A rooster is a male chicken.

Rooster, roosters, or The Rooster(s) may also refer to:

Places

  • Rooster River, Connecticut, USA; a river
  • Rooster Comb, a ridge in Coe State Park, California, USA
  • Rooster Rock State Park, Oregon, USA
  • Rooster Bridge, Ljubljana, Slovenia; a footbridge

Food

  • Rooster potato, a red-skinned potato with floury yellow flesh
  • Rooster olives, a style of olives
  • Rooster bowl, a traditional Chinese pottery design
  • Rooster's Brewery, a small independent brewery in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

Entertainment

Fictional characters

  • Rooster Cogburn (character), from the novel True Grit and film adaptations
  • Rooster Bennett, from the Netflix show The Ranch
  • Daniel "Rooster" Hannigan, from the musical Annie and adaptations

Film

  • Rooster (film), a 1982 American television film
  • The Rooster (film), a 2023 Australian film directed by Mark Leonard Winter
  • Roosters (film), a 1993 American film

Music

Bands

  • Rooster (band), British indie rock band, from London, formed in 2003
  • The Roosters, Japanese rock band
  • The Roosters, or HaTarnegolim, Israeli music group
  • The Roosters, 1960s house band at the Cinnamon Cinder club
  • The Roosters, an American band headed by Jerry Butler, later changing their name to Jerry Butler & The Impressions
  • The Roosters, band of guitarist Eric Clapton before joining the Yardbirds

Albums and songs

  • Rooster (album), a 2005 album by the British band Rooster
  • "Rooster" (song), a song by Alice in Chains
  • "The Rooster", a song by Outkast from Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
  • "Rooster", a 2025 song by Mac DeMarco from Guitar

Television

  • Rooster (TV series), a 2026 comedy series on HBO starring Steve Carell
  • "Rooster", a 2005 episode of the animated series 12 oz. Mouse
  • Roosters (Millennium), 1998 series episode

Sports

  • Rooster 8.1, a special rig for the Laser sailboat
  • Rooster Sailing, a sailing wear company

Sports teams

Australian rules

  • North Adelaide Roosters, an Australian rules football team in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL)
  • Des Moines Roosters, an Australian Football team in Iowa, USA
  • North Ballarat Roosters, an Australian rules football team in the Victorian Football League

Baseball

  • Port City Roosters, a baseball team in North Carolina, USA
  • Richmond Roosters, a baseball team in Richmond, Indiana, USA
  • Rochester Roosters, a cross-state baseball team in Wisconsin-Minnesota, USA

Rugby league

  • Altona Roosters, a rugby league team in Victoria, Australia
  • Fremantle Roosters, a rugby league club in Fremantle, Australia
  • St Ives Roosters, a rugby league team in Cambridgeshire, UK
  • Nerang Roosters, a rugby league team in Queensland, Australia
  • Sabeto Roosters, a rugby league team in Fiji
  • Salford City Roosters, a British rugby league team in Manchester, England, UK
  • Saluzzo Roosters, an Italian rugby league team in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy
  • Sydney Roosters, an Australian rugby league team in the Australian National Rugby League (NRL)
  • Sydney Roosters Juniors
  • Te Atatu Roosters, a rugby league team in Te Atatu, New Zealand
  • Thirlmere-Tahmoor Roosters, a rugby league team in New South Wales, Australia

Other sports

  • Helsinki Roosters, A Finnish American football team in Helsinki, Finland
  • "Rooster", a nickname for, and the mascot of, the Brazilian football club Clube Atlético Mineiro
  • Bligh Roosters, a rugby union team in Fiji
  • Bremen Roosters, a basketball team in Bremen, Germany
  • Iserlohn Roosters, an ice hockey club in Iserlohn, Germany

Other uses

  • Rooster (application), a mobile reading service for iOS7
  • Rooster (zodiac), the Chinese zodiac symbol
  • Rooster Men, a VietCong nickname for soldiers in the 101st Airborne Division
  • Operation Rooster 53, Israeli military operation

See also

  • Rooster tail, a spray tail of water
  • El Gallo (disambiguation) (Spanish for "the rooster")
  • Red Rooster (disambiguation)
  • Rooster Flag (disambiguation)
  • Roster (disambiguation)