanley, Grace (2022-07-07). "Rooster Teeth's Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais talk meeting fans, creator workloads, podcasting, and monetization backstage at this year's 'RTX' Convention". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 2022-07-08.

[19] "2022 Nominees". www.quillpodcasting.com. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[20] "ANMA". Spotify. Retrieved 2022-05-25.

[21] Red vs. Blue : The Interview

[22] "Sixteen Years of Red vs. Blue: An Interview With Gus Sorola". Bleedingcool.com. December 14, 2018.

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PROFILPELAJAR.COM

Gus Sorola

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Video games

References

External links

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