Leland Orser
40 movies · 35 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 6, 1960 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Also known as
- Leland Jones Orser · Lee Orser
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.
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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).
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Known for
Leland Orser: movies and TV shows
Acting (75)
- Upcoming
- 2022 Amsterdam
as Mr. Nevins
- 2022
- 2019 Corporate Animals
as Rescue Team Leader
- 2019 The Art of Self-Defense
as Detective McCallister
- 2019
- 2018 Blindspotting
as Judge
- 2016 The Devil's Candy
as TV Preacher
- 2016
- 2014 The Gambler
as Larry Jones
- 2014 Taken 3
as Sam Gilroy
- 2014 The Guest
as Spencer Peterson
- 2014 Faults
as Ansel
- 2013 Morning
as Mark
- 2013
- 2012 Taken 2
as Sam Gilroy
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2012
- 2010 Pleading Guilty
as Bert Kamin
- 2009
- 2009 Give 'em Hell, Malone
as Murphy
- 2008 Taken
as Sam Gilroy
- 2006 The Good German
as Bernie Teitel
- 2006
- 2004 Homeland Security
as Sol Binder
- 2004
- 2004 Twisted
as Edmund Cutler
- 2003 Runaway Jury
as Lamb
- 2003 Confidence
as Lionel Dolby
- 2003 Daredevil
as Wesley
- 2002 Brother's Keeper
as Travis Adler
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Pearl Harbor
as Major Jackson
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 The Bone Collector
as Richard Thompson
- 1999
- 1999 Resurrection
as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
- 1998 Very Bad Things
as Charles Moore
- 1998 Saving Private Ryan
as Lieutenant DeWindt
- 1997 Alien Resurrection
as Purvis
- 1997
- 1997 Excess Baggage
as Detective Barnaby
- 1996 To Love, Honor and Deceive
as FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
- 1996 Lifeform
as Michael Perkett, NASA
- 1996
- 1996 Back to Back
as Wheelchair Guy
- 1996 Escape from L.A.
as Test Tube
- 1996 Independence Day
as Techy / Med Asst #1
- 1996
- 1995 Girl in the Cadillac
as Used Car Salesman
- 1995 Piranha
as Terry Wechsler
- 1995 Se7en
as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995 Red Ribbon Blues
as James
- 1995 Dead Badge
as Pellman
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995 Phoenix
as Doctor Riley
- 1994
- 1993 Cover Story
as Julian
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993
- 1992
- 1991
- 1987
- 1985
- 1982
Behind the camera (1)
- 2013 Morning
Director, Writer