Leland Orser
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| Born | Leland Jones Orser August 6, 1960 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Jeanne Tripplehorn (2000-present) 1 Child Roma Downey (1987-1989) (divorced) |
Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American film and television actor. Orser is a character actor, whose career has included playing a number of parts of deranged, psychotic, and degenerate characters. Orser has appeared in small roles in a wide variety of films and television shows, currently appearing as Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko, on the television show ER.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Orser made his television debut in 1991 on the show Gabriel's Fire. His next roles were bit parts and small roles on The Golden Girls, Cheers, L.A. Law, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Law and Order: SVU and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In 1999 he played the (rather demanding) main role of Dr. Arthur Zeller in the Outer Limits episode Descent, a part seemingly tailored by writer Eric Saltzgaber for Orser's particular talents.
He has had minor roles in many popular films. He appeared 1995's Se7en as the man who was involuntarily recruited as the punisher for the lust sin. He was credited as "Crazed Man in Massage Parlour". He played Larry Purvis in 1997's Alien: Resurrection, one of the experimental victims who was infected by an alien under the supervision of Dr. Wren. Purvis tries to escape with the rest of the crew but Wren stops him. In his final moments, when his alien is about to erupt, he pulls Wren's head over his chest so that when the alien emerges, it erupts through Wren's head and kills him too. He played the antagonist, Richard Thompson, in the 1999 Denzel Washington thriller, The Bone Collector. In 2004 he appeared in the comic-turned-film "Daredevil" He also appeared in Saving Private Ryan as the traumatized pilot of a crashed glider.
Orser appeared in various parts in the Star Trek franchise, among them playing a Changeling posing as the Romulan Colonel Lovok in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine two-parter episode " Improbable Cause" / "The Die is Cast", and a homicidal hologram in the Star Trek Voyager episode "Revulsion". Since 2004, he has played Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko, a recurring character on the television show ER.
[edit] Personal life
From 1987 to 1989, Orser was married to actress Roma Downey; he is currently married to the actress Jeanne Tripplehorn.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
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| 1993 | Cover Story | Julian | |
| 1995 | Baby Face Nelson | Benny Bakst | |
| Dead Badge | Pellman | ||
| Phoenix | Doctor Riley | ||
| Girl in the Cadillac | Used car salesman | ||
| Se7en | Crazed Man in Massage Parlour | ||
| 1996 | Invader | Michael Perkett, NASA | |
| Escape from L.A. | Test Tube | ||
| Independence Day | Tech / Medical Assistant #1 | ||
| Red Ribbon Blues | James | ||
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Detective Barnaby | |
| Alien Resurrection | Larry Purvis | ||
| 1998 | Very Bad Things | Charles Moore | |
| Saving Private Ryan | Lieutenant DeWindt | ||
| 1999 | Resurrection | Det. Andrew Hollinsworth | |
| The Bone Collector | Richard Thompson | ||
| 2000 | Rebel Yell | Billy Idol | |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Major Jackson | |
| 2003 | Daredevil | Wesley Owen Welch | |
| Confidence | Lionel Dolby | ||
| Runaway Jury | Lamb | ||
| 2004 | Twisted | Edmund Cutler | |
| 2006 | The Good German | Bernie | |
| 2008 | Taken | Sam |
[edit] External links
- Leland Orser at the Internet Movie Database
- Leland Orser article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
- The Alien Resurrection of Leland Orser. Retrieved 10 February 2006.
- Leland Orser, Specialty: Skittish Psychos and Otherwise Knock-Kneed Fellows. FameTracker. Retrieved 14 February 2006.
