
Leland Orser
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1960-08-06
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
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).
Known for

The Good German
2006Bernie Teitel
Independence Day
1996Techy / Med Asst #1
Very Bad Things
1998Charles Moore
Escape from L.A.
1996Test Tube
Resurrection
1999Det. Andrew Hollinsworth
Alien Resurrection
1997Purvis
Taken
2008Sam Gilroy
The Bone Collector
1999Richard Thompson
Phoenix
1995Doctor Riley
Give 'em Hell, Malone
2009Murphy
Piranha
1995Terry Wechsler
To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter
Girl in the Cadillac
1995Used Car Salesman
Taken 2
2012Sam Gilroy
Brother's Keeper
2002Travis Adler
Lifeform
1996Michael Perkett, NASA
Morning
2013Mark
Faults
2014Ansel
Runaway Jury
2003Lamb