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Leland Orser

Leland Orser

Actor·b. 1960·San Francisco, California, USA

11 horror credits

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).

Actor11 films

Corporate Animals

Corporate Animals

Rescue Team Leader

2019
The Devil's Candy

The Devil's Candy

TV Preacher

2016 3.5
The Guest

The Guest

Spencer Peterson

2014 3.1
Taken

Taken

Sam Gilroy

2008 1.3
The Bone Collector

The Bone Collector

Richard Thompson

1999
Resurrection

Resurrection

Det. Andrew Hollinsworth

1999
Alien Resurrection

Alien Resurrection

Purvis

1997 3.3
Escape from L.A.

Escape from L.A.

Test Tube

1996 3.5
Independence Day

Independence Day

Techy / Med Asst #1

1996 3.1
Piranha

Piranha

Terry Wechsler

1995 3.0
Se7en

Se7en

Crazed Man in Massage Parlor

1995 4.0