
Leland Orser
Highest Rated: 94% Blindspotting (2018)
Lowest Rated: 1% Twisted (2004)
Birthday: Aug 06, 1960
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
They say it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for, which is something veteran character actor Leland Orser knows all too well. The California-born actor has the kind of boyish good looks that go a long way in concealing the black heart of his deranged, neurotic, and often unstable characters. First there was the flamboyant drug dealer in the thriller "Cover Story" (1993); then the john driven to unspeakable violence in "Se7en," (1995); and his duplicitous best man in the bachelor party-gone-wrong comedy "Very Bad Things" (1998). A turn as a vengeful lab technician in "The Bone Collector" (1999) highlighted Orser's serial killer creepiness, while a recurring role as surgeon Lucien Dubenko on the long-running "ER" (NBC, 1994-2009) showcased his tight-lipped arrogance. Married to actress Jeanne Tripplehorn since 2000, Orser stepped behind the camera in 2007 for the short film "Morning," which he later expanded into a feature film starring himself and Tripplehorn. After portraying Liam Neeson's right-hand man in "Taken" (2008) (and 2012's inevitable "Taken 2"), Orser brought his paranoid tendencies to primetime as a political consultant on "24" (Fox, 2001-2010) and as a weapons specialist on the blackout drama "Revolution" (NBC, 2012-14). Looks like Orser isn't so quiet anymore.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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94% | 87% | Blindspotting | Judge (Character) | $4.3M | 2018 |
91% | 69% | The Guest | Mr. Peterson (Character) | $332.9K | 2014 |
91% | 68% | Faults | Ansel (Character) | - | 2014 |
44% | 31% | The Gambler | Larry Jones (Character) | $33.7M | 2014 |
12% | 44% | Taken 3 | Sam (Character) | $89.3M | 2014 |
22% | 52% | Taken 2 | Sam (Character) | $139.9M | 2012 |
45% | 14% | Morning |
Mark (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
$2.9K | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Give 'Em Hell Malone | Murphy (Character) | - | 2009 |
59% | 85% | Taken | Sam (Character) | $145M | 2008 |
34% | 33% | The Good German | Bernie Teitel (Character) | $1.3M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Homeland Security | Sol Binder (Character) | - | 2004 |
1% | 31% | Twisted | Edmund Cutler (Character) | $25.2M | 2004 |
44% | 35% | Daredevil | Wesley Owen Welch (Character) | $102.5M | 2003 |
73% | 75% | Runaway Jury | Lamb (Character) | $49.4M | 2003 |
57% | 23% | Brother's Keeper | Travis Adler (Character) | - | 2002 |
17% | 50% | Resurrection | Det. Andrew Hollinsworth (Character) | - | 1999 |
29% | 63% | The Bone Collector |
Richard Thompson/ |
$66.5M | 1999 |
41% | 58% | Very Bad Things | Charles Moore (Character) | $9.9M | 1998 |
54% | 39% | Alien Resurrection | Purvis (Character) | $47.7M | 1997 |
32% | 41% | Excess Baggage | Detective Barnaby (Character) | $14.3M | 1997 |
53% | 39% | John Carpenter's Escape From L.A. | Test Tube (Character) | $25.5M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 67% | To Love, Honor and Deceive | FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Lifeform | Michael Perkett (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Red Ribbon Blues | James (Character) | - | 1995 |
83% | 95% | Seven | Crazed Man in Massage Parlour (Character) | $100.1M | 1995 |
TV
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72% | 86% | Ray Donovan |
Father Romero (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2019 2015-2016 |
73% | 73% | I Am the Night | Peter Sullivan (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Berlin Station | Robert Kirsch (Character) | 2016-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2015 |
65% | 70% | Magic City | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012-2013 |
67% | 66% | Revolution | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
68% | 66% | Touch | Dr. Linus (Guest Star) | 2013 |
93% | 73% | Scandal | Sanders Black (Guest Star) | 2012 |
66% | 67% | A Gifted Man | Charlie Reinhart (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 70% | NCIS: Los Angeles | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
87% | 84% | 24 | Martin Collier (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 80% | ER | Dr. Lucien Dubenko (Guest Star) | 2004-2009 |
52% | No Score Yet | Shark | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
57% | 79% | Star Trek: Enterprise | Loomis (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Morris Pearson (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonderland | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | L.A. Doctors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
77% | 76% | Star Trek: Voyager | Dejaren (Guest Star) | 1997 |
84% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Les Treet (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 1994 |
86% | No Score Yet | Almost Perfect | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Incident | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Married ... With Children | Director (Guest Star) | 1995-1996 |
33% | No Score Yet | Boston Common | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Professor Gittleson (Guest Star) | 1996 |
91% | No Score Yet | Murder One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
90% | 87% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Lovok (Guest Star) | 1995 1993 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Jason Ludwig (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Waiter (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE SHOWTIME Ray Donovan | Father Romero (Character) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE SHOWTIME: Ray Donovan | Father Romero (Character) |
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