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You might recognize his face from “Good Morning Texas”, which airs at 9 a.m. weekdays on WFAA, or his voice from Texas Lottery or Taco Bueno commercials, or some Englishlanguage versions of Japanese anime films. Or maybe you’ve just seen him hanging around the White Rock area with his daughters. As busy as his schedule keeps him, performer extraordinaire ROB MCCOLLUM was prepared to “move heaven and earth” for the opportunity to star in one of his favorite musicals, “The Drowsy Chaperone”, which runs through Saturday, Jan. 8 at Theatre Three.

Did you always plan to be an actor or performer?

No. I acted in junior high and high school, and definitely had the bug, but I never knew you could do it for a living. So I took business classes at Trinity University in San Antonio — leave it to me to take business at a liberal university, huh? What was I thinking? I got to Dallas and took a job in sales and marketing. It was during that time that a group hired me to help market their actor’s showcase, and I got to know a little bit more about agents, casting directors and that world. I got an agent, and started doing some part-time work. I really liked it so much that I became a licensed stockbroker, which eventually allowed me more time for acting pursuits. And eventually, I was able to make a living on acting.