Career
His breakthrough role came in 1998, when he was cast in the leading role (from a field of 6,000) in Rent the musical. Corser portrayed the role of 'Roger', a HIV-positive musician. The show was a box office hit over its Sydney and Melbourne seasons and launched Rodger into a successful career in television. His other theatre credits include Leader of the Pack and Below. In 2009 he took to the stage in the theatre production Secret Bridesmaids' Business.
He portrayed photographer Adam Logan in the Australian television series Last Man Standing and Dr Hugh Sullivan in Home and Away from 2006–2007. He played Detective Senior Constable George Newhouse in the final four episodes of Water Rats in 2001.
Corser played Peter Johnson in the Australian drama series McLeod's Daughters from 2001–2004. He played the lead role of Alex in the Australian movie "Let Me Not" in 2005. Corser has appeared in numerous television commercials, most notably for car maker Hyundai.
Corser narrated the first series of Network Ten's factual TV series Recruits, which shows the people in training to become police officers in the New South Wales Police Force and people who have only just started out on the beat. In 2010, Corser started work on Spirited, a new television series on the W channel on Foxtel.
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