Leland Orser
Also Known As: Leland Jones Orser, Lee Orser
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).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Birthday: August 06, 1960
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Gender: Male
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The Good German
Overview: An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-15
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Independence Day
Overview: Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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Very Bad Things
Overview: Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Escape from L.A.
Overview: Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken. His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-09
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Resurrection
Overview: A jaded homicide detective has been put on the case of a ruthless killer in the city of Chicago, who leaves a trail of horribly mutilated and dismembered corpses along with perversely ironic biblical quotes.
Genres: Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-05
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Alien Resurrection
Overview: Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from reaching Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-12
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Taken
Overview: Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation with a friend, his worst nightmare comes true. While on the phone with his daughter shortly after she arrives in Paris, she and her friend are abducted by a gang of human traffickers. Working against the clock, Bryan relies on his extensive training and skills to track down the ruthless gang that abducted her and launch a one-man war to rescue his daughter.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-18
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The Bone Collector
Overview: Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves detectives baffled, they call on Rhyme to help solve the mystery. Amelia Donaghy, a rookie cop whose quick thinking preserved a gruesome murder scene, is enlisted by Rhyme to be his on-the-scene forensics expert. With Amelia reluctantly acting as Rhyme's able-bodied go-between, the pair piece together cryptic clues the killer leaves behind at the scene of the crime, hoping to catch the grisly serial killer.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-11-04
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Phoenix
Overview: When a mining colony is taken over by genetically altered androids, an elite attack team is sent in to take down the android leader.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Give 'em Hell, Malone
Overview: A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...
Genres: Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-04
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Piranha
Overview: Doctor Baines has been conducting genetic experiments on piranhas and has made them virtually unstoppable. Unfortunately, his assistants, Maggie and Paul, accidentally release the hybrids into the Lost River Lake threatening to destroy everyone in their path. Can they prevent the flesh-eating piranhas from escaping into the ocean and spawning?
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-01
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To Love, Honor and Deceive
Overview: Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew. When her husband and son are suddenly lost at sea after a boating accident, Sydney's comfortable existence is shattered. Although overwhelmed by her grief, Sydney cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-15
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Girl in the Cadillac
Overview: A runaway teenage girl and a drifter rob a bank, hit the road to elude the Texas Rangers and find love on the run.
Genres: Romance Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-24
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Taken 2
Overview: In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-27
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Brother's Keeper
Overview: The FBI sought the help of Lucinda Pond, a former agent of the body, to try to locate the author of a series of murders that allegedly may have committed his brother. Lucinda, who left the police years ago, decides to help reluctantly convinced by an old boyfriend. The tracks are directly related to the abuse that Lucinda and her brother suffered during his childhood, which seems to be in the suspect has caused a serious psychological disorder.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-29
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Lifeform
Overview: When the Viking space capsule suddenly returns to Earth from its long ago trip to Mars, it brings with it an intelligent visitor that is part "Alien" and part "ET". Encased in armor, it extends a human like form from its shell to examine its surroundings and shows an interest in humans including a soft caress of a female scientist prior to the Army killing it. This only enrages its sibling.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-24
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Morning
Overview: Five days in the life of an American couple immediately following the accidental death of their child. An every day story of tragedy, loss, acceptance, hope and renewal. 'Morning' follows the divergent paths of Mark (Leland Orser) and Alice Munroe (Jeanne Tripplehorn) as they circle each other in a heart-breaking pas-de-deux of grief before finally coming to grips with their shared loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-27
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Faults
Overview: Claire is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire's parents recruit one of the world's foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-06
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Runaway Jury
Overview: After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-16
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The Guest
Overview: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-09-05
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Taken 3
Overview: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-16
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Daredevil
Overview: A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.
Genres: Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-14
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Twisted
Overview: Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-27
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The Gambler
Overview: Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he pits his creditor against the operator of an illicit gambling ring while garnering the attention of Frank, a paternalistic loan shark. As his relationship with a student deepens, Bennett must risk everything for a second chance.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-25
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The Devil's Candy
Overview: A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-15
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Se7en
Overview: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-22
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Pleading Guilty
Overview: The story is a legal thriller about Mack Malloy, a middle-aged lawyer basically waiting to retire, who is assigned by his firm to track down another attorney who has embezzled millions from the firm and disappeared. Many of the minor characters in Pleading Guilty also appear in ScottTurow's other novels. This was a pilot for a television show based on Pleading Guilty was shot in 2010 but not picked up by the FOX network. Based on Turow's 1993 book.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Excess Baggage
Overview: A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-29
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Pearl Harbor
Overview: The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Genres: War History Romance Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-21
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Confidence
Overview: What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew. It becomes clear that Lionel wasn't just any mark, he was an accountant for eccentric crime boss Winston King. Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-25
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Back to Back
Overview: An ex-cop finds himself caught up in a battle between Japanese mobsters and local gangland thugs and discovers that he was framed for wrong-doings by a corrupt cop.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-29
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Saving Private Ryan
Overview: As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-24
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Blindspotting
Overview: Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-20
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Red Ribbon Blues
Overview: After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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The Art of Self-Defense
Overview: Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-12
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Dead Badge
Overview: After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Torres - a cop who died of a heroin O.D. Now it belongs to Dan Sampson... and it's haunting him.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-28
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Cover Story
Overview: Tale of erotic obsession about a man who's fixated on a deceased stripper (Tuesday Knight).
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-21
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Homeland Security
Overview: Admiral McKee is retired, when following the events of 9/11 he receives a call from the White House informing him that his commander in chief requires him to serve his country once again. Shortly after this he is sworn into office as a senior member of the Office of Homeland Security under Tom Ridge. Once in office Admiral McKee faces the challenge of organizing this new office so as to prevent further terrorist attacks against the United States. With this in mind, Admiral McKee's wife recommends he speaks to his friend, NSA Agent Sol Binder.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-11
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Amsterdam
Overview: In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-27
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