Leland Orser


Leland Jones Orser is an American actor. Orser has appeared in various roles in a wide variety of films and television series, including Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko on the television series ER.

Career

Orser made his television debut in 1991 on the series Gabriel's Fire. His next roles were small roles on The Golden Girls, Cheers, L.A. Law, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, ' and '.
In 1999, he played Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent". He appeared in Seven as a man who was involuntarily recruited to kill a prostitute. He was credited as "Crazed Man in Massage Parlour". He played Larry Purvis in Alien Resurrection.
He played the antagonist Richard Thompson in the Denzel Washington thriller The Bone Collector. In 2001, he had a role in Pearl Harbor as an injured man saved by Kate Beckinsale's character. In 2003, he appeared as Wesley in the comic-turned-film Daredevil. He appeared in Saving Private Ryan as the traumatized pilot of a crashed glider.
Orser also appeared in various roles in the Star Trek franchise, among them playing a Changeling posing as the Romulan Colonel Lovok in the ' episode "The Die is Cast |The Die is Cast" and in the episode "Sanctuary |Sanctuary" playing a bit part as a member of the Skrreean race. He also played a homicidal hologram in the ' episode "Revulsion |Revulsion". In the franchise's more recent series, , he played a blackguard in the time-travel episode "Carpenter Street |Carpenter Street".
He played Ansel in the drama thriller film Faults. From 2004-09, he played Chief of Surgery Dr. Lucien Dubenko, a recurring character, on ER. Most recently he has appeared in all three of the Taken film series as "Sam".

Personal life

Orser was born in San Francisco, California. He married Irish actress Roma Downey in 1987; they divorced in 1989. In 2000, he married Jeanne Tripplehorn; they have one son. Orser studied Acting at Drama Studio London.

Filmography

Film

Television