Leland Orser
Actor
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).
As Director
Filmography
Se7en
as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor 1995
Saving Private Ryan
as Lieutenant DeWindt 1998
Taken
as Sam Gilroy 2008
Independence Day
as Techy / Med Asst #1 1996
Taken 2
as Sam Gilroy 2012
Pearl Harbor
as Major Jackson 2001
Taken 3
as Sam Gilroy 2014
Alien Resurrection
as Purvis 1997
Daredevil
as Wesley Owen Welch 2003
The Bone Collector
as Richard Thompson 1999
The Guest
as Spencer Peterson 2014
Amsterdam
as Mr. Nevins 2022
Escape from L.A.
as Test Tube 1996
The Gambler
as Larry Jones 2014
Runaway Jury
as Lamb 2003
The Art of Self-Defense
as Detective McCallister 2019
Blindspotting
as Judge 2018