He appeared in court in Opotoki in the eastern Bay of Plenty. No plea was entered, according to Fairfax.
He will appear again in February.
Members of his family and a group of friends turned up to support him, Fairfax reported.
Neither Rolleston or his lawyer would comment outside court.
The 19-year-old was seriously injured in an Opotoki car crash on July 26.
The car he was travelling in hit a bridge, and "half the bridge" ended up in the car according to a volunteer firefighter who attended.
Rolleston was taken to Waikato Hospital's Intensive Care Unit where he remained for nearly a month.
His friend, Kaleb Maxwell, was also seriously injured in the crash.
Rolleston, who also starred alongside Cliff Curtis in the movie The Dark Horse, faces a long road to recovery.
He has started physiotherapy, swimming and speech therapy at Auckland's ABI Rehabilitation Centre.
