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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 6, 1960
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Leland Jones Orser
- Lee Orser
Leland Orser
1.2 Popularity
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
6.1
Mr. Nevins
Amsterdam
2022
6.7
Richard Stratton
American Gigolo
2022
4.8
Rescue Team Leader
Corporate Animals
2019
6.6
Detective McCallister
The Art of Self-Defense
2019
6.5
Peter Sullivan
I Am the Night
2019
7.3
Judge
Blindspotting
2018
6.3
TV Preacher
The Devil's Candy
2016
7.2
Robert Kirsch
Berlin Station
2016
6.0
Larry Jones
The Gambler
2014
6.3
Sam Gilroy
Taken 3
2014
Credits
Amsterdam
as Mr. Nevins
2022
6.1
American Gigolo
as Richard Stratton
2022
6.7
Corporate Animals
as Rescue Team Leader
2019
4.8
The Art of Self-Defense
as Detective McCallister
2019
6.6
I Am the Night
as Peter Sullivan
2019
6.5
Blindspotting
as Judge
2018
7.3
The Devil's Candy
as TV Preacher
2016
6.3
Berlin Station
as Robert Kirsch
2016
7.2
The Gambler
as Larry Jones
2014
6.0
Taken 3
as Sam Gilroy
2014
6.3
The Guest
as Spencer Peterson
2014
6.6
Faults
as Ansel
2014
6.7
Morning
as Mark
2013
4.3
Ray Donovan
as Father Romero
2013
7.5
Taken 2
as Sam Gilroy
2012
6.4
Revolution
as John Sanborn
2012
6.4
Scandal
as Sanders Black
2012
7.2
Magic City
as Mike Strauss
2012
6.9
Touch
as Dr. Linus
2012
6.6
Pleading Guilty
as Bert Kamin
2010
0.0
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Professor Gareth Carlyle
2009
7.5
Give 'em Hell, Malone
as Murphy
2009
5.6
Taken
as Sam Gilroy
2008
7.4
The Good German
as Bernie Teitel
2006
5.8
Shark
as Brent Gilroy
2006
6.7
Homeland Security
as Sol Binder
2004
3.8
Homeland Security
as Sol Binder
2004
0.0
Twisted
as Edmund Cutler
2004
5.6
Confidence
as Lionel Dolby
2003
6.3
Daredevil
as Wesley Owen Welch
2003
5.3
Runaway Jury
as Lamb
2003
6.9
Brother's Keeper
as Travis Adler
2002
2.8
24
as Martin Collier
2001
7.8
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Dan Wyler
2001
7.6
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Loomis
2001
7.6
Pearl Harbor
as Major Jackson
2001
6.9
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Morris Pearson
2000
7.6
Wonderland
as Wendall Rickle
2000
10.0
The Bone Collector
as Richard Thompson
1999
6.8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Kevin James Walker
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Harris Vernon
1999
7.9
Resurrection
as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
1999
6.1
Very Bad Things
as Charles Moore
1998
6.3
Saving Private Ryan
as Lieutenant DeWindt
1998
8.2
Alien Resurrection
as Purvis
1997
6.2
Brooklyn South
as ER Intern
1997
9.7
Excess Baggage
as Detective Barnaby
1997
6.1
To Love, Honor and Deceive
as FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
1996
5.8
Lifeform
as Michael Perkett, NASA
1996
5.3
The Pretender
as Argyle
1996
7.4
Back to Back
as Wheelchair Guy
1996
5.4
Escape from L.A.
as Test Tube
1996
5.9
Independence Day
as Techy / Med Asst #1
1996
6.9
Boston Common
as Leon
1996
6.9
Girl in the Cadillac
as Used Car Salesman
1995
4.2
Piranha
as Terry Wechsler
1995
4.7
Se7en
as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
1995
8.4
Murder One
as Myron Elkins
1995
7.8
Ned & Stacey
as Phil
1995
7.2
Red Ribbon Blues
as James
1995
3.3
Dead Badge
as Pellman
1995
6.8
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Arthur Zeller
1995
7.7
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dejaren
1995
7.8
Phoenix
as Doctor Riley
1995
3.6
ER
as Lucien Dubenko
1994
7.8
NYPD Blue
as Zeppo
1993
7.0
Cover Story
as Julian
1993
3.3
The X-Files
as Jason Ludwig
1993
8.4
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Gai
1993
7.9
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Lovok
1993
7.9
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
as Clerk
1993
7.6
Mad About You
as Professor Gittleson
1992
6.7
Eerie, Indiana
as Assistant Director
1991
7.5
Married... with Children
as Mark
1987
7.7
Married... with Children
as Director
1987
7.7
The Golden Girls
as Waiter
1985
7.6
Cheers
as Mark
1982
7.6