Ron Rifkin

Infobox actor
name = Ron Rifkin

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birthname = Saul M. Rifkin
birthdate = birth date and age|1939|10|31
birthplace = New York City, New York, USA
occupation = Actor, director
spouse = Iva Rifkin (1966-present)
yearsactive = 1966-present
website =
academyawards =
tonyawards = Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1998 "Cabaret"
awards = Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
1991 "The Substance of Fire"

Ron Rifkin (born October 31, 1939) is an American actor and director who is featured in numerous television shows.

Biography

Personal life

Rifkin was born Saul M. Rifkin in New York City, New York to immigrants Miriam and Herman Rifkin. He is the oldest of three children. [ [http://www.tv-now.com/stars/ronrifk.html Ron Rifkin TV Listings - find Ron Rifkin on TV | TV-Now.com ] ] He was raised in Orthodox Judaism and remained Orthodox until the age of 32. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E3DF1531F937A15757C0A962958260 THEATER; Acting Against Type: The Self-Hating Jew - New York Times ] ] [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-3685828.html Haunted By The Holocaust: Brooklyn-born Ron Rifkin lands film role of - The Jewish Week - HighBeam Research ] ] [ [http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/11643/ Jewish Jingle Belles? | The Jewish Exponent ] ] Rifkin is married to Iva, who operates a fashion design business. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/70/Ron-Rifkin.html Ron Rifkin Biography (1939-) ] ]

Career

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".

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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title=Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
years=1990-1991
for "The Substance of Fire"
before=Nathan Lane
for "The Lisbon Traviata"
after=Brian Bedford
for "Two Shakespearean Actors"