Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 06, 1960
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
75 titles
Leland 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. 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
Filmography
Amsterdam
Mr. Nevins
American Gigolo
Richard Stratton
Corporate Animals
Rescue Team Leader
The Art of Self-Defense
Detective McCallister
I Am the Night
Peter Sullivan
Blindspotting
Judge
The Devil's Candy
TV Preacher
Berlin Station
Robert Kirsch
The Gambler
Larry Jones
Taken 3
Sam Gilroy
The Guest
Spencer Peterson
Faults
Ansel
Morning
Mark
Ray Donovan
Father Romero
Taken 2
Sam Gilroy
Revolution
John Sanborn
Scandal
Sanders Black
Magic City
Mike Strauss
Touch
Dr. Linus
Pleading Guilty
Bert Kamin
NCIS: Los Angeles
Professor Gareth Carlyle
Give 'em Hell, Malone
Murphy
Taken
Sam Gilroy
The Good German
Bernie Teitel
Shark
Brent Gilroy
Homeland Security
Sol Binder
Homeland Security
Sol Binder
Twisted
Edmund Cutler
Runaway Jury
Lamb
Confidence
Lionel Dolby
Daredevil
Wesley Owen Welch
Brother's Keeper
Travis Adler
24
Martin Collier
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Dan Wyler
Star Trek: Enterprise
Loomis
Pearl Harbor
Major Jackson
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Morris Pearson
Wonderland
Wendall Rickle
The Bone Collector
Richard Thompson
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kevin James Walker
Resurrection
Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
Very Bad Things
Charles Moore
Saving Private Ryan
Lieutenant DeWindt
Alien Resurrection
Purvis
Brooklyn South
ER Intern
Excess Baggage
Detective Barnaby
To Love, Honor and Deceive
FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
Lifeform
Michael Perkett, NASA
The Pretender
Argyle
Back to Back
Wheelchair Guy