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).

Most Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Kevin James Walker

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Harris Vernon

The X-Files

as Jason Ludwig

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Morris Pearson

24

as Martin Collier

Star Trek: Voyager

as Dejaren

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Professor Gareth Carlyle

Married... with Children

as Mark

Married... with Children

as Director

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Gai

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Lovok

ER

as Lucien Dubenko

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Loomis

Scandal

as Sanders Black

Cheers

as Mark

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Dan Wyler

Mad About You

as Professor Gittleson

Ray Donovan

as Father Romero

The Golden Girls

as Waiter

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

as Clerk