Leland Orser

Leland Orser
Born Leland Jones Orser
1960/1961 (age 57–58)[1]
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1991 – present
Spouse(s)
Roma Downey
(m. 1987; div. 1989)

Children 1

Leland Jones Orser (born 1960/1961) is an American actor. Orser is primarily a character actor, and 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 Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent". 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". 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 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 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 the franchise's more 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.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Other notes
1993 Cover Story Julian
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
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
1998 Very Bad Things Charles Moore
1998 Saving Private Ryan Lieutenant DeWindt
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
2004 Twisted Edmund Cutler
2006 The Good German Bernie
2008 Taken Sam
2009 Give 'Em Hell, Malone Murphy
2010 Morning Mark Also as director
2012 Taken 2 Sam
2014 The Guest Spencer Peterson[4]
2014 Faults Ansel Roth[5]
2014 The Gambler Larry
2015 Taken 3 Sam
2015 The Devil's Candy Preacher

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1991 The Golden Girls Waiter Episode: "The Case of the Libertine Belle"
1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Gai Episode: "Sanctuary"
1994 The X-Files Jason Ludwig Episode: "FireWalker"
1995 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Colonel Lovok/Changeling Episode: "The Die is Cast"
1995 Ned & Stacey Phil
1996 Married... with Children Director Episode: "Kiss of the Coffee Woman"
1997 NYPD Blue John Highsmith Episode: "Emission Impossible"
1997 Star Trek: Voyager Dejaren Episode: "Revulsion"
1998-2000 The Pretender Argyle 3 episodes: "Amnesia", "Unsinkable", "Cold Dick"
1999 The Outer Limits Dr. Arthur Zeller Episode: "Descent"
2002 CSI Vegas Morris Pearson Episode: "Stalker"
2003 Star Trek: Enterprise Loomis Episode: "Carpenter Street"
2003 Law & Order: SVU Kevin Walker Episode: "Coerced"
2004 - 2009 ER Dr. Lucien Dubenko 61 episodes
2005 CSI Vegas Dr. Malcom Pearson Episode: "Gum Drops"
2007 Shark Brent Gilroy Episode: "Porn Free"
2009 24 Martin Collier
2012 Magic City Mike Strauss
2012 A Gifted Man Charlie Reinhart Episode: "In Case of (Re)Birth"
2013 Touch Dr. Linus
2013 Revolution John Sanborn
2015 Ray Donovan Father Romero
2016 Berlin Station Robert Kirsch
2019 I Am the Night Peter Sullivan

References

  1. 1 2 Peter Hartlaub (April 24, 2010). "S. F. native Orser opens dark door as director". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Alien Resurrection of Leland Orser", littlereview.com; retrieved February 10, 2006.
  3. ↑ Faults (film), dreadcentral.com; accessed November 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ The Guest
  5. ↑ Leland Orser - Faults
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