Ron Rifkin
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| Born | Saul M. Rifkin[1] October 31, 1939 New York City, New York, United States |
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| Occupation | Film Actor Stage Actor |
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| Years active | 1966 - present | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Iva Rifkin (1966 - present) | ||||||||||
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Ron Rifkin (born October 31, 1939) is an American actor and director who is featured in numerous television shows. In 2001, his association with Touchstone Television began when he played ex-director, Arvin Sloane, in Alias, opposite Jennifer Garner. Currently, he plays second-in-command businessman, Saul Holden, on Brothers & Sisters, opposite Sally Field. He also played Bonnie Franklin's second boyfriend on One Day at a Time.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Rifkin, the oldest of three children, was born in New York City, New York, the son of immigrants Miriam and Herman Rifkin.[2] He was raised in Orthodox Judaism and remained Orthodox until the age of 32.[3][4][5] Rifkin is married to Iva, who operates a fashion design business.[6]
[edit] Career
Rifkin has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in film, on stage, and in television. His association with writer Jon Robin Baitz has been especially fruitful. In 1991, his performance in Baitz's play The Substance of Fire won him the Obie, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Drama-Logue awards for Best Actor. The following year he performed in Baitz's Three Hotels, for which he received a second Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nomination. In 1996, he starred in the film version of Substance; in 2002, he appeared in the Baitz play Ten Unknowns at Boston's Huntington Theatre; in 2004, he starred in his play, The Paris Letter at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles, a role he reprised the following year at the Laura Pels Theatre in New York City; and at present, he is appearing in the ABC drama series Brothers & Sisters, which Baitz created.
Rifkin received a 1998 Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor for the Broadway revival of Cabaret. Additional theatre credits include David Hirson's Wrong Mountain, Arthur Miller's Broken Glass, Ivan Turgenev's A Month in the Country, and Neil Simon's Proposals.
Rifkin's extensive film credits include Silent Running, The Sunshine Boys, The Big Fix, JFK, Husbands and Wives, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Wolf, L.A. Confidential, The Negotiator, Boiler Room, Keeping the Faith, The Majestic, Dragonfly, The Sum of All Fears, and Pulse.
On television, Rifkin has appeared in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries, had regular roles on The Rockford Files, One Day at a Time, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Alias, and has made guest appearances on a number of series, including Sex and the City, ER, Law & Order, A Nero Wolfe Mystery, Falcon Crest, Soap, Hill Street Blues, and The Outer Limits, for which he received a CableACE nomination.
Rifkin is the reader for a number of audio books including The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993), Sang Spell by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (1998), and Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (1993).
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| Preceded by Chuck Cooper for The Life |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical 1998 for Cabaret |
Succeeded by Roger Bart for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| Preceded by Nathan Lane for The Lisbon Traviata |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play 1990-1991 for The Substance of Fire |
Succeeded by Brian Bedford for Two Shakespearean Actors |
[edit] References
- ^ Ron Rifkin - Biography
- ^ Ron Rifkin TV Listings - find Ron Rifkin on TV | TV-Now.com
- ^ THEATER; Acting Against Type: The Self-Hating Jew - New York Times
- ^ Haunted By The Holocaust: Brooklyn-born Ron Rifkin lands film role of - The Jewish Week - HighBeam Research
- ^ Jewish Jingle Belles? | The Jewish Exponent
- ^ Ron Rifkin Biography (1939-)
