Leland Jones Orser (born August 6, 1960) is an American actor, director and writer. He is married to Jeanne Tripplehorn. He has appeared in numerous film and television roles since his debut in 1991, notably as Lucien Dubenko on the television series ER (2004âÂÂ09), Father Romero on Ray Donovan (2015âÂÂ16), Richard Stratton on American Gigolo (2022), and Sam Gilroy in the Taken film series (2008âÂÂ14).
Orser was born in San Francisco, California on August 6, 1960. He graduated from Connecticut College in 1982, and studied Acting at Drama Studio London.
Orser began his career as a stage actor, and was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Secret Rapture in 1991. That same year, he made his television debut in 1991 on the series Gabriel's Fire, and went on to appear in programs such as The Golden Girls, Cheers, L.A. Law, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, The Pretender, ' and '. In 1999, he played Dr. Arthur Zeller in The Outer Limits episode "Descent".
He appeared in Seven (1995) 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 (1997).
He played the antagonist Richard Thompson in the Denzel Washington thriller The Bone Collector (1999). In 2001, he had a role in Pearl Harbor as an injured officer saved by Kate Beckinsale's character. In 2003, he appeared as Wesley Owen Welch in the Marvel Comics superhero film Daredevil.
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 "" and in the episode "" playing a bit part as a member of the Skrreean race. He also played a homicidal hologram in the ' episode "". In ', he played the character "Loomis" in the time-travel episode "".
He played Ansel in the drama thriller film Faults. From 2004âÂÂ09, 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".
In 2010, Orser made his directorial debut with the film Morning.
Orser married Roma Downey in 1987; they divorced in 1989. In 2000, he married Jeanne Tripplehorn, with whom he had co-starred in Peter Berg's dark comedy Very Bad Things; they have one son.