Leland Orser
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).
75 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 75
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
24
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
The X-Files
1993
ER
1994
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Cheers
1982
Married... with Children
1987
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
Scandal
2012
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
NYPD Blue
1993
Mad About You
1992
Shark
2006
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993
Ray Donovan
2013
The Golden Girls
1985
The Outer Limits
1995
The Pretender
1996
Se7en
1995
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Murder One
1995
Touch
2012
Independence Day
1996
Brooklyn South
1997
Taken 3
2014
Taken
2008
Revolution
2012
Pearl Harbor
2001
Berlin Station
2016
Ned & Stacey
1995
Daredevil
2003
Eerie, Indiana
1991
Magic City
2012
Boston Common
1996
Taken 2
2012
Alien Resurrection
1997
American Gigolo
2022
The Guest
2014
Wonderland
2000
The Bone Collector
1999
The Gambler
2014
Escape from L.A.
1996
Amsterdam
2022
Twisted
2004
Runaway Jury
2003
I Am the Night
2019
The Devil's Candy
2016
Blindspotting
2018
Very Bad Things
1998
The Art of Self-Defense
2019
Piranha
1995
Resurrection
1999
The Good German
2006
Excess Baggage
1997
Confidence
2003
Faults
2014
Corporate Animals
2019
Back to Back
1996
Homeland Security
2004
Give 'em Hell, Malone
2009
Homeland Security
2004
Lifeform
1996
Safe Houses
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Phoenix
1995
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
Morning
2013
Red Ribbon Blues
1995
Brother's Keeper
2002
Pleading Guilty
2010
Dead Badge
1995
To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996
Cover Story
1993