Name
Leland Orser
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1960-08-06 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his role as Sam Gilroy in the Taken film trilogy. Additional roles include Mr. Nevins in Amsterdam, Richard Stratton on the series American Giggolo, Peter Sullivan on I am the Night, Robert Kirsch on Berlin Station, Ansel Roth in the film Faults, Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on ER, Bernie Teitel in The Good German, Wesley Owen Welch in the film Daredevil, Richard Thompson in The Bone Collector, Major Jackson in Pearl Harbor, Lt. DeWindt in Saving Private Ryan, and Larry Purvis in Alien Resurrection.
He's appeared in other films including Runaway Jury, Escape from L.A., Independence Day, Piranha, and Se7en. He has guest starred on TV shows including Ray Donovan, Revolution, Scandal, NCIS: LA, 24, Magic City, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Star Trek: Enterprise, CSI, Law & Order: SVU, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, Married... with Children, Boston Common, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Mad About You, The X-Files, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Cheers, and The Golden Girls.
He.has been married to actress Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000; they have 1 child together. He was previously married to actress Roma Downey (m.1987;d.1989).
Known For
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As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, ...
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Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the wor...
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The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test...
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Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed ...
- 2006 The Good German as Bernie Teitel
- 1996 Independence Day as Techy / Med Asst #1
- 1998 Very Bad Things as Charles Moore
- 1996 Escape from L.A. as Test Tube
- 1999 Resurrection as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
- 1997 Alien Resurrection as Purvis
- 2008 Taken as Sam Gilroy
- 1999 The Bone Collector as Richard Thompson
- 1995 Phoenix as Doctor Riley
- 2009 Give 'em Hell, Malone as Murphy
- 1995 Piranha as Terry Wechsler
- 1996 To Love, Honor and Deceive as FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
- 1995 Girl in the Cadillac as Used Car Salesman
- 2012 Taken 2 as Sam Gilroy
- 2002 Brother's Keeper as Travis Adler
- 1996 Lifeform as Michael Perkett, NASA
- 2013 Morning as Mark
- 2014 Faults as Ansel
- 2003 Runaway Jury as Lamb
- 2014 The Guest as Spencer Peterson
- 2014 Taken 3 as Sam Gilroy
- 2003 Daredevil as Wesley Owen Welch
- 2004 Twisted as Edmund Cutler
- 2014 The Gambler as Larry Jones
- 2016 The Devil's Candy as TV Preacher
- 1995 Se7en as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
- 2010 Pleading Guilty as Bert Kamin
- 1997 Excess Baggage as Detective Barnaby
- 2001 Pearl Harbor as Major Jackson
- 2003 Confidence as Lionel Dolby
- 1996 Back to Back as Wheelchair Guy
- 1998 Saving Private Ryan as Lieutenant DeWindt
- 2018 Blindspotting as Judge
- 1995 Red Ribbon Blues as James
- 2019 The Art of Self-Defense as Detective McCallister
- 1995 Dead Badge as Pellman
- 1993 Cover Story as Julian
- 2004 Homeland Security as Sol Binder
- 2022 Amsterdam as Mr. Nevins
- 2019 Corporate Animals as Rescue Team Leader
- 1996 Boston Common ( 1 episode ) as Leon
- 2001 Star Trek: Enterprise ( 1 episode ) as Loomis
- 1995 Star Trek: Voyager ( 1 episode ) as Dejaren
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Kevin James Walker
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as Morris Pearson
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Jason Ludwig
- 2022 American Gigolo ( 8 episodes ) as Richard Stratton
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Arthur Zeller
- 2012 Revolution ( 3 episodes ) as John Sanborn
- 1992 Mad About You ( 1 episode ) as Professor Gittleson
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Dan Wyler
- 2004 Homeland Security ( 1 episode ) as Sol Binder
- 2016 Berlin Station ( 29 episodes ) as Robert Kirsch
- 2012 Magic City ( 1 episode ) as Mike Strauss
- 2013 Ray Donovan ( 3 episodes ) as Father Romero
- 1987 Married... with Children ( 1 episode ) as Mark
- 1987 Married... with Children ( 1 episode ) as Director
- 1991 Eerie, Indiana ( 1 episode ) as Assistant Director
- 2012 Scandal ( 1 episode ) as Sanders Black
- 1995 Murder One ( 1 episode ) as Myron Elkins
- 1993 NYPD Blue ( 1 episode ) as Zeppo
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Gai
- 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1 episode ) as Lovok
- 1994 ER ( 26 episodes ) as Lucien Dubenko
- 2012 Touch ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Linus
- 2019 I Am the Night ( 6 episodes ) as Peter Sullivan
- 2000 Wonderland ( 2 episodes ) as Wendall Rickle
- 1997 Brooklyn South ( 1 episode ) as ER Intern
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Waiter
- 1982 Cheers ( 1 episode ) as Mark
- 1995 Ned & Stacey ( 1 episode ) as Phil
- 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles ( 1 episode ) as Professor Gareth Carlyle
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Harris Vernon
- 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( 1 episode ) as Clerk
- 1996 The Pretender ( 3 episodes ) as Argyle
- 2001 24 ( 4 episodes ) as Martin Collier
- 2006 Shark ( 1 episode ) as Brent Gilroy
- Soon Safe Houses ( 1 episode ) as Sen. Douglas Patterson
