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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).

Known For: Acting
Born: San Francisco, California, USA, 1960-08-06
Died: null

Film

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
11993Julian40
21995Doctor Riley36
31995Pellman83
41995James55
51995Crazed Man in Massage Parlor84
61995Terry Wechsler47
71995Used Car Salesman48
81996Techy / Med Asst #169
91996Test Tube59
101996Wheelchair Guy55
111996Michael Perkett, NASA50
121996FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter56
131997Detective Barnaby60
141997Purvis62
151998Lieutenant DeWindt82
161998Charles Moore63
171999Det. Andrew Hollinsworth62
181999Richard Thompson68
192001Major Jackson69
202002Travis Adler50
212003Lamb69
222003Wesley Owen Welch53
232003Lionel Dolby63
242004Edmund Cutler56
252004Sol Binder45
262006Bernie Teitel58
272008Sam Gilroy74
282009Murphy57
292010Bert Kamin0
302012Sam Gilroy64
312013Mark47
322014Ansel67
332014Spencer Peterson66
342014Sam Gilroy63
352014Larry Jones60
362016TV Preacher63
372018Judge74
382019Detective McCallister66
392022Mr. Nevins61

Television

No.YearTitleRoleVote Average
11982Mark76
21985Waiter75
31987Mark77
41987Director77
51991Assistant Director75
61992Professor Gittleson67
71993Gai79
81993Lovok79
91993Jason Ludwig84
101993Zeppo70
111994Lucien Dubenko78
121995Dejaren78
131995Dr. Arthur Zeller77
141995Phil72
151995Myron Elkins78
161996Leon69
171997ER Intern97
181999Kevin James Walker79
191999Harris Vernon79
202000Wendall Rickle100
212000Morris Pearson76
222001Loomis76
232001Dan Wyler76
242004Sol Binder0
252009Professor Gareth Carlyle75
262012Dr. Linus66
272012Mike Strauss69
282012Sanders Black71
292012John Sanborn64
302013Father Romero75
312016Robert Kirsch72
322019Peter Sullivan65
332022Richard Stratton68