Leland Orser
| Leland Orser | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leland Jones Orser 1960/1961 (age 55–56)[1] San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1991 – present |
| Spouse(s) |
Roma Downey (1987–1989; divorced) Jeanne Tripplehorn (2000–present; 1 son) |
Leland Jones Orser is an American film and television actor. Orser is primarily a character actor, whose career has included playing a number of deranged, psychotic, and degenerate characters. Orser has appeared in small roles in a wide variety of films and television series, including Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on the television series ER.
Career
Orser made his television debut in 1991 on the series Gabriel's Fire. His next roles were small roles on The Golden Girls, Cheers, L.A. Law, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 1999, he played the (rather demanding) main role of Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent", a role seemingly tailored by writer Eric Saltzgaber for Orser's particular talents. He appeared in Seven (1995) as the man who was involuntarily recruited as the punisher for the lust sin. He was credited as "Crazed Man in Massage Parlour". He played Larry Purvis in Alien: Resurrection (1997). He played the antagonist Richard Thompson in the Denzel Washington thriller The Bone Collector (1999). In 2001, he had a small role in Pearl Harbor as an injured man saved by Kate Beckinsale's character. In 2003, he appeared as the lackey Wesley in the comic-turned-film Daredevil. He appeared in Saving Private Ryan as the traumatized pilot of a crashed glider.
Orser also appeared in various parts in the Star Trek franchise, among them playing a Changeling posing as the Romulan Colonel Lovok in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Die is Cast" and in the episode "Sanctuary" playing a bit part as a member of the Skrreean race. He also played a homicidal hologram in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Revulsion". And finally in the franchise's most recent series Star Trek: Enterprise, he played a low-life in the time-travel episode "Carpenter Street".[2] He played Ansel in the drama thriller film Faults.[3] From 2004-09, he played Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko, a recurring character, on ER. Most recently he has appeared in all three of the Taken film series as "Sam".
Personal life
Orser was born in San Francisco, California. He married Irish actress Roma Downey in 1987; they divorced in 1989. In 2000, he married Jeanne Tripplehorn; they have one son, August Tripplehorn Orser (b. 2002).[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Golden Girls | Waiter | Episode "The Case of the Libertine Belle" |
| 1993 | Cover Story | Julian | |
| 1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Gai | Episode "Sanctuary" |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Jason Ludwig | Episode "FireWalker" |
| 1995 | Ned & Stacey | Phil | |
| 1995 | Baby Face Nelson | Benny Bakst | |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Pellman | |
| 1995 | Phoenix | Doctor Riley | |
| 1995 | Girl in the Cadillac | Used car salesman | |
| 1995 | Seven | Crazed Man in Massage Parlour | |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Colonel Lovok/Changeling | Episode "The Die is Cast" |
| 1996 | Invader | Michael Perkett, NASA | |
| 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Test Tube | |
| 1996 | Independence Day | Tech / Medical Assistant #1 | |
| 1996 | Red Ribbon Blues | James | |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Detective Barnaby | |
| 1997 | Alien: Resurrection | Larry Purvis | |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Voyager | Dejaren | Episode "Revulsion" |
| 1998 | Very Bad Things | Charles Moore | |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Lieutenant DeWindt | |
| 1998-2000 | The Pretender | Argyle | 3 episodes: "Amnesia", "Unsinkable", "Cold Dick" |
| 1999 | Resurrection | Det. Andrew Hollinsworth | |
| 1999 | The Bone Collector | Richard Thompson | |
| 2000 | Rebel Yell | Billy Idol | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Major Jackson | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Wesley Owen Welch | |
| 2003 | Confidence | Lionel Dolby | |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Lamb | |
| 2003 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Loomis | Episode "Carpenter Street" |
| 2003 | Law & Order: SVU | Kevin Walker | Episode "Coerced" |
| 2004 | Twisted | Edmund Cutler | |
| 2004 - 2009 | ER | Dr. Lucien Dubenko | 61 episodes |
| 2006 | The Good German | Bernie | |
| 2008 | Taken | Sam | |
| 2009 | 24 | Martin Collier | |
| 2009 | Give 'Em Hell, Malone | Murphy | |
| 2010 | Morning | Mark | Also as director |
| 2012 | Taken 2 | Sam | |
| 2012 | "Magic City" Starzz series | Mike Strauss | |
| 2013 | Touch | Dr. Linus | |
| 2013 | Revolution | John Sanborn | |
| 2014 | The Guest | Spencer Peterson[4] | |
| 2014 | Faults | Ansel Roth[5] | |
| 2014 | The Gambler | Larry | |
| 2015 | Taken 3 | Sam | |
| 2015 | Ray Donovan | Father Romero | |
| 2016 | Berlin Station | Robert Kirsch |
References
- 1 2 Peter Hartlaub (April 24, 2010). "S. F. native Orser opens dark door as director". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
- ↑ "The Alien Resurrection of Leland Orser", littlereview.com; retrieved February 10, 2006.
- ↑ Faults (film), dreadcentral.com; accessed 7 November 2016.
- ↑ The Guest
- ↑ Leland Orser - Faults