Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-02-11 (84 years old)
Deathday
2010-11-28
Place of Birth
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Also known As
Leslie William Nielsen
Лесли Нилсен
لزلی نیلسن
Leslie William Nielsen, OC (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in over one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films. Nielsen's pe...
1972
as Captain Harrison
1980
as Dr. Rumack
1996
as Dick Steele
1956
as Commander John J. Adams
2006
as President Baxter Harris
2003
as President Baxter Harris
1994
as Lucio Cinico
1990
as Father Jebedaiah Mayii
1967
as Fryer
2000
as Richard 'Dick' Dix
2009
as Kay
1993
as Colonel Chi
1997
as Harry Haber
2001
as Clive Thorton / Cab Driver
1982
as Mallory
1995
as Count Dracula
1998
as Ryan Harrison
1997
as Mr. Quincy Magoo
1986
as Mr. Dunbar
1968
as General Maximilian Harmon
2002
as Gordon Cutter
2009
as Doctor Nielsen
1987
as Allen Green
2008
as Osama Bin Nielsen / Grandpa
1983
as Capt. Jamieson
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1994
as Lt. Frank Drebin
1980
as Mr. Hammond
2000
as Santa Claus
1995
as Harry Haber
1967
as Major Fred Gifford
1957
as Peter Brent
1956
as Steve Hilliard
1991
as Lt. Frank Drebin
1988
as Frank Drebin
1982
as Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
1977
as Paul Jenson
2001
as Jack Potter
1993
as Self - Narrator
1977
as Stanley Millard
1988
as Greg Krevske
1965
as Brett Kingsford
1969
as Mr Brown
1957
as William Joel Partain
1982
as Reece Morgan
1977
as Riley Knight
1989
as Narrator (voice)
1976
as John Trevor
1967
as Grant Evers
1979
as Mayor William Dudley
1969
as Phil Fletcher
1983
as Joe Johnson
1997
1956
as Charlie Telfer
1996
as Dr. Chumley
1967
as Victor Rice
1977
as John Williams
1995
as Baxter
1966
as Lt. De Ruse
1967
as Cabot Shaw
1982
1974
as Arnold Lindsey
1955
as Narrator (voice)
1971
as Harry Walsh
1980
as Paul Warren
1964
as Alan Holiday
1970
as Sheriff Henshaw
1964
as Elliot Green
1987
as Sheriff Nashville Schwartz
1958
as Stephen Bedford / Johnny Bledsoe
1969
as Sheriff Webb
1969
as Lt. Sam Danforth
1956
as Thibault d'Aussigny
1970
as Joseph Slaughter
1993
as Arthur Evrensel
1975
as Self
1987
as Senator Erdain
1991
as Santa
1994
as Self - Audience Member
2008
as Uncle Albert Adams
1973
as Derek Childs
1985
as Harry Ingersoll
2005
as Self
1986
as Admiral Frazer
2016
as Self (archive footage)
1968
as Frank Dayton
1967
as Narrator
1968
as Dr. Neesden
1978
as Nelson Fisher
1968
as Sheriff Verne Drover
1973
as Bill Sutter
2014
as Self (archive footage)
1993
as Himself
1987
as Thad Evans
1968
as Narrator
1985
as Jim McKay
1973
as Jack Gallagher
1975
as Narrator
1965
as Richard Manley
1973
as Alexander Hadrachi
1970
as Official
1966
as Col. George Armstrong Custer
1973
as (voice)
1959
as Eddie Kirkley
1977
as Narrator
1971
as Lt. Brubaker
2008
as Mayor of Charlestown
1954
as Dr. Roger Waring
1985
as Bob Franklin
1977
as John Doe
2007
as Bill Austin
2011
as Producer
2003
as Narrator (english version)
2008
as Dr. Rumack (archive voice)
1994
as Leslie Nielsen
1998
as Mr. Penn
1976
as Agent Norman Houston
2006
1980
as Governor
1968
as Brent
1994
as Himself
1973
as Mr. Cummings
1991
as Lloyd Dixon
2004
as (Mouseking) (voice)
1979
as Counselor Hollis Barnes
1969
as Jason Harkness
1980
as Self - Narrator
1996
as Executive Producer
1997
as Executive Co-Producer
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