Leland Orser
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).
Acting
Movie
Se7en
as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor
1995
Movie
Saving Private Ryan
as Lieutenant DeWindt
1998
Movie
Taken
as Sam Gilroy
2008
Movie
Independence Day
as Techy / Med Asst #1
1996
Movie
Taken 2
as Sam Gilroy
2012
Movie
Pearl Harbor
as Major Jackson
2001
Movie
Taken 3
as Sam Gilroy
2014
Movie
Alien Resurrection
as Purvis
1997
Movie
Daredevil
as Wesley Owen Welch
2003
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Kevin James Walker
1999
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Harris Vernon
1999
Movie
The Bone Collector
as Richard Thompson
1999
TV
The X-Files
as Jason Ludwig
1993
Movie
The Guest
as Spencer Peterson
2014
Movie
Amsterdam
as Mr. Nevins
2022
TV
24
as Martin Collier
2001
Movie
Escape from L.A.
as Test Tube
1996
Movie
The Gambler
as Larry Jones
2014
Movie
Runaway Jury
as Lamb
2003
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Morris Pearson
2000
TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Professor Gareth Carlyle
2009
TV
Married... with Children
as Mark
1987
TV
Married... with Children
as Director
1987
TV
Star Trek: Voyager
as Dejaren
1995
