Leland Orser

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-08-06 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Leland 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 inclu...

Acting

2006

The Good German

as Bernie Teitel

1996

Independence Day

as Techy / Med Asst #1

1998

Very Bad Things

as Charles Moore

1996

Escape from L.A.

as Test Tube

1999

Resurrection

as Det. Andrew Hollinsworth

1997

2008

Taken

as Sam Gilroy

1999

The Bone Collector

as Richard Thompson

1995

Phoenix

as Doctor Riley

1995

Piranha

as Terry Wechsler

1996

To Love, Honor and Deceive

as FBI Special Agent Kyle Lassiter

1995

Girl in the Cadillac

as Used Car Salesman

2012

Taken 2

as Sam Gilroy

2002

Brother's Keeper

as Travis Adler

1996

Lifeform

as Michael Perkett, NASA

2013

Morning

as Mark

2014

Faults

as Ansel

2003

2014

The Guest

as Spencer Peterson

2014

Taken 3

as Sam Gilroy

2003

Daredevil

as Wesley Owen Welch

2004

Twisted

as Edmund Cutler

2014

The Gambler

as Larry Jones

2016

The Devil's Candy

as TV Preacher

1995

Se7en

as Crazed Man in Massage Parlor

2010

Pleading Guilty

as Bert Kamin

1997

Excess Baggage

as Detective Barnaby

2001

Pearl Harbor

as Major Jackson

2003

Confidence

as Lionel Dolby

1996

American Yakuza II

as Wheelchair Guy

1998

Saving Private Ryan

as Lieutenant DeWindt

2018

1995

2019

The Art of Self-Defense

as Detective McCallister

1995

Dead Badge

as Pellman

1993

Cover Story

as Julian

2004

Homeland Security

as Sol Binder

2022

Amsterdam

as Mr. Nevins

2019

Corporate Animals

as Rescue Team Leader

Production

2013

Morning

as Director

2013

Morning

as Writer

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