Obituary

Snellville, Ga. - Michael J. Roof, Jr., 32, of Snellville, Ga., formerly of Dunnellon, Fl. passed away Tues. June 9, 2009. Michael was born November 24, 1976 at MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, Fl., and was by profession a actor and entertainer. Survivors include his wife Megan Bowen Roof, sons Chase Roof, Jackson Roof, and Sean Roof, father Michael J. Roof, Sr., step-mother Debbie Roof, mother Jean Tillet, brothers Derek Roof, and Donny Roof, sisters Kim Bramall and Megan Roof, numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, and extended family. Funeral services will be Sat. 10:00 A.M. in the Roberts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Bailey officiating. Interment will follow in Dunnellon Memorial Gardens. The family will receive Friends Friday (Today) 6-8:00 P.M. at the Roberts Funeral Home, 19939 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Dunnellon, FL.
ichael "Chicken" Roof (c. 1977/78 - June 9, 2009) was an American television and film actor.

Roof was born in Tampa, Florida. In 2000, he had a central part in the Warner Brother's Network sketch comedy TV series, Hype, before it was canceled after its first season. After Hype, Roof moved to Hollywood, California to pursue a film career.

He landed a number of film roles in big-budget Hollywood productions. Some of these include the role of Private Mike Maddox of the US Rangers in Black Hawk Down (based on a true story and a real character), the fictional and comedic character of Dil Driscoll in The Dukes of Hazzard, and as fictional National Security Agency Agent Toby Lee Shavers in xXx and its sequel xXx: State of the Union.

Roof's role as NSA Agent Shavers in xXx and xXx: State of the Union are perhaps Roof's most recognized to date.

In 2006, Roof was a central part of the Spike Channel reality TV show, Raising the Roofs, which followed the misadventures of his self- described Florida "cracker" dad, Michael, Sr., and his uncle, joined Roof at his home in Hollywood.