Leland Orser

Actor

Popular As Leland Jones Orser

Birthday August 6, 1960

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace San Francisco, California, U.S.

Age 64 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5′ 8″

#9241 Most Popular

1960

Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American actor, director, and writer.

Orser was born in San Francisco, California on August 6, 1960.

1982

He graduated from Connecticut College in 1982.

1987

He married Roma Downey in 1987; they divorced in 1989.

1991

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.

1995

He appeared in Seven (1995) as a man who was involuntarily recruited to kill a prostitute.

He was credited as "Crazed Man in Massage Parlour".

1997

He played Larry Purvis in Alien Resurrection (1997).

1999

In 1999, he played Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent".

He played the antagonist Richard Thompson in the Denzel Washington thriller The Bone Collector (1999).

2000

In 2000, he married Jeanne Tripplehorn; they have one son.

Orser trained at the Drama Studio London.

2001

In 2001, he had a role in Pearl Harbor as an injured officer saved by Kate Beckinsale's character.

2003

In 2003, he appeared as Wesley in the comic-turned-film Daredevil.

Orser also appeared in various roles 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".

In Star Trek: Enterprise, he played the character "Loomis" in the time-travel episode "Carpenter Street".

He played Ansel in the drama thriller film Faults.

2004

He has appeared in numerous film and television roles, notably as Lucien Dubenko in the television series ER (2004–2009) and Sam Gilroy in the Taken film series (2008–2014).

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".

2008

In 2008, Orser began filming Morning (film), his debut feature as director and writer.

2010

Released in 2010, the film starred Orser; his wife, Jeanne Tripplehorn; Laura Linney; and Elliott Gould.