Film and television Roumie started in the entertainment industry as production assistant and was the location scout for
Spider-Man,
National Treasure and
I Am Legend. He also created music, and his first original song, "Outta Time", was released in Europe for the album
Unbreakable, which he co-produced. He began seeking acting work and made his first appearance as a voice actor for the MTV series
Celebrity Deathmatch. He eventually began landing minor roles on television series, including
The Good Wife,
As the World Turns, and
Castle, and moved to
Los Angeles to pursue a full-time acting career. Roumie met Dallas Jenkins, creator of
The Chosen, in 2014 when Jenkins was the media director for a large church in Illinois and cast Roumie for the role of Jesus in a short film about the
Two Thieves. He played the character of Christ for the first time in a touring multi-media project about the life of
St. Faustina called Faustina: Messenger of Divine Mercy and subsequently in 'Once we were Slaves/The Two Thieves'. Roumie is also the co-producer, co-director and lead actor of
The Last Days: The Passion and Death of Jesus, a
live performance about the passion of Christ. After eight years in Los Angeles, Roumie was struggling to sustain his acting career and relied on government assistance payments, which eventually ran out. He woke up one morning completely broke. He recalls that during the crisis, "I didn't see any way out. So I literally said: 'God, you take this from me. It's in your hands now. I'm not going to worry about it.' Then, three months later,
The Chosen comes along. I thought, OK, I just needed to submit." Roumie played Jesus in the
pilot episode for
The Chosen in 2017 and would become the star of the full series. Roumie has been featured in numerous publications, including
TV Guide, the
National Catholic Register, and
The Atlantic, and
The New Yorker. He has also been interviewed on network television for shows such as
The View,
Fox News,
EWTN, A documentary
miniseries titled
Jonathan and Jesus depicted Roumie's personal story and the effect playing Jesus has had on his public image and personal life. He portrayed charismatic hippie evangelist
Lonnie Frisbee in the 2023 film
Jesus Revolution. In 2026, he appeared in the romantic comedy film
Solo Mio alongside actor
Kevin James.
Other appearances Roumie has done voiceover work for various video games since very early in his career, such as
Batman: Dark Tomorrow,
Fallout 4 and
Days Gone; his most notable role is as
Dollman in
Hideo Kojima's 2025 game
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. He also serves as a narrator for the Catholic prayer app
Hallow. Roumie appeared in the Super Bowl 2024 commercial for the app, causing a huge spike in downloads of Hallow. Roumie is also a public speaker. He was a keynote speaker at
March For Life. He also was one of the revival session speakers at the
10th National Eucharistic Congress 2024 with over 55,000 participants in attendance. At one time, Roumie was involved in an entertainment fellowship for Christian entertainment professionals. == Personal life ==