Leland Orser

Infobox actor


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birthname = Leland Jones Orser
birthdate = Birth date and age|1960|8|6|mf=y
birthplace = San Francisco, California, U.S.
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occupation = Actor
spouse = 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".

Biography

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", ' and '. 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 "". 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 "" 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".

Personal life

From 1987 to 1989, Orser was married to actress Roma Downey; he is currently married to the actress Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Filmography

External links

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* [http://www.littlereview.com/getcritical/trektalk/orser.htm The Alien Resurrection of Leland Orser] . Retrieved 10 February 2006.
* [http://www.fametracker.com/hey_its_that_guy/orser_leland.php Leland Orser, Specialty: Skittish Psychos and Otherwise Knock-Kneed Fellows] . FameTracker. Retrieved 14 February 2006.