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Leland Orser

Acting

Born August 6, 1960 · San Francisco, California, USA

Also known as Leland Jones Orser · Lee 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).

Filmography50+ titles

Seven

1995as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor

The X-Files

1993as Jason Ludwig

Saving Private Ryan

1998as Lieutenant DeWindt

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Kevin James Walker

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993as Gai

24

2001as Martin Collier

Star Trek: Voyager

1995as Dejaren

ER

1994as Lucien Dubenko

The Outer Limits

1995as Dr. Arthur Zeller

Murder One

1995as Myron Elkins

Married... with Children

1987as Mark

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Dan Wyler

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Morris Pearson

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

1993as Clerk

Eerie, Indiana

1991as Assistant Director

The Golden Girls

1985as Waiter

Cheers

1982as Mark

Ray Donovan

2013as Father Romero

NCIS: Los Angeles

2009as Professor Gareth Carlyle

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001as Loomis

Taken

2008as Sam Gilroy

The Pretender

1996as Argyle

Blindspotting

2018as Judge

Berlin Station

2016as Robert Kirsch

Scandal

2012as Sanders Black

Ned and Stacey

1995as Phil

NYPD Blue

1993as Zeppo

Magic City

2012as Mike Strauss

Runaway Jury

2003as Lamb

Pearl Harbor

2001as Major Jackson

Independence Day

1996as Techy / Med Asst #1

American Gigolo

2022as Richard Stratton

The Bone Collector

1999as Richard Thompson

Faults

2014as Ansel

Shark

2006as Brent Gilroy

Mad About You

1992as Professor Gittleson

The Art of Self-Defense

2019as Detective McCallister

The Guest

2014as Spencer Peterson

Touch

2012as Dr. Linus

I Am the Night

2019as Peter Sullivan

Taken 2

2012as Sam Gilroy

Revolution

2012as John Sanborn

The Devil's Candy

2015as TV Preacher

Taken 3

2014as Sam Gilroy

Confidence

2003as Lionel Dolby

Very Bad Things

1998as Charles Moore

Alien: Resurrection

1997as Purvis

Amsterdam

2022as Mr. Nevins

Resurrection

1999as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth

Excess Baggage

1997as Detective Barnaby